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I remember a leader, if that is the right word, of the Muslim refugee community in Portland, ME complaining in a newspaper interview that the services to the refugees, provided by Catholic Charities, were inadequate, and that his fellow countrymen were scared of the Portland Parkside.

I wrote a letter to the editor reminding the guy and the gentle readers that supposedly they come to the Parkside fleeing the horrors of war in Kabul and Kigali.

That Lewiston mayor deserves a medal. I was not aware of the bussing aspect, but didn’t he write an open letter asking to stop sending the Somali refugees to Lewiston? I think, he also pleaded with the Somalis to stop settling in Lewiston, just as a matter of goodwill. He failed.

“That Lewiston mayor deserves a medal. I was not aware of the bussing aspect, but didn’t he write an open letter asking to stop sending the Somali refugees to Lewiston? I think, he also pleaded with the Somalis to stop settling in Lewiston, just as a matter of goodwill. He failed.”

By all indications and reports, the present mayor (not the one who wrote the letter) is a real moon bat who is nothing more than lickspittel for the bishop. He makes a regular practice of threatening criminal prosecutions of anyone who speaks ill of Mohammedanism or or itws demon founder...and he is regularly lionized by the local Catholic priests. He has actually publicly proclaimed that God will give him a “bigger mansion” because of his efforts on behalf of the Islamization of his city.

Maine: Mayor urges Somali immigrants not to move to Lewiston (FR thread)
Somali Immigrants Rile Maine Mayor (CBS)

Somalian Ismail Ahmed, left, of Lewiston, Maine, argues with Jeff Thorsvali, of Portland, prior to a march of support for the Somali community. (AP)

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Police said about 250 people participated in a five-block walk from a Methodist church to a mosque where many of Lewiston's Somalis worship. Some gave speeches expressing solidarity with the new arrivals.
"We are one people, we are one community," said Mohammed Abdi, a Somali elder. The United States "is a country made up of immigrants, and one immigrant group came before another. And the Somalis just happened to come ... now."
Abdi was one of several local Somali leaders who met with Mayor Larry Raymond on Friday following Raymond's release of an open letter in which he warned of a strain on resources if more Somalis move to the city of 36,000.
The letter said Lewiston, where more than 1,000 Somalis have settled in 18 months, cannot continue receiving newcomers "without negative results for all."
"We have been overwhelmed and have responded valiantly. Now we need breathing room. Our city is maxed-out financially, physically and emotionally," he wrote.
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