The requirement was added to the contract after the council had approved the award in Janaury.
Liberals up in arms with the liberal city council.
Mayor Dion is the most center member of the council and was supported by the more conservative groups in town.
Personally, I am not happy that they held the executive session. This should have all been hashed out in public. There is nothing the corporation council could have told them that would have been secret. The contract had already been approved.
This is the operative provision.
31. Federal Law and Public Policy Requirements. The Sponsor shall ensure that Federal funding is expended in full accordance with the United States Constitution, Federal law, and statutory and public policy requirements: including but not limited to, those protecting free speech, religious liberty, public welfare, the environment, and prohibiting discrimination; and the Sponsor will cooperate with Federal officials in the enforcement of Federal law, including cooperating with and not impeding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other Federal offices and components of the Department of Homeland Security in and the enforcement of Federal immigration law.
The Contract also has these provisions that have noting to do with airport maintenance
21. Ban on Texting While Driving.
22. Trafficking in Persons. 1. Posting of contact information. a. The Sponsor must post the contact information of the national human trafficking hotline (including options to reach out to the hotline such as through phone, text, or TTY) in all public airport restrooms. 2. Provisions applicable to a recipient that is a private entity. a. Under this Grant, the recipient, its employees, subrecipients under this Grant, and subrecipient’s employees must not engage in: Lists several traficking related prohibitions.
One of the contracts are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H15uVONLC1k1n4qtl0N6E3UWgmfP27GN/view?pli=1
Grant Jan. 8, 2025 https://www.faa.gov/iija/airport-infrastructure Search Portland, Maine on map to bring up grant specs.
Pull the money, only way to be sure.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against InvasionUS Const., Art IV, Sec. 4.
The Constitution is the dispositive issue in this case as the Supreme Law of the Land over the feds and the states, and in this case mandating the feds deal with invaders (AKA illegal aliens).
Mark Dion is a coprophagic weasel.
The term working with is spin. No, they don’t have to work with. But they also cannot work against. The word with is the spin. They are allowed to know nothing or say nothing, but they can’t do all the nothings they seem to think they can do. They can’t purposely do nothing and use that nothing to aid a criminal to escape. And this is where the breakdown in their BS occurs. If I’m asked me where he is and I know he is going out the back door at the time, and I purposely stall the law enforcement with silence, then I am aiding and abetting.
In Black’s Law Dictionary, “aiding and abetting” refers to assisting or encouraging the commission of a crime. This involves an individual having knowledge of the perpetrator’s unlawful intent and acting with the purpose of helping, promoting, or encouraging the offense. The act of aiding and abetting can involve physical help, advice, or moral support, rendering the aider and abettor criminally liable to the same extent as the person who directly committed the crime.
Key elements of aiding and abetting:
Act of aiding or abetting: The accused must perform an act or provide advice that assists, encourages, or instigates the crime.
Knowledge of the perpetrator’s intent: The accused must know the unlawful purpose of the actual perpetrator.
Intent to facilitate the crime: The accused must have the intent to commit, encourage, or facilitate the commission of the offense.
Distinction from direct commission:
An aider and abettor is not necessarily the primary actor but is held liable as a “principal” for their involvement.
Unlike an accessory, their liability arises from actively participating in or encouraging the crime, rather than being involved after the fact.
So they are full of it when they think they can do nothing and not be criminal in intent.
wy69
LOL! Good luck with that, pinko.
Looks like they are trying to play games. Best to deny the funding till they understand what is expected of them to receive it.
FA FO comes to mind