“I saw that as an opportunity to grow our population, bring in individuals, families, new Americans from Syria who have a strong work ethic, who were fleeing for their lives and looking to rebuild those shattered lives,” Mr. Louras said.
But that argument failed among some in Rutland. One online petition referred to the refugees as “the same people who hate us.” Rutland First, the opposition group, emerged with the goal of blocking or delaying the plan.
Over the summer, seven of Rutland’s 11 aldermen voted to send a letter to the State Department saying they did not support the plan.
Many members of Rutland First say that they are not biased or xenophobic, as their critics have said, but that they have economic concerns about whether the city can absorb the new arrivals.
“We’re kind of stuck out here, with our level of economic depression, with our level of crime and drug issues,” said Timothy Cook, a doctor and an Army Reserve colonel who gave Rutland First its name. “We’re the ones who are gonna have to foot the bill for this.”
Someone needs to audit the mayor Louris’s bank account- there lies the answer to the welcomed invasion.
A Judicial Watch notice based on Rutland’s problems http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-contractor-tells-local-official-keep-syria-refugee-plans-secret/ but Michigan employs the same tactics. I’m certain all welcoming scammers operate the same way.
It all comes from https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/21/presidential-memorandum-creating-welcoming-communities-and-fully-integra