In Referendum on Refugees, Vermont Mayor Loses Reelection Bid
Rutland Mayor Chris Louras, who endured months of withering criticism for his plan to bring Syrian refugees to the city, lost his reelection bid on Tuesday.
In unofficial voting results, David Allaire, a city alderman and leading critic of the resettlement, trounced Louras, a 10-year mayoral incumbent, by a 776-vote margin, according to results cited by the Rutland Herald and WCAX-TV.
“I’m simply wishing him luck and I’m moving on,” Louras told Seven Days Tuesday night. He declined further comment, saying he would “not hazard a guess” as to what the election results say about Rutland’s support for refugees.
Allaire did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
While Louras campaigned on a series of issues, and touted a reduction in many categories of crime, along with an improved downtown business district, the refugee debate has dominated political life in Rutland for the past year.
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12 Comments - what are your thoughts?
There is a God in Heaven after all.
sweet………another one bites the dust………keep cleaning house……noise makers just keep losing……..
Most Americans have seen how rotten Muslim-run countries are. We have seen the violence, poverty, oppression and misery of these people on our TV screens. We don’t want that here. Hopefully more of these Muslim fetish politicians will be defeated when they run for re-election.
Let the Sand Maggots stay in Hadji-Land! There is no reason in the Universe to bring them here! Their stated goal is Killing, or Forcibly Converting all Christians and Jews to Islam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXXx5ElPk6w&t=25s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqDcZWriBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-V-0blFnt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQFcWGgPigE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yh8umLFIGE
O brought in 100,000 a year from the worst countries. This does not count the thousands who waited in Tijuana, Mexico from Africa and Haiti, to get the OK to come in. We have video. Nor does it account for the hundreds of Arabic men our border guards told congress at the hearing, coming across daily that they had to release. These people have no money, no skills, they don’t speak the language, they don’t share our religion, they don’t accept our Culture they separate themselves and the women live exactly here as they did in the ME. They have multiple wives and many children, this also has been reported in documentaries and polygamy not allowed in America. They get food stamps, medical, free housing, gift cards etc and cost us billions a year.
So any fool that runs on the One World Order idea of filling us up with Muslims who eventually will out number us and who if not here to kill us are wishing someone would will burn in the Hell fires of anger by those who are voting.
Please keep up the good work, looking forward to the demise of your party.
ANOTHER IDIOT BITES THE DUST….
It’s about time! These scumbags need to learn that it’s political suicide to support the invasion that’s going on in our country.
Every damn one of these traitors need to be thrown out of office.
We The People have had it with all these Anti-American pieces of crap and are finally starting to stand up.