Does anyone else see a problem when a "non profit" sues a town with the backing of the Federal government?

How do all these politacally correct "non profits" become so flush with cash and resources?

There shouldnt be so many illegals around now that Worcester Wreath lost their contract with LL Bean....thank god

I dont' believe this project is aimed at "illegals." The article clearly states "the six-unit housing planned for Wyman Road would serve U.S. citizens who made a certain percentage of their living from agriculture or aquaculture."

This story has smacked of racism since the day it hit the paper. I hope they take the town to the cleaners.

You know as well as I do that if they provide housing for people that work in the agricultural field, which a good percentage of them that come here from Honduras who are just supposed to be here seasonal,end up staying here illegally,not all but a good percentage of them. I don't mind them working here seasonally,but when they stay here illegally and start reaping benefits from the state of Maine ,when we have so many of people that are here legally that cannot get the help it bothers me. I know my comment will bother allot of people,but when we need the jobs and houseing and we cannot get help or assistance why should we cater to others. I understand that they want to make a better life for their families, but when their kids are wearing gold chains, tommy hilfiger clothes and driveing new SUV's while in a store and useing food stamps,then sending their paychecks back to Honduras getting state funded health care,discount houseing then it becomes an issue for me. How many have been nabbed and deported for useing fake SS# or have been caught for fraud or other crimes?

I'm not trying to be descriminative,but when your supposed to be here seasonally then stay for the season and then return to your homeland,or become a US citizen legally.

No b-e-a-n-e-rs! Send em' packing back south.

I am not a resident of Milbridge but I literally grew up there and I have an aunt and cousins that still live there. To me, Milbridge is a wonderful place with the best people that live there. They are a giving and wonderful folk and the people are close knit. That makes for a terriffic place to live and learn. Now, my question is, at what cost will this take on the community? I dont believe that they are racist, but I believe that the townspeople will stick together tp have anything come into the town to upset their community. They work very hard for their money and they are proud of where they live. II think that they should have a right to know how their money is spent. Any project will affect their home, be it financial or residential.

Karen Rumery Lund

I agree with anonon on this one! You see this kind of thing happening everywhere, the gold chains, nice cars and clothes...and then when you follow them into to a store, they are usually paying with food stamps!

The dicrimination going on here is on the part of Mano en Mano. This "project" has been going on for 2 plus years, and no one from the local community, other than the affiliates of Mano en Mano, are on the "waiting list". That descriminates against the people who deserve the housing who have been here long before the organization started. So who is on the waiting list? And who will be overseeing the regulations of these apartments? I can already see 2 dozen people liviing in a three bedroom apartment. And the traffic, that is another issue all together. There does need to be a traffic study done because there are a few blind corners on Wyman. This whole topic is getting me so P.O'ed that I'm liable to move off of Wyman just to get away from it.

Peanutgallery, these projects don't start taking applications until they are built so there is no 'waiting list' and the building will managed by a local building manager who has already agreed to do it. All waiting lists that have been mentioned refer to the waiting lists at other low income housing projects that already exist. Your allegations are baseless and defy logic. Some of you folks and your comments are making me embarrassed to be from Washington County.

I - like zoolund- dont live there but have family in Milbridge. It is certainly a beautiful area and the people are " wicked" nice. The perception I get ( per discrimination) is that the Hispanic population segregate themselves. They dont want to associate with the general population, and the kids in the schools totally shun the local kids. If they feel discriminated against, they have done it themselves.

Peanut Gallery- you make some good points . People need to stop screaming discrimination in this State and start looking at facts.

Besides the ongoing illegal and racism conversation going on has anyone else noticed the 1 million dollars for 6 units? ~$167,000 per apartment... Why not be smart and buy some houses instead of starting a barrio? They are trying sooo hard to integrate, they shouldn't mind if they happen to have white neighbors.

Ellsworth_beth, I know there is a manager lined up and the community knows who it is. And if you look at the comment below, you might begin to understand why there is strong opposition to this project. Do you live in Milbridge? If not, I'll grab my tent and campout in your backyard so you get the feeling of what this will become in reality, for me anyway as I will be looking a the development out of my back window.

Donnelly, you hit the nail on the head. They have no intention to associate with anyone and they do segregate themselves. I can't even get a hello at the grocery store, so gave up in that regard. If you want to integrate, do it the old fashioned way and work hard for what you want.

Kongos, good point. There are lotsof houses for sale well below that number.

Thats just it they all want to start their own communities and I think the town knows that, you always see 2 or 3 families in one dwelling.

That way each family doesn't have to pay for a single dwelling,they all chip in together on everything,maybe we should all do that we would be able to save allot of money.

How does a none profit sue a town to support and build free apartments for Criminal Illegal Aliens. The town should have ICE down here every day busting these criminals and deporting them. Heard a rumor that Worcester Wreaths lost their contract to make wreaths for LL Bean. Hope this is so. At least there won't be that much work for these Illegal Alien Criminals this year. It is the factories in Washington County that should be sued to build and support these Illegal Aliens. The factories are the ones that imported these Illegal Criminals in the first place.

Knightscross:

You hit the nail on the head on that one.

anon, zoolung, donnelly -- right on!

Good news, new policy, Homeland Security has started to prosecute Employers of Illegal Aliens. The Employers are being heavily fined and threatened with jail sentences if they employ Illegal Aliens. If the Employers don't fire the Illegal Aliens, then the Employers will be prosecuted. Hopefully the Criminal Illegal Aliens will go back to their home countries, since there will be no work for them.

Knightscross :

I'm glad to hear it,,, finally.

Now maybe our kids can do the rakeing in the blueberry fields. When I was a kid that is how I earned money for my school clothes. My parents said if I wanted the designer jeans and expensive sneakers, I had to work for them. I think that some parents feel obligated to buy their children expensive clothes for school, but I think that at an age especially in high school kids need to learn that if they want the best of everything that they need to earn it themselves so that when they get out of school they are not new to working for things that they want.

I have been working since I was 13 ,started out as a caddy,then went to blueberry rakeing in the summers.

friendly:

Not saying that your wrong ,it does state that it would serve for US citizens who made a percentage of their living from agriculture or aquaculture, but the biggest percentage of people here from Honduras say they are legal citizens of the US and they also show false documentation to prove it.

"If you won't be politically correct we'll force you to be" I thought we lived in a democracy?

Folks,

I would like to prayerfully ask that persons who consider this subject not fail to ask themselves what the Lord, our God thinks and feels concerning the issue at hand. He makes it so clear that we cannot be mistaken because there are very specific directions/commandments in the Word of God (the Bible) concerning the treatrment of strangers and aliens in the midst of God's people.

For example, Leviticus 19:34 says, "'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God."

Exodus 23:9 says, "Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Egypt to the Christian today is the time and place of our days before the salvation of our souls through faith in Christ and His finished work by dying on the cross to pay for our sins.)

Exodus 22:21 - "You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him....."

Deuteronomy 24:17 - "You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, . . . . . . "

Deuteronomy 27:19 - "Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen."

He makes it clear as crystal.

Every one of us should also remember that, unless we are of American Indian descent, we were all foreigners in this country at one time.

Please be cautious in this matter unless we be found to be fighting against God.

Sincerely,

dave

DaveDenbow:

Sorry dave you will not change my opinion,,, when I was a child I used blueberry rakeing in the summer for money to buy my school clothes,just as kids did with potato harvesting in arroostick county,,,now that all the ilegal people have come to downeast mMaine we have had more crimes committed, more of them are liveing off the state when our own can't even get the help they need to survive,and they the hondurans in turn send all their money back to Honduras,then use the money from the state of Maine benefits they recieve and get food stamps,medical assistance housing,schooling,and usually end up staying here ilegally,with fake SSI # and false documents. You will not convince me that they should be allowed to do those things,we as the tax payers of Maine should have a say in this,it is our right, how many taxes do the ilegals pay? NONE>