Imperial Beach pulls in its horns Not the Welcoming City it hoped to be The mayor of Imperial Beach

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Source: San Diego Reader

The mayor of Imperial Beach has retracted the Welcoming City proclamation that the city council issued in mid-August after protests at council meetings.

"I am retracting the Welcoming City proclamation due to its policy directive that should have been subject to city council, city staff and public review through a city council resolution," Mayor Serge Dedina said in a formal statement on September 23, five weeks after issuing the proclamation. Dedina added that he made the retraction "after carefully listening to residents, city councilmembers, city staff, and the city attorney at the recent city council meeting and Open Air Open House City Forum, and to underscore my commitment to open and transparent government."
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Despite that, the reaction has been intense, including an anonymous "Recall Mayor Serge Dedina" Facebook page, articles in national media outlets, Youtube videos saying that the city council members "welcome ISIS" and irate protesters at a city council meeting.

The protesters at the Sept. 21 meeting booed the mayor's father as he spoke about being a refugee from Nazi Germany and said the U.S. should let in more refugees. Many of the anti-proclamation crowd held up printed "No ISIS" signs.

Read more: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/sep/26/ticker-imperial-beach-welcome-proclomation/

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The progressive Democrat mayor caved to a small group of obnoxious RWNJs, basically. A bad sign, a microcosm of what's going on in the country. Background article: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/sep/13/stringers-imperial-beach-right-wing-backlashed/

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1. They seem not to know the difference between immigrants and refugees.

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2. they are Trump-supporting RWNJs

They don't know the difference between a Welcoming City proclamation and Sanctuary City legislation, or the difference between protest and insulting a Holocaust survivor. They're bigots and getting loud and proud about it

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3. Like Reagan, trump is making us comfortable with our bigotry.

Whenever there's. Democrat in the White House, the right wing starts talking a violent revolution. Right Wing Christian groups like Focus On The Family and the KKK see spikes in donations and membership.