Waterville, Maine mayor Paul R. LePage sent an email to the governor of Maine complaining about the governor's support for what amounts to an illegal alien sanctuary law. From the article "Immigration status law irks LePage":

LePage charged that the move encourages illegal immigration, which he said presents security risks and a social-service burden. Public services, he said, should only be for legal residents.

"It's a basic fundamental question," he told the Morning Sentinel on Tuesday. " 'Are you legally or illegally here in the United States?' If you're not, we should either help you become legal, or you've got to go."

..."I was appalled," he said. "The taxpayer can't afford it at the state or local level. I don't have a problem dealing with immigrants. We're all immigrants. I have no problem providing assistance if they're legal. My point is, if they're not, they should be reported."

...LePage said that the governor's order amounts to Baldacci committing a crime.

"If he turns his head on this, he's breaking the law," LePage said...

The amount of hysterical race-card playing that ensued has to be read to be believed:

[Governor John E. Baldacci replied] "The interests of public health and safety in Maine are not served when we have certain communities that feel they must live in some form of seclusion."

"This is not an act that will provide some sort of sanctuary for those that would do our communities harm," he wrote. "It is condescending to our communities of color to suggest that they are a haven for criminals."

..."If we receive a call for services ... our first duty is to respond to that call," [Public Safety Commissioner Michael Cantara] said. "Our first duty is to maintain public safety. To engage in second-guessing as to who's calling and why, and to have something remotely resembling racial profiling as an excuse to deny public safety services, would be contrary to law."

"When it comes to public safety, no one deserves to be beaten, no spouse or child deserves to be physically or sexually abused," he said.

"No one should have that (right) stolen from them. Regardless of their status, we must take action and we must keep the door open for the people we need to protect."

Here's Baldacci's record on immigration votes from when he was in Congress.

If you're upset about Baldacci's policies and his remarks, please send him a short, polite email: governor@maine.gov