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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		LePage Defends Waterville Mayor Amid Recall Effort, Backlash Over Parkland Survivor Comments
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2018-04-11 15:58:16
	Description:		Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro made his first public appearance at a city council budget workshop Tuesday night, one day after several residents began a recall effort against him and after he resigned, under pressure, from his position as a vice president at Skowhegan Savings Bank. Republican Gov. Paul LePage, a former mayor of Waterville, weighed in Tuesday on his behalf. Isgro has been under fire for a recent tweet mocking Parkland School shooting survivor David Hogg. He also has a history of making anti-immigrant and other inflammatory social media posts. Speaking briefly with reporters before and after the workshop Tuesday night, Isgro called reports about him “fake news” and said he would continue in his role as mayor. “This is about the people of Waterville and we have an absolutely, elitist majority on the city council,” he said. “We have well-moneyed groups like the Maine People’s Alliance, who aren’t in Waterville and their friends like Karen Heck and the Democrats in the city of
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