Officials set to meet with pro-segregation town manager

January 23, 2018 12:05 AM

Officials in a rural Maine community are planning to meet with their town manager, who has publicly espoused white separatist views.

Jackman Town Manager Tom Kawczynski (kuh-ZIN-skee) has made comments bashing Islam and called for the preservation of white European heritage in northern New England. He also operates a website that touts racial segregation.

Town lawyer Warren Shay has said town officials will meet with Kawczynski on Tuesday morning about his future. Social media users have been calling for Kawczynski to quit or be fired since his segregationist views came to light last week.

Kawczynski has said he expects to be fired, but refuses to quit. He served as town chair in Lisbon, New Hampshire, for President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.