Maine town OKs interim manager after white separatist fired
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A rural northern Maine town has hired a temporary manager after firing a man who espoused white separatist views.
The Bangor Daily News reports officials in the town of Jackman voted Wednesday to hire Mitchell Berkowitz on a temporary and open-ended basis.
Jackman officials fired Tom Kawczynski on Tuesday and agreed to pay him $30,000 for agreeing not to sue the town.
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Kawczynski has made comments bashing Islam and called for the preservation of white European heritage in northern New England. He has also operated a website that touts racial segregation, describing itself as the internet home of a pro-white group and states that it's time to "admit America was built by white Christian men."
Kawczynski has told The Associated Press he has the right to have controversial opinions.