Blount Co. Mayor writes a letter of complaint to the Sister City program director:

Additionally, there is a lot of adverse comment about all the Russian kids coming here in the summer. They are competing with out kids for jobs, etc. and I have heard story after story relative to displeasure over the deluge. We need to take care of our kids first when it comes to jobs, The Russians, as far as I am concerned, can do likewise. Enough is enough.

He also has issues with Putin, and brings up Vietnam. Read the story here [1], and the text of the letter (which was printed on county letterhead) here [2]. I'm told there will be a story about it on WVLT at 5:30PM.