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Mac Herrling of Orland, Maine sent this letter to the Bangor Daily News: Our governor continues to amaze us with the vastness of his incompetence as chief executive. He crudely undercut his marine resources commissioner by going behind his back to make deals with the fishing industry and punish perceived enemies in Portland. His handpicked [...]
If Paul LePage was colorful as a Republican candidate for Governor of Maine, his display since taking office has gone into the infrared. Telling the NAACP to “kiss my butt” was just the beginning. After holding hush-hush meetings with industry lobbyists, Governor Paul LePage laughed off the effects of chemicals leaching from plastics by joking [...]
Have you heard that Paul LePage wants to bring offshore oil drilling to the waters of Maine? It’s true, and the Republican candidate for Governor made it unavoidably plain. When he was asked “Would you support offshore drilling in the waters off the Maine Coast?” in a televised gubernatorial debate in May of this year, [...]
In the state of Maine, there’s been a bit of a kerfuffle recently over the controversial views of Paul LePage, the Republican nominee for Governor. John Frary, the Republican Party’s recent candidate for Congress in Maine’s 2nd District, sought to allay concerns about Paul LePage’s creationist views by writing an op-ed piece in the Portland [...]
On May 27, Republican candidate for Governor of Maine Paul LePage was asked a simple question: “Do you believe in creationism, and do you think it should be taught in Maine public schools?” Paul LePage’s answer: I would say intelligence, uh, the more education you have the more knowledge you have the better person you [...]
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