New Maine Governor

New Maine Governor

Sounds like he and Sheriff Joe should get together!! This is what America needs to get back on track!

The new Maine Governor, Paul LePage is making New Jersey 's Chris Christie
look like an enabler. He isn't afraid to say what he thinks. And, judging by
the comments, every time he opens his mouth, his popularity goes up.

He brought down the house at his inauguration when he shook his fist toward
the media box and said, "You're on notice! I've inherited a
financially-troubled state to run. Observe.... cover... but don't whine if I
don't waste time responding to your every whim for your amusement."

During his campaign for governor, he was talking to commercial fishermen who
are struggling because of federal fisheries rules. They complained that
President Obama brought his family to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park
for a long Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with union leaders, but
wouldn't talk to the fishermen. LePage replied, "I'd tell him to go to hell
and get out of my state." Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6 points in
the pre-election poll.

The Martin Luther King incident was a political sandbag which brought him
national exposure. The 'lame stream' media crucified him, but word on the
street is very positive. The NAACP specifically asked LePage to spend MLK
Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison. He told them that he
would meet with ALL inmates regardless of race if he were to visit the
prison. The NAACP balked and then put out a news release claiming falsely
that he refused to participate in any MLK events. He read it in the paper
for the 1st time the next morning while be ing driven to an event and went
ballistic because none of the reporters had called him for comment before
running the NAACP release.

He arrived at that event & said in front of a TV camera, "If they want to
play the race card on me they can kiss my butt", and he reminded them that
he has an adopted black son from Jamaica and that he attended the local MLK
Breakfast every year that he was mayor of Waterville. (He started his
morning there on MLK Day.)

He then stated that there's a right way and a wrong way to meet with the
governor, and he put all special interests on notice that press releases,
media leaks, and all demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way. He said
any other group which acted like the NAACP could expect to be at the bottom
of the governor's priority list!

He then did the following, and judging from local radio talk show callers,
his popularity increased even more: The state employees union complained
because he waited until 3 p.m. before closing state offices and facilities
and sending non-emergency personnel home during the last blizzard. The prior
governor would often close offices for the day with just a forecast before
the first flakes. (Each time the state closes for snow, it costs the
taxpayers about $1 million in wages for no work in return.)

LePage was CEO of the Marden's chain of discount family bargain retail
stores before election as governor. He noted that state employees getting
off work early could still find lots of retail stores open to shop. So, he
put the state employees on notice by announcing: "If Marden's is open, Maine
is open!"

He told state employees: "We live in Maine in the winter, for heaven's sake,
and should know how to drive in it. Otherwise, apply for a state job in
Florida !"

Governor LePage symbolizes what America needs; Refreshing politicians who
aren't self-serving and who exhibit common sense!