Lawmakers deadlocked on LePage sanctions but ‘there will be no Gov. Thibodeau’

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Top Republicans and Democrats emerged from a Thursday meeting fragmented three ways about returning to Augusta to condemn Gov. Paul LePage after his latest controversy.

Democrats want a special session to consider LePage’s resignation or removal. Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, would return to consider censure. Minority House Republicans and their leader, Ken Fredette of Newport, don’t want to come back.

But even that tenuous alliance only goes so far.

Term-limited House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, campaigned for Thibodeau in a surreal exchange with reporters, saying Maine would be “better off” if lawmakers removed LePage and installed the Senate president, who is first in the line of succession.

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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2016/09/01/politics/state-house/lawmakers-deadlocked-on-possible-special-session-for-lepage-sanctions/

[forest444]

1. Why not, pray tell.

LePig hasn't embarrassed Maine quite enough?

[rpannier]

2. Sad for Maine is

they'd be better off with almost any governor of any other state running Maine and they'd probably be better off with most of 6255570 people who ran for the Republican nomination for president running the state
Hell... no one sitting in the governor's seat is better than that clown