By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial Gov. Paul LePage has made no secret of his enemies list. It includes highly respected Republican state Sen. Roger Katz, the media and the state’s teachers union. He ratcheted up the hatred this spring with wanted posters featuring people who work for the Maine People’s Alliance, Read More
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Gov. LePage Turns Middle Ground into Battlefield
Instead of trying to win an argument, LePage would rather silence the opposition. By The Editorial Board Portland Press Herald editorial The thousands of people who donate every year to the Natural Resources Council of Maine don’t need Gov. LePage to tell them what the organization does. On issue after issue, the Natural Resources Council Read More
Environmental Group Calls LePage Letter to Members “Smear Campaign”
by John Krinjak WABI-TV news story A Maine environmental group says a letter Governor Paul LePage sent to its members is a “smear campaign.” Last week, LePage sent letters to donors to the Natural Resources Council of Maine informing them of what he called the organization’s, quote “true intent.” In the letter, he slams NRCM’s policies Read More
Gov. LePage Accused of Sending Harassing Letters
WGME-TV news story The governor is accused of sending harassing letters to donors of Maine’s largest environmental group, a group he’s clashed with for years. The governor mailed this letter to about 200 people who donate to the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Recipients say it’s intimidating, while the governor’s office calls it informative. Jake Read More
McCarthy of the Great Woods: Unhinged Maine Governor Targets Donors of Local Green Group
‘This seems like something Sen. Joseph McCarthy would have done in the 1950s, not a governor of Maine in 2016’ by Nika Knight, staff writer Common Dreams news story “Last week the governor’s office was scouring the Internet for the addresses of NRCM members so he could send them a harassment letter, but next week Read More
Gov. LePage Doesn’t Deny Targeting NRCM Donors
NCRM accuses Gov. LePage of threatening donors. WCSH-6 TV news story Watch full news video. (NEWS CENTER) — The Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine’s biggest environmental group, has claimed Governor LePage is running a “smear campaign” against them, and that he has sent harassing letters to some of their donors. The Governor’s office says Read More
Maine’s Largest Environmental Group Rips LePage’s ‘McCarthy-like’ Targeting of Donors
By Steve Mistler MPBN news story Gov. Paul LePage is sending letters to select donors of the state’s largest environmental organization urging them to end their financial support. The Natural Resources Council of Maine says the letters are taxpayer-funded harassment reaffirming the governor’s anti-environment record, and LePage may discover that the letters will have the Read More
NRCM Says Gov. Paul LePage Sent Harassing Letters to Donors
by Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor Sun Journal news story AUGUSTA – The state’s largest nonprofit pro-environment group, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, said Thursday Gov. Paul LePage has been sending letters to its donors that many consider harassment. LePage’s staff confirmed letters were sent to about 200 NRCM donors that are listed on Read More
LePage Rips Maine Environmental Group in Letter to Its Donors
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — The war of words between Gov. Paul LePage and the Natural Resources Council of Maine escalated Thursday, after the group castigated the governor for his recent letter to hundreds of the nonprofit organization’s donors. LePage’s May 27 letter repeated allegations he has Read More
