AUGUSTA, Maine — A brother-in-law of Gov. Paul LePage has been hired as director of administrative services at the State Planning Office.
Jody Ledoux, who is married to a sister of LePage’s wife, began work Feb. 13 at an annual salary of $68,577.
Ledoux is the second LePage family member to work in the executive branch. When the governor’s daughter was hired as assistant to the governor’s chief of staff, her hiring drew criticism because she was a recent college graduate and some didn’t view her as qualified.
The Portland Press Herald reported that Ledoux is reviewing the state’s leased facilities to identify ways to streamline or cut costs. State Planning Office Director Peter Rogers said he’s well qualified, with project management experience in the construction industry in Maine, Massachusetts and Florida.
If it smells like nepotism, it probably is nepotism.
Nepotism is one of the least transgression of the Penguin administration. At least we know to expect it at this point.
Yep. But I still don’t like it.
Care to elaborate ? If so , get in touch with my longtime friend Dave Crook (former state’s attorney for Kennebec/Somerset counties) bring eveidence to the table, and put your money where your mouth is. You have no backbone!!!!!!
Oh! You have friends in high places!!! I’m freaking impressed!!! You sound so forcefull and tough Wow!! I’ll bet you are really somebody.
You should be impressed as we can hold you accountable for your slanderious accusations. I hope you have lots of money / and/or insurance!!!!!!!!!!
Knock it off. Do you really think your threats will scare harveyammerman or any other posters?
Anyone who can’t even spell “slanderous” correctly is certainly not someone to fear.
It’s not only a spelling problem.
It is obvious he has no idea what the word slanderous even means.
He is the last barrister i would ever hire, your kidding right:)
I’m sure you’ll give us all an explanation for you comments above,
I have to hand it to you. You Progressives do malicious and nasty better than conservatives ever could.
Reason #8 that LePage is disgusting: He commits corruption blatantly, laughing in the face of the people of Maine.
Nothing like keeping it in the family…
He promised to create jobs….
All any of us has to do now is marry into the family.
Don’t make me sick!!!!!
see what happens when you skip your medications:)
Not on any!!!! Sorry!!
Apparently that was only meant for his own family!!!
This is no surprise.
Damn another state job going to someone other than a “retired” state legislator.
Guess what this hiring says about how Mr. LePage feels about the outrage voters had/have over his hiring of unqualified family members who are getting do nothing jobs that were never even opened up for application to more qualified individuals? I’m thinking he’s looking at us all with a smirk and one finger fully extended. Oh well, come November I’ll be extending my pen to every box next to the name of Democrats running for office.
Me too….as long as they aren’t on the fence about issues important to me.
The next election cannot come soon enough. The Governor now has gained the title of the “Worst” Govenor ever in office in the state of Maine. If only the green shirt people had seen through this clown he never would have be elected. It is my hope that those Green shirt people now have a better vision of what they voted in office – Green Slime not only in dthe hamburgers:)
I think he’s the best governor in 16 years.
You know……if any Democrat or Independent was pulling this crap off I would be the first to burn him on these boards. Is that the difference between a bagger and everyone else these days? Its a pretty sad commentary on a party and a person. I can’t help but feel that deep down these kinds of antics must really churn your insides if you had any sort of a conscience. Are you really that fanatical that you will say black is white and up is down when confronted by such indifference in the way of your leaders? Such thinking really allows me to understand how some of the greatest tragedies in our history have occurred when people won’t acknowledge the truth that stands in front of them. Sad.
Very well put. Thank you.
The Emporer Penquin wears no clothes …..
(shudder) I need mind bleach to remove that image from my mind!
Oh, please. that would cause nightmares!!!
and you lost your muzzle again!!
I have to ask….. are you an impostor??
Then you don’t think!
Medic needed:)
That’s the worst comment I’ve read in 16 years.
Thankfully you are in a distinct minority, far, far fewer than the original percentage that voted for him. He is circling the drain and it’s only a matter of time before he’s flushed. Keep throwing him a line though Entitled, but be warned, he would not do the same for you.
And I feel the people LePage hires are the most qualified…
You must be a big fan of communist governments where one person makes the decisions for everyone else?
His visit to communist China will undoubtedly stir that socialistic brain into enacting other unilateral executive decisions.
Maine is at the mercy of this man. He knows it and plays it for all its worth.
Democrats twiddle and fiddle as he continues to piddle.
Every litter has a slow pup!
And one dominant alpha dog as well GO LEPAGE
Yes, Go back to Florida where you came from!
with your title…………you must be a relative?
Please don’t bring dogs into this. I have yet to meet one who is as dishonest and mean-spirited as LePage.
That dog is rabid!
hmmm….I thought it was knowitall617…??? Sounds like something he would write! I like it!!
Welcome to the extreme minority. Your big mouthed buffoon buddy is making sure your sill clown car party is going to be CRUSHED in November. The GOP is a silly band of goofball hypocrites. You people screech about “hating socialism and big government” and all the rest of that malarkey, then you don’t say a single word when your own hero keeps giving taxpaid government “socialist” cushy jobs to his family members. Ha ha ha. What a joke your party is. Nothing at all but a pathetic silly joke.
he has a few…………birds of a feather flock together. He obviously isn’t the only low IQ, ignorant human being hanging around in the government buildings these days
he is a prime example of corporte welfare!!!!
Ouch!
Why, exactly? What has he done that you like?
Your the best joker in maine , that made me laugh soo much!!
I agree he is the best we’ve had in a very long time! Liberals aren’t going to like anyone who isn’t liberal. There are enough people in the state who recognize and pay attention to his accomplishments that I dont worry about the few left wing commentators on the LePage articles. The best they can do is call him names. There is never anything of substance.
He practices nepotism. Is that or is that not a fact? Is that or is that not substance? That $110,000 spent on his daughter and his brother-in-law is your tax dollar at work. Is that or is that not substance? Where have I called him a name?
These are your opinions,,,,,,,,,,,and the rest of the voters will determine what they desire for the future of Maine.
Amen I think you will find how many more is collecting Welfare after this election will be the ones wanting to put Democrats back in power. I think you will find it is the “61%ers” who are against LePage now with even more who have jumped on the wagons since. While the rest of us are the ones who are suffering from the out of control Welfare State wanting to continue on the same path we have now. Continuing with reforming the Welfare State.
I believe welfare should be cut and I don’t get welfare benefits but I am 100% against LePage.
How can you and your 19 supporters arbitrarily and without conscience cut food stamps and aid to those laid off and struggling to find a job? They are Americans, too.
I’m in favor of job creation, until then……..cutting welfare is being heartless. You could be the next person in line at the soup kitchen!!
As I have said before. If we didn’t have corporate welfare, there would be enough money to go around. Re:the 23 million that the appropriations committee gave to their own businesses would have gone a long way to feed the poor!
The biggest welfare recipients are major corporations with low taxes and major oil corporations with massive tax breaks. Even moderate income republicans fail to see it as bad. In fact they applaud it as a means of creating jobs.
Please don’t fiddle with some poor family eking out a living between food stamps lay-offs.
Every time you post, darkcat33, I’m reminded of the poll that showed which groups have the least education. Not surprisingly, it is the Teapartiers. Do you not see how easy it was for LePage to dupe all of you? It was like leading lambs to the slaughter and he’s been laughing all the way to the bank.
Please stop being like a sponge and soaking up every word you hear from your party. Learn to think independently.
OPEGA found over a half billion $$ in corporate welfare handed out with fewer controls and less oversight than the MTA had under Violette.
Get back to us when LePage begins to address that.
Which family member do you know best, his daughter or brother in law? You certainly post like they are your best friends so tell us Still why they are so unqualified. Did you interview them or are you just whining about LePage because you hate him so?
Ahh, so here we go again. You have nothing to say in defense of Mr. LePage’s 2nd use and abuse of Maine taxpayer dollars for the purpose of nepotism. So what do you do? Come here and attempt to make citizens the subject of discussion. Sorry entitled, this type of deflection is getting old. Too many people are on to the ugly tactics of those who have wandered so far to the right of the political spectrum that they have fallen off the edge in regards to understanding the social norms of the society in which they live. Please peddle your deflections elsewhere, less often, or at least (If you’re smart) towards someone who won’t throw the simplicity of your silly tactics right back in your face.
Nepotism runs rampant in Maine’s public sector including schools, local and state Government! If they are qualified for the job and aren’t a direct report than that’s our gain.
Too much hatred being shown here tonight.
I am surprised that the BDN censors aren’ on the beat.
Kind of hard for you people when the negativity is going against you for a change, isn’t it?
when family trees are pretty much one branch here in Maine……nepotism is going to exist in other entities, but should NOT be in our Gov branch.
Who said you can know them by the fruits that their trees bare ?
So was it ok for Baldacci to bring in the Cashman’s (Jack and Danny) who he is related to while he was in office?. But LePage can’t have his daughter and his brother-in-law. What hypocrisy. They hired his brother in law because he has experience in that line of work. If Democrats were doing this its ok but when Republicans and Independents (Real Independents not Democrat imposters) you Liberals would be up in arms. Face the facts the election LePage said it best do we want to elect Democrats and return to a Welfare state with no job growth, or continuing towards a self-sufficent state with huge job groth or less welfare. It’s simple as that.
so where are the jobs LePage created? Less welfare? where? when? The 5 yr time limit hasn’t taken effect yet and welfare advocates will be doing their best to get the changes the legislature made overturned.
They hired his brother in law because he was his brother in law
You didn’t answer the question regarding Gov Baldacci, Jack and Danny Cashman?
see my post above Jack cashman is in no way related to anyone in my family- Jack is 100 percent Irish–we are Italian and Lebaneese—- alot of false statements being circulated here- at least wanted to address this one- thanks
I know for a fact you and his family are closely related when it comes to business dealings. Matter of fact the Baldacci and Cashman families are very connected and self serving.
Whether or not he’s qualified isn’t really the question. I did a little research on him on the internet and it’s quite possible he is qualified from what I found (self posted profile/resume) … the issue is the “appearance of bias or conflict”. LePage promised to run government like a business and a well run (public) business has strong policies against things like nepotism.
In this particular case we’re talking about the spending of public tax dollars and so it’s even more important to avoid that bias. Going back to the position in question, was Ledoux the only qualified candidate? Given the current economy I highly doubt it, therefore one of the other (possibly more) qualified candidates should have gotten the job.
Uh uh, don’t even go there. YOU are the party of “hating socialist government; small government; pull yourself up by your own bootstraps; don’t be so lazy; don’t be on the government dole; private sector private sector private sector…!!” Regardless of past administrations, you should be OUTRAGED and should be saying so. YOU people are the hypocrites here, as you are time and time and time again with so many other issues. Don’t run away from this. OWN IT. He has now twice violated his own philosphy and that of his party by putting two close family members on the “socialist taxpayer government payroll” which you people constantly say you despise. If you had any integrity, you would be flooding his office with calls and letters and emails of protest. But that’s ok. The Maine voters are going to have something to say about it come November. Make no mistake about the beating your pathetic lying fake phony party is going to take in the fall.
…..and the jobs are where???
Too many thing to reply to- but one thing stands out- Jack Cashman is not even distantly related to anyone in my family- Jack is pretty much 100 percent Irish- we are Italian and Lebaneese— could spend days rebutting the rest- just at least wanted to address that false statement- thanks
You have to be a relative to be so blind to ask such a question – really – you were just kidding:)
Ya know, qualified or not it just doesn’t make sence to pizz off the voters by giving the appearence of nepotism. And since politics are some what about appearences it appears he didn’t give a hoot about what the voters thought.
Well Baldacci shouldn’t have brought in the Cashman’s who he was related to either.
ok.
John Baldacci is in no way related to the Cashman family. Do a little research rather than
make excuses for your boy Lepage.
yeah see my posts above- Jack cashman is in no way related to anyone in my family- I think I would know this if they were- they are 100 percent Irish—- our grandparents were Italian and Lebaneese-
This is not about his kid or brother-in-law. They are both probably nice people. That is NOT the issue.
This is only about the governor’s judgement or lack thereof. Hiring relatives? Just say it out loud. It reeks.
I hope you posted in gest, because your comments are amusing and laughable.
Please, tell me you are kidding?
Entitled really believes what he says, if you can believe that!!
One clue might be his (or her) user name.
I think whether they are qualified or unqualified is irrelevant. The issue is that LePage seems to be turning our state government into a family business; or more accurately, family welfare. I would think that someone with a screen name “entitled4life” would be disgusted by how this governor is abusing his power to get taxpayer funded paychecks for his family.
Please read the article a bit closer; the state planning director was pretty specific about Ledoux’s experience and qualifications. Nepotism has been around forever. Give the new guy a chance to prove himself or fail.
No.
Specifics? You mean like he used a hammer in three states? You’d like us all to give the brother-in-law and daughter a chance to show their abilities beyond all others who weren’t even given a chance to apply for jobs paid for by taxpayers? Nepotism is fine if you’re willing to take the risk of hiring an incompetent on your own dime. However, when it concerns positions paid for on the taxpayer’s dime and when no other applicants were considered, it’s just plain unethical. That’s what you want me to give a chance to? Really?
I’ve built homes in three states does that mean I have “Project Management” experience?? I didn’t see any educational qualifications, did you?
It doesn’t matter whether Ledoux is qualified. What matters is whether Gov. LePage directed someone to hire Ledoux or whether Ledoux’s relationship to LePage was a factor in the Planning Office’s hiring him. If Ledoux’s relationship to LePage played any role, it was wrong to hire him.
Why?
Particularly since it’s not the State Planning office that deals with leases, it’s Professional and Financial Regulations. Wonder what this job really is since the State Plannng Office is gone soon!!!
Even if not directed, it is an executive branch job, and everyone knows that his relationship to the Governor was a HUGE reason why he was hired. Let’s be real.
stillrelaxin how do you get some many ‘people like this’ hmmm Fishy or stinky i smell a RAT
Thank you for your kind thoughts. Let me attempt to help you out here. I’ll keep it short to avoid any confusion.
A) Spelling
B) Grammar
C) Timing (Now/here is a bad “time” to leave comment, no one but you will read this).
D) Punctuation
E) Speaking on behalf of the populace (i.e. In opposition to most of what Mr. LePage
and his lost party is currently promoting).
Hope this helps with your own comments in the future!
Hey, another job filled! Way to go Gov.!!!
like this is new for you… you Democrat- party-mo
Why doesn’t that surprise me…..
Seven more years. GO LEPAGE!!! If the man is qualified what’s the problem?
The best politicians the FBI and Diebold can elect, eh?
I hope he wasn’t hired just because he was a relation, but for the fact he was the best candidate for the job.
You should have included *sarcasm* at the end of your post.
He had to be the best candidate for the job. He was so good in fact that they didn’t bother to consider anyone else.
You Mainers are pikers … the Bay State Hacks make double that easy…Joe Kennedy II and wife make over 900 Large from nonprofit Citizen’s energy… now that’s some serious nepotism dough!
With LePage in office, we’ll catch up!
Just checked Citizen’s Energy web site. I don’t see the comparison. Is Citizen’s Energy taxpayer supported? Governor LePage’s daughter and brother-in-law certainly are. Did Joe Kennedy start Citizen’s Energy? Is his wife qualified for the position she holds? If they founded the organization it’s a pretty big stretch to call it nepotism.
Yes… It is tax payer subsidized by the fine citizens of Massachusetts. (Excerpt from the Herald a week ago ….”Citizens Energy has a director of marketing. After the traditional nationwide search, the job went to … Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy II, also known as Beth. Beth’s take for 2010: $261,825. Total annual grab for the storybook couple: $970,023.”
Thank you for your response. You have given me a new perspective on the subject. If you would expand upon your answer as regards Beth’s qualifications and the structure of this organization, I would appreciate it. It seems like a decent organization, but, as we all know, things are not always as they seem.
Sorry…not the same.
So you have no problem with a non profit, federally funded LEI Heat supplier for the State of Massachusetts, paying Mr & Mrs Kennedy 970,023 dollars annually?
You are SO right! There isn’t a politician here who doesn’t have at least 2 extended family members at the public trough!
Between the three of them…….I bet they could manage a Mardens!
and you feel you, yourself, could manage a Marden’s store?
just haul in a lot of junk from out of state, hire a nut job to act like herself ( a freaking idiot). what more is there?
Apparently I picked the wrong family.
Consider yourself lucky.
The State Planning Office was on Paul’s hit list of agencies to be shut down. This is a desperate attempt by a career bureaucratic parasite to save his sinecure from the ax.
Damn those liberal planners! So much more efficient and “real American” to just wing it. After all, we all know the Tea equation…planning=central planning=communism=Democrats!
Sick comment OverCutt!
Thank you kindly fourcatssoon. I’m quite old but I think “sick” now means good. Am I correct?
No, it means you needs medical assistance soon to call someone a communist becasue they don’t agree with you – do you understand this stuff yet. take two and see the doctor in the morning:)
Pretty sure that was sarcasm…
Thank you Mike! It was.
A Modest Proposal for Mr. (Mrs, Ms) Preston:
I suggest that your critic(s) here cut their pills in half.
To reduce their dosage? Or do you think I need the other half? :)
Wow! I guess I was a little too satiric for this board, or maybe just for you! Or perhaps I mistook your earlier comments as reflecting a “progressive” viewpoint. To clarify my point- I was satirizing the view of Tea Partiers and their equating planning with communism and therefore with their usual enemies-Democrats. Please respond and let me know if I got it right this time. I have enjoyed your comments and given them some ‘likes”. If we are of a different philosophical persuasion, I apologize for mislabeling you as a progressive.
I beg yourd pardon, i am an old time Repub.
We love your five year central plans…. the model of Soviet era efficiency!
Do you understand the satirical progression that I employed in my comment? Do you understand why I placed “central planning ” second in that progression? It would seem that you don’t “get ” context in a pretty straight forward, albeit satirical, comment.
It’s a shame that I cannot give you two “likes” for the apt and proper use of the word “sinecure.”
Regerds…
I am sure he has loads of experience. Why, he must have said Planning – what’s that?
LOL, He is qualified because he has worked in construction in FL , ME ,and Ma ! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
And he owns a hammer:)
…made in China,of course.
Why should this surprise anyone…………
Does this mean that Jody and his family also get to move into the Blaine house and get free room and board as well?
I checked it out,,,,,,,,,and it’s not against the law.
LePage promised to bring jobs to Maine. And he’s doing it one relative at a time.
Pretty soon employers that hire will be required to hire a member of his family in order to retain some tax benefit for job creation.
One more than the previous governor!
He forgot to tell us he was going to give them to his relatives ! Hey the rest of the governors gave their friends jobs, so we couldnt connect them to each other !
The ignorant people who post here would say more or less the same thing if he had been hired by a Maine company. They would say he got the job because of who he knows instead of his qualifications. Maybe we can make a law that prohibits anybody related to the governor from having a decent job.
Medic needed:)
It’s like that everywhere.. It’s who you know and not what you know.. don’t you know that by now??? LOL
Whether he is qualified or not, it looks very bad for LePage. Imagine what the righties would say if it were a liberal Governor appointing his own brother in law.
Or at least that prohibits anybody related to the governor from having a decent job in state government. This should be investigated. And if ANYONE else who was arguably qualified applied, the other person should have been hired. We ask not only for propriety but also for the appearance of propriety. Again, if this had happened to a Dem Chief Executive (Obama) the Tea Party, Fox News, et al would have their panties in a bunch. No telling what Rushbo would say (that Obama and the hired relative were in bed together, and not just figuratively.)
Normally, I try to be respectful toward people in general, including those with whom I disagree. I am also aware that when differences degenerate into name-calling, tensions escalate and neither side is likely to get past the invective to actually listen.
Having said that, the moniker that I assigned to Paul Lepage, His Royal Lowness, is hardly “ignorant” nor vile invective. It fits his behaviors perfectly. He is utterly disrespectful and touts as a badge of distinction, not only does he not listen to anyone who differs with him, he diminishes, berates, and bullies, acting like a monarch/dictator. He gives no respect, he deserves no respect.
Regarding your comment about hiring practices of Maine companies and the governor. First, many people do get hired because of connections, but that would not have bothered me if Jody Ledoux had been hired by a private company.
But, as I posted, a gubernatorial appointment to a relative, qualified or not, especially in this economic climate and given LePage’s policies, is a slap in the face to the people of this state, except for his diehard backers. The fact is, and his actions prove it, he just doesn’t care.
But when JFK made his little brother attorney general it was oh so fine.
YUP;)
“State Planning Office Director Peter Rogers said he’s well qualified, with project management experience in the construction industry in Maine, Massachusetts and Florida.”
Unlike Dale McCormick who knew so little about finance that the state had to send her to school in order to teach her how to fulfill her Maine State Treasurers job.
Whether he is qualified or not, it looks very bad for LePage. Imagine what the righties would say if it were a liberal Governor appointing his own brother in law.
I had a friend once that when it came hunting season he would buy one shell because he was only allowed one deer (legally) One shell, boom, and the season was over with.
Good thinking.
Could you explain that to me:) two shells get you ??
If his brother in law were Superman he’d be out of mind(politically) to hire him as a State Trooper. YOU DO NOT HIRE FAMILY.
Who did JFK give the Attorney General job to?
a qualified person – nice try – you need more than a hammer:)
LOL! He was so qualified at 35 that his own brother joked how this would give him some experience for the real world. I remember my parents joking with friends how the big papers in the country reported this tidbit. Don’t forget, I was responding to westshore’s comment only, and not the the plethora of yours. :|
Two wrongs do not make a right. LePage is wrong and everyone should be outraged.
How times have changed. Where was the outrage then? The NY Times did a bit of grumbling (if I remember right), but that was for Camelot, after all.
None of that worked out well for those brothers did it?
His Royal Lowness Paul LePage didn’t invent political nepotism, but, he continues to show his callousness and disdain toward the people of Maine (his constituents, oops, that should be subjects) by hiring his relatives at the same time that his policies are harming hundreds of thousands of Maine’s middle-class and lower socio-economic status citizens.
He is a poor excuse for a human being, continuously “spitting in our faces” while his most ardent supporters cheer him on. Where have the decent Republicans of conscience gone? Their silence is consent!
Looks like no LePage fans are weighing in to defend him on this one. Are there any LePage fans still out there?
I think they are at the Bob-in restaurant in Waterville were the King called home:)
Elvis is there?
I’m gonna have my name legally changed to LePage before this gravy train leaves the station.
Big Nepotism Bucks for me!
yessah
I don’t see anything wrong about this as long as the man is qualified. Are there some anti-LePage posters here that can provide evidence otherwise?
Whether he is qualified or not, it looks very bad for LePage. Imagine what the righties would say if it were a liberal Governor appointing his own brother in law.
Regardless, I see no ethical problems with it as long as the brother in law is qualified for the position.
His appointer isn’t even qualified for the position he holds.
What are the qualifications to be Governor?
I would love to see the qualifications of the other candidates, although I would doubt that any others were ever seriously considered. I think that at this point in LePage’s term he has realized that it’s ” one and done ” and is just trying to grab what he can for himself and his family.
You took the words out of my mouth. If someone more qualified applied for the position and was not offered the job then there is a problem.
Wrong (slightly). If someone EQUALLY as qualified was not offered the job—there is the problem. Either way, as someone else posted upthread, you do NOT hire family, but since there was already a precedent set by Gov. LeFraud….
Was the opening even advertised?
good question.
Nope:)
You know this for sure?
I’ll ask you the same question: Who did JFK appoint as his Attorney General?
Was Bobby confirmed by both the Republicans and the Democrats in Congress ? Don’t even go there my friend, real bad comparison !
I will go there old buddy, my pal!
1-Congress has always been comprised of Dems and Rep, so what’s that about?
2-A simple majority of just the Senate is needed for a confirmation of a cabinet member (when is the last time one was rejected?).
3-His own brother said he gave him the job so he’d have some experience in the real world.
Just one question then my pal. If your comparison is a good one, when will LePage’s brother in law be confirmed ? And by whom ?
You didn’t answer my question, but I will give you the courtesy of a reasonable answer to yours.
Does his job legally require confirmation? Of any kind? Even the silly formality of pushing through the symbolism of crowning a cabinet member? That is the basis of my RFK comparison – It’s a basically very similar comparison of nepotism. I don’t care one way or the other about this picayune brouhaha of minutia. It’s just a tempest in a teapot anyway.
I am awfully sorry my dear friend….. What question are you asking me ? Did I miss something ?
Yes, poopsie, you obviously did. Back track just a bit, then come up with a reasoned response to a simple question. Too much of the St. Pat day in you or something?
A qualifiied person, not just because he owns a hammer:)
Haven’t I already responded to that elsewhere on this thread, or is your verbosity getting a little repetitive?
Less scrutiny for your very closest advisors. That’s why Obama was allowed to take folks like Valerie Jarrett and Axelrod with him into the inner circle. If this job is not cabinet level, then it needed to be advertised and offered to the most qualified. And not a relative.
I agree. I was pointing out that RFK had zilch experience and his confirmation by a simple majority of the Senate was merely a formality. It was nepotism, plain and simple.
I think you’ve over simplified RFK. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy
Sigh. I wasn’t analyzing RFK. I was simply stating that all of the ‘no family, ever’ drumbeats here was forgetful of the recent history of nepotism: OK then and something is SO different now? Not so much…
what is your point?
A Democrat appointed his eminently qualified brother to a Cabinet position 50 years ago with Senate approval, therefore everybody should be okay with Paul LePage appointing unqualified, unvetted, unknown relatives and friends to taxpayer-funded offices whenever he feels like it?
Oh, and before you ask, how do you know they’re unqualified? — how do you know they ARE?
What a coincidence! In the entire state, not one person was qualified for this position, so he apparently had to cast his net over the entire country and — what a surprise! — ONLY his brother-in-law in Florida could fill this job in Maine!!!
I’m sure you’re rushing to pay your taxes to give the LePage family the socialist welfare check they so richly deserve!
My point was that with everyone huffing and puffing that “no family be hired, ever’, I thought that a little cold water of reality would bring the conversation down to a thought out level. Silly me.
Did you live through that ancient history of 50 years ago? Hear the reports and your parents discussing it? Why was it OK then and an outrage such a short time later
Eminently qualified? A 35 year old lawyer with no experience even at a town or county level? One that even JFK joked to his father that he ‘gave him the job so he’d have some experience on the outside? THAT qualified one? The one found after a nationwide search of all the inexperienced 35 year old lawyers’ pool?
Since it was sooo long ago, maybe you aren’t up to a discussion about RFK and family.
Remember the old saying about ‘those that ignore history are doomed to repeat it’?
That’s what happened here.
Awww, in 60 years that’s all you can find? That appointment had to be ratified by the entire Senate, and Bobby Kennedy was found eminently qualified. Unlike our present situation in every possible way.
I am NOT going after RFK!! Just the parallels with this story.
Oh , LUCY, it’s a simple majority, not the entire Senate making only 51 votes needed.
They routinely OK everyone for cabinet positions anyway. Show me the last time one wasn’t….
Good question.
The question here is, was there an organized search to find the best possible candidate for this position?
Or was this position filled, somehow, otherwise?
You wouldn’t, lol
Counting down the days…
Looks like he took some classes, but has no degree. Paulie the Puppet proving his point about college at the tune of 68K ?
I’m no fan of the LePage administration, but if Mr. LeDoux is the most qualified cadidate for the position he should get the job. His relationship to the governor shouldn’t qualify or disqualify him for the position.
http://www.maine.gov/legis/opega/index.htm Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability . This action needs to be run through an ethics check.
Any employee filling taxpayer-paid jobs has an obligation to avoid even the APPEARANCE of nepotism. Surely in the whole state there is someone qualified for the position who would not give that taint to the job. Oh — and where is the transparency? These people are OUR employees; we pay their salaries! I want to know who else was interviewed and where the job was advertised.
Nepotism begins at home.
None of the liberals cried when JFK named his brother Bobby to the Atty. general position but watch ’em cry now ! Watch ’em tell me how that was different !
Better watch it,
I hope you are not advocating that someone wack LePage and his brother.
Besides the FBI got out of that business, eh? LOL
see http://www.snowshoefilms.com/wellstone.html
Get your facts right, boy, Bobby Kennedy had the qualifications to be attorney general, and his appointment was ratified by the Senate. That’s a lot different than providing a do nothing job to a family member.
Your comment is why people such as yourself are known as regressives. You live and think in the past, forever nursing old imagined wounds and slights. But even among your fellow travelers, you are really going for the historical whining “gold”. It’s been almost fifty years since Kennedy’s assassination and yet you consider your point relevant . Really? Still angry about the Sixties? Even you must realize the abject stupidity of comparing John and Robert Kennedy to Paul “31%” “Mardens” LePage and his construction worker brother-in-law. And yes, I worked construction in my younger days and respect the job.
that is enough OverCutt, now take you glass of milk and go to sleep, you are tired – right? its been a long day for you:)
Please see my previous response to you. Thank you.
Yes. How dare you bring up John Kennedy and forget to mention Marilyn Monroe. Thats just wrong.
My sincere apologies! You are correct, Sir.
Is this position a cabinet level position like Attorney General?
Wow………..50 years ago………….ya know I remember when that Julius Caesar pulled this crap back in 100 B.C. ……damn democrats. LOL.
Wow, that’s the best you can do for an example of “liberal nepotism”?
Did that stretch tear any of the ligaments between your ears?
Ha! That might very well change once he loses his House and Senate majorities in November. After that all Captain Paul will have in front of him is two long years of huffing and puffing on the sails of the gigantic ship of fools and family members he’s busily been surrounded himself with. That kind of puffing would cause anyone’s face to turn as red as any juicy cooked Maine “lobstah” right quickly.
Lepudge decries corporate welfare for MPBN, and then provides welfare for his family, in the form of do nothing jobs, and it’s on our nickle.
Hey does he have any more unemployed relatives, because I bet they have an opening or two….
My goodness! Isn’t this nice?
Doesn’t pass the smell test. But LePage has made so many bad smells in the past year that probably no one in his inner circle can detect this one.
Good for him. Who cares?
Let’s start talking about something that really matters, like Obama’s failed economy, rising gas prices and our unacceptably high unemployment numbers. Now this is newsworthy.
Funny that you call yourself mainemajority, because you’re repeating the talking points of the minority. “Obama’s economy” is vastly improved over his predecessor’s, gas prices are set by the world market with very little the US president can do to affect them (well, they did plummet when Bush wrecked the economy, but surely you aren’t’ suggesting that Obama collapse the economy just to bring gas prices down) and the unemployment numbers keep getting lower and lower. It just might help if you pay attention to something other than Faux News and those hater emails choking your inbox.
suggest you stay on topic. otherwise go play outside:)
Now let’s be fair ! It was George W Bush’s failed economy ! Under President Obama the economy is rebounding and unemployment numbers are down….. AMEN. As far as gas prices go, President Obama is no more responsible for high gas prices than George W Bush was when the price of a gallon of gas was over $ 4.00 in 2007. Now that is newsworthy my friend ! Let’s start talking about something that really matters… let’s start talking about that !
Is that Kool-Aid you’re drinking grape, lemon-line or raspberry? My personal favorite was cherry.
What color is your Kool- Aid ? Extreme Red ?
oh, trying to change the subject?
This DOES matter — it is just one more example of government by corrupt and unqualified charlatans who sneer about “welfare” while passing out taxpayer money to their own family and friends as though it were candy.
Now don’t forget you have 2 extra days this year to file your taxes, but file and PAY them any way you can because the governor’s family can’t get work at real jobs and they have their hands out.
I’m merely making a point that the liberal media is always attacking conservatives for such trivial things, such as this. How does this effect our lives? It does not. All while, they let the liberals off the hook. Let’s talk about the failed Baldacci governorship. You know the one that left the state pension system with a 4.5 billion dollar deficit along with cuts to education, public safety, furlough days, road repairs, etc. Now this is substance. Let’s be grateful that the failed Baldacci train has ended and we finally have a Governor who is bringing state government accountable to the people.
since you’re talking about disputable claims, why don’t you really scrape the bottom of the barrel and add questions of citizenship…..but don’t forget to include our Governor’s Canadian ties….
“maine -open for family business!”
where are Pauls papers regarding this new hire?
Gov. LePage is just rewarding the few people that actually voted for him with jobs. It just so happens that most of his votes were from family members.
This smells of Gov’t corruption.
Where is the Tea Party now?
The Tea Party is the Corruption. LePage is Maine’s head man in the Tea Party. So much for less government. More and more LePage’s in government.
http://www.maine.gov/legis/opega/index.htm Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability. This issue should be run by an ethics board of some. Kind other states have Ethics Board in Place. State of New Jersey as a specific policy about not hiring family member and spells it out why. Right off the top of my head conflict of interest besides being unethical.
But he has a hammer, what more does one need? The head of DHHS is in charge of 3500 employees and Mayhew can’t even count that high:)
Don’t worry……..Godfather Paulie made the tea party an offer they couln’t refuse.
You CAN’T BE SERIOUS…Is this buffoon going to subsidize his entire family on the backs of taxpayers??? Guess so. Can’t wait to hear his partisan shills defend this one…oh wait…they’re probably too busy calling LIEpage to find out when their gravy train is coming in…
Nice, how would you feel if people were making fun of how you look. We can’all be beautiful people like me!!!!!!!!
LePage strikes me as being the kind of person who would go “mudding” on his neighbors fields before “mudding” on his own property.
Let’s see the State of Maine has a hiring freeze in place but somehow 2 plum positions come open. One position which pays 42,000 per year is filled with a young lady from Florida who has recently graduated from college and has no experience for the position which she is hired. The other position an upper level management position which pays 68,000 per year is filled by a man from Florida who lacks any previous experience in the field. I guess the only people qualified for State Government positions in Maine reside in Florida. Is Mr LePage right is everyone in Maine lazy and stupid? Not!!!!
If you look on line at Mr Ledoux ‘s resume you can see his qualifications ( other than being related to Mr LePage ) — no present position listed since 2009 ( one of those unemployed bums? ) — Aug 2007 to Aug 2009 Lead Construction Project Superintendent in Virginia — 2006 to 2007 Lead Construction Project Superintendent in Florida — 2004 to 2006 Site Supervisor/Master Carpenter in Westbrook Maine — 1991 to 2004 Project Manager Painting firm in Maine — 1989 to 1991 Trade Foreman Seabrook Nuclear Plant — I hire people on a regular basis and I have to tell you that this resume certainly would not encourage me to interview Mr Ledoux for the position of Director of Adminisrtative Services for the State Planning Office
Now I have nothing against Ms LePage and Mr Ledoux — they are probably nice people who just took advantage of positions offered by Mr LePage — my beef is with Mr LePage who continues to thumb his nose at the citizens of Maine — I hate to tell you Mr LePage but we are not as dumb and lazy as you would have the world believe and I have to think in November you will reap what you are sowing — unfortunately you most likely will take out some good republican legislators along with bad
Point to ponder — if the democrats gain majority — do they push for impeachment or does Mr LePage fall on his own sword and resign ?
I’ll support impeachment, but would also hold the sword.
Rick Scott, Gov. of Florida, promised Floridians jobs if he got elected. Looks like he found jobs for 2 Floridians in Maine! One Republican Governor scratching the back of another. Ain’t politics grand!
No don’t bother looking outside the family for qualified, I mean people who I am sure are more qualified. Family dog probably gets paid a salary under the title of “Guard”
I hope somebody legit checks out this guy’s references…I mean so far, the vetting process for this administration has been abysmal.
go on line his resume is posted — construction superintendent
I’ve read a few resumes in my time…sometimes they even lie about how under qualified they are. A little puff here, a little puff there…all of a sudden the guy is a combination of Henry Ford and Mac Gyver.
Let’s not be hasty now. I am sure that after an exhaustive search of all the well qualified applicants, Mr. Ledoux was considered to be the best man for the job. He probably endured the same grueling interview process as Lauren did. It must give one satisfaction to know that you were chosen as the best of the best. Congratulations Mr. Ledoux, you are the best we can do. There is obviously no one in the entire state who is more suited for this position than you. Why else would you have been GIVEN this well paying position?
I take it you personally reviewed all of the applications and were there for the interviews?
I think that may have been sarcasm!
LOL….the SPO will be closed soon (http://www.sunjournal.com/news/state/2012/03/14/cuts-mpbn-state-planning-office-tax-breaks-state-b/1168176) and the loons are going crazy….perhaps it’s all that mercury they ingest while kayaking?
Good thing the State doesn’t allow NEPOTISM !!! Most SMART businesses know it can only cause trouble, but- obviously LeRage doesn’t know better.
Where is the rage from the T Party and the GOP! This is an insult to all of Maine. Hiring relatives? If any democratic governor did this the right would be screaming and they’d be right.
Where is the anger and rage now? If the GOP / T Party right don’t demand corrective action they no right to ever complain about any dem ever again. Ever!
Very Doubtful…..Some just don’t recognize progress when it’s under their noses.
This Governor is the best thing that has happened to this state in decades, at least for the
people who reallywant to work for a living.
HAHAHAHAHa!! What a joke that line has become.
wow — that post has so much . . . substance — LOL
Unbelievable!!!!! Enough said.
Either this governor does not know the difference between right and wrong or he doesn’t care. You choose. You’ll be right whichever.
I am sure this job was not advertised. That is why the position is within the State Planning Office. Otherwise, the review would have been done by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. However, if it had been done by the correct department, there would not have been a position for his brother-in-law.
Well written.
Of course he (she) has not reviewed the applications.
None of us have reviewed the applications.
For an unadvertised state job.
Don’t you get it?
I am not a JFK fan.
RFK’s appointment was approved by the House and the Senate.
Capiche?
Just when I thought I could not dislike the actions of our so called governor any more than I do, he proves me wrong. This latest hiring is deplorable in light of all of his spewing about everyone in the state taking advantage of the “welfare” system. Nepotism at its finest.
This stinks worse than the $17 million dollar Paul Lepage memorial dump in E. Millinocket.
Well it just shows you how dirty he is let alone in the process of closing the planning office. Well the people of Maine trusted him and this is what happens when people like him lie. Here in Maine we don’t have jobs yet his office is hiring his family members who don’t really need it for they are Rich already. Something is not right here and is smell rotten to boot. It saddens me that this man who Maine people voted for is nothing more then ??????? and who knows what else he is hiding from us Maine People and just to think when he is gone we are left with a BIG Fat Debt because of him. You never know what money he has hidden from Maine People. Hate to think about it but I do. He should be a shame of him self think he is helping us to get out of debt and instead he is putting us in the worse place ever for just like the Bushes they left a big debt for the president and to have to take the blame for it. So whoever gets voted in for the next governor we better think real hard and make dam sure he is the right one. For me I am really going to think real hard and listen and read between the lines something the Maine people should start doing.
Am I the only person wondering why the Maine Heritage Policy Center hasn’t expressed its outrage over this?
And when is MHPC going to post the current administration’s payroll on “maineopengov.org”? Seems they’ve had plenty of time to do that — if they wanted to.
That is why he is hiring al of his relatives. He is gonna get as much taxpayer money before he is booted right where he belongs…Hey Penguin, remember when you were homeless? Well dont get too comfy in the Blaine House, cause ya aint gonna be there much longer.
lepage is ‘ not like the others’ lepage ‘is not a politician’… WHAT BS!
Another victory for the State of Maine and Landslide LePage’s bringing jobs home program.
Who says a Governor can’t create jobs?
Well what did you expect? He probably pays his cat to be official capitol mouse chaser.
This is the second family job LePage has created since becoming Governor. I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that his family tree looks like a burnt stump.
Add one more item to the growing list of deplorable acts that this hack has foisted on the people of this once great state.
OK GOPers, let’s see you defend this. First, he hires his own daughter, some kid just out of college.(Even though GOPers don’t like college right? Only “snobs” go to college, right, according to Santorum, one of your heroes.) Well, his kid can’t find a “real job”, so he hires her for much more than most kids make rights out of college. Now he hires his brother-in-law to work in that “SOCIALIST” state government that you GOPers despise so much. There’s your big hero LeLage hiring his own brother in law at a nice healthy salary to work for that “horrid COMMUNIST, SOCIALIST, LAZY, TAX WASTING”, state government. OK GOPers. now is your chance to prove you are not hypocrites. Now I expect you to FLOOD Mr. LePage’s office with calls, letters, and emails protesting this “waste of taxpayer funds” and doing something that flies completely in the face of everything you stand for. You are supposed be the party of the PRIVATE sector, the party of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps, the party that wants to drown government in a bathtub, the party that hates that horrid “socialism,” … And here you have your very own hero giving cushy state jobs to his own family members all on the public dollar. How come they aren’t out pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps? How come they aren’t out starting businesses? How come they need Daddy LePage to give them cushy government “socialist” jobs? Come on right wingers. Put your letters and phone calls and emails to the governor’s office where your very loud mouths about hating government are.
I dare you to end your hyprocrisy and do that. Go ahead. This is your golden opportunity.
You left wingers need to calm down. Its not healthy to get all frothy. And look you’re drooling too.
Not exactly a good move by Pagey ol’ boy. But he is in charge until further notice.
People with class would make a point of not hiring anyone on the public’s dime that gave even the APPEARANCE of corruption and nepotism. This governor-by-default has no class at all.
Again, family gets preferential treatment. Maybe I should run for Gov. Then I could hire my daughters who just graduated from college, and are having a hard time finding work>
Peter Rogers best well make the statement”he is qualified” otherwise……..no job for you!
And how much do you think former Governor Baldacci makes in his do nothing job with the Defense Department?
Was Baldacci hired by his Brother-in-Law? If yes, then you have a reasonable comparison otherwise there really is no comparison
Good job Mr. LePage!!!!!
Good Job for what? Hiring another relative while he attacks the state workers who make less than half what we now pay his brother in law?
Yeah. good job.
pathetic.
I think its time for the second American Revolution! This time its to reinstate a Government of the people by the people for the people and make all Americans truly equal, not just the rich and crooked politicians! We can start right here in Maine by throwing LePage and all other crooked politicians out in the street where they belong with nothing!
Yup, typical right wing ranting instead of manning up and owning up to your party’s endless hypocrisy. The hero of the party that says it despises all things public and government constantly giving cushy “socialist” jobs to his family members. And you don’t bat an eye. Typical. Well, come November the voters of Maine are going to send your silly TeaNut party packing in a big way.
Before the next election, we should all research the candidates’ families to see if we want to elect the whole bunch.
Well GOPer’s, so where is your outrage with this? If you are the party that hates government so much, why would you tolerate this from your right wing hero? Here is he giving cushy “socialist” jobs to his own family members time and again? Why aren’t you flooding his office with calls, emails, and letters of protest? Hm? What verbal gymnastics are the rank and filers of the party that constantly claims to hate government and the public sector doing to do about this? Well, I know what the majority of Mainers are going to do about in November. Say bye bye to the TeaNut party in Augusta as the Democrats re-take the legislature and return the state to sanity and Maine values.
So where is the GOP Tea Party outrage here? The governor again giving a “socialist taxpaid government job” to a family member? Why isn’t this guy out there in the private sector, running his own business, and pulling himself up by his own bootstraps? Isn’t this an extreme violation of their very own philosophy? The Tea Partiers should be protesting in the streets over this. They should be flooding the governor’s office with emails, calls, and letters. Where are they? Or, are they again being hyprocrites? Hmm.
fire people, then hire relatives
how many other lepage relatives and other cronies hav been hired by lepage???
I would say LePlague’s hires are 100% cronyism.
Come november Im going to vote for myself. I cant waite to see the next field of candidates
Here is the info on Jody Ledoux. The resume says Ormond Beach fl. ….http://www.constructionexecutive.com/executiveresumes/20628/Lead-Project-Superintendent.html. Jody left Maine to go to Florida. Then came back up here for this postition.
so.. Lesson here folks is.., you want a job move out of state. It takes a governor to get you a job in Maine.
This is another outrage by the Gov. Hiring a family member. He is running this state like Madens, he can hire who he wants, and he is so use to telling people what to do. and when people don’t do what he wants them to do , he bullys and throws a temper tandrum.
If you didn’t like the way Paul ran Mardens you aren’t going to like the new guy either.
He ran Associated Grocers into the ground and denied all along that there was a problem.
Some store owners lost their life savings. Some upto $300000. Now Savings Bank of Maine is suing the store owners for accounts receivable and doesn’t want to pay back our savings accounts, which are substantially larger amounts. Oh did anybody notice the Shurfine stuff @ Mardens? The sold the stuff to Mardens way cheaper than the stores could buy it. Any one smell a rat?? Thanks, Craig
oh by the way Angus King is on the board of directors of Savings Bank of Me.
Cronyism and nepotism are alive and well in the Pine Tree State! No better than a Banana Republic these days. What a joke this Governor is.
Nothing like keeping it all in the family.
Only a matter of minutes before Obama is dragged into it.
It’s funny that you are always the first too mention him. Do you have a guilty conscience?
The billionaire-Koch-originated tea party is the scourge of this country. It is a vulgar outfit. Its showings in the Capital three years ago were reminiscent of brown shirt rallies in axis Germany. The race card they accuse democrats of playing has been on the teapublican table since this president took his oath of office.
Le Page has placed his daughter in a highly paid administrative position, and has now seated his brother-in-law in a state position without giving anyone else an opportunity to have a crack at it. His supporters claim the man is qualified. Not even an entrance exam is needed when you’re a Le Page. Transparency?
It’s called nepotism.
As long as the Governor’s family understands these positions are temporary….just as temporary as LePage’s career is shaping up to be….This guy is a joke and he’s getting away with it right in front of Maine’s nose….Lol…..laughable. Proud to be a 61%er !
He should have taken a page out of Barry’s playbook……..appointed him czar and gone golfing.
Come on now, the poor guy’s been out of work over 2 years. If you were the governor, wouldn’t you gift your unemployed brother in law a nice cushy salary? Oops, I mean job. After all, there are no unemployed qualified people in this state. Just ask King Paulie. He’ll give you the straight poop and plenty of it.
I guess if you can breath and you are family you are hired. They had a great man running the State Planning Office George Mcdonald for alot of years. But family first. 68k plus benes and be under MSRS. Maybe Lepage gets a family rate. So if Lepage has a dog someone should marry it just to be part of the family and then Blaine house here we come. You can land a job for 65 to 70k per year.
so what. Whole family trees are on the payrolll in some states.
Minimum requirements to even be considered for an interview for this job, from the state website. Description of LePage’s brother-in-law’s qualifications do not appear to be anything like this:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A twelve (12) year combination of education, training, and experience
comprised of a Bachelors Degree in Business or Public Administration, or
closely related field or equivalent in directly related experience
-AND- eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in
financial and/or human resource management. Experience must include at
least two (2) years of managerial/supervisory work directing a financial
or human resource management program or activity.
http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/bhrsalary/jobs.pl?pagenum=4&pagereq=ActSpecJobSpecs_HTM007.htm
Reviewing leases is a function done by someone in an entirely different department. Lepage’s brother-in-law appears to have been given a make believe job at a very high rate of pay.
http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/bhrsalary/jobs.pl?pagenum=4&pagereq=ActSpecJobSpecs_HTM9260.htm
Maine’s policy on nepotism: http://www.maine.gov/bhr/rules_policies/policy_manual/6_3.htm
And, given the apparent love for things Floridian — Miami-Dade Florida anti-nepotism law: http://www.miamidade.gov/hr/library/labor_relations_nepotism_manual.pdf
The governor seems to be very liberal in giving well-paying jobs to his family.
Poor Lauren if she had just held onto her “unemployment” a little longer she could have landed a much higher paying job. Well I bet the money from these two jobs, hers and this clowns, would hire 10 people at Mardens. I should have bought it when I saw it in Florida, since no Maine people are qualified.
Well at least his family has jobs. Ummm, I think I’m related in some way — back around Adam and Eve —- got any good jobs left??
I didn’t even have to read the article or barely any of the 335 (and counting) comments to know that the attack dogs were going to be out, baring their teeth, and ready! Goodness gracious, people!
Now, before you all jump on the band-wagon bashing me for making this comment, I want to ask one simple question – and get an HONEST answer from those of you making snide remarks…. In the recent past has any other governor (democratic or independent – since those are our two most recent) given any of their families jobs in either the state house or the Blaine house?
Without doing my research (I will admit), I would go out on a limb and say that probably, yes they have, and maybe even more than once. When this was the case, how many of you jumped all of them like you are doing now? Just a simple question….
Yes the others may have hired family. Yet I dont remember them getting twice the average wage while telling people he does not have the money to pay for programs.
So LePage is showing he is still a crook. So what else is new? As I see it, the only people that will vote for his re-election next term will be his family. Wonder if next Governor will bother to investigate LePage of wrong doings to a legal prosecution.
If the man is qualified whats the big deal? The only thing that makes the anti LePage bottom feeders mad is that this story has their spin that a sane person can see through! Lepage will be known as Maine’s best Gov in years to come.
Good job so far and now the welfare collectors are on the run!
LePage did promise jobs, he just didn’t tell us that the jobs were going to his own family. lol.
The worse governor in maine history title has already been claimed by john Baldacci. At least Lepage has the guts to reign in spending thats was out of control by the democrats.
Big deal. the BDN has to hype everyone up with the 68 K figure and a lack of detail on this fellwos quals . It isnt that much pay for the job and maybe he is a good fit for it
Too bad this wasn’t a right to work state like the old gov wants. He could have hired is brother for 20,000. I’ll be voting for democrats this fall also. We will also have to make sureMr LePage follows all the rules for unemployment.
Private enterprise and no unions for all you peons, but the public trough for those who are related!
The sad thing is that finding an honest politician is like looking for a grain of salt in a gravel driveway!
email Governor LePage at
governor@maine.gov
Charity begins at home. If I had the ability to give anyone in my family a decent paying job I would do it without hesitation. Good paying jobs are too hard to find with this gestapo government.