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
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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
Natural Resources Council Says LePage Sent Its Donors Harassing Letters
In letters sent to the council’s donors last week, the governor accused the organization of supporting ‘job-crushing, anti-business policies.’ By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA — Maine’s largest environmental organization is accusing Gov. Paul LePage of waging a “smear campaign” and harassing donors by sending letters to supporters outlining what Read More
NRCM Blasts Gov. LePage for Wasting Tax Funds on His Smear Campaigns
Mainers Want Problem-Solving, Not Harassment NRCM news release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) today called on Governor Paul LePage to stop spending Maine taxpayer money on his smear campaign against NRCM, which has featured an incendiary “Wanted” poster displayed at a Town Hall meeting in March, weekly attacks by the governor on NRCM Read More
Timeline of Governor LePage’s Attacks on NRCM
Starting in 2016, Maine’s then-Governor Paul LePage mentioned the Natural Resources Council of Maine by name more than 75 times in nearly two dozen speeches, interviews, communications, and Town Hall meetings—more frequently than he mentioned any other organization in Maine. Read full news release. March 8, 2016: Governor LePage radio address attacks NRCM by name five Read More
Only Monument Opponents to Speak During Committee Hearing in East Millinocket
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage will be the first witness at a field hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources next week in which only opponents of a proposed North Woods national monument are scheduled to speak, officials said Thursday. Read More
Northern Maine Deserves Better
For example, Rep. Bruce Poliquin wants to inflame people to help his campaign along. By Alan Caron Portland Press Herald op-ed Over a thousand Mainers converged on two northern Maine public gatherings last week to argue over a proposal to set aside 87,500 acres of the North Woods as a so-called national monument. Opposition arguments Read More
Expectations Mixed in Wake of National Monument Meetings
Opponents of the Katahdin-area proposal are determined to fight on, but others see the designation as a done deal and believe it’s time to plan for that outcome. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The head of the National Park Service had just wrapped up a marathon day of hearings on Read More
