Subject: [big campaign] Recording Reveals Maine Gov. LePage Has Secret Plan for Special Session
From: Chris Korzen <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:32:34 -0400
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More partisanship and intrigue from the great state of Maine.

Chris Korzen
Maine's Majority
www.MainesMajority.org
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Recording Reveals LePage Has Secret Plan for Special Session
http://thetippingpoint.bangordailynews.com/2012/08/16/state-politics/recording-reveals-lepage-has-secret-plan-for-special-session/
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Pat Wellenbach | AP

At a Republican-only
event<http://bangorgop.org/2012/07/governor-paul-lepage-on-august-15-the-sea-dog-530/>
at
the Sea Dog brew pub in Bangor last night, Governor Paul LePage revealed
that he has a secret plan to call the Legislature back into a special
session before the November election in order to enact a policy that will
“push the envelope.”

LePage said he could not divulge what the legislative action would be as he
was still working with the Attorney General’s office to make sure it was
constitutional, saying only that “other Republican states have done this”
and that “If we get this done, the State of Maine will be on the right
track for the next ten years.”

LePage did make clear, however, that the secret policy would be partisan
and divisive. “I think we can get it done in about a day and the Democrats,
if you think they hate me now… Wow,” said LePage.

Here’s an audio clip of the relevant portion of LePage’s speech provided by
an attendee of the event: Download
recording<http://thetippingpoint.bangordailynews.com/files/2012/08/bangor-8-15.mp3>

Full transcript:

I’m going to be honest with all of you here, especially all you incumbents.
I’m going to interfere with your campaigning because I’m going to call a
special session in the near future and I can’t divulge what it is because
the Attorney General is seeing if I’m doing it right.

I like to push the envelope, and so we’ve got it half open and I believe in
my mind I believe it can be done. It’s not a matter of whether or not we
should do it or can do it, it’s a matter of is our Constitution here in
Maine allowing us to do it.

I’m just trying to do what other Republican states have done this year and
I gotta wait before I say too much more about it, but what I’m telling you
is this: If we get this done, the State of Maine will be on the right track
for the next ten years. I promise you that.

I see Senator Rosen’s eyes saying “what’s he up to?”

I wish I had come up with the idea, but it was come up with… some people on
staff… brilliant and it’s being looked at now and I can’t wait to call
everybody back and get this done.

I think we can get it done in about a day and the Democrats, if you think
they hate me now… Wow.

So with that, have a nice evening.

The Governor’s plan could be focused on any number of controversial issue
areas. Check this post for updates if and when this mystery begins to
unravel.

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