AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican Gov.-elect Paul LePage won't be sworn into office until Wednesday, but he's already living in the governor's mansion.
The Blaine House, Maine's governor's mansion, is seen Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, in Augusta, Maine. Gov.-elect Paul LePage, who will be sworn into office on Jan. 5, has started to move his personal items into the house. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
An adviser says LePage and his family took up residence Sunday. Gov. John Baldacci already had moved out, and it's not uncommon for candidates to move in before the inauguration.
The LePages sold the family home in Waterville, and made the move 20 miles south to Augusta. His family says living in the Blaine House will be a good thing because LePage is a self-described workaholic. After burning the midnight oil, his commute will be a short walk across the street.
Joining Paul and Ann LePage in the seven-bedroom mansion will be their daughter and Ann LePage's mother, as well as their Jack Russell mixed-breed dog, Baxter.
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How ridiculous these coments
How ridiculous these coments are. Paul LePage was elected by as big a margin as Baldachi was and deserves a chance to straighten this sorry mess Maine is in out. The fact that he hired his daughter or that she will live in the Blaine house makes no difference in the general scheme of things and hopefully he will get all the issues going in a better direction.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.How ridiculous Nell disregards the evils of Nepotism....
What other forms of corruption do you simply ignore, Nell?
Google "Nepotism" and "Corruption" - How many hits do you get??
(Here's a hint - "About 572,000 results")
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The problem I have with his daughter doing the job is how many well-qualified unemployed Mainers were turned away for the job, or did he even look at their resumes? I have no problem with her living with Daddy, but yes, the better choice would have been for him to have kept the house in Waterville for her to "rent" and be a responsible adult.
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Has the daughter proven herself to be unqualified for the job? If not, what's the big flap? Let her do the job she was hired to do. If she doesn't get it done, can her.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Nepotism is the big flap.
It is that from which corruption easily springs in government.
You could use the same argument to justify incest, Pirate, but we don't need to take the chances. Next thing you know, someone could bear a child with a wickud voluble green thing perched on it's shoulder with an nasty sharp beak!
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At age 20+ the daughter certainly does not need a nanny...( as I am sure someone on here will say President Obama has HIS mother in law living with them..but she IS there to be with the 2 SMALL children while the Obama's are working)
why sell the house?? Daughter should have moved into Mommy & Daddy's house for the short stay that Daddy will have in the big house. Oh, but wait..then she would have had to SPEND some of her hard earned41k...and actualy be a responsiable ADULT....what was i thinking????
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It's all part of the logic tha goes with the oBAMaCare package. You know, where adult children are now covered under their parents' medical insurance coverage till age 26. The bread gets buttered on both sides, folks.
Small children or not, Michelle's mother is living in the White House, presumably at taxpayer expense.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Michelle's mother Saves the cost of a 'Paid Nanny"
Which LePage would have hired his daughter as one - and still put her up at the Blaine House had he had liddle LeRugCrawlers....
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So the daughter who got the illegal in-state tuition and a cushy state job right out of school, now gets free room and board. And the mother-in-law too. And we're paying.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Who's paying for oBAMa's
Who's paying for oBAMa's mother-in-law living in the White House?
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