It is difficult to reconcile Gov. Paul LePage’s Franco-American heritage with his strident opposition to labor issues. He supposedly had a difficult family history necessitating a variety of human service programs.

He must also be aware of the thousands of poor French families who immigrated from Quebec in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They came primarily to work in Maine’s paper mills and textile industries. They were proud, hardworking Franco-Americans who came here to improve their lives. (The Sun Journal of March 29 reported that Maine is the second-largest paper producer in the U.S., with 7,500 workers in 11 pulp and paper mills.)

Where is it more appropriate for an artistic portrayal of the state’s history of labor development than at the Department of Labor?

LePage has denigrated labor and Maine workers, and repudiated his own Franco-American heritage. My wife is Franco-American and a retired state legislator who grieves from his treatment of labor and his cuts in human services.

He has already proven himself unfit and unable to serve honorably as governor of the state of Maine.

Ronald K. Melendy, Auburn