Paul LePage (Maine): Gouverneur le plus fou des États-Unis?

J'ai déjà mentionné le nom du Gouverneur du Maine dans ce carnet. À l'époque M. LePage voulait retirer de son bureau une peinture représentant les luttes syndicales des ouvriers du Maine. M. LePage a dit, et fait, des choses bien plus spectaculaires et controversées. Politico Magazine s'intéresse à son histoire ce matin. Lepage est né dans une famille de franco-américains.

 ""LePage’s first major initiatives as governor—to roll back all state environmental laws to weaker federal standards and stop a ban on bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, in baby bottles—were drafted by his special adviser, a registered lobbyist for many of the affected industries. LePage defended the restoration of BPA in bottles by saying, with a smirk, that the worst that could happen was that “some women may have little beards.” Even as that effort collapsed, crowds of protesters were on the steps of the statehouse condemning LePage’s removal of a mural illustrating the history of Maine’s labor movement from the Department of Labor because an anonymous letter writer had likened it to North Korean efforts to “brainwash the masses.”

 And that was just his first 100 days. LePage has since threatened to move his office out of the statehouse (over a dispute involving a television used to promote his policies in a public space), refused for months to allow his commissioners to testify before legislative committees and ordered state employees not to speak to the state’s largest newspaper chain (a move that earned national attention but went unimplemented)."

  http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/paul-lepage-maine-governor-crazy-101923.html?hp=t1#.UtLV3J55PAx