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Gov. Paul LePage holds first town hall since impeachment attempt

Governor speaks to residents in Windham

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Gov. Paul LePage holds first town hall since impeachment attempt
Governor speaks to residents in Windham
Gov. Paul LePage held his first town hall meeting forum since last week’s failed attempted by some lawmakers to impeach him.Click here to watch the report.LePage reiterated Tuesday night in Windham that he doesn’t expect everyone to agree with him.“I am not politically correct,” he said. “I try to be straight-forward and tell you the truth.”“I think Paul LePage says what he means and stand behind it,” said Stan Page of Windham.LePage shared his four-point plan for Maine, which includes welfare reform, reducing energy costs and taxes.“We are over-taxed. Over-burdened with regulations,” he said.The most heated moment of the night was over health care.“I’d like to understand why have you have you opposed expanding health care?” asked Jane Pringle of Windham.“All these state that expanded are going broke,” he said.Pringle, a health care worker, disagreed.“All the states that have already expanded Medicaid have shown a huge influx into their state budgets of significant dollars,” she said.“That’s not true, and I’m sorry that is not correct,” LePage said.Before he left, LePage reminded people it’s an election year.“Ask your representatives what they stand for because I’ll tell you, what they tell you and what they do are not always the same,” he said.The stop in Windham came hours after LePage signed into law an amended proposal to hire more drug agents in the state.He said the new law is a small mandate to the state’s drug problem, and the next steps include improvements to treatment programs across Maine.

Gov. Paul LePage held his first town hall meeting forum since last week’s failed attempted by some lawmakers to impeach him.

Click here to watch the report.

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LePage reiterated Tuesday night in Windham that he doesn’t expect everyone to agree with him.

“I am not politically correct,” he said. “I try to be straight-forward and tell you the truth.”

“I think Paul LePage says what he means and stand behind it,” said Stan Page of Windham.

LePage shared his four-point plan for Maine, which includes welfare reform, reducing energy costs and taxes.

“We are over-taxed. Over-burdened with regulations,” he said.

The most heated moment of the night was over health care.

“I’d like to understand why have you have you opposed expanding health care?” asked Jane Pringle of Windham.

“All these state that expanded are going broke,” he said.

Pringle, a health care worker, disagreed.

“All the states that have already expanded Medicaid have shown a huge influx into their state budgets of significant dollars,” she said.

“That’s not true, and I’m sorry that is not correct,” LePage said.

Before he left, LePage reminded people it’s an election year.

“Ask your representatives what they stand for because I’ll tell you, what they tell you and what they do are not always the same,” he said.

The stop in Windham came hours after LePage signed into law an amended proposal to hire more drug agents in the state.

He said the new law is a small mandate to the state’s drug problem, and the next steps include improvements to treatment programs across Maine.