June 20, 2010 -- Last Sunday, Father's Day, GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage took a few hours out to have coffee and chat with me at Governor's Restaurant in Waterville, Maine. He had just been elected as his party's candidate for Governor.
We talked about mending the fences among the six candidates -- and their supporters -- who ran against him in the primary, what he considers to be the most important issues facing our state as well as his campaign, and who his favorite historic al figures are.
Regarding Land for Maine's Future:
"I'm totally against it. I believe that private land owners are better stewards of their land than the government. And I've seen some of the land that the State has purchased. It's poorly managed -- If it was purchased with the intent of allowing the forest to work, for instance, and making it work, and allowing the usage of the private sector and the people of Maine, fine. But the way it's going is they want to buy it, put a fence around it and not allow anybody on it, and that's wrong."
Listen to part 1 of the interview here:
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Listen to part 2 of the interview here:
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