Cross posted at Dirigo Blue
People before politics. That has been the motto of the Maine Tea Party Republican Gov-Elect Paul LePage's transition team.
It's just that no one asked, "Which people?"
The Bangor Daily News reports this morning that LePage has hired his daughter for an administration post that pays $41,000 a year.
Not bad for someone that graduated from college last June. But that salary is $10,000 more than a first year teacher makes in Maine, and many of them have a graduate degree.
Perhaps most galling is that this same daughter benefited from the in-state tuition that the LePages achieved by scamming the State of Florida.
But there's more: