Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 17:54:06 GMT -6
AUGUSTA — The state's largest nonprofit pro-environment group, The Natural Resources Council of Maine, said Thursday that Gov. Paul LePage has been sending letters to its donors that many consider harassment.
LePage's staff confirmed letters were sent to about 200 NRCM donors that are listed on the organization's website. In all, the organization has about 16,000 members, with the vast majority of them living in Maine, according to Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM's executive director. She is also a donor and a recipient of one of LePage's missives.
Adrienne Bennett, LePage's press secretary, said LePage sent the letters to inform the nonprofit's donors that the organization has worked to support legislation that is robbing Maine of jobs.
Pohlmann told a group of reporters gathered Thursday at the State House the group has filed a formal Freedom of Access Act request with LePage's office to find out how much was spent on the letters and how the home addresses were discovered by state employees in order for the letters to be mailed.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/06/02/nrcm-says-gov-paul-lepage-sent-harassing-letters-donors/1935286
LePage's staff confirmed letters were sent to about 200 NRCM donors that are listed on the organization's website. In all, the organization has about 16,000 members, with the vast majority of them living in Maine, according to Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM's executive director. She is also a donor and a recipient of one of LePage's missives.
Adrienne Bennett, LePage's press secretary, said LePage sent the letters to inform the nonprofit's donors that the organization has worked to support legislation that is robbing Maine of jobs.
Pohlmann told a group of reporters gathered Thursday at the State House the group has filed a formal Freedom of Access Act request with LePage's office to find out how much was spent on the letters and how the home addresses were discovered by state employees in order for the letters to be mailed.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/06/02/nrcm-says-gov-paul-lepage-sent-harassing-letters-donors/1935286