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Governors Convene in D.C., LePage Gives NGA a Miss

AUGUSTA, ME_ Most of the nation's Governors are gathered in Washington this weekend for the winter meeting of the National Governor's Association. But not Maine Gov. Paul LePage. The Republican governor  said that he planned to attend a meeting of Republican governors and then head to Florida for a brief vacation.

NGA meetings, says LePage, are a waste of time.

" The NGA, the two years that I did participate, everybody sits, Democrats on one side and Republicans on the other side and it's all niceties and at the end of the day, nothing happens."

LePage says he has little tolerance for small talk and wants meetings to be productive and have clearly defined results.  He says when he meets with fellow Republican governors they have good policy discussions that help him in setting state policy.
 

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Journalist Mal Leary spearheads Maine Public's news coverage of politics and government and is based at the State House.