Legislature's Gov. Oversight Committee subpoenas 2 LePage staffmembers re: Eves, Good Will-Hinckley

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AUGUSTA, Maine — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted Thursday to subpoena two members of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration who have refused to cooperate with an investigation into the governor’s role in forcing Good Will-Hinckley to rescind an employment contract to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves.

That decision came on Thursday after a full day of testimony to the committee. During lengthy questioning Thursday morning, Jack Moore, chairman of Good Will-Hinckley’s board of directors, told lawmakers that LePage’s threat to withhold state funding because of the school’s hiring of Eves placed its existence in jeopardy.

Lawmakers who supported issuing subpoenas to Cynthia Montgomery, LePage’s chief legal counsel, and Aaron Chadbourne, a top adviser to the governor, cited Moore’s candid and illuminating testimony as a reason that calling more people to testify would be valuable.

Moore said LePage’s threat to withhold $530,000 in state funding likely would have caused Good Will-Hinckley to lose millions in grant funding from the Harold Alfond Foundation.

more:
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/15/politics/panel-seeks-to-force-lepage-staff-to-testify-about-eves-firing/

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editing to add link to Talking Points Memo's take on the story
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/good-will-hinckley-confirms-lepage-threat

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1. Good

Sounds like they are finally getting serious. First subpoenas I have heard of in this case, but I suppose they were trying to get everyone willing to testify without subpoenas first. Wish we could hurry this up and kick LePage to the curb already.