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"Governor Paul LePage, who previously made national headlines for telling the NAACP to 'kiss my butt,' has explained his decision to remove the mural by citing an anonymous fax from a 'secret admirer' comparing the 36-foot wall painting to something in 'communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses.'"
—The Maine labor mural story is the best story.
So all it takes to get something done by a Republican is an anonymous fax? Fantastic!
@hockeymom: Only if you admire them. Draw something sexy in the margin!
Maine owns the mural, but the federal funding that contributed to its commission means that if LePage does not exhibit the art in an appropriate government building, he must reimburse the state’s unemployment trust fund account 63.39 percent of the “current fair market value,” according to the Labor Department.
Do I hear $50 million?
He dislikes the content. Like opposition to child labor. Or the right to organize.