http://www.dirigoblue.com/diary/2506/once-we-take-office-paul-will-put-11000-bureaucrats-to-work-getting-republicans-reelectedWe are probably going to pay the hospital debt through 2009 as part of the supplemental budget – about $259 million. We need to take several bites of the apple along the way – when we introduce the supplemental, when we pass it, when the Governor signs it. And I’ll even make sure our members know the exact day the exact amount of State funding transferred (and the amount) to their local hospitals so our members can show up with a big symbolic check to make it a press event. I like the visual of Garret Mason standing outside Central Maine Medical Center with a plywood-sized check in his hand signed by Paul LePage for $40 Million Dollars
State workers: You are a "bureaucrat" and your job is not to serve the people of Maine, but to get Republicans (re)elected.