LePage staff won’t appear before Good Will-Hinckley watchdog panel

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http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/05/politics/lepage-staff-will-not-appear-before-committee-investigating-eves-good-will-hinckley/

AUGUSTA, Maine — Two senior members of Gov. Paul LePage’s staff will not appear before a legislative watchdog committee investigating the governor’s role in coercing Good Will-Hinckley to rescind its employment of Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves, according to correspondence released Monday.

The notification comes in advance of an Oct. 15 hearing, during which the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee is scheduled to interview a range of witnesses about the events leading up to Eves’ ouster in June.

In a letter dated Monday, Cynthia Montgomery, LePage’s legal counsel, said neither she nor Senior Policy Advisor Aaron Chadbourne, who is alleged to have been a liaison between LePage and Good Will-Hinckley in the matter, would participate in the hearing.

Both cited a pending civil lawsuit Eves has filed against LePage in federal court as the reason. Chadbourne and Montgomery were the only governor’s office employees asked to appear before the committee. In her letter, however, Montgomery did say they would answer questions submitted in writing.

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