In Case you Missed It: Violent Offender Threatens Governor, MaineHousing Fails to Report

In Case you Missed It: Violent Offender Threatens Governor, MaineHousing Fails to Report Incident 

 

PORTLAND, ME – As reported in The Maine Wire today, “It was a gun threat against Maine Governor Paul LePage by an alleged violent offender. And yet, according to Maine Housing information manager Deborah Turcotte, the Maine State Housing Authority never reported the threat to the police. Neither did MSHA contact the governor’s security detail.”

 

MaineHousing reported the incident as a threat against MaineHousing, not as a threat against the governor. The threat was publicly revealed in a MaineHousing press release 14 days after the January 10, 2011 incident, and did not mention Governor LePage. “Instead, the threat, falsely portrayed as a threat against Maine Housing, was used to justify the under-siege mentality the agency had adopted toward individuals attending the public commissioners’ board meetings.”

 

MaineHousing has yet to report the incident to the governor’s security detail.

 

For the complete story, please go to http://www.themainewire.com/2012/02/breaking-violent-offender-threatens-governor-msha-fails-report-incident/.