LEWISTON, Maine — A woman who had her heart set on taking home the same stray dog that Republican Gov. Paul LePage adopted is angry that the animal shelter broke its own rules by making the canine available to him a day before it was available to the public.
Donna Kincer, development director of the Greater Androscoggin Human Society, acknowledged that the Jack Russell terrier mix was supposed to be made available a day later and on a first-come, first-served basis.
“The governor walks in your front door, and it sort of shifts things a little,” Kincer said.
LePage, Maine’s all-time veto champion, named the dog Veto.
But what was a happy moment for the governor was heartbreaking for Heath Arsenault, who had taken Wednesday off from work to be first in line. “I felt like they lied to me,” she said.
