AUGUSTA (AP) — Stephen King isn’t pleased with Gov. Paul LePage’s claim that the horror writer has moved out of Maine.
LePage used his radio address this week to make his case for eliminating Maine’s income tax. He said states without an income tax, like Florida, have lured away Maine residents, including former Gov. Ken Curtis, who first introduced the tax. LePage said that King has moved away as well.
King told WZON-AM in a statement that LePage is “full of the stuff that makes the grass grow green.” King, who owns a home in Florida but is a Maine resident, said he and his wife “pay every cent” of their Maine income taxes and “are glad to do it.”
A revised version of LePage’s address released Thursday no longer mentions King.
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