Gov. Paul LePage may seek referendum to abolish income tax

Gov. Paul LePage is still eyeing ways to accomplish his long-stated goal of eliminating Maine’s income tax.

Rather than try to sway a wary Legislature, the governor is looking at a referendum question that would let voters decide whether to do away with “this unruly income tax.”

LePage told Portland radio station WGAN Thursday that legislators are increasingly out of the loop, given the state’s growing reliance on ballot questions that put the decision in the hands of voters instead.

“The Legislature's relatively irrelevant," the two-term governor said.

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