{"id":95711,"date":"2017-03-27T22:38:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95711"},"modified":"2017-03-27T22:38:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:38:29","slug":"outspoken-governor-lepage-serves-up-beer-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/27\/outspoken-governor-lepage-serves-up-beer-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Outspoken governor LePage serves up beer for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95712\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1472949_10152448077354676_652329630_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95712\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1472949_10152448077354676_652329630_n.jpg\" alt=\"Maine's governor is now truly a politician you could get a beer with. (Photo: Paul LePage, Maine's Governor\/Facebook)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1472949_10152448077354676_652329630_n.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1472949_10152448077354676_652329630_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maine&#8217;s governor is now truly a politician you could get a beer with. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mainesgov\/photos\/a.10150111291399676.322567.316281119675\/10152448077354676\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Paul LePage, Maine&#8217;s Governor\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AUGUSTA, Maine \u2014 Maine&#8217;s governor is now truly a politician you could get a beer with.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gov. Paul LePage drew a packed room as he served drinks as a celebrity bartender Monday at the Quarry Tap Room in Hallowell. One dollar for every drink sold goes to a foundation to help wounded veterans set up by former soldier Travis Mills, who lost his limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>LePage grinned as he leaned against the bar and took customers&#8217; orders. LePage says he used to bartend in his college days but is \u201ca little rusty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mills&#8217; in-laws say the family appreciates all the LePages have done for him and other veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Some attendees say they set aside their differences with the outspoken governor for a good cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUGUSTA, Maine \u2014 Maine&#8217;s governor is now truly a politician you could get a beer with. Republican Gov. Paul LePage &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":95712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,16,17],"tags":[17142],"class_list":["post-95711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news","category-news-w","tag-paul-lepage","mauthors-marina-villeneuve","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}