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Gov. Paul LePage told officials (PW 1BVM -F1BHF UPME PGmDJBMT at the BU UIF Maine .BJOF Turnpike 5VSOQJLF Author"VUIPS ity PO on 'SJEBZ Friday UIFZ they NVTU must show JUZ TIPX him the agency can be well-run IJN UIF BHFODZ DBO CF XFMM SVO before IF he abandons CFGPSF BCBOEPOT his IJT idea JEFB of PG merging it NFSHJOH JU with XJUI the UIF Maine .BJOF De%F partment of Transportation. QBSUNFOU PG 5SBOTQPSUBUJPO "If UIFZ they DBO can TIPX show NF me JU it IBT has i*G long-term viability, it's HPJOH going UP to MPOH UFSN WJBCJMJUZ JU T stay," IF he TBJE said in TUBZ w JO an BO interview. JOUFSWJFX "If they show me that it has outi*G UIFZ TIPX NF UIBU JU IBT PVU lived its usefulness and we need MJWFE JUT VTFGVMOFTT BOE XF OFFE to look at something else, we will UP MPPL BU TPNFUIJOH FMTF XF XJMM do that as well." EP UIBU BT XFMM w LePage's comments came -F1BHF T DPNNFOUT DBNF after meeting BGUFS NFFUJOH with XJUI the UIF MTA's .5" T board PG of EJSFDUPST directors BOE and JUT its new CPBSE OFX interim executive director, Peter JOUFSJN FYFDVUJWF EJSFDUPS 1FUFS Mills, at the agency's headquar.JMMT BU UIF BHFODZ T IFBERVBS ters in Portland. UFST JO 1PSUMBOE Mills, XIP who IBT has BSHVFE argued UIBU that .JMMT such B a NFSHFS merger would TVDI XPVME be CF aB misNJT take, said the authority needs to UBLF TBJE UIF BVUIPSJUZ OFFET UP earn the FBSO UIF trust USVTU of PG the UIF governor, HPWFSOPS Legislature and the public. Mills -FHJTMBUVSF BOE UIF QVCMJD .JMMT said LePage TBJE -F1BHF told UPME him IJN he IF will XJMM have BEFRVBUF adequate time IBWF UJNF to UP impleJNQMF ment reforms. NFOU SFGPSNT "We BSF are BO an organization i8F PSHBOJ[BUJPO on PO probation, BOE and XF we BDDFQU accept JU w it," QSPCBUJPO Mills said. .JMMT TBJE The BVUIPSJUZ T authority's board 5IF CPBSE of PG diEJ rectors Thursday SFDUPST 5IVSTEBZ chose DIPTF Mills, .JMMT a former legislator, B GPSNFS Republican 3FQVCMJDBO MFHJTMBUPS to MFBE lead UIF the BHFODZ agency. -F1BHF LePage IBE had UP

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