Fried Talks with MPBN About University of Maine System Board of Trustees Nomination
Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report about one of Gov. Paul LePage’s recent appointments to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. LePage nominated Susan Dench, who leads the Falmouth-based Informed Women’s Network that encourages women to advocate for conservative views and is a former blogger for the Bangor Daily News where she wrote a controversial column on the influence of feminism in schools, the report states. “Most appointees to the board of trustees are not particularly well known. In this case, Gov. LePage has picked someone who has a very strong public profile,” Fried said, adding that by choosing Dench, the governor is sticking with his well-established, political approach of appealing to his voting base.