Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage is a happy man after his wife took up a waitress job at a popular restaurant in USA to supplement his meagre income.
Paul is the lowest paid governor in the US and his salary was not enough to support his family. His wife, 58-year-old, decided to search for employment at dockside restaurant, McSeagull’s, which touts double-wrapped bacon scallops and views of Boothbay Harbor.
The wife tried to keep a low profile but people kept asking why she took up the job. But then her husband told a crowd at a recent town hall that his wife took a job to ‘supplement’ his $70,000 salary, the lowest of any U.S. governor.
The governor recently tried but failed to increase his successor’s salary to $150,000, above the nearly $135,000 average for all 50 state governors in 2015.
Ann LePage said being a waitress is ‘something I’ve always, always wanted to do.’
Her daughter Lauren made $28 an hour last summer at McSeagull’s.
Of her new gig, she took to her Facebook and wrote on Monday: ‘Having a great time. Great food, great view, and great service!’