The heir to the Angus King name and fortune is so generous he’s sharing his tips on wealth with Joe Sixpack.
The Maine gubernatorial hopeful announced he’s “joining local business and community leaders for a roundtable discussion about growing the economy in Ellsworth.”
Angus King III’s out-of-state staff said the Aug. 27 stop was part of a tour of businesses in the area, including MDI Biological Laboratories, Jackson Laboratory and Kids Corner in Bar Harbor.
Young Angus is not to be confused with the elder, who has done just fine financially in the private sector aside from his years as governor and U.S. senator.
Well, actually, Angus III would have no problem with your confusing him for the old man who goes by an iteration of the same name.
In fact, polls have shown Angus the younger trouncing his fellow Democrats hoping to sneak their way into the Blaine House next year.
His Virginia-born father has done the boy proud, having won a passel of statewide Maine races since the 1990s, including two forgettable terms as governor.
Aside from politics, Daddy has done well in the business world, having found Northeast Energy Management, Inc., a company that developed and operated electrical energy conservation projects, five years before he was elected governor.
He’s done the Angus King name proud, ayuh, despite having finished his own eight years in the Blaine House by leaving taxpayers with a $1 billion deficit.
Maybe junior should invite the old guy – who’s worth $10 million – to the roundtable and lead a plenary session, “How To Get Rich Before Running For Governor.”
When Daddy was running in 2012 for his first Senate bid, he pushed back against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which had labeled him “the king of spending.”
Angus Senior argued that he made prudent investments and eliminated budgetary “gimmicks” during his two terms as governor.
“It’s an easy pot shot and it’s wrong,” Daddy said back then when the chamber went after the untouchable King legacy.
Oh sorry, this article is supposed to be about the boy, not the father.
See how this works? We got confused…
Junior is hoping Democrats get confused too when the gubernatorial primary rolls around next year.
A name is a name is a name, no matter the consequences.
