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No, Paul LePage is not resigning as governor. Instead, he's continuing his playground-like tactics by almost literally taking his ball and going home. LePage announced to legislative leaders today that he will be vacating his office space in the State House on July 1st and moving out of the building.
"This action by the governor is unprecedented, but nonetheless consistent with his pattern of behavior," said Democratic Speaker Mark Eves in a release. "Storming out when you don't get what you want is not leadership. He continues to be an unwilling partner at every turn and that is unfortunate for the people of Maine."
The dispute that led to this strange move doesn't have anything to do with LePage's contentious budget, or even Democrats' plans to expand medicaid and pay back Maine's hospitals. Instead, it appears to be a result of a dispute over the Governor's decision to place a television in the Hall of Flags outside his office, a space technically under the purview of the legislature.
Yesterday, both sides seemed to acknowledge that the disagreement was ridiculous, with LePage spokesperson Adrian Bennett telling WMTW "We absolutely have better things to talk about than where a TV is placed" and Speaker Eves saying that the TV could remain in place so the issue wouldn't be "distracting the governor from focusing on the work at hand."
The attitude of the administration seems to have changed overnight, however, and the disagreement over the flat screen television is now apparently important enough for the governor to abandon his space in the State House.
No word yet whether LePage will be moving into a state office building, working from the Blaine House or retreating to a secret lair beneath a volcanic island.


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Pyramid Vritra
Pyramid Vritra is Hal Williams, prolific producer and rapper. He is recording an album for Stones Throw to be released in 2014.
22 year-old, LA-based Pyramid Vritra has been making beats and writing rhymes since he was just ten years old. When he was in high school in Atlanta, he founded the hip hop collective NRK (Nobody Really Knows) and subsequently linked up with Matt Martians of Odd Future after Martians heard NRK's tracks on Myspace. When Pyramid Vritra and Matt Martians met, they naturally clicked and the collaborations began. They formed The Super 3 production group, and soon after, he and Martians formed the Jet Age of Tomorrow releasing their music via Odd Future.
During the day Pyramid Vritra drives a forklift around a home improvement store in South Los Angeles. His co-workers have no idea he makes music, he says 'he tries to not talk to anyone there.' Introverted in nature, Pyramid Vritra allows us to find out a bit about him through his debut 16-track record, Indra. The album swings in and out of darkness and highlights Pyramid Vritra's knack for rhyming and making obscure beats – all sample free.
Pyramid Vritra reveals that on Indra his production and lyrics contain a lot of emotion. Adding, 'there's fluidity and a calm in the midst of complexity.' Which might explain his name, Pyramid Vritra, which has two parts to it, he adds, 'the pyramid has sides that are steep and smooth. Vritra is both a god and demon – a demon who kept the waters of the world captive until he was slain.'

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