Eugene Ketchen asks a question to Gov. Paul LePage during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage recites the Pledge of Allegiance to begin a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage thanks residents of Oakland for their participation in the town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage, left facing, listens as a resident of Oakland asks a question during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School on Tuesday.

Jackie Bard, right center, asks a question to Gov. Paul LePage during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.

Adrienne Bennett, press secretary for Gov. Paul LePage, left, holds the microphone for Alan Tibbetts as he asks a question to the governor during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage reenacts a story of a disabled veteran whom he helped to find a prosthetic limb for during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage speaks to Oakland residents during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage speaks to Oakland residents during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.

Gov. Paul LePage speaks to Oakland residents during a town hall meeting at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland on Tuesday.