Re: “Our View: LePage crosses the line in Mark Eves’ firing” (June 25):

All this hand-wringing opposition to Gov. LePage’s promise not to allocate money to a charter school whose parent agency is led by a vocal opponent of charter schools is greatly misplaced. Our outrage should be directed instead toward House Speaker Mark Eves.

What gall! What chutzpah! A legislator who has consistently voted against and verbally opposed charter schools takes a job that would pay him a nice salary – leading a nonprofit that operates a charter school. Classic political expediency is what it is.

Then Eves expects our governor, a strong proponent of charter schools and someone who remembers Mark Eves’ opposition to charter schools, just to roll over and play nice? Has Eves learned nothing while serving in the Legislature?

Good Will-Hinckley’s decision to offer Eves the job at this time was pretty silly as well. How could they even think it would be a smart move to turn over their leadership to a demonstrated opponent of the very existence of one of their programs? The board should first require Eves to demonstrate his support for charter schools for several years. Then – but not before – if he is otherwise qualified, Good Will-Hinckley can offer him the job.

So let’s stop all the moaning over our governor’s outrage at this nonsense. He is right to be outraged. Eves’ actions have caused this outrage.

If you don’t like what’s happened, channel your anger to the source – Mark Eves himself.