Ex-Expos pitcher Bill Lee seeking Vermont governorship, wants to dissolve border
MONTREAL — Former Montreal Expos pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee says he’ll work to dissolve the borders between Vermont, Quebec and the Maritime provinces if he is elected governor of the northeastern state Tuesday.
Erasing the borders would allow Vermont to get its energy from the “biggest tides in the world” off the Atlantic Ocean, Lee says, describing his main election platform issue during an interview with The Canadian Press.
The state will choose its governor the same day as the United States elects its president, and the former Major League Baseball pitcher is running with the Liberty Union Party, which describes itself as “non-violent” and “socialist.”
“We should form an alliance with the Maritime provinces,” Lee, 69, said Monday. “That’s an energy issue. We’ll get all our energy from Canada.”