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May 13, 2009

Dann Lewis finds tourism job in Nev.

Nevada has hired a new tourism director that is a familiar face in Maine.

The governor of Nevada yesterday named Dann Lewis as its new tourism chief, according to the Las Vegas Sun. Lewis is Maine's former tourism director who was forced out of the position by Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner John Richardson in January 2007 after 12 years on the job. Lewis had become a somewhat controversial figure in Maine after a public tiff with Searsmont critic and blogger Lance Dutson, who reported on his blog that Lewis' wife had a vanity license plate that said "ILOVENY."

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