07-31-28 Political Roundtable
Part 1: Ray and Debi are joined by David Jones, Assistant Minority Leader Ellie Espling and Jack Cianchette. Ray asks Ellie about Augusta and the Session that will never end. They talk about fixing the Clean Election.
Part 2: Ray asks Ellie about all of the money left over. Ellie talks about the budget.
Part 3: Rich Donaldson joins the group. He is running for State Senate District 23, representing: Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Woolwich and the unorganized township of Perkins. If you would like more information or help with his campaign, you can find him on Facebook. The panel talks about some of the things that affect his district.
Part 4: GOP Leader Demi Kouzounas joins in the discussions. Demi addresses the controversy over candidate.
Part 5: The panel talks starts off with military acronyms. Then the discussion leads into the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). They also hit on the non-citizens voting. Rich believes that issues should be what an election should be based on. His opponent believes that non-citizens should be able to vote.
Part 6: Ray sings a rap to Ellie. Ray asks Demi about her thoughts on the campaign. Ellie explains how much money one would need to run for the House and Senate and how the Clean Election system works.
Part 7: Ray talks about needing an organization like the Maine People’s Alliance. Demi concurs and he names Garrett Mason as the best person to head this up. Ellie explains it isn’t just about the ideas, but it will take a lot of money for a long sustained time, but we need boots on the ground. David expands on the idea, that we need to have an united front. We need to find the things that we are united. The panel takes a call and he agrees wholeheartedly and brings up the Chamberlain Group that paid for the Medicaid Expansion ads. They were an out of state entity. So, why are they so concerned with what is happening in Maine?
Part 8: Ray starts off with LeBron James and then turns to personal rights.