Part 1:  Ray and Joe are joined by gubernatorial candidate Mary Mayhew. Mary names some businesses that are trying to compete nationally, but Maine’s government policies is driving businesses out of the state. Businesses have so many taxes, fees and regulations applied to them. We need to stop the money grabs. Mary, Joe and Ray talk education and Medicaid.
Part 2: Mary talks about the Federal money that she refused because of the strings that were attached.
Part 3: Ray, Joe and Mary discuss rural Maine. Mary has spent a lot of time in Madawaska and is very concerned about the area being boarded up. She feels that we need to provide an environment that government won’t get into a business’s way of doing business. She say she will lead with principles. Joe brings up that Aroostook County can’t absorb the same costs as Cumberland County. Mary expands on this subject. The discussion turns to social programs and how dependent people are on them and how the programs aren’t set up for self improvement.
Part 4:  Ray, Joe and Mary talk about comments from the social outlets. Joe gives Mary a compliment about how she has been able to get things accomplished without tears, but with heart.