08-21-18 Political Roundtable
Part 1: David Jones, Making Maine Great Again PAC, joins Ray for the first segment. Ray reads a news story about the Gov. LePage and State Sen. Tom Savello squabble. Ray takes a call about elected people being accountable to their constituents. Ray asks him, how do you hold someone to a higher standard than he would hold himself.
Part 2: Jack Cianchette and Candidate for Senate and Assistant House Minority Leader Ellie Espling join in the party. Ray and Ellie talk about the previous discussion. She says that elected people are just that “people” and that they do make mistakes. The discussion turns to politicians and the youth that are engaged. Ellie stresses that she wants to know the people she serves so that she can serve them better.
Part 3: Maine Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason joins the panel. The boys discuss wedding rings because Garrett just got married. They have a quick discussion about reconvening the Maine Legislature and what would a quorum look like.
Part 4: GOP Leader Demi Kouzounas joins in the fun. They are talking about the clean election money and how that was handled. They talk about DHS and the problems are not something new. The Clean Election issue has become a separation of power issue at this point.
Part 5: They talk about campaign strategies.
Part 6: Garrett continues his thoughts on what he thinks voters are looking for in a candidate. They need to understand what is at stake in their vote. Go to www.stopthescam.com to find out more information. They talk about Medicaid expansion and where does all of the money going to come from? What is considered to be “wealthy”? They talk about what socialism is and how that is where we are headed.
Part 7: Ray and the panel rap up their discussions….Ellie announces her Meet & Greet event at Gritty’s in Auburn tonight from 5-7pm, for more information find Ellie on Facebook. They each have a quick “last word” on the show.