10-23-18 Political Roundtable
Part 1: Ray and David are joined by State Rep. Lester Ordway. They briefly touch on a couple of things in Maine politics. They also hit education. Lester teaches at Central Maine Community College. Ray brings up the national stat that our nationwide math scores are way down.
Part 2: Assistant House Leader and State Senator Candidate Ellie Espling join the boys in studio. They start off with Eastpoint Church. Then head to the upcoming election. They talk about early voting and the differences from 4 years ago vs where we are now.
Part 3: Westbrook City Council Candidate Deb Shangraw joins in the party. They talk about State Rep. Nate Wadsworth and his signs. They talk about some of reasons that people need to really look into the details of bills that are in front of them. That is one of the biggest issues with the referendum process that we have in place.
Part 4: Nate Wadsworth joins the group. Ellie tells a story about her son and Medicaid Expansion. Ray reads a stat on the youth voting records. This is discussed and the fact that history isn’t being taught. The family isn’t as involved in kids lives.
Part 5: Ray talks to Demi Kouzounas about her seat as Chair of the GOP. She is going to be running for this seat again. They also talk about the Eric Brakey’s Debate yesterday.
Part 6: Ray plays another Trump clip. Jim Bourque, candidate for State House District 35. joins in the party. Ray brings up the immigration train that is heading toward our southern border. He starts with Demi’s thoughts and the rest join in. Where are they being funded from? Look at the timing of this walk. They talk about the leaders that have earned all of this money, but don’t live like they preach.
Part 7: The panel talk about President Trump.
Part 8: Ray has a caller that is all riled up. Ray lets him speak his peace. The discussion is about “Jobs, not Mobs!” This leads to the “Magic Wand” that Trump found and the difference between Obama and Trump. They take another call, this time from Bill from Casco. He asks about the NATO and Clinton Foundation part in the immigration train. Chelsea Clinton is talked about.
Part 9: Lester asks people to look and vote for the Bond question for the Community College. We need to teach our kids using the latest technology.