Part 1:  Ray talks about a bunch of stuff. Starts with AG Barr and the long time history of the FBI “spying on people”. Ray gives several examples. This leads, somehow, to the Maine Senate unanimously voting yesterday to enact legislation from Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, that would create a statewide earned paid time off policy. As amended, LD 369, “An Act Authorizing Earned Employee Leave” would require companies with 10 employees or more to offer earned paid time off.

Part 2:  Ray reads a press release to let everyone know of some more really important legislation that they have passed. Yesterday, the Maine Senate unanimously passed LD 1277, “An Act To Require the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Be Credentialed.” The bill was introduced by Sen. Linda Sanborn, D-Gorham, and would establish necessary credentials for the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Part 3:  Ray takes a call and they travel down memory lane with …… Ray talks about his Facebook Lives and thanks everyone for watching. He is frustrated because we are loosing the battle for smaller government. He stresses that this is coming from both sides. Ray reads some of the press release from the Maine Senate Office regarding Sen. Millett’s Bill LD 369. He is thoroughly disappointed that the Republicans are not standing up.

Part 4:  Ray welcomes an old friends Sen. Bill Diamond and Mike Timmons. But he chats with Fox News Radio’s Rachel Sutherland first about some of the ramifications from the Mueller Report and the “ya-ya”(Ray’s words) between the parties. Mike runs the Cumberland County Fairgrounds and is promoting the Franklin Graham event happening on Sunday night. Destination America Northeast Tour is a free event with free parking and music feature Crowder. He chats briefly (just basically to say hi) to Sen. Diamond. More to come in the next segment.

Part 5:  Ray and Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, get into the nitty-gritty. They discuss Millett’s bill (one of many). This passed unanimously on both sides of the aisle. LD 369, “An Act Authorizing Earned Employee Leave” would require companies with 10 employees or more to offer earned paid time off. Most companies that have more than 10 already have something in place because of the employment field.

Part 6:  Ray and Bill continue the discussion on the compromise to make government bigger and helped the small business, but this is a new intrusion into running a business. Ray says this is a slippery slope and this is just the first step. Bill defends his vote by saying that he was trying to protect business from the far left and bad legislation. They move on to Gov. Mills’ proposed budget. Ray gives his ideas on it, needless to say the boys “discuss”, Homestead exemption, child protection services. They take a call and he wants to know if they could pass a bill about Bill having the best hair in Maine. But seriously asks about evaluating bills and their compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures. The boys explain that there is a non-partisan Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) and that is what they do.

Part 7:  This is a quick segment. Ray thanks Sen. Bill Diamond for coming in and he gives a quick shout-out to his daughter and wife that are listening.

Part 8:  Ray takes a call and they discuss how elections have consequences. They talk about the paid time off and several other topics. The talk about the Iron Lady and how we need to get some good candidates to run. How is Maine going to compete with other states. He takes a call about the OPEGA committee. Ray says that the other side is the only side that is being heard, but there isn’t anyone to stand up to their ideas.

Part 9:  Ray plays a clip from the Movie American President.

Part 10:  Ray talks about the fact that we need to get our heads out of the sand. He takes he call from Gordon Draper about current events and the up-coming Supreme Court appointees. He takes a call from Larry championing Ray’s comments that we need to stand up and be heard. The other side has a loud voice and use it in many different ways.

Part 11:  Ray reminds his audience about the event at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds on Sunday night. The Franklin Graham event starts at 7:30 and gates open at 6:00 on Sunday night. Destination America Northeast Tour is a free event with free parking and music feature Crowder. PS. Don’t forget your chair and blanket.

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