07-16-20 Thursday
Part 1: Ray Richardson is on a roll this morning and is really fed up with the direction this Governor is taking us. The Rank Choice Voting repeal effort had 7,000 signatures rejected at the Secretary of State’s office and Ray reminds people of the history of RCV. He calls us to stand up and have your voice heard. Support the candidates that are like minded and vote.
Part 2: Ray talks about the difference between journalism and an editorial. He says that today is propaganda day in the Press Herald.
Part 3: Ray talks about Carpetbagger Sara Gideon and he say a quick hi to Bob Witkowski.
Part 4: Ray, Bob Witkowski and News Center Maine‘s Pat Callaghan chat about the wild storms Maine has had and then, they get into the Maine Primary results from Tuesday. They talk about the history and influences from different elections throughout the years and get into more of Maine’s history.
Part 5: Ray, Bob and Pat continue with McCarthyism and this morning’s history lesson.
Part 6: Ray welcomes Amy Volk to talk about Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the Union and Susan Collins.
Part 7: Ray says he hopes people heard what Amy was saying about BIW in the previous segment and that Secretary of State Matt Dunlap will be coming up next.
Part 8: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap joins Ray who asks about the Rank Choice Voting procedure on counting votes even if the other candidates have conceded. Ray also asks him about the signatures that were rejected and why. Matt explains the history of the process. Ray questions how did the signatures even get through city hall. They talk about some of the common problems of gathering signatures and signature intent.
Part 9: Ray addresses several texts regarding the Secretary of State’s interview. He takes a call from Arthur Langley with the frustration of people not standing up and being counted.
Part 10: Ray talks more about the texts that he has gotten about the Matt Dunlap interview. He raises cane about Sara Gideon’s absence instead of leadership during the pandemic and Governor Mills’s draconian measures.