09-30-22 Friday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson opens up this morning with a surprise caller, Rich Cebra, who is now in the Charlotte NC area. They discuss what he will be doing for the next year or so after selling Steamboat Landing Mini Golf to the Pride family. He says that Sophia is doing a fantastic job running the business.
Segment 2: Joe Bruno joins Ray and they talk about the Veterans’ Support Golf Tournament, team availability, silent auction items, Rowe Ford‘s hole-in-one car donation, and more.
Segments 3-4: Gunny Mike joins Ray and they talk about the devastation left in Florida after Hurricane Ian and how would we handle the clean-up and rebuild without fossil fuels, inflation, the lack of voter participation, socialism, and more.
Segments 5-6: Mike Shepherd, Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News, joins Ray and discusses the hit piece that is a non-story about the homestead exemption claim of the LePages when they did nothing wrong. They also talk about polls and how accurate they are and some of the different candidates in several races.
Segment 7: Retired US Marine Corps Colonel Timothy Thorsen is running for the Maine Senate, District 30 (Gorham & Scarborough), and his wife Rebecca joins Ray to chat about why he decided to run for office, and their service to our country, his deployments, and his experiences. Help him on his journey to the Maine Senate by following him on Facebook. His contact information is Phone: (207) 730-2222 Email: tim@thorsenformaine.com Website: ThorsenForMaine.com.
Segment 8: Ray asks Tim how he decided to run and Rebecca explains how they decided.
Segment 9: Ray asks them about their relationship, what he does for work now that he has retired from Marine life, what would he like to see if he were Emperor for a day, and more. They also discuss how the government is working against businesses instead of supporting small businesses, and more.
Segment 10: Col. Thorsen shares his contact information again. Help him on his journey to the Maine Senate by following him on Facebook, Phone: (207) 730-2222 Email: tim@thorsenformaine.com Website: ThorsenForMaine.com.
Segment 11: Ray talks about the government controlling citizens instead of letting them live in freedom. He talks about the difference between Gov. Mills who loves the culture of government and Gov. LePage that loves freedom from government. He takes a call from Jim about his encounter with Col. Thorsen.
Segment 12: Ray talks about his visit to Portland yesterday and the homeless encampment in Deering Park. He also talks about the Don’t Tread on Maine Lobster rally at DiMillo’s Restaurant on Oct. 12 at noon.
Segment 13: Ray talks about music and he urges people to solve one problem today. He takes a call from a self-made man that doesn’t understand young men (ages 18-30) not working.
Segment 14: Ray talks about the devastation left behind by Hurricane Ian and then reads a text that someone sent him about the Civil War reconstruction of the South and Ray explains what really happened.
Segments 15-16: Ray talks about governments not wanting to change something once they have made a law. Larry calls in to talk about property taxes. Ray’s brother Jim calls in from Florida and they touch on a multitude of subjects.