04-18-25 Friday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson talks about the beautiful sunrise and Good Friday and the services being held at Eastpoint. He moves on to the 250th Anniversary of the Battle at Lexington in Massachusetts.
Segment 2: Ray shares the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Ride of Paul Revere”. He talks about Rep. Nate Wadsworth and his future as a possible Maine Governor.
Segments 3-4: Ray shares that it is Good Friday and that it also his daughter LelaMarie Beverly Richardson Griffith’s birthday. He also gets into the devious, sneaky and secretive Maine Legislature. They put forth a new amendment proposal to change the Maine Constitution which includes gender identity protections.
Segments 5-6: Shawn Moody (Moody’s Collision) join Ray and Dee Dee. Ray and Shawn discuss Good Friday, and Carroll Conley and Jessica Grow performing “Hallelujah”. Mike Shepherd (Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News) and the boys discuss Lexington’s Re-enactment of Revere’s ride and the battle. They get into this new legislation coming out of Augusta, the Title IX issue in Maine, and what are the good people of Maine prepared to do, the court fight between the State and Federal, and more.
Segments 7-10: Ray plays “Hallelujah” by Carroll Conley and Jessica Grow. Shawn, Ray, and Dee Dee welcome Betsy Grant (Child Advocate & and Warrior for Child Welfare Reform and Owner of Tiny Tikes Daycare) and Bill Diamond (Walk A Mile In Their Shoes) to discuss the fight she has been has been in for the last six years over retaliation from the DHHS system, the lack of payments, the constant inspections, and more. The discuss a Bill that has been introduced “Maine LD 1191 An Act To Ensure Timely Reimbursement for Providers of Child Care Services for Children in Foster Care.”, her testimony over non-payments (which starts at the 10:27 mark) and more.
Segments 11-12: Ray, Dee Dee, Bill and Betsy welcome Steve Robertson (The Maine Wire) who starts with the machine gun that was Lewiston and they continue to discuss the retaliation of the State of Maine. Steve explains the investigations he has done, they talk about the case in Buxton.
Segments 13-14: Ray compares the abused children under the Maine DHHS care to slavery and explains.
Segment 15-16: Ray addresses some of the texts that he has received from state workers listeners that didn’t know what was happening. He questions what are you prepared to do. Ray shares what he has done in the past and how to achieve. He takes a couple of calls.