Segment 1:  Ray Richardson talks about interest rates and Jerome Powell’s lack of understanding on how the markets work.

Segment 2:  Ray talks about the rise in energy costs during the Mills administration due to her enactment of her rigid ideology.

Segment 3:  Ray talks about the contest for the Common Sense For Maine Comedy Night Tickets and then goes back to energy cost and the way it used to be in the parties working together to come to an agreement on what is best for Maine. Instead, we now have lost the art of communication in all of aspects of life.

Segment 4:  Ray states that Maine was the only state that had an 38% increase in energy costs. He talks about the need to be better.

Segments 5-6:  Ray, Dee Dee Richardson, and David Jones (FO Bailey Real Estate) sing a little bit of Wagon Wheel and Ray continues with the CSFM Comedy Night Contest. Dr. Peter Earle of AIER (American Institute for Economic Research) joins and they start with the great concerns over the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer over Trump’s concerns that the jobs numbers were “rigged”, jobs report, and more.

Segments 7-8:  Ray, Dee Dee, and David welcomes Matt Jacobson (Retired Navy, Director Sales & Marketing for Summit Natural Gas of Maine) and Donovan Lynch (host of Political Brew on News Center Maine).  We discuss Matt and Sarah’s wedding on Saturday. Donovan has announced that he is stepping down from News Center Maine to head off to Law School at Fordham University. They discuss his plans and who will be the host of Political Brew, he talks to David about running for Governor and then more into politics in Maine.

Segments 9-12:  Ray re-announces the slogan contest. Travis Mills (Travis Mills and Travis Mills Foundation) and Mike Mercer (Navy, founder of F3 Defense) join the fun to discuss F3 Defense. Mike shares the inspiration for the F3 Defense System, Mike’s history with chemical agents, and his own personal journey as a wounded police officer. He also announces that he has developed his own pepper spray and pepper spray deployment systems for personal and corporate use, including on-person, cars, semi-trucks, and RVs. Ray goes into a little more depth of Gina’s story who was the inspiration. For more information, visit F3Defense.com. Travis talks about his service in Afghanistan and as he puts it, “His bad day at work”, how he met his wife, his relationship with his father-in-law, and more.


Segments 13-14:  Matt and Ray discuss the price, cost, efficiency, and availability of the different types of energy.

Segments 15-16:  The boys discuss the impact of a policy, that is how bad decisions are made. The discussion turns to politics, the upcoming elections, the money that will be spent. They talk about the need for everyone to turn their “Listening Ears” on and make good decisions at the ballot box. They take a couple of calls.

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