04-05-19 A Whole Lot of Crazy Goin’ On

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Part 1: Ray answered to the Speedo question that our sister station the Big Jab boys had posed yesterday. Ray and Debi discuss the southern border. Debi wants to know why Congress can’t see why there is a crisis. Ray states that this has been a long term problem and has been happening for the last 30 years.
Part 2:  Ray talks about the leftist ideology coming out of Augusta is out of control. The Maine Legislature voted to ban restaurants, coffee shops and other businesses statewide from using foam food and beverage containers. Ray talks about some of the other things that they have in the works.
Part 3:  Ray reads breaking news about an over-turned truck. He then reads an Op-Ed by Brownie Carson in the Miami Herald about Mary Mayhew. Ray champions Mary’s efforts to get our state back on track. Her track record in getting the job done is misrepresented.
Part 4:  Ray continues with his thoughts on the shmir campaign against Mary Mayhew and the LePage administration. He takes some of the specific points and dispels each and every one of them with the real facts.
Part 5:  Ray rants about the left and their crazy ideas and that there isn’t any challenge to their crazy ideas. We don’t hold our elected people accountable for their votes. The media has become a hard left reporting. Ray talks about the need for balanced reporting of what is actually happening in the National or State Legislature. Ray stresses that he is not attacking Brownie Carson, D-Harpswell personally, but is calling him on his record and false statements as a representative of the State of Maine. Ray also goes back to the bill about releasing the private/personal information to unions. He gives another example of how it would work.

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04-04-19 The Boys of Thursday

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David Ciullo

Part 1:  Ray and Bob Witkowski are joined by David Ciullo of Career Management Services and Dale Carnegie Maine, he also hosts The H.R. PowerHour on WLOB Radio. The boys talk about how the Medicaid expansion will affect the employers. Ray asks Dave for his thoughts about the paid leave legislation. The also talk about how difficult it is to bring people to Maine, especially if the job is not in Portland, but in another part of the state. They talk about the new mandates on businesses when the economy turns to the downside.
Part 2:  Ray and Bob discuss baseball. Today is the Season Opener for the Sea Dogs. They talk about how special and intimate the Hadlock Field is for enjoying all of the family friendly festivities.

Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal

Part 3:  Ray talks about the demand of Pres. Trump to release his tax returns. The request by Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, who heads the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, is the first such demand for a sitting president’s tax information in 45 years. Ray wants to know why it isn’t important to know about the people that work for the government that is behind and why aren’t they being investigated. Ray and Bob discuss what is really happening.
Part 4:  Ray talks about the proposed bill LD 1451 “An Act Providing Labor Unions with Reasonable Access to Current and Newly Hired Public Sector Workers”. This is a work around a Supreme Court Decision on Janus. If passed Unions will have more control. The Public Hearing will be on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:00 AM at the Cross Building, Room 202 in Augusta.

Pat Callaghan

Part 5:  Ray welcomes his weekly call from News Center Maine‘s Pat Callaghan. Today they start off by discussing Martin Luther King, Jr. They talk about his ability to bring people together in a peaceful protest. MLK wanted equality and they continue with where would the movement be if he had lived. Pat brings up the assignation of Bobby Kennedy and how he could have brought the Vietnam War to an end earlier than it ended. Ray talks about the premonitions of their deaths that Lincoln and King had.

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04-04-19 What in the World

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Part 1:  Ray and Debi chat with Fox News Radio’s Simon Owen about NATO and why it is important. Today marks the anniversary of the signing of this document in 1949. Should the US get out of the agreement or just hold the other countries to the agreements that they have made.
Part 2:  Ray and Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker have a conversation about the Southern border and how it is now become so political.
Part 3:  Ray takes a walk down the history lane. He talks about Martin Luther King, Jr. Today marks the anniversary of his assassination. Ray talks about the whata-coulda on what could have happened had MLK had lived and what are sort of influence would he have had. Bob Witkowski joins us in studio.
Part 4:  Ray reads a story about the House committee chairman formally requested the IRS provide several years of his personal and business tax returns, in a move that prompted congressional Republicans to warn that Democrats had “weaponized” tax law. Ray, Debi and Bob discuss this action. Ray touches on Gov. Mills’ Medicaid expansion plan being federally approved. They talk about the poverty level that is required to be eligible.
Part 5:  Ray did some research on the poverty level and shares. They talk about the lack of people to work the jobs that we have already in the state.

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04-03-19 Ray Ray

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Part 1:  Ray continues his thoughts on Eastpoint and their welcoming atmosphere and the hope that envelopes people …. Ray changes topics and brings up Maine LD 949 “An Act To Prevent Overdose Deaths”, which sounds great, but all it does is provide a safe place for people to do drugs. He also talks about the youth of Maine that will be leaving our beautiful State because they can’t afford to live here. He talks about the infrastructure and road problems Maine has. He ties all of these thoughts together and says we need to do better.
Part 2:  Ray promotes the Youth Gathering at Eastpoint Christian Church (They are having a Young Adults Gathering on Thursday night from 7:00p to 8:30p in the Student Lounge at 345 Clarks Pond Parkway South Portland, ME 04106.) and then talks about the Christian/Government internal fight. He goes back to Maine LD 1451 “An Act Providing Labor Unions with Reasonable Access to Current and Newly Hired Public Sector Workers”, that would require every new state hire to have their personal information turned over to the union. Ray reminds his audience of the Supreme Court Case, Janus. This bill is a work around the Supreme Court decision. He goes back to the battle of the ideology of good and bad.

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