Part 1: Ray gives a heads up that Former Gubernatorial Candidate Shawn Moody will be in studio at 7. He also talks about the Governor’s reaction to Carbon Tax bill that was proposed, Bill LD 434, “An Act To Price Carbon Pollution in Maine”. He then took a call with several great points.
Part 2: Ray gives a shout-out to the Caribou High School Basketball team traveling to Portland in a run for the State Championship title. He reads a text about the Carbon Tax bill.
Part 3: Ray talked about a lot of different National stories. Jared Kushner, President Trump are just a couple.
02-28-19 New England Made
Part 1: Ray welcomes members of the New England Made Giftware and Specialty Foods. Anne Woodman of Anne Woodman Jewelry Design, John Vigue of Paine Products in studio and Jane Arey of JA Designer Collections by phone. Ray asks them all to give their stories and describe their produces. Jane had an item featured at the Golden Globes and Anne shares that Venus Williams bought and wore one of her pieces at one of the US Open.
Part 2: They touch on the the New England Made show and the camaraderie of vendors. They all give one more shout out with their website.
02-28-19 Let’s Talk ‘Bout Maine
Part 1: Bob Witkowski is from Visit Portland and author of 100 Things to do in Portland Maine Before You Die. Bob has another great event happening in Portland. WMPG will again be hosting our renowned Fat Tuesday party. This will be the 24th year that we celebrate Mardi Gras with our volunteers, listeners, USM and the greater Portland Community. It all happens on March 5, 2019 from noon to 3pm at the USM Woodbury Campus Center in Portland. For more information: 207-780-4151 or development@wmpg.org.
Part 2: Ray and Bob welcome Ed McKersie of Live and Work In Maine. They talk about the amount of people coming to our beautiful state to visit and the opportunities that are being missed when they leave. Not to mention the amount of young people of Maine leaving for college. Hopefully they will be back. They help to coordinate finding a match for you so that you don’t have to leave this wonderful state. For more information, feel free to contact Ed by info@liveandworkinmaine.com.
Part 3: Peter McFarland of M & M Events joins us to discuss the Golf Expo coming up on Saturday, March 9th 9am – 4pm and Sunday, March 10th 9am – 2pm at the Holiday Inn By The Bay, 88 Spring Street in Portland, ME 04101. Peter tells Ray that every paid patron through the door will receive 5 FREE ROUNDS of golf! You will receive one complimentary round at each of the following facilities, Dunegrass Golf Club, Riverside Golf Course, Hidden Meadows Golf Course, The Meadows Golf Club and a two for one special at Point Sebago Resort.
Part 4: Ray, Peter and Bob are joined by David Ciullo of Career Management Services and Dale Carnegie Maine, he also hosts The H.R. PowerHour on WLOB Radio. So the discussion this week is about Augusta and the rampant bill that have been submitted. There are several that will be detrimental to small businesses in Maine, but sound really good to people on paper.
Part 5: Ray and Bob talk about how beautiful it is outside with the dusting of snow over everything. Ray takes a call about E-Verify. He has contacted our state representatives in Washington and has only heard back from one.
Part 6: Ray is joined by News Center Maine’s Pat Callaghan. This morning the are discussing the CMP corridor and the pressure that has been put on Gov. Mills because of her support. Ray points out that she had been against it while campaigning, but changed her mind. Ray switches gears to National news. They talk about Progue and Cohen’s testimony and the FISA warrant. (Unfortunately, the audio is not available.)
Part 6: Fox News Radio’s Simon Owen joins Ray to discuss the North Korean Summit and he tells the truth about how it all played out.
02-28-19 All Roads Lead to…
Part 1: Ray and Debi discuss the media coverage of the Summit in Vietnam with President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un verses the Cohen Hearings.
Part 2: Ray takes his thoughts just a little further with how Cohen’s testimony said that there wasn’t collusion. But he has lied about everything so what is to believe. Ray says what he is in trouble for isn’t anything that involved Trump and took place before he took office.