Part 1: Ray and Joe are joined by gubernatorial candidate Mary Mayhew. Mary names some businesses that are trying to compete nationally, but Maine’s government policies is driving businesses out of the state. Businesses have so many taxes, fees and regulations applied to them. We need to stop the money grabs. Mary, Joe and Ray talk education and Medicaid.
Part 2: Mary talks about the Federal money that she refused because of the strings that were attached.
Part 3: Ray, Joe and Mary discuss rural Maine. Mary has spent a lot of time in Madawaska and is very concerned about the area being boarded up. She feels that we need to provide an environment that government won’t get into a business’s way of doing business. She say she will lead with principles. Joe brings up that Aroostook County can’t absorb the same costs as Cumberland County. Mary expands on this subject. The discussion turns to social programs and how dependent people are on them and how the programs aren’t set up for self improvement.
Part 4: Ray, Joe and Mary talk about comments from the social outlets. Joe gives Mary a compliment about how she has been able to get things accomplished without tears, but with heart.
05-18-18 Letters to the Editor
Ray and Joe discuss ranked choice voting. Joe states that the republicans doesn’t have to abide by the ranked choice rules for the primary vote. The boys talk about the comments to the letters of the editor. Ray talks about Janice Cooper’s remarks about guns and how it isn’t challenged at all.
05-18-18 Liberal vs Conservative
Part 1: Ray and Joe Bruno talk about the media and how biased they have become. It is no longer necessary to have accurate information and it is more important to have the story first. The discussion ends up on immigrants and the assimilation into America and the lawmakers that don’t require it.
Part 2: Fox News Radio’s Rachel Sutherland expands on our discussion by telling us that the DOJ is adding prosecutors across the country to help prosecute illegal immigration charges. Hopefully this will help with the opioid flowing into our country. Ray and Joe continue the discussion of what would happen if he or Joe blew off court and just didn’t show up.
05-17-18 Pat Callaghan
Part 1: Ray is joined by Pat Callaghan of News Center Maine by phone. They discuss some of Maine’s different campaigns, including Maine’s second district and the governor’s race. The affect commercials and lack of commercials are having in campaigning. Also touched on was ranked choice voting.
Part 2: Maine’ first district’s congressional race is the topic. Mark Holbrook, Marty Grohman and Chellie Pingree are all running.