Part 1: In studio Ray is joined by David Jones and Rep. Wayne Parry. The boys also welcomes Marty Grohman in to announce that he is running for Congress against Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) and Mark Holbrook (R). Rep. Martin Grohman is serving his second term in the Maine House of Representatives and is a member of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. He collecting signatures. He was a registered Democrat and changed to be an Independent. Ray asks how he stands out against his opponents. Ray and Marty talk about several issues and what Marty wants to accomplish in Washington. They talk about E-Verify to check the US citizenship. Ray asks Mark about some of the things Marty would do to help the insurance and medical industries. They talk about the federal income tax base and how everyone needs some skin in the game.
Part 2: Marty gives his appeal to the voters of the 1st District in Maine to vote for him. To learn more about Marty’s campaign, donate or volunteer, follow him on Facebook or check out his website: https://growmaineshow.com.
Part 3: Marty is hard at work gathering signatures during the break and the boys in the studio join the party. David pledges to give him a donation. Marty will be looking for signatures at Market Basket in Biddeford and going door to door. So he can connect with the people of the 1st District. Wayne talks about tax breaks being talked about in Augusta. David mentions that every time you spend a dollar, you are giving someone a job. Wayne’s frustration is that the Governor’s budget keeps growing and the Democrats start from there. He would love to see a budget freeze. Freeze the spending.
04-11-18 F.O. Bailey Real Estate
Part 1: Ray and David Jones owner of FO Bailey Real Estate discuss the cycles of the real estate industry. Do you buy, do you build? How do the inflation rates work. Interest rates are going up and up. They talk about why to buy now. David explains the pros and cons of Homeowner or Maintenance Associations. David also hits on Cluster subdivisions. They talk about what classifies as a new and old home.
Part 2: Ray and David Now is the time to sell! David congratulates one of our listeners that sold her house through FO Bailey. A commercial building in Portland and one of his agents, Catherine Hodge had one in Freeport. All three WLOB listeners. David highlights two properties he has listed. They have properties from Boothbay to Kittery. They use local businesses and banks. By dealing with local you can form a working relationship. Call his office: 207-781-1111, cell: 207-650-3455 or email: info@fobailey.com.
04-11-18 Elections
Part 1: Ray and Debi discuss the Max Linn and Eric Brakey race to take on U.S. Sen. Angus King. They also talk about Eric going after Max’s signatures in court. Ray also hits on Ranked Choice Voting and the marijuana bill. David Jones comes in and gives his opinion on the Max Linn/Eric Brakey race.
Part 2: Ray, Debi and David discuss the marijuana bill that passed yesterday. Ray finds it ironic that Maine is in a huge drug fight and Augusta passed a bill to legalize pot.
04-11-18 Opening Segments
Part 1: Ray and Dee Dee share with Debi the Elton John special that was on CBS last night. The different artists that covered Elton’s classic hits. They also touched on the Facebook hearings. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered questions about the mishandling of users’ private data, concedes he cannot recall removal of liberal groups’ content because of anti-conservative bias.
Part 2: Ray and Debi continue their discussion on Facebook and the biased nature of the content and breach of personal data.