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04-09-18 Happy Anniversary Mike & Debi
Debi gives a nice shout out to her husband for their 12th Anniversary! Ray says thanks to Joe Bruno for hosting the show and Debi and for keeping them on track! He also touched on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and Tim Tebow coming to town this weekend. Fox News Radio’s Rachel Sutherland joins by phone. She tells us about the Cherry Blossoms that were in full bloom. They also talk about the new tariffs…and Pres. Trump’s tweets. They quickly head to the fight in Augusta about Naloxone. They talk about the ways to stop this issue. Rehab won’t work by itself.
04-06-18 Augusta
Part 1: Wayne, Joe and Debi talk about employees. There are a lot of employers that want to take care of their employees so that they will stay. They have a caller that gives a huge shoutout to Community Pharmacy. They talk about Maine’s People Alliance and how it is running the Democrat Party. They also talk about how minimum wage will cut out the younger people out of jobs. Employers won’t be able to sustain and be competitive.
Part 2: Wayne and Joe talk about what Wayne will be doing after the session is over. Wayne is termed out. The discussion turns to what the recruitment for candidates looks like. Joe talks about how even though he doesn’t hold a state office he still helps people get help if they need it.
Part 3: The discussion is about the tax codes and how are we ever going to be able to compete. The State House has become so partisan. Joe brings up Ryan Fecteau and says what a good job he did when Joe was in front of his committee. They take a call and he said that he didn’t like his Representative and she wouldn’t return his call so he sold his house and moved.
Part 4: Joe and Wayne take a frequent caller’s call and he commends Community Pharmacy for not selling alcohol or cigarettes. They talk also talk about Shawn and what a good Governor he would be.
04-06-18 Shawn Moody
Part 1: Joe and Debi are joined by Gubernatorial Candidate Shawn Moody. They start off by talking about how Shawn is a businessman and we currently have a businessman in the office and started us down the right path and we need to continue down that by hiring another businessman for Governor. They talk about minimum wage increases that are heading our way. Shawn want to let private enterprise work.
Part 2: In this segment the opioid question is discussed.
Part 3: Debi, Joe Bruno and Shawn Moody are joined by Rep. Wayne Parry. They take a caller who has a couple of questions for Shawn. They talk about jobs and Medicaid expansion. Shawn explains what is lacking in Augusta. He says that we need a feedback system.
Part 4: Joe announces that he is in the last little bit of holding his seat as selectman. They talk about Joe and Bill Diamond’s campaign. They take a call from Bill of Raymond. He mentions Ranked Choice Voting and Portland’s decision to sue the opioid manufacturers.