{"id":99182,"date":"2026-06-01T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=99182"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:13:22","slug":"06-01-26-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/06-01-26-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"06-01-26 Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segments 1-4:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray Richardson introduces Garrett Mason (Maine Gubernatorial Candidate<\/a>) and Dale Crafts, Jr. (Campaign Manager). Garrett and Ray talk about the past and the future of Maine politics. He gets into his plans if he is elected Governor. Garrett shares that there is a ton of new spending that is on the books come January ’26 that none of the other candidates have on their radar. Garrett shares the experience that he brings to the job. He lists several things that he wants to accomplish to make Maine affordable.
\n\n

\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\nSegments 5-6:\u00a0<\/strong> Vern Dukes join Ray and they talk about Graham Platner, his campaign, and more.
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\nSegment 7-8:\u00a0<\/strong> Kristina Parker (Host of the \u201cWicked Smart\u201d ME GOP Podcast<\/a>, Communications Director for the Maine GOP) joins the conversation continues with Graham Platner, and then turns to historic shows and movies.
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\nSegments 9-10:\u00a0<\/strong> The gang welcome Maine Rep. Alicia Collins to raise awareness of a situation currently happening in the jails with fully intact transgender men being held in the women’s facilities in Maine. This totally goes against Title IX. The number of women assaulted does not get recorded so there is no known numbers to track.
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\nSegments 11-12:\u00a0<\/strong> Retired Col. Ron Russell (Candidate for Maine CD 1<\/a>, former Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret) <\/span>and Chuck Ellis (Muddy Waters Podcast<\/a>, Chair Cumberland Cnty Republican Party<\/a>) join the fun. The gang speculates on the upcoming elections.
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> The party’s conversation talk about the Constitution and the everyday affect it has on people’s lives, President Obama’s effect.
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
\nSegments 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> The panel starts with The Cumberland County Republican Committee event: Cars, Candidates, and Cocktails on 6\/4 at 6pm at the Throttle Car Club. Click here for tickets<\/a>. Todd Piro joins and they talk about why the time change, Graham Platner, and more.
\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/p>\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Segments 1-4:\u00a0 Ray Richardson introduces Garrett Mason (Maine Gubernatorial Candidate) and Dale Crafts, Jr. (Campaign Manager). Garrett and Ray talk about the past and the future of Maine politics. He gets into his plans if he is elected Governor. Garrett …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[4786,4787,43232,43213,36324,3434,43215,30964,38108,41042,22181,43231,107,33766,10322,1801,43217,36056,43222,43224,43223,756,42741,40899,43233,43230,43228,43221,790,43234,43227,42923,43229,42934,43219,43239,43238,43225,43226,43235,43236,43218,43220,4,4508,35807,38273,20199,10449,43214,43212,43216,30519,20902,43237,16461,15923,6],"class_list":["post-99182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-100-5fm","tag-1310am","tag-alicia-collins","tag-and-cocktails","tag-candidate-for-maine-congressional-district-1-retired-col-ron-russell","tag-candidates","tag-cars-candidates-and-cocktails","tag-chuck-ellis","tag-chuck-ellis-cumberland-county-maine-republican-party-chair","tag-chuck-ellis-muddy-waters-podcast","tag-co-host-of-fox-and-friends-todd-piro","tag-communications-director-for-the-maine-gop","tag-conservative","tag-conservative-talk-radio","tag-dale-crafts","tag-dee-dee-richardson","tag-everyday-affect-the-constitution-has-on-peoples-lives","tag-former-maine-sen-garrett-mason","tag-fully-intact-transgender-men","tag-fully-intact-transgender-men-being-held-in-womens-jails","tag-fully-intact-transgender-men-in-the-jails","tag-garrett-mason","tag-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-garrett-mason","tag-graham-platner","tag-graham-platners-campaign","tag-host-of-the-wicked-smart-me-gop-podcast","tag-host-of-the-wicked-smart-me-gop-podcast-and-the-communications-director-for-the-maine-gop","tag-jails-with-fully-intact-transgender-men-being-held-in-the-womens-facilities-in-maine","tag-jr","tag-jr-mason-campaign-manager","tag-kristina-parker","tag-kristina-parker-host-of-the-wicked-smart-me-gop-podcast-and-the-communications-director-for-the-maine-gop","tag-kristina-parker-host-of-the-wicked-smart-me-gop-podcast-communications-director-for-the-maine-gop","tag-maine-conservative-radio","tag-maine-rep-alicia-collins","tag-make-maine-affordable","tag-masons-experience","tag-number-of-women-assaulted","tag-number-of-women-assaulted-does-not-get-recorded","tag-past-and-the-future-of-maine-politics","tag-plans-if-he-is-elected-governor","tag-president-obamas-effect","tag-raise-awareness","tag-ray-richardson","tag-ray-richardson-jr-2","tag-retired-col-ron-russell","tag-retired-col-ron-russell-former-army-ranger-and-special-forces-green-beret","tag-talk-radio","tag-the-constitution","tag-the-cumberland-county-republican-committee-event","tag-the-cumberland-county-republican-committee-event-cars","tag-throttle-car-club","tag-title-ix","tag-todd-piro","tag-ton-of-new-spending-coming-up","tag-upcoming-elections","tag-vern-dukes","tag-wlob-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Jo9r-pNI","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99208,"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99182\/revisions\/99208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}