{"id":99357,"date":"2026-06-09T06:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=99357"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:48:19","slug":"06-09-26-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/06-09-26-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"06-09-26 Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segments 1-2:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray Richardson has technical difficulties and then we got it figured out as Lauren LePage (Fyre Strategies<\/a>) walks in the door to save the day. Matt Jacobson (Summit Natural Gas of Maine<\/a>) joins and they start with some of the election fun. Blake Kernen (Sen. Susan Collins’ Press Secretary<\/a>) says a quick hi as we go to break.
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\nSegments 3-4:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray talks about the importance of voting and why. Steve Abbott (Sen. Susan Collins’ Campaign Manager<\/a>) joins the fun as they talk about when the results might be revealed. The strategy of campaigning with rank choice voting, lack of campaign signs, and more.
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\nSegments 5-6:\u00a0<\/strong> The panel welcomes Dr. Peter Earle of AIER (American Institute for Economic Research<\/a>, and a veteran) as they share the connection of Blake’s dad and Peter. The conversation turns to an article about the airline industry, fuel costs, the Strait of Homuz, and more.
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\nSegments 7-9:\u00a0<\/strong> Jon Fetherston (The Maine Wire,<\/a> Sponsored by Jeff Preble Concrete) joins the fun. Blake shares her thoughts on the US Senator election, Graham Platner and the rest of the group join their thoughts on Platner. They get on to the majesty of the Senate, the Save Act, Sen. Susan Collins, other Senators, Collins’ independence on votes, and more.
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\nSegments 10-12:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray, Matt, Lauren, and Kenny Cianchette (Erik\u2019s Church<\/a> and Candidate for Maine Senate<\/a>) chat about the campaigns and then Patty takes over the board for a bit.
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\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray is back manning the board and Kenny shares what he saw at the polling place in Westbrook, Ray reads a text about a new voter, Lauren shares her thoughts on the election. They talk about the Google AI and the rankings. The need to pick the right candidate.
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\nSegments 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> The conversation still revolves around the candidates, the need to vote, AI and how that will be developed to help elders’ ability to stay in their homes longer. It goes back to the speculations of how the voting will end up.
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