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Segment 1:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Dee Dee Richardson start with the ballot thumb drive sitting on someone’s desk for six days and still used even though the boys in girls’ sports had signatures thrown out because it was unsupervised for a fraction of that time and it wasn’t the top sheet it was the whole stack of signatures. Ray moves on to the book that he is writing.
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\nSegments 3-4:\u00a0<\/strong> Bob Witkowski joins us from South Carolina while there for his daughter’s Sam’s wedding. They talk about the history of South Carolina and the Civil War and more.
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\nSegments 5-6:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray starts with some of the history of America over slavery. Elias Thomas (Rotary, Singer, Common Sense For Maine) joins Ray and tells a story about him singing the National Anthem last weekend. They discuss the question that was being asked in the song. He shares the history of his trips to India to vaccinate people for Polio, and the latest trip. He also was surprised with a certification of appreciation for his 25 years of service.
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\nSegments 7-8:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray starts with part of Sec. of State Marco Rubio’s press conference. Tom Bill (Common Sense For Maine PAC<\/a>) and Dominic Pugliares (Common Sense For Maine PAC<\/a>, Dunegrass CC<\/a>) and David Ciullo (Career Management Services<\/a>) joins the party. Dave takes about the things going into affect July 1 including the range of payment on hiring advertisements.
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\nSegments 9-10:\u00a0<\/strong> Leyland Streiff (Protect Girls Sports In Maine<\/a>) joins by phone to share what’s next in the fight to keep boys out of girls’ sports and locker rooms. Ray gives a nutshell history of the fight. Leyland expands on the petition to get this initiative on the ballot in November, Sec. of State Shenna Bellows validation of signatures that had been approved by town clerks and having them thrown out, the chain of custody of signatures, Maine Supreme Court hearing date, the need of financial help as well.
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\nSegment 11-12:\u00a0<\/strong> Dom starts with frustration over the lack of patriotism from all of the news outlets except for Fox News and the coverage of the Celebration of the 250th Birthday of America. They get into gas prices, and job growth, and more.
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\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> The boys start with Common Sense For Maine<\/a>, they invite people to come down to Dunegrass CC (Dunegrass Golf Club<\/a>, 65 Wild Dunes Way, Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064-4113) and join our meeting today at 3pm. They get into Central Maine Power<\/a> and a lot of the regulations put on them, the people that are getting their pensions and tips taxed, and more.
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\nSegment 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray introduces every one and they talk about taxes and people heading to The Villages for six months and a day. Dee Dee says call her son Conner or Ray’s brother Jim, they get Ray and Dee Dee’s family’s history in the Real Estate markets in Central Florida. They get into the basic differences between Republican, Democrats, and the Socialists.
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