My Super Tuesday, plus another step on the journey to affordable housing in Cape Elizabeth
It was a super Tuesday for the Dill for House District 123 campaign in beautiful coastal Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Our host finds herself in 3-way Democratic primary in a state that uses rank choice voting, semi-open primaries, and public financing of so-called "clean" candidates and scored big standing at the polls for the presidential primary doing the hard work of retail politics. Will it make a difference? Plus, mark your calendar for March 23rd! Another step on the journey to affordable housing at Gull Crest.
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Harold Pachios on the state of things political, Trump and the Israel Gaza conflict
Political legend Harold Pachios, former Navy lieutenant, Associate White House Press Secretary under President Lyndon B. Johnson, and dedeicated public servant joins the show to weigh in on Donald Trump and Israel Gaza war, among other things.
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Cape Elizabeth Politics - Gull Crest Housing Referendum Redux
Coming soon on a ballot near you in Cape Elizabeth: Do you support the Town making available 22 acres of buildable land on Gull Crest for the purpose of creating a fabulous affordable housing development for kids and families?
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It's been a crazy week in Cape Elizabeth, my home town. Politics in the playpen and gossip.
"We don't have to take the affordable housing medicine Wall Street is prescribing."
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Dill for House District 123. It's Happening.
Having survived the Democratic Caucus, it’s off to the races! With three primary candidates, rank choice voting, a semi-open primary and public campaign financing in the mix anything could happen.
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Demi Kouzounas Who, Angus King Boo Hoo, NH Ju Ju and Cape Elizabeth Housing
Why Independent Maine Senator Angus King is disappointed in Susan Collins for supporting a good woman to run as a Republican against him, Prayers for Nikki Haley in New Hampshire and why Affordable Housing for kids in Cape Elizabeth might just make it on the ballot in November.
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A Maine State Housing program so good it's been cancelled, and a walk on the wild side of affordable housing in Cape Elizabeth
The Mobile Home Replacement Initiative works so well the Maine State Housing Authority canceled it - plus a site walk in Cape Elizabeth on February 11, 2024. Building affordable housing is the topic of this podcast. Enough reports! Enough bleak housing. Make American homes beautiful again.
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Ethan Strimling on his challenge to Donald Trump's qualification to be on the Maine ballot
Former City of Portland Mayor, Democratic State Senator and media personality Ethan Strimling joins the podcast tonight to talk about why he challenged the qualifications of Donald Trump to appear on the Maine primary ballot of March 5th as a Republican candidate for president and other political news.
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Lewiston State Rep Margaret Craven on the vibe in Augusta, Maine's Secretary of State and guns!
The Maine legislature is back in session following the deadly shooting in Lewiston that killed 18 people and seriously wounded 13 others on October 26, 2023. Will gun safety laws pass? Is the legislature distracted by the bold action taken by Shenna Bellows to remove Donald Trump off the ballot? Tune in!
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My Happy New Year and More in 2024
A New Years Day show about the road ahead. "A voice of moderation and common sense fighting fringe and the Welfare-Industial Complex at home and abroad."
Buckle up and stay tuned.
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New Cape Elizabeth Town Councilor Stephanie Anderson on what she just did about housing
Compliance with the state’s new housing law known as LD 2003 can be dome more ways than one and in Cape Elizabeth there is a new regime in town that wants to build affordable housing instead of argue about it.
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Friday Night Talk, Cape Elizabeth Housing Bombshell Expected Monday Night
Monday night the Town Council is expected to repeal the zoning amendment passed last month that purported to put this coastal community in compliance with the new state law. Host Cynthia Dill hopes that’s not the only thing that happens.
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Phil Harriman on Nikki Haley, Super Tuesday and Maine Politics #ElectionInsurance
For the first time in 2024 Maine primary voters will be able to cast a ballot for any party candidate on Super Tuesday. Some moderate Democrats like host Cynthia Dill have plans to use the semi-open primary law strategically to block Trump by voting for Nikki Haley. Will the plan work? Phil Harriman, former Republican state senator and political commentator weighs in.
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Lewiston State Rep Margaret Craven nine days after Maine shooting, "There has been a shift."
Ten days after the shooting in her home town of Lewiston, Maine, where a deadly shooting took the lives of 18, seriously injured 13 and traumatized countless others, State Representative Margaret Craven is back at trying to get better laws passed to address responsible gun ownership.
"We can't allow people who are so attached to their weapon to have the last word." Margaret Craven
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"It took a lot of courage" for Jared Golden to pivot on gun laws after Maine massacre says Lewiston lawmaker
Lewiston, Maine is still under lock down following the mass shooting that killed 18 and injured 13 Wednesday night, and Robert Card, the alleged killer, is still on the lam armed and dangerous. So what has changed?
State Rep Margaret Craven joins us again to discuss the about face her Congressman, Jared Golden, made last night in a surprise announcement.
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Lewiston State Rep Margaret Craven in Lockdown, " I am discouraged but I will never give up."
The biggest manhunt in Maine history is underway searching for the killer who killed 18 people and wounded at least 13 others with an assault weapon in Lewiston, Maine. The suspect, Robert Card, remains at large despite the presence of 350 law enforcement officers and reported to be armed and dangerous. The City of Lewiston is in lock-down.
Joining Cynthia by phone is State Representative Margaret Craven who spoke by phone from her home in Lewiston at 4:30 pm.
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To Build Affordable Housing Near a Capped Landfill or Not at All - That's the Question
The opponents of building affordable housing on a beautiful parcel of land known as Gull Crest in Cape Elizabeth have a new theory. Now that the feasibility question has been answered - the latest attack is on moral grounds. They would have you believe it's more ethical NOT to develop affordable housing near a capped landfill than developing it. The logic is ass-backwards, but there you have it.
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