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03 Feb LePage and Richardson February 3, 2018
LePage and Richardson–The Republican governor and John Richardson, the former Democratic speaker of the Maine House. Every Saturday they are on WCME usually tackling the same subject from diametrically opposed points of view. And sometimes they go their own way. This weekend, the governor...
20 Jan LePage vs. Richardson on Sweets for Food Stamp Recipients on WCME
For the second time in less than two years, the federal agriculture department has denied a request from Governor LePage to ban food stamp recipients from using their benefits to buy sugary drinks and candy. A LePage spokeswoman says the request will be resubmitted. On...
27 Aug LePage and Richardson–Medicaid Expansion and the Governor’s Controversial Comments
Saturdays at High Noon on WCME–it’s LePage and Richardson–the weekly radio face-off on the future of Maine. In one corner, Governor LePage and in the other, John Richardson, former Democratic speaker of the Maine House. Often they address the same subject but this week,...
20 Aug Richardson Strikes Back
On the August 19th edition of WCME’s weekend point-counterpoint program “LePage and Richardson”, Brunswick’s John Richardson, a former Democratic speaker of the Maine House strikes back at Governor LePage’s comparison of statues honoring Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate army in the Civil...
08 Jul LePage and Richardson July 8 (without LePage)
Every Saturday at Noon and 5PM, WCME electronically brings together Governor LePage and a political adversary–John Richardson, a former Democratic speaker of the Maine House and former Brunswick town councilor. Today, since there was no weekly message from the governor, John Richardson flew solo and...
01 Jul LePage and Richardson on the Partial State Government Shutdown
At WCME, we call it what it REALLY is–not a SHUTDOWN–because it isn’t–not with the state police still on the job–where we want them–and not as long as the state parks are open–which they are this holiday weekend. Two very different views of what’s going...
28 Feb Richardson calls for a Consolidation Conversation
On today’s edition of “LePage and Richardson”, the point-counterpoint program Saturdays at noon on WCME, featuring Governor LePage and Brunswick town councilor John Richardson, a former Democratic speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, Richardson suggests that Brunswick and Topsham expand their current conversation about...
21 Feb LePage and Richardson February 21, 2015
A particularly striking edition of our weekly radio face-off on the future of Maine. First you’ll hear Republican governor Paul LePage defend his budget and tax-cut plans. Then John Richardson, the former Democratic speaker of the Maine House of Representatives on what he finds to...
22 Jul King vs. Lepage?
A seismic and passion-fueled U-S Senate race may be brewing in Maine in 2018. Governor LePage is thinking again about challenging Brunswick’s independent incumbent and one-time Democrat Angus King. A potential race sized up by WCME political analyst and former Maine House speaker...- 1
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