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Maine's "Clean Election" financing for candidates comes wrapped with a giant bow made of red tape. Is it worth it to spend hundreds of hours chasing $5 contributions that require two signed receipts and several trips to town hall? Plus, Cape Elizabeth's gossipy private Facebook page has members apoplectic. Why?

You've heard of regulatory capture? The same thing is happening in small towns all over America in the housing market. Finance Bros showing up on boards and at meetings with a message to their neighbors. "Shucks, folks. The housing crisis is darn shame! I've run the numbers and what we actually need is a Wall Street-backed Section 8 housing project that will make my clients a lot of money," he say...

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 d...

Political legend Harold Pachios, former Navy lieutenant, Associate White House Press Secretary under President Lyndon B. Johnson, and dedicated public servant joins the show to weigh in on Donald Trump and Israel Gaza war, among other things. As the former Chairman and longtime member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations, his assessmen...

"We don't have to take the affordable housing medicine Wall Street is prescribing."

Dill for House District 123. It's Happening. by Cynthia Dill

Donald Trump: Patriotism or Politics? Ethan Strimling on the Challenge Facing Voters in Maine by Cynthia Dill

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!

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.

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!

The Colorado Supreme Court's decision to deny Donald Trump ballot access because he engaged in an insurrection could impact Maine - but should it? Gina Hamilton ( 6:15) thinks Maine's open primary may be the better route to defeating the Republican firebrand who likely will gain strength under fire. And guess who wants to now build affordable housing on Cape Elizabeth athletic fields? The same cro...

New Cape Elizabeth Town Councilor Stephanie Anderson on what she just did about housing by Cynthia Dill

Friday Night Talk, Cape Elizabeth Housing Bombshell by Cynthia Dill

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.

Friday Night Talk - Congratulations to Cape Elizabeth Winners and Community Housing by Cynthia Dill

Nine 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

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.

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...

Open the Courthouse Doors! An interview with Don Fontaine - and Housing Winners in Cape Elizabeth by Cynthia Dill

The Jim Jordan Shit Show, My Crush on Nikki Haley and who is Patrick McHenry? by Cynthia Dill

This week Cynthia talks with Sunjournal Reporter Steve Collins about the race for Maine's sprawling rural district that twice supported Donald Trump for president and has sent Jared Golden, a moderate Democrat, to Congress three times. What's next for this purple corner of America?

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.

Maine State Housing Authority gobbles up millions of public dollars and what do we get? Not loans, apparently, or a new home if you desperately need one. That's the truth on the ground. Programs are all talk and no action and that hurts kids and families intended to benefit. Armies of bureaucrats and lawmakers on the public dime work feverishly spinning tales about great programs they pump million...

Big development for the development of affordable housing in one of Maine's most affluent communities. "Community Housing," i.e. affordable housing on publicly owned land - is feasible! Don't just take Cynthia Dill's word for it. The experts have weighed in and the resounding message is clear. "It can be done, and it should be done!"

Latest Kerfuffle for Cape Community Housing - Where's the Beef? by Cynthia Dill