Larry Benoit on GOP red tide and narrow defeat of Cape Elizabeth school bond:The voters have spoken.
For the second time Cape Elizabeth voters rejected a school bond in a bitter election, but unlike 2022 when the $116M bond went down in flames, this time the margins were very close. Just 166 votes separated the "no" vote from the "yes," with 213 blanks. What does this bode for the future? Will the election of three new town councilors, all of whom supported the school bond, mean a re-do in June? Larry Benoit joins the show with his analysis of this and other political news of the day. We call it a "red tide" here in New England.
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Cape Elizabeth Town Council Chair Calls Special Meeting to Address Beloved Cookie Jar Parking Fiasco
Tim Reiniger joins the show again to explain his action as Chair of the Cape Elizabeth Town Council calling a special meeting for Monday night to take up a proposed license agreement that could save a beloved local business, the Cookie Jar bakery, from strangulation by bureaucratic red tape.
Reiniger, also a candidate for re-election, has proposed a simple solution to a problem manufactured, some say, by a zealous planning department led by one of his opponents in the race. He joins the show as a guest.
Is the proposed licensing agreement a responsible, responsive government solution or a political stunt? Tune in!
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Who is Annie Christy, Republican candidate for State Representative in Cape Elizabeth?
For dinner she loves a ribeye steak, medium rare, with green beans. Her dog's name is "Love." She survived and transcended a highly dysfunctional family as the oldest of six kids and has traveled the world on top of legislating for families and kids.
Meet Annie Christy, the woman behind the signs in Cape Elizabeth, running to be the next state representative for District 123 as a moderate Republican in Cape Elizabeth, a town dominated by Democrats.
Is she voting for Donald Trump? "I'de rather not say."
Is she voting for the school bond? "I like Option B."
Why should you vote for her? Tune in!
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Can David Hughes save the Cookie Jar if elected to the Cape Elizabeth Town Council?
"Despite running on a ticket with two other candidates for town council who oppose the controversial $94.7 M school bond, Cape Elizabeth resident David Hughes is his own man and on a mission to "save" an iconic business on Shore Road and save taxpayers money. That's his campaign pitch, anyway, and it seems to be resonating! The Cookie Jar is under siege, again, by the Planning Board some say in this small coastal town of 9700 residents. The latest requirement the Board is hoisting on the back of a beloved bakery is expensive and time consuming site review process to make minor changes to the driveway.
"Enough is enough," the new signs say with the Cookie Jar logo and David Hughes and fellow candidate David Andrews names on signs all over town.
"I'm extremely independent," Hughes says, and brave, apparently. He and fellow candidates are set to be dunked at the upcoming Harvest Fest for the local elementary school kids. "Let's throw the gauntlet down and see who can raise the most money for the kids."
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Sign stealer busted! Plus what Cape school bond will mean for athletic fields and Mike Hussey's vote
Entrepreneur, husband, father, coach and local Facebook Group tribal leader Michael Hussey joins the show to discuss the latest sign-stealing scandal in Cape Elizabeth, what voting "yes" on the controversial $94.7M school bond will do to middle school sports, and who he plans to vote for November 5th for town council.
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Cape Town Council Chair Tim Reiniger Denies Claims of Illegality by Scifres, Will Fight Zone Change
Tim Reiniger joins the show again to address head-on recent allegations of alleged illegality and secret meetings published by Cape Elizabeth School Board Chair and fellow candidate for town council Elizabeth Scifres. Plus, find out why it's deja vu all over again for the Cape Elizabeth's Town Center Zoning Ordinance.
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Owner of The Lumbery in Cape Elizabeth Michael Friedland: Government is the Problem, Sahrbeck Stinks
"Michael Friedland is a local legend. After being pushed around by bureaucrats for over a year he fought back, spoke up and gathered a large following of sympathetic citizens also fed up with power dynamics at the Cape Elizabeth Town Hall. The Planner, in particular, has amassed outsized power and wields it arbitrarily and sometimes capriciously, he said in a letter to the local paper. She should be fired, he wrote, and replaced with an economic and community development staffer to help local business instead of punish it. Next thing he knows, Friedland and his business were slapped with a lawsuit by the town for over $4M for quirky de minimis "site plan violations."
Retaliation? Friedland thinks so - and don't get him started about Jonathan Sahrbeck, Chair of the Planning Board and now candidate for town council. Sahrbeck put up roadblock after roadblock and abused the site plan process to extract unreasonable demands that cost thousands of dollars, Friedland says.
Hear the latest news and scuttlebutt about The Lumbery from the horse's mouth. A story about a small business in a small town that took on local Big Government and won. Sort of. Now Friedland wants out and selling the joint for a million bucks. Greener pastures are around the bend.
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Why is Mary Ann Lynch voting "no" on Cape Elizabeth's $94.7M new school project? "We can do better."
All politics is local and nothing is more local or political than the $94.7 M bond in beautiful Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where taxes are projected to increase more than 12.5% if it passes. Mary Ann Lynch joins the show as leader of the "No" campaign. Find out what's driving her.
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Christopher Scontras, Cape Write-In Candidate for Portland Water District Board of Trustees
Voters in South Portland and Cape Elizabeth will elect a representative to the Board of Trustees for the Portland Water District by writing in their candidate of choice on the ballot. Christopher Scontras wants the job, has the time, and believes he brings what it takes to the table.
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Cynthia Dill Live. With Cape Elizabeth council candidates Tim Reiniger, David Hughes & David Andrews
Join host Cynthia Dill and guests Tim Reiniger, David Andrews and David Hughes for a conversation about the race for Town Council in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where a controversial $94.7M bond on the ballot, along with a national election that has the country on edge, is dividing the town. What will they do about it if elected? Why do they care? Why should you?
Join host Cynthia Dill and guests Tim Reiniger, David Andrews and David Hughes for a conversation about the race for Town Council in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where a controversial $94.7M bond on the ballot, along with a national election that has the country on edge, is dividing the town. What will they do about it if elected? Why do they care? Why should you?
Listening Tip - skip ahead to minute 3-4 for all three guests. First few minutes have some technical snafus.
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