{"id":285,"date":"2012-04-27T22:26:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T22:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2012-05-01T17:44:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:44:39","slug":"john-baldacci-lance-dutson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/john-baldacci-lance-dutson\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 9: Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci, Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO Lance Dutson and Olympic hockey player Hilary Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show Information<\/h5>\n

Show:<\/strong>\u00a09
\nAir date:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, April 28, 2012
\nGuest 1:<\/strong> John Baldacci
\nGuest 2:<\/strong> Hilary Knight
\nGuest 3:<\/strong> Lance Dutson
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods\u00a0(Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould\u00a0(Sharky)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

TideSmart Talk with Stevoe broadcast its ninth show on Saturday, April 28th with topics ranging from Olmypic hockey to Maine politics. In the first segment, Stevoe is joined by former Maine Gov. John Baldacci in one of his first in-depth interviews since completing his role as director of the Department of Defense\u2019s Military Health Care Reform Initiative. Then, Stevoe is joined in studio by Hilary Knight, Olmypic silver medalist and two-time National Champion hockey player. Also in the second hour, Stevoe speaks with Lance Dutson, CEO of The Maine Heritage Policy Center.<\/p>\n

Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci talks health care reform, Maine politics\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"Maine

Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci joins TideSmart Talk with Stevoe in one of his first in-depth interviews since completing his role as director of the Department of Defense\u2019s Military Health Care Reform Initiative.<\/p><\/div>\n

John Baldacci is a native Mainer who has made significant political contributions on both a state and national level, having served in the Maine State Senate, the U.S. House of Repesentatives, as Governor of Maine, and most recently, as Director of the Department of Defense’s Military Health Care Reform Initiative.<\/p>\n

In an hour-long interview, Baldacci reflected on his time in office, the importance of public service, and his support for universal healthcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of people and humanity or the inhumanity, to force people to be without health care, to force people to wait until the very end to go to emergency rooms\u2026to be able to not treat people without some sort of basic dignity\u2026you have to get to a point as a society that you\u2019re talking about a basic right that people should be afforded,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the two-term Democratic governor said.<\/p>\n

Baldacci also discussed Woods\u2019 campaign for a Maine Senate seat<\/a>. Running as an Independent, Woods, who serves as Chairman of the Yarmouth Town Council and is President\/CEO of\u00a0TideSmart Global<\/a>, a Falmouth-based collective of six creative businesses, said he hopes to inspire change in the partisanship that has sharply divided the national political discourse and rendered government largely ineffective. \u00a0In discussing the Senate race, Baldacci noted Woods\u2019 unique background and business connections.<\/p>\n

\"John

Maine Gov. John Baldacci (right) helps break ground at TideSmart Global in 2010 with Steve Woods (fourth from left), local officials and TideSmart senior leadership.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s great that you\u2019re on the Yarmouth Town Council as the Chair and that you\u2019re getting involved in the community on a statewide perspective because I think that you are a resource yourself,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Baldacci said.\u00a0\u201cFrom having been at your business, knowing the kind of respect and contacts you have around the world and how people look up to the work that you do, and then for you to be involved in our communities in the state of Maine I think is a tremendous benefit for all of us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO Lance Dutson joins Stevoe to discuss Maine Senate candidates and Pingree media ownership conflict<\/em><\/h2>\n

In addition to an interview with Baldacci, the April 28 show features an in-studio discussion with The Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO Lance Dutson.<\/p>\n

\"Lance

Lance Dutson, CEO of The Maine Heritage Policy Center, talks Maine politics and policy on TideSmart Talk with Stevoe.<\/p><\/div>\n

As leader of The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC), Dutson leads a research and educational organization in Portland which formulates and proposes conservative public policies in Maine. He is a political communications specialist, and has worked for numerous candidates and public officials, including Sens. Susan Collins and of Maine, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Speaker of the House Bob Nutting, and the Maine Republican Party.<\/p>\n

He is a web developer by trade, and got his start in politics running one of Maine’s first political blogs, the Maine Web Report<\/a>.\u00a0 Dutson has been recognized nationally for his investigative reporting on state officials, and with MHPC’s recently founded online investigative reporting bureau, The Maine Wire<\/a>.\u00a0 In 2011, the Bangor Daily News named Dutson\u00a0one of the 25 most influential people in Maine politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Stevoe, Dutson also weighed in on several of the candidates vying for Sen. Olympia Snowe\u2019s Senate seat, including former Maine Gov. Angus King.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that is happening with our newspapers right now is that it is an absolute Angus King love fest,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Dutson said.\u00a0 \u201cThere is a certain kind of class in Maine that traverses through politics and media of the people that run the state, and it\u2019s people like Angus King, it\u2019s people like Bobby Monks, it\u2019s people like the owners of the different newspapers who have typically, through a small group of folks, controlled the destiny of this state for quite a long time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition, Woods and Dutson discussed the recent 75-percent share of MaineToday Media acquired by financier Donald Sussman and his wife, Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree.\u00a0 With a stake in the largest media company in Maine and parent company to The Portland Press Herald, Dutson said the Pingree\u2019s ownership of the newspapers can sway media coverage on various levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unnatural to expect them (reporters) to pursue stories that are going to make the boss angry,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Dutson said.\u00a0\u201cAngus is going to benefit from that, Chellie is going to benefit from that, and the Democrat party is going to benefit from that, and I think it\u2019s a big issue.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Hockey star Hilary Knight reflects on the Olympic experience and future career goals<\/h2>\n
\"Hilary

2010 Olympic silver medalist, 3-time World Champion and 2-time National Champion Hilary Knight joins TideSmart Talk with Stevoe to discuss the Olympic experience and plans for the future.<\/p><\/div>\n

Guest Hilary Knight appeared in the 2010 Olympics\u00a0as the youngest member of Team USA, winning a silver medal and finishing the Games with 1 goal and 7 assists.\u00a0 Knight is a 3-time World Champion and a 2-time National Champion at the University of Wisconsin. \u00a0As a forward, she earned numerous scoring honors, and holds many Badger scoring records including:<\/p>\n