{"id":593,"date":"2012-08-14T12:39:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T12:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2012-08-14T12:39:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T12:39:17","slug":"show-22-former-maine-house-minority-leader-josh-tardy-and-bill-green-host-of-bill-greens-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/show-22-former-maine-house-minority-leader-josh-tardy-and-bill-green-host-of-bill-greens-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 22: Former Maine House Minority Leader Josh Tardy and Bill Green, host of “Bill Green’s Maine”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show Information<\/h5>\n

Show:<\/strong>\u00a022
\nAir date:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, July 28, 2012
\nGuest 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Josh Tardy
\nGuest 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Bill Green
\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 continued on Saturday with a discussion on Maine politics followed by an interview with Bill Green of “Bill Green’s Maine.” Stevoe exchanged political ideologies with Josh Tardy, former Maine House Minority Leader, for the first hour of the show and ended the show talking with Maine journalist, Bill Green.<\/p>\n

Josh Tardy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Josh

Josh Tardy explains his climb from being a freshman in the State House to becoming the House Minority Leader.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/strong>After graduating from the University of Maine School of Law, Josh Tardy worked\u00a0at several firms before becoming a partner in the firm of Irwin Tardy & Morris<\/a>,\u00a0running the Newport office in 2004. The firm also has offices in Portland,\u00a0Brunswick, and Dover-Foxcroft. Tardy\u2019s practice includes a wide range of fields,\u00a0including civil litigation, criminal law, real estate, commercial law, and personal\u00a0injury.<\/p>\n

Tardy represented the 25th District from 2002-2010, serving as House Minority
\nLeader. In 2010, he decided to take a break from politics and return to his law
\nfirm.\u00a0He is currently active in many community organizations including the Masons, Elks,\u00a0Sportsman\u2019s Alliance of Maine and the Maine State and Penobscot Bar\u00a0Associations.<\/p>\n

In this segment, Stevoe talks with Tardy about\u00a0his role as the minority leader\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>how he became interested in politics by watching his father serve 10 years in the state legislature<\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Bill Green<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bill

Bill Green talks with Stevoe about his experiences traveling the state as a Maine journalist.<\/p><\/div>\n

Born in Bangor and educated at the University of Maine, Bill Green is a lifelong\u00a0Mainer. As a freshman at UMaine, he worked as a cameraman at WLBZ 2 on
\nEddie Driscoll’s “My Backyard” and “Dialing for Dollars” shows.<\/p>\n

Green recalls, “The first night I worked, March 17, 1972, I was asked to stay late\u00a0and run camera for the news. As they played the opening music and the camera\u00a0light came on, I remember thinking, I’m going to do this until I’m 65.”<\/p>\n

Forty years later, he\u2019s still\u00a0in front of the camera as host of \u201cBill Green\u2019s Maine<\/a>,\u201d which airs Saturday nights\u00a0at 7 p.m. and has become the most-watched show in its time period in the state.<\/p>\n

In this segment Green joins Stevoe in a discussion about his\u00a0career\u00a0in which he has aired over 270 shows. He also explains how being a part of something bigger than yourself makes you great.<\/p>\n

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