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Friday Night Talk - the weekly rundown from Cape Elizabeth by Cynthia Dill

Alba Vinajero left El Salvador at the age of 16 and walked to America in search of a dream. The journey was perilous - and she spent years living in a dilapidated old trailer with no heat and a leaky roof while working tow jobs and raising three beautiful girls - but she made it. Find out how this week with a live interview with a happy ending.

Host Cynthia Dill has a view about the proposal at the Maine Legislature to amend the state constitution to protect "every person's" right to reproductive autonomy. What are men's rights?

This week our host gives three reasons Cape Elizabeth voters should send a nonbinding housing referendum question to the ballot. Plus, the State of Maine is about to join the Interstate Compact to Elect the President by National Vote. Why Now? Good question. Maybe because you want to re-elect Donald Trump.

The latest political news from Maine's prettiest town.

Rain or shine we will see you tomorrow at one of the world's most beautiful spots to grow families, plus what to expect from Councilor Susan Gillis in April in Cape Elizabeth.

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 o

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.

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 Relation