Potholes & Politics: Local Maine Issues from A to Z - Episode 13 - Public Safety Cardiac Health, Chicken Fingers & Weed

Episode 13 - Public Safety Cardiac Health, Chicken Fingers & Weed

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03/27/23 • 55 min

Potholes & Politics: Local Maine Issues from A to Z

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Episode 13 - Public Safety Cardiac Health, Chicken Fingers & Weed
This week, Lambo & Grahambo breakdown legislation from March 23rd Legislative Bulletin;
Rebecca Graham has a sit down with Dr. Benjamin Stone of Sigma Tactical Wellness at the MFCA Professional Development Conference last week who discusses how to identify the real risks to public safety employees at greater risk to cardiac event and one way to address it by looking for the right red flags in health screenings. (This section has poorer audio we apologize in advance)
We have a surprise interruption from MMA's IT Demon Brian McDonald and we break down significant movies, chicken finger recipes, and future possible topics around cyber security if we can find enough beer and honey mustard sauce for a longer episode. (We hope that he can put down the chicken fingers long enough to address the audio issues that caused some of the dodgy audio for the Dr. Stone interview.)

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Bonus Episode - Policing Ethics Lessons from the Holocaust

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As we prepare for Holocaust Remembrance Day, Maine Municipal Association, Maine Chiefs of Police Association, and several other stakeholders had the opportunity to receive an important history lesson in context from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.. In this episode, Rebecca Graham sits down with Noel March who facilitated bringing a special law enforcement program out of D.C. to Maine through the Maine Community Policing Institute and the Maine Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was able to take part of The Museum's Law, Justice, and the Holocaust Program on the road to Maine, one of only two places outside Washington D.C. who have benefitted from the learning opportunity.
The signature program, Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust (LEAS), is presented in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League. Established in 1999 at the request of DC Metropolitan Police Department, the program is suitable for recruit, in-service, and command professionals in law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. To date, this innovative program has reached more than 150,000 officers from the US and 80 countries worldwide.
The internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In 2023, that day is Tuesday, April 18.

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Episode 14 - Planning for ADU's, School Board Election Timing, Funding Jail Health Care

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Episode 14 - Planning for ADU's, School Board Election Timing, Funding Jail Health Care
Much delayed episode in a midst of a crazy session!
This week we break down the public hearings on MMA Platform bills on:
LD 665 - An Act to Extend the Date by Which Compliance is Required for Affordable Housing Development, Increased Numbers of Dwelling Units and Accessory Dwelling Units, Sponsored by Rep. Allison Hepler of Woolwich;
LD 1022 - An Act to Allow School Budget Referenda on the Same Day as Primary Elections, Sponsored by Rep. Amy Arata of New Gloucester and a much needed edit on MMA's platform bill from the 129th Legislature;
LD 1204 -An Act to Improve the Health of Maine Residents by Closing Coverage Gaps in the MaineCare Program for Incarcerated Persons, sponsored by Speaker, Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland.
As we welcome spring weather and ache to spend less time outside the dome, we are digging in to the mountain of bills flowing through committees and hope you will stay tuned as things are getting heated in Augusta!