Tag: Ray Richardson Jr.
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BE BOLD!
This article should be considered a sidebar to the article, Just Imagine. As you know, the Maine Legislature is considering passing a measure that would tie Maine’s Electoral Votes to a Multi-State Compact that would award our Electoral Votes to the winner of the National Popular Vote (something that does not actually exist). If this…
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To Protect and Serve
In 1981, Chief Richard LaMunyon of the Wichita, Kansas Police Department saw that Special Olympics was in urgent need of funds. At the same time he had been feeling a need to get his officers out in to the community, getting to know people and giving folks a chance to see beyond the badge. Chief…
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Who’s in Charge?
In what came as a surprise to no one, freshman Representative and Democratic rock star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has made another amazingly interesting comment. Late last month at a “Girls Who Code” event, Ocasio-Cortez unloaded on critics of her “Green New Deal,” of which there are quite a few. Defending her ideas wouldn’t have been…
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Veterans’ Services Recognized
Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services Receives National Recognition for Homeless Veterans Advocacy On Tuesday, February 26, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) received the 2019 Abraham Lincoln Pillar of Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its work to end Veteran homelessness. This is the Bureau’s second consecutive Pillar of…
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Animal Welfare in Maine and Beyond
As previously promised, this month I will share some additional observations and thoughts about a recurrent issue in equine welfare, “rescuing the rescue.” Regardless of intentions, not all interventions for horses in need of human assistance have positive outcomes for the animals. On occasion, animals who are being abused or neglected, experience a well-meaning intervention,…
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The Last Mile
One of my last assignments in the military was helping to get resources to our troops in the field. We found that it was easy to bring a full suite of digital tools to operational commands located on established forward operating bases but we struggled to bring these same tools to tactical units out in…
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