January 30, 2026
Randy is a former AGC Maine Board Member and currently serves as the Chapter representative on the state MUBEC Board. With extensive experience in construction, Randy has dedicated his career to providing innovative solutions for the industry. Growing up in Orono, Maine, Randy puts his local roots to good use while advocating for issues that are important to all Mainers.
Interview with Jerry Leeman: Today we bring you a story about a handful of fishermen rallying against a billion-dollar green industrial project, shady foreign corporations, and our own federal and state government. All are conspiring to generate a cash cow for...
By Randall Poulton According to the CDC data, COVID shots have sickened and killed multiple Mainers. How many? That is where the story gets murky. The CDC has received reports of adverse reactions from over 4,400 Mainers. The reports include 217 hospitalizations and...
By Randall Poulton Answer to question 2023.1: According to Mainebiz, MaineHealth, which includes Maine Medical Center in Portland, has over 20,000 employees. This makes MaineHealth the largest private sector employer in Maine. What company is number two in terms of...
By Randall Poulton Last week's question: According to the list of Maine's Highest Paid State Employees, as published in Mainebiz, everyone in the top ten works in the medical field: Eight are psychiatrists. The other two, Mark Flomenbaum (#4, $315,00) and Nirv...
By Randall Poulton Last week's question: During the Spring of 2020, Maine was in the midst of COVID hysteria. Gov. Mills ordered most business, including golf courses, closed. When Gov. Mills finally allowed golf courses to reopen, she imposed special rules. Which of...
Last Week's Question: December is Maine's darkest month. In December, in Bangor, on how many days does the sun set before 4PM?The answer is "D". Every year, starting around Thanksgiving, the sunset time in most of Maine is before four o'clock! It stays this early...
Last Week's Question: During the next few weeks, some of the liquid water in Maine's Lakes and Ponds will undergo a form change to solid water- aka ice. But not all ice is equal! Which of these forms of ice is NOT ever found on Maine Lakes? The answer is "D" - Blue...
Answer to the Thanksgiving Special: Turkeys are indigenous to the North America. How did these big birds get their name? The answer is "C" although the story is not quite as simple as my answer. Here is some more detail on the tale of the turkey: Pre-discovery of the...
Last week's question: My mother-in-law was recently transported, by ambulance, from the hospital in Waterville to the hospital in Augusta. This was not an emergency: no sirens and flashing lights. It was a post-surgery transfer. (She is fine.) What was the bill for...
Last week's question: How many States use RCV to select their representatives to Congress? The answer is "E". Only Maine and Alaska use RCV. And, more than a week after the voters cast their ballots, residents of Maine and Alaska are still awaiting the official...
Last week's question: How many States use Rank Choice Voting to elect their representatives to Congress? The answer is "E" - Maine and Alaska are the only two States that use RCV to select their congressional representatives and senators. A. All 54 States now use RCV...
Last week's question: For many years, Maine Yankee in Wiscassett was Maine's electrical generator with the highest capacity (860 Mega Watts). Maine Yankee closed in 1997. Today, what active Maine generator holds the distinction of having the highest capacity? The...
By Randy Poulton Last week's question: Maine homes and businesses consume about 11,700 Giga-Watt-hours of electricity each year. How much electricity do generators in Maine produce each year? The answer is "C". That's right, Maine no longer generates enough...
By Randall Poulton Last week's Question: Based on the numbers from the Maine CDC, how many Mainers will die of COVID this year? A. Very few, vaccinations have proven effective against serious disease and death. B. About the same number as 2020 (~350 people will die)...
The answer to last week's question is "D". That answer is based on what has happened to electric bills in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The Maine media has focused on the recent rate increases requested by CMP and Versant for Transmission and Distribution (aka T...
By Randall Poulton Last Week's Question: For the two years prior to the removal of Veazie dam and Great Works dam, the annual salmon count in the Penobscot averaged ~1,800 salmon. In the eight years since these dams have been removed, the average salmon count has...
On Sunday, July 24th, the weather was hot and sunny.According to ISO New England, what was the wholesale price for electricity at 3PM? A. eight cents per KWh because the sun is shining and solar power is cheap B. ten cents per KWh because the wind is blowing and wind...
It been a while, so, to recap, here was my last question: President Biden has finally decided to “Build the Wall”, or, at least, finish certain parts of it. The numbers of people illegally crossing our Southern border is hard to comprehend. According to the US Census Bu…
Which political party controls Portland, Maine? The answer is "D". Yup, the DSA is in charge in Portland. Remember that the next time you hear a story about Portland's many problems! If you guessed "F", give yourself half credit. The "Old Port" area is still great...
Last week's Question and Answer: Recently, the audio of a 2006 campaign robocall was "discovered", during which the voice of an aspiring politician says: "I’m pro-life, I opposed amnesty for illegal immigrants, I support traditional marriage, and I have never...
Answer to Last week's question: During COVID, we heard a lot from the WHO and CDC and NIH and Wuhan. But strangely, we did not hear much about "You Sam Rid". Who or What is You Sam Rid? The answer is "C". The mission of the United States Army Medical Research...