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Week 16
March 3: Talbott discusses the fact that East Millinocket's Selectmen voted 4:1 to give MAGIC another $15,000 and announces that Bruce McLean has stepped down from MAGIC and is now working -- in the same position -- as a private contractor. He explains conflict of interest and the IRS and then explains McLean's company "Federal Services Inc" which has on its board two people MAGIC got grants for: Terry Ingram of Allagash Valve and Jerry Tudan of Peregrine Technologies and the position that puts MAGIC in with the IRS. He also read Alyce Maragus's editorial article "An Update on the Powers That Wish to Rule" .
March 4: Talbott reads the speech that East Millinocket Selectman Mark Marston made during the last meeting. In the speech, Marston asks for an accounting of MAGIC's money. The speech pointed out that MAGIC has spent money like crazy and the town has gotten nothing in return. It also points out that the selectmen had asked Bruce McLean to pull the nonprofit's application for a radio station, which he had so far failed to do. It goes on to point out that MAGIC, under the direction of Bruce McLean, had contracted out to McLean's own for-profit company, Federal Services, Inc.
March 5: Talbott discusses MAGIC director's latest announcement, where he claims he is no longer working for MAGIC, but is instead a "private contractor" in response to the discovery that his own company, Federal Services, Inc., is benefitting from taxpayer money which is funneled into it. He read from "WSYY Radio or MAGIC Radio?" which chronicles the struggle his radio station is undergoing while being economically attacked by MAGIC and its supporters.
March 6: Talbott reads from the article "Magic, What Are They Here For?" He also points out that MAGIC has essentially called for a boycott of the radio station's advertisers, and he indicates that those who are being hurt by MAGIC should not spend their money with people who support MAGIC.
Week 17
March 10: Talbott reads a note published by MAGIC president Gail Fanjoy discussing ways to make businesses listen to radio stations outside the area and "playing the outsider card." He reads from Alyce Maragus's article "An Open Letter to Gary MacLeod" as well as from a letter from a local listener who details the loss of traditional access due to "primitive" recreation plans espoused by environmental organizations. He points out the fact that MAGIC president Gail Fanjoy imposes economic sanctions and boycotts against those who speak out against what is going on in the region.
March 11: Talbott read from the article "More Corruption in Millinocket" which details the illegal situation which arose when MAGIC executive director Bruce McLean's business partner, Terry Ingram of Allagash Valve, was given a location in the BRIC building after it was promised to another business. The article was written before the facts were public about McLean and Ingram being business partners.
March 12: Talbott interviews Rep. Henry Joy, R - House District 9, who, as always, provides a wealth of information about the "War for the North Woods" and updates the audience about the LURC hearings as well as the attempt to approve Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for the unorganized territories.
March 13: Talbott reads the Magic City Morning Star article, "Further Thoughts for MacLeod to Consider" and a letter from a reader in the UT who worked in Millinocket for 30 years who said, in part, "I do not find you negative in any way. Just factual."
Week 18
March 17: Talbott reads from an AP article about the vast abuse of grants, and particularly CDBG grants (block grants). He replays a phone call from Donna Patton, who talked about how Bruce McLean showed up to her business for a photo op, promised help from MAGIC, used the photos and claimed that Donna's shop was one of their "success stories," but she never heard from them again. And he reads the article "Sing the Same Song oe Shut Up"
March 18: Talbott talks about the CLUP and reads from the article "Negativity and Double Standards" and from "The Greening of Michigan's Upper Peninsula".
March 19: This day’s broadcast is entitled "Is There Corruption in the Millinocket Town Council?" Talbott starts the show off with the theme from All My Children, in honor of the soap opera that is Millinocket, Maine. He discusses his attempt to speak at the Millinocket Town Council, which is where his radio station is licensed to, despite the fact that it is actually located 60 feet out of town. He reads the letter he wrote to the council via town manager Gene Conlogue to ask permission to speak to the council. He tjem reads the response which details Millinocket Council Chairman Wally Paul's denial of permission.
March 20: Talbott entitles this segment "Is there corruption in the Millinocket Town Council?" He goes on to read the Black's Law Dictionary definition of corruption: "An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the right of others." Talbott explains that he has written to the Millinocket town council requesting that he be allowed to speak at a council meeting, but that Chairman Wally Paul has refused to allow him to speak, stating that the station "is not town business." He played the tape of Councilor and MAGIC co-founder Matt Polstein leaping down from his council seat to wear the figurative hat of a regular citizen, and talking at length about his Hammond Ridge project, which is quite a bit further out of town than WSYY is, and he played Alyce Maragus speaking to the council regarding their double standards.
Week 19
March 24: Talbott reads from the Millinocket Town Charter and wonders aloud how he, the owner of a business that has served the community for 46 years, can be excluded based on the Charter. He opines that since the council allows Matt Polstein to discuss at length his out-of-town project but will not allow him the same right, it might constitute corruption. He reads an article about the Passamaquoddy Indians and the indictment against their past president and the parallels to the actions of some of the Millinocket Town Council members. He reads a letter to the editor written by the late Gordon McCauslin, "Money Giveaeay," which discusses the council's denial of civil rights, and points out that some of those offenders are still on the council. He talks about Gail Fanjoy, who is president of MAGIC, which seeks now to gain a radio station with taxpayer money, and how she claims she is trying to dissuade businesses from listening to WSYY.
Note: The Boston Red Sox games will pre-empt March 25 and 26 shows.
March 27: Stu Kalgren, president of the Maine Leaseholders Association, is the guest today, and he discussed the fact that a poll was taken of leaseholders, and 98% of them wish to buy their lots, but Katahdin Timberlands does not want to sell them to the leaseholders. He explained that Marcia McKeag, President of Katahdin Timberlands, has been trying to lock the Leaseholders out of the process and establish her own board of advisors. He went on to discuss tree growth taxes, snowmobiles, eminent domain, and gasoline taxes.
Week 20
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