1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WVS Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone as we head into the nine o'clock 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 2: hour here on Night Side, and we're going to talk 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: to one of the three Republican candidates for governor. I 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: don't know if that's going to be the entire field 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: or if they're going to be more entering, but Brian 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 2: Shortsleeve is with us. We had Mike and e Leon 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago, but we like to find 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: actually an issue that the candidates feel strongly about, and 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: we found an issue. I noticed a video that Brian 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: had done a day or so ago. I believe it 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 2: was out somewhere in central Massachusetts, dealing with an issue 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: that's going to affect everybody who owns a car, or 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 2: potentially affect everyone who owns a car in Massachusetts. So, 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: first of all, Brian, welcome back to Nightside. How are 16 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: you this evening? 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 3: Good evening, Dan, It's great to be with you tonight. 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me on on Veteran's Day. 19 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, and you you are a veteran, so I 20 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 2: wish you a happy Veterans Day. Well deserved a little 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 2: bit about your military background, since it is Veterans Day. 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: You did service overseas. 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: Yes, Dad, I served in the Marine Corps as an 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 3: officer from nineteen ninety five to nineteen ninety nine. Served 25 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: in Bosnia on the Persian Gulf. I think the most 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 3: important lessons I learned about life and leadership I learned 27 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 3: in the Marine Corps. And leadership's about taking decisive action 28 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 3: and fixing problems. Such is why I'm running for governor. 29 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 3: But we had a terrific Marine Corps birthday Friday celebration. 30 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 3: The birthday was Monday two hundred and fiftieth and today 31 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 3: is Veterans Day. So thanks to everyone out there listening 32 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 3: who has served the country. We are all very grateful 33 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: and it was a terrific Veterans Day all around Massachusetts today. 34 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: Did you get one of those Bill Brett books? On Friday? 35 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: Bill had had I think two thousand copies of a 36 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: book dealing with marines from Massachusetts. That was the the 37 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,919 Speaker 2: big luncheon on Friday. You're talking about ISA, And with a. 38 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: Big luncheon, we had the former Secretary of the Navy there. 39 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 3: We had General Mahoney, who's a holy Cross bred. 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: There and Aymouth and a Weymouth native. 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: To Boots as well as General Dunford, who's also a 42 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 3: quinsy guide. Yah, there's a terrific tradition of Marine Corps 43 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 3: officers and staff and ci os and enlisted here in Massachusetts. 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: But yes, we had over two thousand marines there. We 45 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 3: all got the book and there's some incredible stories about 46 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: the history of brave Massachusetts men and women serving in 47 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 3: the Marine Corps all over the globe which are well 48 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 3: covered in the book. 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. Bill, it's a great book, and Bill has devoted 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: himself to that. So let's talk about an issue that 51 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: you have identified. I was unaware of this, but I 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: think everybody in Massachusetts who has a car realizes that 53 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: generally early in the winter January February he gets your 54 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 2: auto excise tax bill. And that is based upon a 55 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: formula that based upon the type of car that you 56 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 2: own and the year of the vehicle. So if you 57 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 2: own a really old car and maybe an expensive car, 58 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 2: you don't pay a huge excise tax. But if you 59 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: ever have a car year or two just a year 60 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: or two old, even after you've paid the sales tax 61 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 2: on the purchase of the car, you also have the 62 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 2: excise tax every year. Why don't you break it down. 63 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: Numbers are hard on radio, but break it down. You know, 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: let's talk about a car that might be thirty five 65 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: forty thousand dollars. We're talking about tripling the auto excise 66 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 2: tax from two and a half percent to seven and 67 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: a half percent. 68 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. I have traveled all over this state over the 69 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 3: past six months, from the Cape to Fall Revenue, Bedford, 70 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: to the western part of the state to the north Shore. 71 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: I can tell you that working families in Massachusetts are 72 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: facing an affordability crisis. And when we talk about something 73 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 3: like the auto excise tax, that's going to hit everyone 74 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: in a very serious way. Mori Heally and Kim driscoll our, 75 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 3: governor and Lieutenant Governor, have promoted a bill. They've been 76 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: testifying on behalf of it. It's working its way through 77 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: the legislature, and it's called the Municipal Empowerment Act. It 78 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 3: ought to be called the Watch your Wallet Act, is 79 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 3: what I would tell you, Dan, because this bill would 80 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 3: allow your local municipality to triple your autoexcise tax from 81 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 3: two and a half percent to seven and a half percent. 82 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 3: That is a three hundred percent increase. To give you 83 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: an example of what that would mean in Massachusetts today, 84 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 3: new cars average selling prices over forty thousand bucks. So 85 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 3: if you bought a car at forty thousand dollars, you'd 86 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 3: be paying six percent to take it off the lot. 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: That's twenty five hundred bucks. But then you'd be getting 88 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 3: about a month or six weeks later from your local 89 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 3: assessor another bill in the mail for what could be 90 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: three thousand dollars seven and a half percent. That is 91 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 3: a huge hit to working families. I mean that would 92 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 3: mean that we would be facing almost a fifteen percent 93 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 3: tax to buy a car here, six and a quarter 94 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 3: in sales tax and another up to seven and a 95 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 3: half at auto excise tax. 96 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: And then for every year the car does lose in 97 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 2: its second year, third year a little bit of value, 98 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 2: but instead of you know, if the average excise tax 99 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 2: in Massachusetts, and I'm talking about across the board is 100 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty dollars a year, let's assume we 101 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 2: take the high end and the older cars, and the 102 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: average is I'm guessing let's say one hundred and fifty, 103 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: just to keep it simple. That means the average excise 104 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: tax every year will go from one fifty to four 105 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty dollars. That's a huge jump. 106 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: It's a huge hit Dan Massachusetts families are already paying 107 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: too much. The last thing they need is a higher 108 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 3: auto excise tax. That's a tax on top of a tax. 109 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 3: You buy a car, you pay sales tax, and now 110 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 3: you're have an auto excise tax which increases. And my 111 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 3: concern is that it's going to make this state more 112 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 3: and more expensive for working class families and for small businesses. 113 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 3: That is an enormous, enormous tax to be paying, and 114 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 3: it'll be out the discretion of local communities. I think 115 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 3: the reason this is happening is because the Heay administration 116 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: has not grown unrestricted local aid. Unrestricted local aid, up 117 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 3: through the end of Charlie Baker's term, generally grew at 118 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 3: the rate of tax growth. Unrestricted local aid, which enables 119 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 3: cities and towns to fund the police department, the fire department, 120 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 3: in some cases, the schools. That's been flat for a 121 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 3: couple of years as the overall state budget's grown dramatically, 122 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 3: and the result is that cities and towns are getting 123 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 3: are getting squeezed. 124 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: Well. The state budget has doubled, is it within the 125 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: last seven years eight years. 126 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 3: With this the state has grown by fifty Yes, the 127 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 3: sixty two billion dollar budget today has fifty percent growth 128 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 3: over the over the last six years. But when you 129 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: look at unrestricted local aid, which cities and towns rely on, 130 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 3: that's not growing. And the result is that the Healy 131 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: administration is pushing more and more of that tax burden 132 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 3: down onto cities and towns, and it's going to end 133 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 3: up getting you very hard in the wallet. If you, 134 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: like me, drive a car every day. 135 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,679 Speaker 2: Well, the other question I have, and again I think 136 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: that there is a war, if you will, an economic 137 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: war on people who drive automobiles. I think that there 138 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 2: is an animus within the Democratic Party in favor of 139 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: people who bicycle, and which is wonderful. Witness the number 140 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: of bike lanes that have popped up everywhere, and that 141 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: makes it more difficult for people to drive cars to 142 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: get in and out of work. And I had a 143 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 2: guy on a week or so ago who was from 144 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 2: Winthrop and he actually is a real advocate of more 145 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: people getting out of cars and into bicycles, to the 146 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 2: point that he said to me on the air. I 147 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: asked him the question, would you advocate bike lanes in 148 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: the Sumner Tunnel, the Callahan Tunnel, the O'Neil tunnel, and 149 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: he said unequivocally yes. And I asked them about bike 150 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: lanes on bridges. Can you imagine bike lanes in tunnels? 151 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: And I'm serious. He didn't back off from it. And 152 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 2: I do think that this is part of what I 153 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 2: would call a Warren on on on cars, a Warren automobiles. 154 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: Well, I would also tell you, Dan, it's a war 155 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 3: on the large part of the state that is not 156 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: Boston and Cambridge. If you live in the city of Boston, 157 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 3: or you live in the city of Cambridge, perhaps you 158 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 3: can bike to work, Perhaps you can bike to school. 159 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:47,599 Speaker 3: If you live in Worcester County, or you live in 160 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 3: a Fall River, New Bedford or down in Cape Cod. 161 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 3: You need a car. If you're a if you're a tradesman, 162 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 3: if you're a if you run a small business, if 163 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 3: you're installing HVAC or plumbing, you need your vehicle. There 164 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 3: are big parts of this state where working families and 165 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 3: small businesses rely on those vehicles because they do not 166 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 3: live in urban areas where you could take a bike. 167 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 3: And I think this tax is a real slap in 168 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 3: the face to working class families and small businesses who 169 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 3: really need that car. It's, by the way, it's also 170 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 3: very regressive. Whether you earn forty thousand dollars a year 171 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: or one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, you 172 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 3: pay the same an auto excize tax. And that's why 173 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 3: it is so painful for working class people in Massachusetts. 174 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 2: The other thing is you and I both know you 175 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 2: know well healed attorneys and in some cases you know 176 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 2: surgeons who live in downtown Boston. They don't need a car. 177 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: They can either walk to work, or they can uber 178 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: to work, or they can bicycle to work. So this 179 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: doesn't impact them. But you're absolutely right when you talk 180 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 2: about being aggressive the people who who use that car 181 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: in business, or the people who have to get from 182 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 2: point A to point B and it's twenty five miles 183 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 2: each way every day. Hey, there's no. 184 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 3: Idea you live in County, or you live in trick Apee, 185 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 3: or you live in Fall River, New Bedford, you're not 186 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 3: biking to work. 187 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: Well, this was a great issue. We make a bunch 188 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 2: of we have a bunch of callers who are on 189 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: the line. I want to get to all of them. Uh, 190 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 2: we have full lines everybody, which I always appreciate. Uh, 191 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 2: we're going to get to all of you. I promise, 192 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 2: We're going to go right to phone calls. If you 193 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 2: want to talk about this, great. If you want to 194 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 2: ask Brian Shortsleeve any questions about his campaign, that's fine too. 195 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: Six one, seven, two, four ten thirty six one seven, 196 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 2: nine three one thirty. Those are the numbers. Write them 197 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: down because you'll need them other nights, but tonight, don't 198 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 2: dial right now. We got full lines. Brian will be 199 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 2: right back on night Side. I love your energy here. 200 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 2: Let's get to the phone calls right after this quick 201 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 2: break here on night Side. 202 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: It's night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news radio. 203 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: Right we had Mike Kennely on a few weeks ago, 204 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 2: actually I think it was October seventeenth, and we were 205 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 2: talking about energy prices in New England. But more importantly, 206 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 2: we got into the snap issue as that situation was developing, 207 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 2: and I think you agreed with him, and I had 208 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 2: mentioned why did Governor Heally not go to the eight 209 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 2: point eight billion dollar Reeny Day Fund, the so called 210 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: stabilization fund that we have to basically say to people 211 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: here in Massachusetts who rely on snap benefits. Don't worry. 212 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: We have plenty of money to bridge whatever period of 213 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 2: time your benefits will be in doubt. It seemed to 214 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: me absolutely cruel that those people were left in limbo, 215 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 2: and I don't know how many of them have gotten 216 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 2: their benefits even now, and the governor's office is sitting 217 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: on eight point eight billion dollars in the Rainy Day Fund. 218 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 3: Governor Heely is playing politics when it comes to She's 219 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 3: got all the money in the world to solve that problem, 220 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 3: and as governor, she ought to be solving that problem 221 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 3: for working families in this state and for folks that 222 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 3: need that benefits. If I was governor, we wouldn't be 223 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 3: in this position, by the way, because there's a ton 224 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 3: of waste and bloat in state government. I mean, heally 225 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 3: in only three years, Dan has increased the state budget 226 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 3: by ten billion dollars. I mean we're spent. We're still 227 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 3: spending over three million dollars a day on migrant hotels. 228 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 3: We've got one hundred million dollar home base program where 229 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 3: Heely's moving migrant families into hotels. When it comes to 230 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 3: those priorities of hers, there's always money available, but when 231 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 3: it comes to snap benefits, or when it comes to 232 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 3: paying public defenders to keep the courts open, she never 233 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: can seem to come up with the money. So I 234 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 3: think it's a failure of leadership. Leadership means taking decisive 235 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 3: action to solve problems, and I don't see heally giving 236 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 3: us that type of leadership. 237 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,839 Speaker 2: Let me tell you, Uh, when when I look back 238 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 2: at the money that was spent, Uh, the the six 239 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 2: million dollars, no big contract for the cab company down 240 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: on the cape. Uh, you know, for for folks who 241 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 2: were here illegally, just stunning, stunning, and yet there wasn't 242 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: a penny of Massachusetts money we're still waiting for. You know. Well, 243 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: I guess the Fed's released the money and and thankfully 244 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: people have have gotten some money to but you know, 245 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: it's just as is they were. I don't like to 246 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 2: see people treated that way. Let's go to phone calls. 247 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 2: Let me let's go. We got packed phone calls. I 248 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 2: want to get everybody in here. Let me start it 249 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 2: off with Ian and Holliston. Ian, you were first tonight 250 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 2: with Brian short Sleeve. He's a Republican candidate for governor 251 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 2: next year. 252 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 4: Go ahead, Ian, Hey, Dan, thanks for having me on. 253 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 5: Can you hear me? 254 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,119 Speaker 2: All right, we can hear you perfectly. I love Holliston, 255 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 2: the Super Red Yeah, it's a great a great town. 256 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 2: Fisks General Store. Tell you you live in a beautiful town. 257 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 2: Go right ahead. You're on Brian shortsleeve. 258 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 4: All right, Thank you, so, Brian, one thing you mentioned 259 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 4: frequently is your commitment to Donald Trump and the Republican ticket. 260 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 4: But at the same time you've also donated one hundred 261 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 4: thousand dollars to Democrats such as Seth Molten and Andrea Campbell. 262 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 4: So my question is, how can you say that you 263 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 4: have a commitment to Republicans such as Donald Trump and 264 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 4: Jay McMahon. Well, at the same time you donate to 265 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 4: their opponents, Seth Molten and Andrea Campbell. Thanks agam for 266 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 4: having me on. 267 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: Okay, well you're going to take the good questions with 268 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 2: the bad questions. Go right ahead, Brian. 269 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 3: Look, I'm a businessman and I operate in a blue state. 270 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 3: It's the cost of doing business in Massachusetts. 271 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 5: You know, there's another. 272 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 3: Guy out there that gave a lot of money to 273 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 3: Democrats before he was in politics, and his name is 274 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 3: Donald Trump. He contributed to John Kerry. He contributed to 275 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 3: Hillary Clinton. He contributed to Chuck Schumer before he was 276 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 3: in politics. For me, it's the cost of doing business. 277 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 3: I'll also say that Seth Molten is someone I've known 278 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 3: for a long time from my days at Harvard, in 279 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 3: my days in the Marine Corps. And there's a lot 280 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 3: of veterans on both sides of the isle, including Seth, 281 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 3: who I have supported over the years, a lot of 282 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 3: buddies from the Marine Corps who I've supported independent of 283 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 3: their political party. But I've given more money than anyone 284 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 3: in this race who Republican candidates. I have been involved 285 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: with our Republican Party for more than twenty years as 286 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 3: a member of the state Committee, as a member of 287 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 3: my Republican town committee, and I've been supporting local candidates 288 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 3: for a long long time. So I'm completely committed to 289 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 3: our party, to growing our party, and I'm confident that 290 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 3: I'm going to win the primary and win the general. 291 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 2: All right, appreciate you call, an, Thank you very much. 292 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: Let me go next to Brenda in Dudley, Massachusetts. Brenda, 293 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: you went next on Nightside with Brian Schwartzleeve. 294 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 6: Going ahead, Brenda, Hi, there, how are you doing tonight? Good? 295 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 6: So Brian, I have a question for you. This is 296 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 6: in regards to back when you were managing the MBTA 297 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 6: and the contract was awarded to the CRRC, the Chinese company, 298 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 6: And at this point I don't believe the work is 299 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 6: done yet for the Red and the Orange lines. And 300 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 6: there's also an issue now with some alleged child labor 301 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 6: issues in China. 302 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 2: Let me slow you down for a second here, Brenda, 303 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 2: if you can, before we throw everything but the kitchen 304 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 2: sink in here. Brian, you were the interim general manager 305 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: of the team. I'm assuming that the contracts with the 306 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: Chinese company were negotiated long before your arrival, and probably 307 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: by an administration that might have predated your arrival. 308 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 3: Those contracts were signed by Deval Patrick back in twenty fourteen, 309 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 3: before Baker became governor, and they were actually the RFP 310 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: on those I believe started back in twenty twelve. But 311 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 3: I can tell you this about the Tea when I 312 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 3: got to the Tea, when I took it over, it 313 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 3: was literally buried in snow and drowning in debt. Over 314 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 3: two years there, I balanced the budget with the Fiscal 315 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 3: Management Control Board. We cut waste, we brought accountability of 316 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 3: the system. We delivered the lowest operating expenses in the 317 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 3: history of the TEA. And when I was done with 318 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 3: that over two years, the Boston Herald said that I 319 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 3: had turned a bloated, underperforming agency into one focused on people, 320 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 3: performance and results. So we got a tremendous amount done 321 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 3: during that period. The new Orange line cars are now 322 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 3: on the rails and anyone out there, hopefully listening, has 323 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 3: ridden them. They're beautiful and they run really well. The 324 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 3: red cars will be coming on. But the contract you 325 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 3: mentioned is a contract that predates my time at the 326 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 3: MBTA and predates Governor Baker's time as governor. 327 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 2: So the criticism was the contract, Brenda. I'm sure you 328 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 2: realize you should be talking to I mean, it's not 329 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 2: a fair question, and that's why I jumped in. But 330 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 2: what else did you want to ask? 331 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 6: Well, the second part is that if you did become governor, 332 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 6: would you exercise more American type contracts rather than going 333 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 6: out of the country. 334 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 2: But again, just to emphasize, he did not go out 335 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 2: of the country. When a contract is done by Massachusetts, 336 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: you cannot turn around and breach that contract when we 337 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 2: have a new governor. So the question of what he 338 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 2: would do in terms of contracting with American companies. That's 339 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: a legitimate question. I just want to make sure people 340 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 2: understand the context. 341 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 3: Go ahead, Brian, Oh you bet, you bet, we'd focus 342 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 3: on American companies, and we do with the MPGA. If 343 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 3: you look at the buses that are being purchased, there's 344 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 3: a lot of great vendors in this country, and I 345 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 3: hope there are great vendors for trains in this country 346 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: in the future as well. But what I can tell 347 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 3: you is that the Orange Line cars which are on 348 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 3: the rails now are performing really well, and I'm confident 349 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 3: the Red Line cars when they do get on will 350 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 3: be will be great as it will be great for 351 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 3: riders too. 352 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 2: Brenda, just final comment for me if you wouldn't mind, 353 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 2: If you've been a long time listening to wbc UH 354 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 2: into Nightside, we went after the Patrick administration on that 355 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 2: boondoggle of the of the Chinese contracts. Many of those 356 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 2: cars have been sitting out in Springfield long before the 357 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 2: Baker administration took over, and and so we we spent 358 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 2: a lot of time on that subject. And I don't 359 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 2: mean to jump on you, but that's if you weren't 360 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 2: listening to our broadcast back then. You you should have been, 361 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 2: because you would have been you would have been very 362 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 2: pleased with how we dealt with that issue. It was 363 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 2: a mistake that the Patrick administration made, and a costly 364 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 2: mistake at that. Thanks for the call, Brand, appreciate your call. 365 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 3: Thank you, You welcome. 366 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 2: Have a great night only line. That's opening six one seven. 367 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 2: Got to take a quick news break back. They're throwing 368 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: fastballs at you, Brian, but I think you're doing fine. 369 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 2: Let's keep rolling with callers here on Nightside back right 370 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 2: after the news break. 371 00:19:54,760 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio. 372 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 2: Prose, keep Rowland here, We're going to go to Sebastian 373 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 2: in Saga. Sebastian, you were on with Brian short Sleeve, 374 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 2: Republican candidate for governor, and we are talking about the 375 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 2: Massachusetts excise tax, which is in jeopardy of being tripled 376 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 2: by a piece of legislation that Brian Shortsleeve says is 377 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 2: supported by the the Heay administration. 378 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 5: Well, thank you for having me on. I'm glad to 379 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 5: be on. And honestly, this is so scary that the 380 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 5: Healy Driscoll administration, you know, wants to to continue to 381 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 5: tax us out of oblivion. No one do they call 382 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 5: us Taxachusetts. 383 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 2: Well, we're going to get that reputation, that well earned 384 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 2: reputation which the Baker administration kind of backed us away from. 385 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 2: It's coming back. 386 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, and that's scary. And Brian, you know, thank 387 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,239 Speaker 5: you for running. I do have a question about this 388 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 5: proposed excise tax. How how can you defeat Healey to 389 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 5: stop the proposed excise tax increase. Well, look, we're going. 390 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 3: To focus on making this state affordable again for working 391 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 3: families and for small businesses. I mean, Mora Healy has 392 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: never met a tax she didn't like. She's proposed five 393 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 3: new taxes this year. The most recent is the auto 394 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 3: excise tax. And under her leadership, taxes continue to go up, 395 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 3: regulations pile up, and our private sector is slowing down. 396 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 3: I mean we're now fifty is out of fifty in 397 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 3: the nation. Imagine that we are dead last in private 398 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 3: sector job growth. So look, I am running to get 399 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 3: this state moving again. I want us to be number 400 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 3: one in private sector job growth. I want us to 401 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 3: be number one in entrepreneurship. But that starts with cutting taxes, 402 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 3: it starts with cutting utility bills. It starts with getting 403 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 3: government spending under control, and when it comes to healing. 404 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 3: At every step of the way, she's always leaning in 405 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 3: to new and interesting ways to raise your taxes, and 406 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 3: that is driving an affordability crisis and it's frankly driving 407 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 3: families and businesses out of the state. When I'm governor, 408 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 3: we will turn that around on day one. 409 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 2: You know what I think Sebastian is asking, and I 410 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 2: think it's a really good question. You asked, Sebastian. I 411 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 2: don't know how old you are, how experienced you are, 412 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 2: but it's a really good question, Brian. In my opinion, 413 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 2: this is an issue that plays across the state and 414 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 2: I think you should take it on. And if you 415 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 2: beat it and can save taxpayers the tripling of excise tax, 416 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 2: what a victory. And even if the effort is in vain, 417 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 2: it will highlight in a way that only a gubernatorial 418 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 2: candidate can highlight. I'm going to talk about it here 419 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 2: on Nightside, I promise you, and keep me posted on this. 420 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 3: People feel it every time they get that bill. You 421 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 3: know what else they feel every time they get a 422 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 3: bill is that they're electricity bills. If you look at 423 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,239 Speaker 3: the cost of utility bills in the state. When I 424 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 3: travel to places like Totton and Westfield and New Bedford, 425 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 3: people bring their bills to meetings with me and they 426 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 3: show them to me. In some cases, you know, they've 427 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 3: got a two hundred and fifty dollars bill and only 428 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 3: a third of it's related to the cost of power. 429 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 3: Another third of it are state mandated fees. Those are 430 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 3: fees that Mora Heally has continued to jackop. She continues 431 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 3: to run lots and lots of money through utility bill 432 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 3: And that's the type of thing people they feel it, 433 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 3: they see it, and it's making it harder and harder 434 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,719 Speaker 3: to live here if you're on a fixed income. 435 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 2: Well, you know what some people say is they only 436 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 2: tax two things in Massachusetts, Brian, everything that moves and 437 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 2: everything that doesn't move. Uh, And I think it's that 438 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 2: we're getting close to that, actually. 439 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 3: Sebastian, Well, go ahead, Sebastian. 440 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 2: Sebastian, you have got a follow up question. If not, 441 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to let you go. It was a great call, though. 442 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 5: Thank you, Oh no, no, just thank you to Brian 443 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 5: for running in No talk about just taxes that that 444 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 5: Heally and Drisco are going to continue to hit us 445 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 5: with that's I mean, I'm going to fixed income myself, 446 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 5: so this this proposed increase will will hurt me and 447 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 5: my family. 448 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 3: Well, I hear it. I hear it when I'm out 449 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 3: there every day. Property taxes another huge issue for working families. 450 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 3: I mean, there's one hundred and sixty communities in this 451 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 3: state in the last two and a half years, which 452 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 3: I've had Proposition two and a half overrides. And the 453 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 3: reason why local communities need an extra two or three 454 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 3: or four million dollars to fund the police department or 455 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 3: the fire department is because the state is not providing 456 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 3: what it used to an unrestricted local aid. You know, historically, 457 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: unrestricted local aid grew with tax receipts. Over the last 458 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 3: five years, we've had an explosion in tax receipts in 459 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 3: this state. State government has never had more money than 460 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 3: it does now, but it's not getting back to cities 461 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 3: and towns, and that's why your property taxes are going up. 462 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 3: That's why your auto excise tax is going up. So look, 463 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 3: I think we've got to focus on those local issues 464 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 3: because those are the things making this a hard state 465 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 3: for small businesses and working families to make ends meet. 466 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 2: But let's stop the trip pling of the auto excise 467 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 2: tax because that will be a backbreaker. You talk about 468 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: a two and a half percent override, this, this is 469 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 2: going to be a two hundred percent increase in your 470 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 2: in your auto auto excise tax. 471 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 3: Well, I got a young couple buying their first car. Good, 472 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 3: you know, and if they've got two young kids in 473 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 3: baby seats, they might not be able to ride the 474 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: boss or the MBTA, you know, the new car thirty 475 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 3: forty thousand bucks, you're going to be spending thousands and 476 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 3: thousands of dollars between sales tax and auto excise tax. 477 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 2: I think this is a winner and not fair. And 478 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 2: if you get any information, Brian, as to who the 479 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 2: state reps are that are pushing this, if it's if 480 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 2: the Heli administer, if it's just the Healy administration, we'll 481 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 2: do this, uh and and and we'll wage We'll wage 482 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 2: the fight here on night side, as we wage the 483 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 2: fight on behalf of the state Auditor Diana Dezaglio, who 484 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 2: I think is probably the brightest luminary in the Democratic 485 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 2: Party in Massachusetts right now. She wants to audit the 486 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 2: legislature and she's being shut down by the governor's office. 487 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: She's being shut down by the Speaker, by the Senate 488 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 2: President and the Attorney general. And she's a Democrat, Sebastian job. 489 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 2: You know, appreciate it. 490 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 3: You know. One thing she did auditre She did audit 491 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 3: the the I was going to say, she did audit 492 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 3: that the Mercedes cab company you mentioned earlier. Oh, yes, 493 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 3: of the Mercedes Cab company, six million dollars were spent. 494 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 3: She did an audit and she found that in many cases, 495 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 3: the state was paying one hundred and fifty dollars to 496 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 3: move migrants two hundred feet from one side of a 497 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 3: parking lot to the other. She found three hundred thousand 498 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 3: dollars of fees that were paid for late fees and cancelations. 499 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 3: The contract didn't allow that. When she asked the state 500 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 3: why they had paid all these fees, she found that 501 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 3: no one in state government had ever reviewed a single invoice. 502 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 3: That was the answer. 503 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 2: And by the way, in her mind got what happened 504 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 2: was if the company might believe was in Truro, and 505 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 2: so if they went to the next town over to 506 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 2: pick up one of the folks who we're here illegally, 507 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: and we're gonna take them to a shopping trip or 508 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 2: to a doctor's office, let's say three miles away, which 509 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 2: they couldn't walk. To the moment that they got to 510 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 2: the pickup point, the meter rang one hundred and forty 511 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 2: dollars just to be picked up, and if they were 512 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 2: literally driven a quarter of a mile, it was one 513 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 2: hundred and forty dollars plus whatever that was five bucks. Uh. 514 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 2: That was what was stunning. Can you imagine ordering an 515 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 2: uber or a cab and you go out and you 516 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 2: get in the uber of the cab and the moment 517 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 2: you walk in, the meter starts not at zero, but 518 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 2: at one hundred and forty dollars. Who negotiated with that contract? 519 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 3: And what the auditor found was, if you if you 520 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 3: wanted to move people around this great state, the most 521 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 3: expensive way to do it. The most expensive is black car. 522 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 3: That's one hundred and fifty bucks a trip. Taxis are forty. 523 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 3: Uber and Lyft would be twenty, and the regional transit 524 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 3: authorities probably would have done it for free. So in 525 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 3: this particular case, you know, the Healy team picked the 526 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 3: most expensive way to operate, and the auditor found that 527 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 3: taxpayer's probably got a million and a half dollars of 528 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 3: value out of a six point eight million dollars spent 529 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 3: complete financial mismanagement inside deal just as. 530 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 2: They as they say, Brian, a few million here and 531 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 2: a few million there eventually runs into real money. Let 532 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 2: me get Roger in Midfield, in here before the break. 533 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 2: Roger gonna get you in so you have the way 534 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 2: through the break your own. Brian short Sleeve, Republican candidate 535 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 2: for governor. 536 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 7: Go ahead, Roger, Hey, Dan, love the show. Happy Veterans Day, 537 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 7: and thanks for your service for all the veterans out there. 538 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 7: My question is, mister short Sleeve. You mentioned you are 539 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 7: a Baker guy, and I want to know can our 540 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 7: party ever get back to what it was under good 541 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 7: Republicans like Baker and Romney. 542 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 3: Look, I think we're gonna win in twenty twenty six. 543 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 3: And the reason we're gonna win is because people out 544 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 3: there are fed up with the direction of the state. 545 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 3: It's not just Republicans, by the way. When I'm out 546 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 3: there talking to people, I'm talking to independents who feel abandoned. 547 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 3: I'm talking to Democrats, you know, who are fed up. 548 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 3: I think there's a tremendous, tremendous hunger out there for 549 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 3: change in Massachusetts right now that cuts across party lines. 550 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 3: And I think this is going to be the sort 551 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 3: of election when people wake up next summer and whether 552 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 3: it's you know, elderly people on fixed incomes who can't 553 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 3: pay their property taxes which are going up, or young 554 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 3: families who can't buy a home, I think you're going 555 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 3: to be looking for a governor that wants to bring change, 556 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 3: wants to bring back fiscal conservatism, wants to focus on 557 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 3: cutting taxes, cutting utility bills, getting spending under control. 558 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 5: And I will do that, all right. 559 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 7: I'm a Romney guy, so it sounds like we're pretty similar. 560 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 2: Thanks Dan, thank you, Thanks Thanks Roger, give the call, 561 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 2: give the show calling, and I thank you very much. 562 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 2: We take a very quick break back with Brian George Leave, 563 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 2: candidate for governor, Republican running for governor here in Massachusetts. 564 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: You'll get to know all the candidates listening tonight's side. 565 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 2: The phone lines are going crazy. We're going to try 566 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: to get everybody in as quickly as possible, so please 567 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 2: have some patience. But when you get on, ask you 568 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 2: a question and we'll move to as many people as weekend. 569 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 2: Back on Nightside right after this. 570 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan ray On. Done you 571 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: Bzy Boston's news Radio. 572 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 2: Back to the phone calls for Republican candidate for Governor, 573 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,479 Speaker 2: Brian short Sleeve with us Is Oscar from Quincy Oscar. 574 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 2: Next on Nightsig go right. 575 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 8: Ahead, Hi, Brian, how you doing? Happy Veterans Day? Most 576 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 8: of all, thank you, And as somebody who's still trying 577 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 8: to decide who to pick in the Republican primary here, 578 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 8: I just have a question about your SUPERBA or super 579 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 8: pac spending money on that ad with Mara Heely. Do 580 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 8: you think that was the best way is to spend 581 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 8: resources kind of portraying more Ahey with a sombrero and 582 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 8: a poncho. Because the headline doesn't read Mara Heey mismanaging 583 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 8: the Commonwealth, it just really reads racist. At the Brian 584 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 8: Shortlye's pack. 585 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 3: You know, I'm focused on my race. There are several 586 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 3: independent outside groups that have already announced their operating here 587 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 3: through the short Sleeve Committee, we've raised over a million dollars. 588 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 3: We had a big win in the first straw pole 589 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 3: down in Pembroke about six weeks ago. The most recent 590 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 3: poll from UMass show that I am clearly the strongest 591 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 3: candidate in the general election against Mora Heally. So that's 592 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 3: what I'm focused on. I think Massachusetts has always worked 593 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 3: better with a businessman in the corner office. I've spent 594 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 3: my life growing businesses, in entrepreneurship. I know how to 595 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 3: get again. 596 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, Brian, was this your campaign's ad, because I want 597 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 2: to make that very clear if it was not. 598 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 3: You know, the Short Sleeves Committee, which is my campaign, 599 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 3: hasn't run any ads. I think the caller is talking 600 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 3: about an outside an independent, outside group which we don't 601 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 3: we don't have any control over, and we don't coordinate with. 602 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 8: AD does support you? Like that AD doesn't have money 603 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 8: back in you, and it does support you, So it 604 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 8: is like, do you support that kind of ad? 605 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 3: I mean, I'm focused on my race. Look the issues 606 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 3: I'm talking about. It's affordability, it's taxes, it's cutting utility bills. 607 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 3: That's what I'm focused on. I know how we can 608 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 3: move this date forward. And I'm a businessman. I know 609 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 3: why this is are leaving Massachusetts. I know why we're 610 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 3: fiftyeth out of fifty in private sector job growth. It's 611 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 3: because more Heally's policies have been a complete failure. She's 612 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 3: raised your taxes, she's raised your electricity bills. She spent 613 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 3: billions of dollars on migrant housing programs which could have 614 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 3: been redeployed and unrestricted local aid. And if she has 615 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 3: spent that money sending it back to cities and talents, 616 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 3: as I would, you wouldn't be facing Prop two and 617 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 3: a half overrides, and you certainly wouldn't be looking at 618 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 3: a tripling of the auto excise tax. All right, focused on. 619 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 2: All right, Oskar, thank you for your question. I think 620 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 2: he's answered your question. It was not his ad. Let 621 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 2: me go to Chris in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Chris next on 622 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 2: nice side with Brian Chotzlee. Go right ahead. 623 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 5: Brian, good evening. 624 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 8: You're a veteran. 625 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 7: I'm a veteran. 626 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 8: I served all around the world, including Afghanistan. 627 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 5: You did a couple of pumps overseas. 628 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 8: I think mar Heeley played some European basketball. 629 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 5: When your governor, what will you do. 630 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 3: For US veterans? Well, fresh, thank you for your service. 631 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 5: Number one. 632 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 3: When I'm governor, day one, first morning, homeless veterans will 633 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 3: have priority in the migrant in the Shelter program, in 634 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 3: the home Base program, all of those housing programs that 635 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 3: we have, our homeless veterans will have priority number one 636 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 3: veterans will also have priority for housing through the housing authorities. 637 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 3: So I think there's a tremendous amount we need to 638 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 3: do right now to prioritize homeless veterans. I was out 639 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 3: in Leminster last week and I met with a Veterans 640 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 3: Service officer who told me there were one hundred homeless 641 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 3: veterans who were kicked out of the hotels they were 642 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 3: staying in by the Healey administration when the Healey administration 643 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 3: turned all those hotels into migrant hotels. This is out 644 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 3: in Leminster. Gardener me think about that. You know, we've 645 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 3: we've got homeless veterans that are at the bottom of 646 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 3: the list, and we've got migrants that are at the 647 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 3: top of the list. That those are more Heey's priorities. 648 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,719 Speaker 3: When I'm governor, the right to Shelter law would be 649 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 3: focused on Massachusetts residents who are US citizens, and veterans 650 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 3: would be at the top of the list. 651 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 2: Great question, great answer. Appreciate the call, Chris. Good one, 652 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 2: thank you. Okay, let me get one more in here, 653 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 2: Gina from Boston. Gina, you next one. Nice that with 654 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 2: Brian Schwatsleeve. Go right ahead, Gina, Hi, thank you. 655 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 9: A recent unasked poll showed you in last place in 656 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 9: the primary. 657 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 6: Since then, your. 658 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 9: Campaign have questioned the credibility of the polls while promoting 659 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,359 Speaker 9: other results of s mark favorable. So which is it 660 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 9: as a uns legacy seemly? I say, priding the integrity 661 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 9: of that institution and I believe Kenna is for governor 662 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 9: should be consistent, honest with their voters. 663 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 2: Is the primary Gina? Gina, quick question? When is the primary? 664 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 2: It's next September, right, correck? Okay, and this is November, 665 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 2: so that's ten months away. Go ahead. 666 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 3: Brian said that Pole clearly showed me as the strongest 667 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 3: candidate to beat Mara Healy in the in the fall, 668 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 3: which is about one year from now. I am a 669 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 3: proven government reformer, I'm a proud Marine, I'm a fighter. 670 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 3: I'm someone will challenge the status quo. And I know 671 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 3: when I'm out there meeting with our primary voters they 672 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 3: want someone who can beat more Heally. I am the 673 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 3: candidate that'll beat more Heally. I think that's why we're 674 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 3: getting such a great response. We're leading the field in fundraising, 675 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 3: we're leading the field in terms of the early stropholes, 676 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 3: we're leading the field in terms of the response we're 677 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 3: getting at our events. And I think it's because our 678 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 3: you know, our primary voters want someone who can win, 679 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 3: and they also want an outsider and a businessman to 680 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 3: can shake things up. 681 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 2: All right, Gina, thank you for the question. Let me 682 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 2: try to get one more in Harrison Is in New Bedford. Harrison. 683 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,240 Speaker 2: You're next on Nightside, Go right ahead, Hey, Dan. 684 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:35,920 Speaker 7: Thanks for having me on. 685 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 5: Brian. 686 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 10: First, I just wanted to thank you for coming down 687 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 10: to the city. It was greatly appreciated. I just want 688 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 10: to ask real quick. With the rising prices over the 689 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,759 Speaker 10: last almost three years, I wanted to know what else 690 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 10: you were going to do to make Massachusetts more affordable. 691 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 3: Well, look, number one, let's stop raising taxes. Okay, that's 692 00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 3: a good start. Families are getting, We're we're getting, you know. 693 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 3: I mean, what I would tell you is, look, when 694 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 3: you're in a hole, stop digging. When I am governor, 695 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,320 Speaker 3: we will be cutting taxes. We will not be raising taxes. 696 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 3: I mean, Moriheely has proposed five new taxes this year alone, 697 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 3: the candy tax, the tax on prescription drugs, a tax 698 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 3: on charities by ending the charitable deduction, and now a 699 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,359 Speaker 3: tripling in the auto excise tax. So if you ask 700 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 3: me what are examples of things that are making life 701 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,239 Speaker 3: too expensive in this state, it's those type taxes, and 702 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 3: it's also electricity bills. Moriheely killed two natural gas pipelines 703 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 3: when she was the Attorney General, which if they were 704 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 3: in place today, would be saving working families in this 705 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 3: state thousands of dollars. When I am governor, we will 706 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 3: go to New York. We will grab Governor Hocel from 707 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 3: New York. We will go to the White House, We'll 708 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,359 Speaker 3: grab the Williams Company and will tell them we are 709 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 3: ready to go build the Constitution pipeline. Get that pipeline 710 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 3: in place. That the one hundred and twenty five miles 711 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,760 Speaker 3: from here is the cheapest natural gas in the country, 712 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 3: and there's no reason that we shouldn't be tapping into it. 713 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 2: And look at b might be Governor Stephanick. 714 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 3: It might be Governor Stephanick. That would be even better. 715 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 3: But guess what you know, if you've got a Massachusetts 716 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 3: governor that wants to do it, the CEO of the 717 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,960 Speaker 3: Williams Company has said they're ready to go and we 718 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,799 Speaker 3: just need New York. But Governor Healy has been a 719 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 3: steadfast opponent of those things and those the result of 720 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 3: those policies is just making life here more and more expensive. 721 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 2: All right, Harrison, great question, Thank you much. We're flat 722 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 2: out of time, Brian. How can folks get in touch 723 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 2: with you if they'd like to support your campaign? What's 724 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 2: the website? 725 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,279 Speaker 3: Well, please join us on Facebook at Brian Shortsleeve for Massachusetts. 726 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 3: Our website is brianshortsleeve dot com. We've got a terrific 727 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 3: group of volunteers that are getting organized. We're traveling all 728 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 3: of the state, so sign up on Facebook, come to 729 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,439 Speaker 3: the events, become a delegate. We'd love your help. 730 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,760 Speaker 2: Brian. Thanks very much. You handled a variety of questions 731 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 2: and you handled them well. And look forward to having 732 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:02,240 Speaker 2: you back. And let's this excise tax thing really bothers 733 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,839 Speaker 2: me and so I'm I want to do a lot 734 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 2: more on it. Keep us posted and anything we can do, 735 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,920 Speaker 2: let me know. We we got to get the legislation 736 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 2: to kill this thing before before it is it's a 737 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,839 Speaker 2: it's a Frankenstein, it's an absolute Frankensteign this So. 738 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 3: Watch your wallet, Dan, That is my advice to you 739 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,920 Speaker 3: and your listeners. 740 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 2: I'm always watching my wallet because I am in a 741 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 2: state where they do only tax everything that moves and 742 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 2: everything that doesn't move, which means simply everything. 743 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 3: Thanks Brian, Happy veterans, date all the veterans out there. Dad, 744 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,439 Speaker 3: I always love being on the show. Thanks for having 745 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:36,719 Speaker 3: me on. 746 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 2: You bet you right back at you when we get back. 747 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about the arrest the indictment of 748 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 2: two Cleveland Indian pitchers. And this is a an incredible 749 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 2: baseball scandal. We've had basketball, now we had baseball. It 750 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 2: all comes down to prop bets. We're going to talk 751 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,960 Speaker 2: about that on the other side of the break. If 752 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 2: you still didn't want to stick with us, feel free 753 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,280 Speaker 2: coming back on nights side right after the ten o'clock 754 00:38:59,320 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 2: news