1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: There is a war in Massachusetts between Republicans and Democrats 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 2: that's been there since they landed on Plymouth Rock a 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 2: few years ago, and all I can say is many 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 2: talk and few do. Mike Knnely joins this Republican candidate 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: for governor of Massachusetts, and out of Saint John's, Danvers 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: and Dartmouth, he did something really, really unique. He went 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: off to save a hugely troubled city system in Lawrence, Massachusetts. 9 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: Were welcome all of ninety two nine and FM in 10 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 2: Boston and across this nation to somebody who went into 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: the trenches and said we need to fix this. Mike Connely, 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: what did you learn about fixing the mess in Lawrence, 13 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 2: Massachusetts that you would bring to the governor. 14 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: Well, it's a great question. I appreciate the chance to 15 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: come on today. As you alluded to, I went to 16 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: college and business school. I had a long career in 17 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: the private equity business, but I decided a dozen years 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: ago what I wanted to do was public service, and 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: my first job was Lawrence. I joined the team tasked 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: with turning around the Lawrence public schools and what I 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: learned firsthand is the power of leadership and collaboration and 22 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: the ability to get things done when you put the 23 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: outcome ahead of the politics. And so I joined a 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: team that was empowered to make real change through state receivership, 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: and we did things like cut the size of the 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: bureocracy by forty percent and put those dollars in the classroom. 27 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: There's innovative new programs, and we brought parents and teachers 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: and community members together to drive better results for our 29 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: kids and two years who took a high school graduation 30 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: rate from fifty two percent to seventy two percent. So 31 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: it was the power of cutting the bureaucracy, leading with 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: leading with results, and bringing people together. 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: Mike, I need a three hour conversation. I don't have 34 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: that time. Paul's looking at me saying, ask about Trump. 35 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: Are you better position as governor of a commonwealth to 36 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: take on Donald Trump? Given all the horror stories I 37 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: read in the Boston Globe versus the president democratic. 38 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: Governor, I'm way better positioned than her to work with 39 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: anybody that wants to move our straight forward, including the President. 40 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: And I've said for a long time now, when things 41 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: happen in Washington, the governor heally doesn't like she must 42 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: tell her team get me on TV. I would tell 43 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: my team, get me on a plane and get down 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: there and work with the President and his team to 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: help do things that are good for Massachusetts. I think 46 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: I'm way better positioned. She built her career by assuing 47 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. I built my career by working with people 48 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: across all facets of life, all sectors to get things done. 49 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: And that's the same approach I would take as. 50 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: Go Good Morning ninety nine FM in Boston and across 51 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 2: this nation. Mike Kenneely with US Republican candidate for the Commonwealth. 52 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 3: Mike, what's the from your perspective, the number one issue 53 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 3: for the people of Massachusetts and what your policy as 54 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 3: relates to that. 55 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not sure there's one. But we've articulated three 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: pillars of our campaign, which is affordability, opportunity, and better government. Right, 57 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: we've got a cost of living crisis here. People cannot 58 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: afford to live in Massachusetts on the one hand. On 59 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: the other hand, it's not an economic opportunity. We're fifty 60 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: at among the fifty states and job creation in the 61 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: last couple of years, and our education test scores are 62 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: down over the last dozen years, so we're not preparing 63 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: the workforce of the future. And in terms of the 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: quality of our government, we have a state government that's 65 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: not fiscally responsible, not accountable, not transparent, and can't manage 66 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: a crisis. So for me, there's never one issue that's 67 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: three affordability, opportunity, and would we call it a government 68 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: you can believe in? And people cannot believe in this 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: government today. 70 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: Mike, you talked about number fifty in what I think 71 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: business creation That really shocks me coming from a state 72 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: like Massachusetts. What's going on this. 73 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: The job creation we divors to San Francisco. 74 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: This, I mean it should surprise all of us. We look, 75 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: we're Massachusetts, right, we have leading positions some of the 76 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: most important industries globally, we have great companies, great leaders, 77 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: great communities, and because of Beacon Hill's fail policies, we're 78 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: fifty at them on the fifty states and job creations. 79 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: So we should all look at that and just say, look, 80 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: that is not acceptable, and that's the fault of the 81 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: CEO of the state, and that CEO is more heally, 82 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: so we need a change in leadership. 83 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: Mike, one more question here, we'll get you back on 84 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 2: as you staggered towards the election. I'm going to go 85 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: to Beth Israel DEACONUS, their center for Virology and vexxine research. 86 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 2: What would you say right now to Secretary Kennedy about 87 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,119 Speaker 2: the science of Boston, Massachusetts. 88 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: I would say, we have the best science in the world, okay. 89 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: And the reason why my family and I ride the 90 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: panmass Challenge every year, for example, is that our institutions, 91 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: like in that case Dana Farbert you mentioned Bed Israel, 92 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: our institutions get results. So I would tell them what 93 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: you get when you invest in Massachusetts, and you should 94 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: invest here. We are the leader. 95 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 2: Mike Kennely, thank us so much for Ninetie to Night 96 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 2: and FM in Boston. Republican candidate the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 97 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: for governor, and for all of you across the nation. 98 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 2: Just a window, Paul, You're right, I was stunned fiftieth 99 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: in job creation. Really, it's like worse expense housing issues 100 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: than New York. In the Tri state area. There's some 101 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: real challenges up there, including the designated hitter position.