WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:06.000 It's Night Side with Dan Ray WBZ Causton's Radio. 2 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.480 Thanks very much, Dan, as we move into our second 3 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:12.240 hour here on a Wednesday night. It's February nineteenth for 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:16.399 those of you keeping score at home or wherever you 5 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.760 might find yourself, and we are talking this hour about 6 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:24.839 the demolition of White Stadium. It's intriguing to me as 7 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.440 a story because it's become an issue in the mayoral race. 8 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.039 But it's also an intriguing issue to me as a 9 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:36.079 story because this venerable facility that you know, you can 10 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.399 say it's old, but it's served its purpose in Boston 11 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:44.359 for many years, is now I guess, undergoing a complete 12 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.320 demolition or the demolition has started, even though there is 13 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:51.719 a trial some of the organizations and groups, the community 14 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:56.520 groups and also a group there's a conservancy which has 15 00:00:56.719 --> 00:00:58.960 filed suit against the city. And this joining us right 16 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.240 now is Boston Merrow Kennedy, Josh Kraft, who was there 17 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:09.000 with some demonstrators today, people who were protesting what's going on. Josh, 18 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:11.359 Welcome back to Night's Side. Could you paint the scene 19 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.000 for us today bitterly cold day and you had we 20 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.120 talked last hour at the end of the last hour 21 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:21.040 with a Statehouse reporter who covered this. Had to be 22 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:22.879 a lot of people pretty dedicated to be out in 23 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:24.040 that sort of weather today. 24 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.920 Yeah, Dan, thanks and thank you for having me again. 25 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:32.040 I'm always always open and love coming on your show. 26 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:34.159 Yeah. 27 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:35.760 Yeah, it was. 28 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:40.640 Very, very cold today. But really the passion, the commitment 29 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:46.959 and the feelings of just the strong, strong feelings from 30 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.640 the folks that were out there today was pretty powerful. 31 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:56.000 It's people that have used the park from generations, you know, families, 32 00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.200 generations using the park, to families with young kids to 33 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.159 use the park. And again, as I started, I mean 34 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:05.760 you could feel their passion and their love of the 35 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:12.360 park and their their sadness or their intense sadness for 36 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:13.840 what's going on. 37 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:18.439 Well, and this is it's a wonderful location. Some people 38 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:21.240 in Boston have never been there. But you have the 39 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.879 Franklin Park golf course, you have the Franklin Park Zoo, 40 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:28.400 you have White Stadium, and they're all within this this 41 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:33.960 this green space in the center of you know, Dorchester, Jamaica. 42 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.240 Plane touches a little bit on roslind Dale or whatever 43 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:43.159 it's it's it's a wonderful location. And right now the 44 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.919 city has worked out this deal. It's it's I guess 45 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.240 the city's intention is to have it host a women's 46 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:54.800 professional soccer team. But in addition to the demolition of 47 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.879 the park, and Josh, you know a lot more about 48 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.479 this than I do, my understanding is that there are 49 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.199 dozens of trees that are going to be taken down. 50 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.199 Yeah, I think it's over one hundred and forty trees. 51 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.439 I don't know the I think I'm going to I 52 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:14.199 think it's one hundred and forty five, but don't hold 53 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:15.719 me to that. But I know it's one hundred. 54 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:18.479 We could stay in that feet. That's a dozen scores 55 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:19.199 of trees here. 56 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:24.400 Yeah, why have they taken the trees aren't on the 57 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:29.039 playing surface of the prospective soccer stadium or what was 58 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:32.400 was a what was a high school football complex for 59 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.719 decades for Boston school kids. 60 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:37.800 Why why do one hundred and forty trees have to 61 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:38.479 bite the dust? 62 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.159 I think it's for the bigger vision, which would entail 63 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:44.800 like a. 64 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:51.680 Concession, a novelty concession stand, or a beer garden, maybe 65 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:57.159 egress entrance and egress. I don't have all the specifics 66 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:58.240 on that, but I know. 67 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.960 I'm assuming that there's going to be some element to 68 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.520 parking here that instead of having trees, it's there's going 69 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:12.439 to be crowds coming in periodically, I guess from sometime 70 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:18.959 in March through late October to witness soccer matches. Tell 71 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.000 us about the people who you were dealing with. The 72 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.160 folks who were out there today, it looked to me 73 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:30.120 to be a very interesting crowd of young people, older people, uh, mixed, 74 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:35.240 you know, different backgrounds, different races. That it's it looked 75 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.319 like a wonderful group of people. Tell us a little 76 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:42.240 bit about the folks that you met today at that demonstration. 77 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.800 Yeah, Dan, thanks, It truly it is now that it 78 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:53.560 truly was a community of different people, all with a true, 79 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:59.199 uh an unequivocal love of the park. And you know, 80 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:03.639 there are folks who, as I mentioned, generations had you know, 81 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:07.279 their family had gone to the park for generations, they 82 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:10.079 had grown up going to the park. They they're older. 83 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:15.399 Now there's families with young kids who use the park consistently, 84 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.759 or families of color, white families, some folks who are 85 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:25.040 hearing into folks from Charlestown, folks from Savin Hills. It 86 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.000 wasn't just people that touched the park every day. But 87 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.680 just a lot of people that love the park and 88 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:37.680 feel passionate about it. And you could feel the energy 89 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.319 when you were there this morning. It was cold, but 90 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:42.279 they were staying warm. 91 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:46.759 I'm assuming that there must be a lot of people 92 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:51.199 who live in the Dorchester Roxby Mattapan community who have 93 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:56.439 watched the zoo is a fabulous institution that draws people 94 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:59.600 from all over the world to visit. The golf course 95 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.480 for golfers is wonderful urban golf course. Remember Mayor Menino 96 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.240 used to love to play that golf course. He prefer 97 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:10.519 to play that. Then he used to prefer to tell me, 98 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.199 you prefer to play that over playing the Brookline Country Club, 99 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.079 although I think it played. He was a very good 100 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:19.959 he was a good golfer. But you had this stadium 101 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:24.040 which the city, it seems, has not maintained. It's fallen 102 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.800 into disrepair. It's almost as if if I lived in 103 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.959 that community and I grew up in Boston, but I didn't, 104 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:33.959 I didn't live contiguous or within a mile or two 105 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.800 of the park. I would feel a little betrayed at 106 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.800 this point. That wait a second, A public green space 107 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:46.360 that my kids and myself and maybe grandkids have played 108 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.279 in and utilized now is going to be turned into 109 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.800 a more private venture for for a group of folks 110 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.920 who probably would have trouble finding White Stadium without a 111 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.360 road map. I mean, this this lot of irony here 112 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.240 in my opinion, Josh, I don't know if you sense 113 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.920 that or or have since that when you're when you're 114 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:07.839 out and about. 115 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:12.000 Yeah, that's definitely Dan. I think you captured the spirit 116 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.240 of the folks, the community of folks that were there 117 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.480 this morning, and you know, have been passionate about the 118 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:24.399 park since, you know, for a long time, long before 119 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.199 I met any of them. And I do feel like, 120 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:35.399 you know, that's part of their argument is you've ignored 121 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.759 it for so long and while a sudden from zero 122 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:41.759 these are my words, zero to one hundred miles an hour, 123 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:45.160 what about going thirty five miles an hour and fixing 124 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.519 just the high school with a part of the one 125 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:52.680 hundred million dollars, or to fix parts of it and 126 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:54.879 maintain a kess for BPS. 127 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.879 And I know that, I know one of the concerns 128 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:03.319 is that because of the length of the professional softball season, 129 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.240 I mean, this team in Massachusetts, which is supposed to 130 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:10.199 start play in twenty twenty six is joining a women's 131 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:13.800 professional soccer league that have already a schedule that I 132 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:17.240 think it starts in March and then it went way 133 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:23.439 wins its way through the wonderful months of you know, May, June, July, August, 134 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.959 September into October, and they have their playoffs and their 135 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:31.800 championship and that's not going to change. It's that that 136 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:35.840 White Stadium facility is not going to be used for 137 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.000 high school football, I assume while during the soccer the 138 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.519 professional soccer season, because the team has now a lease there. 139 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:49.120 This this, this is just the whole aspect of this 140 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:52.519 that troubles me. And I'm going to hope that I'm 141 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.440 going to let you go because you've had a long day, 142 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.039 but I want to thank you for your activism here 143 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:01.000 because it's you are fighting city This is what I 144 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:04.320 hate to put it like that, Josh, but you're fighting 145 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:10.240 city hall, and of course in turn running for city Hall. 146 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:12.080 There's gonna be a lot of issues we want to 147 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:15.080 talk with you about over the next few months, and 148 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:17.159 I think you put a stake in the ground that 149 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.279 this is an important issue to you. And if you 150 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.399 were our elected mayor, will there be anything that you 151 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.399 can do to to sort of turn this around. That 152 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.720 would be not that would really be my last question. 153 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.679 You would not take office until sometime in January, if 154 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.360 you if you succeed in November. 155 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.600 Yeah, if I'm honored enough to become the mayor, that 156 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:43.519 wouldn't be tilled January. But I know there's a court 157 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:50.519 case beginning March eighteenth on this whole issue. A bunch 158 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.039 of folks, you know that we're out there today, are 159 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.000 part of a case, you know, trying to stop you know, 160 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:04.320 the city from carrying forward with the project. So I 161 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.120 think that's what I said. I mean, we need to 162 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.559 take a pause. We need to at least pause till 163 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.480 the court and the judicial process plays out, and then 164 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:15.720 just see where we end up. I think. 165 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:19.799 Yeah, well, I'll tell you standing a little back further 166 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:23.960 from this dispute than you. I don't understand why any 167 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:28.840 judge would not have considered very seriously issuing a temporary 168 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.759 restraining order, because one of the elements I know of 169 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.320 temporary restraining orders as a lawyer is you have to 170 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:40.000 prove a fairly good likelihood even maybe a better chance 171 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:44.360 of winning than losing. But the other is irreparable damage. Obviously, 172 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:49.679 literally figuratively irreparable damage is being done to this facility 173 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:54.360 now on a day to day basis. And if they 174 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.720 are able to destroy this facility, why bother with the trial? 175 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.240 I mean, talk about ignoring the judicial system. They're just 176 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:05.320 going full speed ahead. And there's something about that that 177 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:09.039 that that really just doesn't strike me as being honest 178 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.240 and the way the system is supposed to work. So 179 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.399 we're going to continue to follow this one, and you're 180 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.240 you're welcome any night here jogs to it to talk 181 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.360 about it. Thank you so much for joining us tonight, 182 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:22.759 and thank you thanks for taking up this you too, 183 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.399 my friend. We'll talk soon, Josh. By the way, folks 184 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.039 want to get in touch with you on this or 185 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:28.919 any other issue, what's the best way they can do that? 186 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:35.279 Uh can go to our website Josh for Boston dot Com. 187 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:38.320 Perfect, Okay, it couldn't be couldn't be more direct, Josh 188 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:41.399 for Boston dot Com, Josh Kraft, Thank you very much. 189 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:47.840 Thank thanks, Josh. Talk soon when we get back. I 190 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.159 want to just open up the phone lines and hear 191 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:54.600 from those of you who have a feeling about this. 192 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:54.919 Now. 193 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:57.639 Some of you played high school sports in this park, 194 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:03.600 Some of you live in the surrounding communities, and obviously 195 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.240 the closer you are to Franklin Park, the more likely 196 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.960 that you avail yourself of the zoo, that you avail 197 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:13.879 yourself maybe of walking in the in the in the area, 198 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:19.120 walk the golf course or whatever, and enjoy maybe high 199 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:24.039 school football and track in the fall. Is this something 200 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:27.879 that you're concerned about. I am concerned about it because 201 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:32.639 it is it is. It's It's a facility that was 202 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:36.919 ignored for decades. It was allowed to fall into disrepair. 203 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:45.240 And if I lived in that area, you know, contiguous 204 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.480 to the park, I would not want to see that 205 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:51.320 green space changed, and I'd like to see it upgraded, 206 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.639 to be honest with you. But to see one hundred 207 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:59.360 and forty five or so trees eliminated now, Crystal Epinskey 208 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:04.440 said in the segment before nine o'clock In Fairness, Chris 209 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:08.639 reported to us that the city has committed to replanting trees. 210 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:11.120 But look, it takes a long time to blow to 211 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.679 grow a tree. As someone once said, when's the best 212 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:18.039 time to plant a tree yesterday? Because if you knock 213 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:21.360 down trees that have been there for a while, you 214 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:25.480 talk about green space in the city. In most urban 215 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:29.480 areas it's mostly cemented concrete. So we got lots to 216 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:31.960 talk about. I hope you'll feel free to join the conversation. 217 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.440 Here are the numbers six one, seven, two five for 218 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:40.039 ten thirty that's one line or six one seven, nine 219 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:42.759 three one ten thirty. Those are the two lines six 220 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:45.159 one seven both six one seven two five four ten 221 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.200 thirty or nine three one ten thirty. Let's light them 222 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.320 up and let's talk about it. And if you feel 223 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.919 that this is the greatest thing that's ever happened to 224 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.320 Franklin Park and you want to put a plug in 225 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.320 for it, let me know we uh, if you feel 226 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:00.279 like I do that there are more questions. Is the 227 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.799 answers here I'd love to hear from as well. Coming 228 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:03.720 back on Nightside. 229 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.279 Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World 230 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.519 Nightside Studios on w b Z the news Radio. 231 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.919 Okay, we're going to go right to the phones here 232 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.559 and again, feel free to explain to me what your 233 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:19.480 interest is in the story. Let me start it off 234 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.279 with Bill in Boston. Bill, welcome to Nightside. 235 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.200 How are you sir, Good evening, Dan, This is Bill right, 236 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:26.799 How are you? 237 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:27.759 Oh? 238 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.559 Hi, Bill? How are you. I got your email the 239 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:36.440 other day, I believe, is that not correct? Yes, so 240 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:40.480 you've decided that you're going to take a shot at 241 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:42.320 the big office as well. 242 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:46.480 Yes, I announced it even to a number of people 243 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:48.720 that I was waiting for a mayor of the city 244 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.279 of Boston. 245 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:56.559 Okay, tell us what your thought is about. You know, 246 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:59.639 we just had Josh Krafton, who was at that demonstration today, 247 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:04.039 who's already announced from mayor. What's your thought on White Stadium? 248 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:08.440 You you know that community very well over the years. 249 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.360 Well as you remember Dan on Friday at the noons 250 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:15.240 when they were football games, we would leave and head 251 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:19.720 up to White Stadium by public transportation. Those games were great. 252 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.399 Of course, you know the city teams like Boston Tech 253 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.440 and Boston English now that's played there, and as you. 254 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:31.840 Also know, and to mention Boston Latin School too, well, yes. 255 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:36.039 Yes I've forgotten them. But of course the Thanksgiving game 256 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:39.679 every year was played at Harvard Stadium between Boston Latin 257 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.600 and Boston English. But I think this problem right now, 258 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:48.559 the solution is relatively simple to have the Women's Soccer 259 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:53.360 League speak with the new president of Boston University, Melissa 260 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:57.039 Gilliam who not only is he a physician, but she 261 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:00.879 was the provost for Ohio State before recently beginning of 262 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.840 a new job at BU. The facility, as you know, 263 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:06.279 was a place where the Patriots used to play, and 264 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:08.919 when they were the Boston Patriots, they also played at Fenway. 265 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:13.399 But the facilities to accommodate a women's soccer league are 266 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:18.759 right there for BU, which has parking space, which has 267 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.000 the Green Line, which has numerous restaurants and other things 268 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:25.480 go on Comwealth Avenue as well has the scenic river 269 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.919 to look at from that location. I think that that 270 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.639 was a solution for the women's soccer league having their 271 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:35.120 place to play. That emotion was put put forward by 272 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.440 Ed Flynn, But as far as I know, the city 273 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:43.440 administration has not contacted doctor Gilliam on the side of 274 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:47.200 Franklin Park. It's amazing to me that the price went 275 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:50.360 from fifty million to one hundred million. They didn't see 276 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.679 any explanation of why the price doubled. 277 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:59.679 Yeah, well you things about what It's interesting. It didn't 278 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.159 mean to your up bill, but you mentioned the Patriots 279 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.200 used to play at what now I guess it's called 280 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:09.799 Nickerson Field. Of course, the Boston Braves long ago used 281 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.240 to play baseball. That was the home of the team 282 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.960 that became the Milwaukee Braves and is now now the 283 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:19.359 Atlanta Braves. But it was also the home of the 284 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:21.559 the football team, the Boston Breakers, as late as the 285 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:25.559 nineteen eighties. And so you're right, that's a that's a 286 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.640 piece of real estate that is totally underused and could 287 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:33.240 be used, and it's got good seating facility there, and 288 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:40.960 it would be a great location, scenic location. May I 289 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.720 was just going to say that Mayor Will seems to 290 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:49.240 be just dead set in favor of substantially changing the 291 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:51.720 whole structure in the atmosphere of Franklin Park. 292 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:56.000 It's a bad one. When she was talking about taking 293 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:59.920 trees out of Malcolm X's rocking down trees there Malcolm 294 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:04.799 Park from the Washington Park, the neighbors protested because one 295 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.759 hundred year old trees were being knocked down. The Ward 296 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:12.240 administration said that they would pause and have discussion further, 297 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:15.960 but the community thought they meant what they said. They 298 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:20.240 kept knocking the trees down even aftery're pledging that they 299 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.400 would not. They don't seem to realize that when you 300 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:27.240 make pledges of the politician or promises to any constituency. 301 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:30.359 You have to do what you say you're going to do. 302 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:38.160 Well, go ahead. I didn't mean to interrapt go ahead, Bilt, I. 303 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:44.000 Say, shell Wu has some problems with veracity, and she 304 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:46.680 falls back on you know. I'm sorry, I didn't mean 305 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:49.680 it as you said. Why not have a restraining order 306 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:52.160 and have a pause to work it out prior to 307 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.839 going forward, pledging forward? And the White Stadium is not 308 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.960 named for Kevin White, as you know, it's the Jewish 309 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:03.359 Robert White on the stadium for the philanthropists who left 310 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:06.839 much to Boston. And you may remember, I don't know 311 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:12.359 you're older than me, Onta Dan, I'm class of six. 312 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.599 I'm class of sixty nine. 313 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.000 What are you? 314 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.000 Sixty six? 315 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.640 Okay, so we're in the building the same time. But 316 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.920 the wife of. 317 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:26.400 The White Boston Latin School, just in case anybody is. 318 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:31.960 Confused in Okay, Boston Latin School. Yeah, sixteen thirty five, 319 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.279 cold wolf Pack. So the thing is, when we were 320 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:40.400 children at elementary school, every year the students had the 321 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.519 best grades in the particular school, we received a reward 322 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:48.920 of five dollars. And at the William Bacon School, I 323 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:51.480 got that award two years in a row, third and 324 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:54.680 fourth grade. Then in fifth grade, I was at the 325 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:58.160 Sherwin School in Madison Old Madison Park in South End, 326 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:01.000 and I won the award again and my mother came 327 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:05.359 to the ceremony and the principal, mister Mead, was about 328 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:09.799 to reward me the five dollar bill, and my mother said, Uh, 329 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:12.599 he's one that a few times. Why don't you give 330 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:16.240 it to somebody else? Now? Back in those days, five 331 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.039 dollars but a little candy for child, right, you remember that? 332 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.759 Right then? I couldn't believe them. 333 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:24.400 A lot of baseball cards. 334 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:27.240 Yes, but find toes with a lot of money right 335 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:31.000 for kids, you know at that time. And the funny 336 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.079 thing about when I look back on it is that 337 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.720 reward was an incentive. I knew, you know, academics was 338 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:38.599 interested in me about wanting to go to school and 339 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:44.319 so on. But I saw the connection between education and money, 340 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.119 and I have an idea for improving the attendance in 341 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:50.799 the Boston public schools. I was proposed to. 342 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.759 Let's let's say, let's let me say that bill for 343 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:56.880 the next time we have you. Audi. I want to 344 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.200 stay on. 345 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:01.799 Dan like I'm going to very quickly you'll like it. 346 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:05.599 I propose that every Boston student that completes a term 347 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:10.359 a semester with full attendance no absence is well receive 348 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.200 one hundred dollars. 349 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.440 Bill. 350 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:15.039 Okay, that's great. We'll talk about that in greater length 351 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:18.279 and greater length. Bill. I respect you very much. You 352 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.960 know that. But I'm well into my newscast here and 353 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.240 I might be running for mayor of Boston and moving 354 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:28.480 into the city because they'll fire me here if I 355 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.640 don't get to the newscast. Bill, I got to run. 356 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:34.759 We'll have you back, I promise. Thanks. Okay, all right, 357 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:37.960 go bough bls app sumas PREMI thank you, Thanks very much. Bill. 358 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.720 We'll take a break if you want to talk about 359 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:43.079 White Stadium. Bill is a candidate from mayor. I don't 360 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:45.000 know if he's official yet or not, but he had 361 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.000 sent me an email the other days at Boston Latin 362 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:50.359 School graduate and a good friend, good man. But we 363 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:54.119 talked with Josh Kraft, who is a candidate running from mayor. 364 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:57.079 Right now, you heard what Josh Craft had to say. 365 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:01.839 I want to hear from people in Austin or anyone 366 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:06.400 who avails themselves of Franklin Park six one, seven, two, five, four, 367 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:08.200 ten thirty. I got a couple of lines there and 368 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:11.640 a one line at six one seven nine. Coming right 369 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.640 back on Nightside. 370 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:18.279 You're on night Side with Dan Ray. I'm Boston's news radio. 371 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:23.000 Now feel free, folks. This is an opportunity for you 372 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:27.039 to express your opinion. If if, if I think that 373 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:32.119 the Mayor's office will listen to a program like this, 374 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:36.000 and if they don't hear people actively concerned and opposed, 375 00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:39.720 they will just say, hey, why not do what we 376 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:43.440 want to do. Let's go next to Elizabeth, who's calling 377 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:46.680 in from Salem. Hey Elizabeth, welcome to Nightside. How are you. 378 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:53.680 Great? I love your show. I found out to the 379 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:56.480 last caller that you were at Boston Latin around the 380 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:58.519 time my brother was so there you go. 381 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.640 How about that? 382 00:22:59.759 --> 00:22:59.960 Huh? 383 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:11.720 How about that small world white stadium? 384 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:14.920 All right, Elizabeth, we're having trouble with your connection, so 385 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.640 we're going to ask you to do is don't don't 386 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:21.519 hang up. Rob is gonna gonna help you find a 387 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:24.079 better spot in your home on your cell phone to 388 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.480 get in contact with us. So stay right there. We're 389 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:28.799 not gonna catch you off. I'll get right back to you. 390 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:31.680 Uh In a moment. Once Rob gets you squared away, 391 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.480 let me go to Dave in West Roxbury. Great to 392 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.640 hear from West Roxbury. Dave. How are you. 393 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:37.319 Tonight, dud? 394 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:39.440 Very well, first call. 395 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:43.480 First time calling. All right, thank you very much. What's 396 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:45.920 your thought of what's going on in White Stadium? 397 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:46.559 Hey? 398 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.440 If well, I went to Boston Land School. 399 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:51.119 Hey we're having that's like Aunion tonight. 400 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.920 Yeah, I played baseball after there was a kid at 401 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:59.640