WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:05.879 It's night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's news 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:06.519 radio home. 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:10.000 Thanks very much to call as we start another week 4 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.519 of Nightside right here on WBZ Boston's news radio. I 5 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.199 am Dan Ray. Rob Brooks is back in the control 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:20.679 room at Broadcast Central headquarters. He will be able to 7 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.280 begin taking your phone calls after the nine o'clock news. 8 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.920 During the first hour tonight, we're going to talk with, 9 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:31.000 amongst well, we're gonna talk with Amy Cornavalley, the newly 10 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.799 re elected chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Going to 11 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.399 talk with Daniel Vales of the TSA about the deadline 12 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.600 now that is back again to get your real ID. 13 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.560 Going to talk with Quincy mayor Tom Coke about a 14 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:47.799 little bit of movement on the Long Island Bridge. You're 15 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.479 going to talk with a representative of the Salvation Army 16 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:54.560 about those horrific wildfires that just now keep going. We're 17 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:59.280 talking about a week a week of wildfires in southern California, 18 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:04.280 and the the loss is simply immense. Now in terms 19 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:06.879 of lives, I think I saw a statistic that said 20 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:12.159 twenty four people and just you know, billions of dollars 21 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:17.439 worth of damage, probably the largest single catastrophe in the 22 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.280 history of the United States in terms of a natural disaster, 23 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.640 but we'll get to all of that a little bit 24 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.400 later on tonight. We will also talk later tonight with 25 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.359 Boston Business Globe reporter John Cesto about the fact that 26 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:35.840 Massachusetts we're still losing people, although not at as much 27 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.319 of a rate as we did a couple of years ago. 28 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:43.760 So the bleeding, if you will, the metaphorical bleeding, is stopping, 29 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:47.079 but can it be ended? I don't know. We'll also 30 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:52.680 talk about tuition going up, according to UMass President Marty 31 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.400 Mean three percent. That is not good news for people 32 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.079 who are students or people who are helping pay the 33 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:03.680 bills for students in the UMass system. Now let's start 34 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:07.239 off with Amy Connavalley, who had a pretty pleasant weekend, 35 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:11.000 at least on Saturday. Amy, congratulations, you have been re 36 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:15.560 elected the chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Some might 37 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.960 say that's sort of being appointed captain of the Titanic. 38 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:21.199 But what are you going to do to steer the 39 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:24.319 vote in a better direction here in Massachusetts away from 40 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:29.000 the theoretical icebergs that sometimes the party encounters. 41 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.439 Good evening, Dan, and thanks very much for having me 42 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:38.400 on screenspeed with you in your listeners once again. So 43 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:43.319 the Massachusetts Republican Party is actually on the rebound. We've 44 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:47.879 actually gained membership in the last two years after a 45 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:51.680 number of years of shrinking members We've gained thirteen five 46 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:55.599 hundred new registered Republicans in the Commonwealth over the last 47 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:59.240 two years. In addition to that, we've gained some seats. 48 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.400 We gained two state Senate seats, and we have our 49 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.719 eyes focused on the twenty twenty five and twenty twenty 50 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:10.240 six elections, twenty twenty five at the municipal level and 51 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.639 twenty twenty six at the legislative and congressional level. So 52 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.280 I would say, you know, the future is a lot brighter. 53 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.000 We are in a Democratic super majority state, but we 54 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.520 have a long history of electing Republican governors here in Massachusetts, 55 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.360 and we're going to work awfully hard as a team 56 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:30.479 to try to prove to the voters and show them 57 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:33.840 how we can do things differently and we think much 58 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.039 better for people of the Commonwealth. 59 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.280 Well, the Democrats have a lot of problems that they're 60 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.639 dealing with. You have the mayor in Boston who has 61 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:44.879 a real estate tax problem that she can't even get 62 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.960 resolved with the Democratic legislature. Now the governor, if the 63 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.840 reports are to be believed, is taking a second look 64 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.080 at the Massachusetts Shelter Law, which was passed in ninety 65 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.240 nineteen eighty three and signed by Governor Decacus. I was 66 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:03.000 actually at that ceremony, which was never intended for the 67 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.560 manner in which it has been used. So, I mean, 68 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:11.520 the Democrats have fumbled quite a bit. How do you 69 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.199 take advantage of that and say that people, hey, we're 70 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.560 a one party state, and things like that can happen 71 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.600 in a one party state. Competition is good? Now the 72 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:25.680 largest group of voters in Massachusetts are the unenrolled, as 73 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:30.079 I know you realize, and the Democrats are the second largest. 74 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.560 How do you push through that? This is this is 75 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.879 a big lift. You have some candidates who I think 76 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:44.639 could be a potential gubernatorial candidates. I saw lou and Evangelitis, 77 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.759 the sheriff of Worcester County said he might be looking 78 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.759 at that that run tell us, tell us what you're thinking. 79 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:55.680 Yeah, absolutely, Dan, you know, talking about two party government, 80 00:04:55.879 --> 00:05:00.000 talking about transparency, and of course the auditor has shown 81 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:04.399 how opaque the legislature is, and you know even the 82 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:08.040 media trying to cover what's happening on Beacon Hill, it's 83 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.399 almost impossible to find out, you know, how how things 84 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:16.079 are debated, how legislative legislation is debated, and you know, 85 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.399 we've got moved past the time where we have amendments 86 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:22.399 to bills and open debate, and that's not a good 87 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:27.319 thing for public policy. So having more Republicans represented on 88 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:32.160 Beacon Hill, having a Republican in in the gubernatorial seat, 89 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:37.759 brings back a level of transparency and accountability for public 90 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:42.560 policy and taxpayer dollars, and that's been missing, as has 91 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:47.040 been very clear on this migrant issue, which now over 92 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:50.800 two billion dollars has been spent over the last two years. 93 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.480 And now the governor, you know, seems to have perhaps 94 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:56.759 thrown up our hands after Republicans have been you know, 95 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.160 saying for two years now that the current system is 96 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:04.519 is not working. So we would argue, we certainly know 97 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.319 we have great quality candidates, and we would argue having 98 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:11.720 more Republicans present is a good thing for democracy and 99 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:12.720 public policy. 100 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:15.920 And one of the things about the Shelter law is 101 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.040 that not only have has the law, in my opinion, 102 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:21.959 been used for in a manner which it was never intended. 103 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:26.000 Number one, it was always intended. And I remember at 104 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.959 the time there was a spike of homeless people in 105 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.639 this country and a spike of in Massachusetts of women 106 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.160 with children, and so the law was passed to make 107 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.319 sure that women and children, and it may sound a 108 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:40.160 little sexist, but it was passed at that time to 109 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:44.360 make sure that women in sheilton and children, women with 110 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:49.240 children and who were single and alone are abandoned, that 111 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:51.680 they had a place to stay. And that was the 112 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:54.959 purpose of the law. And now we find out that 113 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.680 not only was the purchase purpose of the law stretched incredibly, 114 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:04.279 but in addition that the regular criminal background checks that 115 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.279 should have been done on the folks who were availing 116 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:10.759 themselves of the new interpretation of the law were never 117 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.920 made and the governor was kept in the dark. There's 118 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:14.920 a lot to unravel. 119 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:19.879 There a lot to unravel. And you're right, you know, 120 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.920 in the ironic thing about the original purpose of the 121 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.800 law is that women and children who have been living 122 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:31.160 in the Commonwealth for years and perhaps have come upon 123 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:35.959 hard times now are really being at the end of 124 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:40.199 the line and not finding that the shelter is even 125 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:45.120 available to them, because perhaps they're they're receiving other public assistants, 126 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:48.680 and those migrants coming across the border from day one 127 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:53.439 when they arrive are finding the shelter system open to them, 128 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:59.319 and Massachusetts residents are being frozen out, and that clearly 129 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:00.240 was not the. 130 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.040 Intent of the law. 131 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.160 And now we're of course, now we're seeing that the 132 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:09.720 shelters themselves are in many cases unsafe place places to 133 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:14.000 live for the individuals who are there because background checks 134 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:17.199 were not done on the individuals as they came in. 135 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:19.959 And we also understand it's it's not been covered much 136 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:24.560 by the media, but the vendors who go into these shelters, 137 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.000 who are the case managers and interacting with these individuals, 138 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.159 we understand they're still operating in most cases under emergency 139 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.480 provisions and they're not background checked either. And there's been 140 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.519 some issues with the background with some of those individuals 141 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:44.240 because of course that the Commonwealth needs to find people 142 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:48.440 who speak the language and which is oftentimes a difficult thing. 143 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:53.399 So yeah, so it maybe not serving anybody well, and 144 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:54.759 the law needs to be changed. 145 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.559 You've got a big test. Let me ask you if 146 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.840 the people tonight who are listening, who liked what they've 147 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.840 how can they most easily get in touch with you 148 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.480 or the Republican Party, particularly people who are looking to 149 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:08.919 get active politically, young people who might be thinking about 150 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:12.519 running for office, or older people who are thinking about 151 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:14.440 any involved in politics. What's the easiest way for them 152 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:15.360 to get in touch with you? 153 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:16.360 Thanks Dan. 154 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:19.919 So, we actually do have some candidate training sessions coming 155 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:22.879 up in February in March, and i'd welcome anybody who's 156 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:25.480 interested in learning more about running for office, or that 157 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:27.879 perhaps they know somebody who wants to run for office. 158 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.440 That's the best way to get involved, and they can 159 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:34.039 check out our website at massgop dot com, or they 160 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:37.759 can send me an email at AC at massgop dot 161 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.639 com and happy too happy to talk to anybody who's interested. 162 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.919 At any ConA Valley, AC at massgop dot com. Amy, 163 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.480 appreciate your time tonight, Best of luck. We all will 164 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.519 be better off if there is an active two party 165 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:57.799 state competition breeds competency, and I just think that it 166 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.240 will only in order the benefit of everyone in the 167 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.879 come off if we had a legitimate two party system. 168 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.080 Thanks Amy, Thank you Dan. 169 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.440 All Right, when we get back, we're going to talk 170 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:12.480 about something that you may have a memory of remember 171 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:16.279 when they was in October twentieth deadline you had to 172 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:19.360 get a Massachusetts or had to get a driver's license 173 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:23.840 with what was called the real ID. Well, after about 174 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:27.919 four and a half years delay, they are now mandating 175 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:29.679 it and we're going to talk to someone from the 176 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.639 TSA bring it up to speed if you do not 177 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.159 have at this point a real ID driver's license. Right 178 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.399 after the break here on Nightside. 179 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:42.559 Now back to Dan ray Mine from the Window World 180 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:45.799 Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio. 181 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.759 Well, I remember about five years ago when we all 182 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:54.440 were looking at a deadline of October of twenty twenty, 183 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:59.519 I believe, and we had to get our real ID 184 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.960 drive licenses and I did get mine back then it 185 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:08.759 was not easy. And now after about five years, the 186 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:12.440 government is once again mandating that you've got to have 187 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:17.440 a real ID driver's license. With us is Daniel Valez. 188 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:19.960 He's a spokesperson with the TSA here in New England. 189 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.759 Daniel remind us why it is so important, particularly for 190 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.279 people who travel and will want to go into federal 191 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:31.000 buildings to get this real ID driver's license. 192 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:35.480 Yeah, so thanks Dan for having me on. I appreciate it. Yeah, 193 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:38.080 we are one hundred and fourteen days away from the 194 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:41.720 real ID deadline of May seventh, twenty twenty five, and 195 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:45.360 that's when every traveler who's eighteen years of old, eighteen 196 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.240 years of age or older has to have a real 197 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.159 ID or an enhanced driver's license or some type of 198 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:57.279 acceptable form of ID to be able to access military bases, 199 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:03.440 nuclear power plans that's where you're going, or spy domestically. 200 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.840 You're going to have to have a real ID. And 201 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:10.519 the main reason we're implementing the real ID is for security. 202 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.519 So Congress passed the real ID Act back in two 203 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:19.200 thousand and five to enhance security standards for identification directly 204 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:23.879 in response to the security vulnerabilities that were highlighted by 205 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:26.759 the nine to eleven attacks. We had nineteen hijackers on 206 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.000 nine to eleven that had thirty separate driver's licenses and 207 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:35.240 identification cards on them. So this real idea is going 208 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.360 to help us secure our military bases, the and our 209 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.320 flights that are traveling every day throughout the country. 210 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.960 Can I ask you a really dumb question, how do 211 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:49.919 we know that the nineteen hijackers had thirty sets of 212 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:56.240 drivers' licenses? Weren't they just obliterated when the planes hit 213 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:59.559 the various locales the Pentagon. 214 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.440 But I think it I think it stems from I 215 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:08.000 think it stems from them. One we had video of 216 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.240 them presenting licenses, so that was some of them, and 217 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:13.039 then others they were of the find through databases. 218 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.320 Okay, fair enough, Okay, So I don't want to I 219 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:17.679 don't want to distract you from what we got to do. 220 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:21.759 What happens if someone, let's say, uh, their driver's license 221 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.080 doesn't come up for renewal until next year, are they 222 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:29.200 supposed to now go into the registry and get the 223 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:33.200 driver's license more quickly? So if you know, if they 224 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.519 want to, you know, fly domestically, obviously, if you're gonna 225 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:37.879 fly internationally, you gotta you have to have a passport. 226 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.240 Everyone understands that. What is the choice of someone who 227 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.759 who is in May after May seventeenth or whatever the 228 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.279 date is, or in June July whatever, want to fly somewhere, 229 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:52.440 but their driver's license is not renewable for a cup 230 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:53.120 for a year or two. 231 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.360 So when I was in Boston about three weeks ago, 232 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.919 I was up there with the Massachusetts Registry Motor Vehicles 233 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:08.519 and they were telling folks that if your ID doesn't 234 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.000 expire till after the deadline, you can still come in 235 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.320 and renew it. They will allow you to renew it 236 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.519 to get a real ID. If that's not something you 237 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:20.120 want to do and you want to wait until your 238 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.240 license is due to be renewed and then get your 239 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:27.639 real ID, you can do that. However, on May seventh, 240 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.039 if you have a passport that's the most popular alternative 241 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.960 ID that will be accepting. You're going to have to 242 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:40.240 travel with your passports until you do eventually go and 243 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:42.720 get your real ID, or you know what if the 244 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:44.559 bottom line is, if you don't want to get a 245 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.279 real ID at all, you can use your US passport 246 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:51.240 if that's what you have. That's an acceptable form, and 247 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.200 we keep that. We're thinking, you know, we're thinking that 248 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:56.600 a lot. We're going to see a lot of US 249 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:58.879 passports come May seventh. On twenty twenty five. 250 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:05.240 Ye, when did they reset the deadline to to May seventh? 251 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.799 How long ago was that set? 252 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:12.960 Well, we've we've reset it a bunch of different times. 253 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.960 I don't remember the exact day the last time we 254 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.720 reset it, Okay, but I know, you know, the biggest 255 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:23.440 the biggest reason for the extension of the deadline was COVID. 256 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:24.440 I mean COVID. 257 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:28.639 Uh, that's what. Yeah, that's what. That's what up set 258 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.200 the Apple card. Let me ask you a question, if 259 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:34.279 I could, Daniel, I remember when I got my real 260 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:38.639 ID driver's license, which I'm holding in my hand. You 261 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.639 can't see it, but trust me, I'm holding in my hand. 262 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.879 It was a pain in the neck to get it. 263 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:45.960 You had to bring a whole bunch. I brought my passport, 264 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:49.960 I brought my Social Security card. You had to bring 265 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.720 like a draw, your driver's license, of course, and then 266 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:57.200 you had to bring I think some some bills that 267 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.279 proved that you lived at the address. I mean, it 268 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.919 was very com Has that been streamlined at all? Enough? 269 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.559 Well from for my understanding, especially for Massachusetts. At a minimum, 270 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.759 you must provide documentation showing your full legal name, your 271 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.320 date of birth, your soul Security number, two, proofs of 272 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:21.159 address proof what proof of residents where you live like Bill, 273 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.519 and your build status in the US, Yeah, Bill would work. 274 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:31.960 Each state has their own separate requirements. The best thing 275 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:34.639 to do is to visit the Massachusetts r m V 276 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.240 and click on the real ID link and it'll tell 277 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.440 you exactly what you need. 278 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:43.279 Yeah, it's a pain in the neck, but frankly, for convenience, 279 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:49.879 you got to do it. Uh. And there's I I'm 280 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.639 glad I did it. When I did it, I got 281 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.919 it done. I guess in it, you know, in advance 282 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:00.399 of COVID, because things got shut down after COVID. And 283 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.720 it does make traveling a little easier. You can leave 284 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.039 your passport at home. You don't have to fear losing 285 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:09.440 it or whatever. But yeah, point again to this is 286 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:13.960 a this is a huge undertaking by the government. I 287 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:16.200 mean that seriously, And I wish your best of luck. 288 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:19.200 I'm glad that you came on tonight, and just kind 289 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.240 of people should look at their passport and look at 290 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:24.240 their driver's licenses, and you need to have in the 291 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.039 upper right hand corner of your driver's license a gold 292 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.759 circle with a star inside of it, and that is 293 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:35.279 and it says USA and that. So some people may 294 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:39.039 have had may have gotten their real idea and forgotten 295 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:41.400 about it. So if you before you head off to 296 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:43.880 the registry, take a look at your license and see 297 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:45.599 if in the upper right hand corner you have this 298 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:50.519 gold circle with a white star and the word USA 299 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.839 in the in the lower right of the circle. 300 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.359 Fair enough, fair enough. 301 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.240 Yeah, I just want people I'd hate like people go through. 302 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:01.759 You know, they got it three years ago, four years ago, 303 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.119 and they forgot about it, and they find themselves back 304 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:08.400 of the Register of Motor Vehicles unnecessarily. Daniel, appreciate you call. 305 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.680 You made it very clear, and I really do think 306 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:13.839 that it was a helpful interview tonight. Thanks so much. 307 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.519 Yeah, thank you, Dan. I appreciate you having me on. 308 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:19.559 You bet you we'll talk again when we get back. 309 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:22.759 When we talked to Quincy Mayor Tom Coke, you're not 310 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:27.440 happy about a decision that was made in Massachusetts which 311 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.400 has moved the city of Boston a little closer to 312 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:35.640 the possibility of reconstructing the bridge to Long Island. We'll 313 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.160 talk with Mayor Coke right after the news at the 314 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.079 bottom of the hour. 315 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:46.079 Night Side with Dan Ray ONBZ, Boston's news radio. 316 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:52.279 Thanks to Cole joining us. Now is Quinsy Mayor Tom Coke? Yes, well, recently, 317 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.039 I should say, actually I believe it was on January seventh, 318 00:18:55.519 --> 00:19:00.880 the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection granted Boston and a 319 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:07.519 permit which previously had not been allowed Mayor Coke welcome 320 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.440 to nightside, sir, how are you? That's the heck of 321 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:14.119 a welcome, hon you know, and Dan Well, I forgot 322 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:16.640 to get the bad stuff out of the way. First. Look, 323 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:20.759 there's there once was a bridge that linked Boston to Quincy, 324 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:24.480 and I believe it was Mayor Marty Walsh who felt 325 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:28.400 that that bridge should come down and the the the 326 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:31.279 underpinnings of the bridge remained. But but the bridge is 327 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:35.200 no longer there. And you're not in favor of the 328 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.559 bridge because it's going to have a real impact on 329 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.599 the portion of your city that is known as squantum. 330 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:45.839 Tell us about that, first of all. And uh tell 331 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:49.880 us what this latest ruling means in terms of this 332 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:52.759 fight between Boston and Quincy. No other way to describe it, 333 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.839 I think, Mayor, I don't want to I don't want 334 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.000 to be. 335 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.480 Dis no understood, understood and and and with respect to 336 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:03.279 mighty wells, respect Mayor Michelle Wou. I have opposed the 337 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:07.400 bridge from day one because it will introduce an amount 338 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:10.720 of traffic to my neighborhoods in North Quinsey Atlantic Squantum. 339 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.920 And you know, there was never any description of what 340 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.440 they would do at the island. There's a lot of 341 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:19.440 concepts about programs. There used to be programs out there. 342 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:22.839 Reality was, the bridge was so badly to take it down, 343 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.720 and it was said to me at that time it 344 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:29.440 probably would never go up again. So then when may 345 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:32.759 Walsh announced we're going to rebuild the bridge, that began 346 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.640 a long and we continue to be in that process. 347 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:37.839 And I said to him at the time, with all 348 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:39.880 due respect, that I'm going to do everything I can 349 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:42.720 to keep you from building that bridge. And I said 350 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:45.160 the same thing that Michelle wou when we met a 351 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.559 few years back, and here we asked, she's going to 352 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:50.799 be going on her second term, assuming she runs again, 353 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:54.680 and we still held the bridge entangled in legal and 354 00:20:55.720 --> 00:21:00.359 environmental permits and we're going to continue to appeal. Were 355 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:02.359 you going to use every legal avenue we can to 356 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:04.440 keep them from building that bridge? And by now the 357 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.119 bridge is probably cost to build. It would be in 358 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:09.079 the three hundred billion dollar range. So I know the 359 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:13.599 Boston Seven some challenges right now. Finally resources, I don't 360 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:15.079 know how you find it for the bridge. 361 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.839 So so the bridge was taken down. 362 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:23.519 What year, well, Mayor Walsh was the mayor. Okay, so 363 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.480 I don't know if. 364 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:28.960 It did he agree with that or did was it 365 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:31.119 taken down over his objections. 366 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:34.000 He's the one that authorized it coming down because it 367 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:37.039 was I thought I wasn't safe. That wasn't safe, and 368 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.440 and then within a year or whatever, it was the 369 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.480 indicator that he was going to look to rebuild it. 370 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.680 And you know, and I understand, you know, there were 371 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:47.480 a lot of programs out on Long Island that a 372 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:51.359 lot of people were served, and maybe the Allies was 373 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.880 safe for some of those programs, but I don't believe 374 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.319 you need to have a bridge to do those programs. 375 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:59.200 And by all accounts stand and this isn't me talking 376 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:01.960 out of my panny, but there was a globe done 377 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.799 some time ago, maybe a couple of years ago. The 378 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:07.359 buildings out there need a half ability into three quarters 379 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:09.680 of a billion dollars worth of work, never mind the 380 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:12.200 cost of the breach. When you start to really look 381 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.799 at it, you know that's that's an awful lot of money. 382 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:18.599 I'm sure you could be doing some of these things 383 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.200 on the mainland. 384 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:24.200 Well, for example, there's Mattapan State Hospital, which, to the 385 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:27.079 best I'm not sure if that's being utilized at this point. 386 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:31.400 Shat a hospital. I think I don't think that's being 387 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:34.680 fully utilized. You probably more familiar with this than I am. 388 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:38.599 I'm only speaking as someone who has some familiarity with Boston. 389 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:41.920 It's not as if Boston has no other options. Why 390 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:45.920 is Mayor Wu so intent on apparently, and she's at 391 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:50.880 the same time appealing for relief for her residential taxpayers. 392 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:53.720 Looks seems to me like a whole bunch of conflicting 393 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.640 signals coming out of this mayor's office. 394 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:59.519 Yeah, that's and that's why I don't understand it. You know, 395 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.880 indicated to me early on. Look, she didn't know she 396 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.440 would build it, but she wants to get all the 397 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.759 permits and plays, so you know, that was their their 398 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:10.279 goal and goals keeping from doing that. Now the other 399 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:13.519 thing that you should know, I'm let me say. 400 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.759 Did that sound somewhat disingenuous? Man? 401 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:19.480