Speaker 1: It's night Side with Dan Ray WBZ costin some news radio.
Speaker 2: All right, we'll welcome back. We have just completed our
Speaker 2: first hour of the night. We have three hours left
Speaker 2: to go. It's about nine eight, nine oh seven, I
Speaker 2: should say, and we look forward to your participation. We
Speaker 2: going to start off with the I think biggest local
Speaker 2: news story of the day. We will get to the inaugural.
Speaker 2: I was off Monday and Tuesday night. I had a
Speaker 2: chance to watch a good amount of it while I
Speaker 2: was away for a few days, and so I do
Speaker 2: have some thoughts on that. But I want to talk
Speaker 2: tonight about the potential Boston mayors race. Now, there are
Speaker 2: several news media outlets, all of which are reporting in
Speaker 2: some form of fashion that coording here for the Boston
Speaker 2: Globe that Josh Kraft plans to jump into Boston Mayor's race.
Speaker 2: Source to say the sub headline of a piece by
Speaker 2: Emma plot Off, plat Off and Nikki Griswold is the
Speaker 2: Craft desiring February for a formal announcement, said people with
Speaker 2: knowledge of his plans. I did speak with someone today
Speaker 2: who has who told me they have been in contact
Speaker 2: with Josh Kraft directly and that he's as of now
Speaker 2: inclined to jump in, and that he will he will
Speaker 2: jump in, but he's not a candidate yet, so I
Speaker 2: think we need to make that very clear. He's not confirmed.
Speaker 2: To the best of my knowledge, I can't see that
Speaker 2: anyone has been able to reach him. But he by
Speaker 2: way of background, he's fifty seven years of age, so
Speaker 2: he's a little older than he come at Mayor Michelle
Speaker 2: wou For the last twelve years or so, he has
Speaker 2: been involved quite heavily with the Boys and Girls Club
Speaker 2: of Boston. He's described by The Globe as a longtime
Speaker 2: nonprofit leader and the younger son a billionaire in New England,
Speaker 2: Patriots owner Robert Craft, and the Globe story says he's
Speaker 2: decided to challenge Michelle Woop. There's been a lot of
Speaker 2: talk about him jumping in to the race. It's always
Speaker 2: difficult to beat an incumbent mayor, particularly in Boston. That
Speaker 2: hasn't happened since nineteen forty nine. So we're talking about
Speaker 2: what seventy five years ago or now seventy six years ago,
Speaker 2: so quite a number of elections, I mean, in our lifetimes.
Speaker 2: Most of us remember Kevin White being elected in the
Speaker 2: nineteen sixties and being re elected in nineteen seventy one,
Speaker 2: seventy five, and seventy nine, then choosing not to run
Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty three, at which point ray Flynn and
Speaker 2: a bunch of city others ran for the office, and
Speaker 2: ray Flynn eventually beat mel King in a race that
Speaker 2: was could have been a tough race for Boston, particularly
Speaker 2: in the years closely following school busing from the nineteen seventies.
Speaker 2: Ray Flynn remained until he was appointed US Ambassador to
Speaker 2: the Vatican by then President Bill Clinton, and upstepped a
Speaker 2: Boston City council named Tominino served as mayor for twenty years.
Speaker 2: He was succeeded in twenty thirteen by Marty Walsh, who
Speaker 2: stayed for two elections. In twenty thirteen he won, and
Speaker 2: then again in twenty seventeen, and then in twenty twenty
Speaker 2: one he decided to move on. He's now the head
Speaker 2: of the NHL Players Association and very happy. I suspected
Speaker 2: that job probably pays much more than does to be
Speaker 2: mayor of Boston. We had an interim mayor and then
Speaker 2: Mayor Wu was elected in twenty twenty one, and she
Speaker 2: is now in her fourth year, just having given birth
Speaker 2: to her third child. Like most incumbents, she has the
Speaker 2: advantage of the incumbency. But as a mayor in San Francisco,
Speaker 2: who Josh Craft might draw some solace from a woman
Speaker 2: mayor by the name of London Breed who was defeated
Speaker 2: by the new mayor out there by the name of
Speaker 2: Daniel Lurie. He is the heir to the Levi Strauss
Speaker 2: family fortune. In terms of mayor wu she certainly has
Speaker 2: pleased many people by spending one hundred and twenty one
Speaker 2: million dollars on the installation of bike lanes. She's also
Speaker 2: displeased a lot of people with that. She has been
Speaker 2: in fights with restaurant owners in the North End. She's
Speaker 2: supported the demolition of White Stadium, which there are some
Speaker 2: in the in the Roxbury, the Bluehill Avenue community, you know,
Speaker 2: and that is the Bluehill Avenue with White Stadium. They're
Speaker 2: not happy about that because it's considered White Stadium is
Speaker 2: considered sort of something for the school athletes, scholar athletes
Speaker 2: in the Boston public schools. And now we'll have a
Speaker 2: its primary tenant will be a women's professional soccer team.
Speaker 2: But that has caused some controversy as a matter of fact,
Speaker 2: as watching the news tonight and I guess right now
Speaker 2: groups are poised to raise are a ze, raise White Stadium.
Speaker 2: A lot of memories there. Of course, Mayor Wu has
Speaker 2: also been the bearer of bad news by having to
Speaker 2: send out property taxes for this coming fiscal year twenty
Speaker 2: twenty fifth scool year twenty twenty six, after having petitioned
Speaker 2: Beacon Hill to give her some flexibility in adjusting the
Speaker 2: property tax balance between commercial and residential real estate, and
Speaker 2: that has did not go well on Beacon Hill for
Speaker 2: a mayor of Boston, which was somewhat of a surprise.
Speaker 2: We had Nick Collins on the other night. So I
Speaker 2: don't know much about Josh Kraft. Everyone that I have
Speaker 2: spoken to who knows him, and I have spoken to
Speaker 2: a number of people in the last in the last
Speaker 2: couple of days speak well, the last day, I should
Speaker 2: say to be to be actually thoroughly accurate, spokes speaks
Speaker 2: very highly of him. And someone who has deep roots
Speaker 2: in the philanthropic community here in Boston and has obviously
Speaker 2: the ability to probably raise money and also spend some
Speaker 2: of his own money. I think that was one of
Speaker 2: the factors that the City councilor Ed Flynn took into
Speaker 2: consideration when he decided a little over a week ago
Speaker 2: that it was not in the cards for him to
Speaker 2: run for mayor against Michelle Woo, although he's been a
Speaker 2: critic of the mayor, so I think it might present
Speaker 2: a very interesting race. I don't think that Michelle Wu
Speaker 2: has certainly convinced me that her long term political aspirations
Speaker 2: end at Boston City Hall. I think all of us
Speaker 2: who knew Mayor Menino when he served as mayor realized
Speaker 2: that that was a job that he truly loved and
Speaker 2: that he was totally content to serve as Mayor of
Speaker 2: Boston as he did for twenty years. He did not
Speaker 2: aspire to the Senate. He did not aspire to going
Speaker 2: to Congress. And I think that, in my opinion, and
Speaker 2: I haven't talked to Mayor Wu in a couple of years,
Speaker 2: that she is eyeing the Senate seats of either whoever
Speaker 2: decides to leave first Senator Warren or Senator Market. Now
Speaker 2: that's speculation on my part, but I do believe that
Speaker 2: she fashions herself much more as someone who will be
Speaker 2: onto what's called considered a higher office. I don't know
Speaker 2: that that will work well for her. I don't know.
Speaker 2: If you share that point of view, you may feel
Speaker 2: that she's mayor for life. She just turned forty years
Speaker 2: of age. Tom Minino came to the office at a
Speaker 2: later point in his life, but it was very clear
Speaker 2: from the beginning that Tom Monino really loved Boston and
Speaker 2: loved the job of being mayor. And I don't care.
Speaker 2: I think he could have been elected for a long
Speaker 2: time if his health had not cut his time short.
Speaker 2: But he served twenty years Mayor Kevin White ser of
Speaker 2: sixteen years. So that's my thoughts. But I want to
Speaker 2: hear from you, if you live in Boston. I love
Speaker 2: to know. Do you welcome a race. Look, we've had years.
Speaker 2: Tom Menino had a couple of elections when he didn't
Speaker 2: really have They'd always be an opponent, but not a
Speaker 2: serious opponent. I think, josht if the election were held today,
Speaker 2: someone said to me, someone who has knowledge, probably more
Speaker 2: knowledge than I have, or maybe more insight than I have,
Speaker 2: said to me that if the election were held today,
Speaker 2: probably Mayor will would prevail. But elections are not held
Speaker 2: in January except when they have a special election to
Speaker 2: fill the seat of Ted Kennedy back in twenty ten.
Speaker 2: But elections are not held in January. They're held in
Speaker 2: the fall. And Josh if he has the funding, if
Speaker 2: he has the support of members of the business community,
Speaker 2: if he has support of those who are attracted to
Speaker 2: someone who is philanthropic and who has spent a lot
Speaker 2: of time in positions and posts. He could have been
Speaker 2: in a much more glamorous post associated with the New
Speaker 2: England Patriots, of which his dad owns the team, but
Speaker 2: he chose to work at the Boys and Girls Club
Speaker 2: as the executive director, and even today, Adrian Walker in
Speaker 2: The Boston Herald, who I think has a pretty good
Speaker 2: pulse of the city of Boston, characterized him as a
Speaker 2: long time do gooder. I think that's a compliment. I
Speaker 2: do believe that it's a compliment, and Walker writes apparently
Speaker 2: he meaning Craft, had decided that there's enough discontent with
Speaker 2: WU to make an opponent viable, but he spent He said.
Speaker 2: Craft has never run for any office before, but he
Speaker 2: spent twelve years running the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Speaker 2: Boston and built a significant fan base, particularly in low
Speaker 2: income neighborhoods and communities of color. He's an engaging president
Speaker 2: and rooms in which right rich white men are uncommon.
Speaker 2: Add to that his family's name, recognition and money, and
Speaker 2: you have the beginnings of a credible insurgent campaign. So
Speaker 2: I'd love to know what you think. Six one, seven, two, five, four,
Speaker 2: ten thirty, six one seven, nine three one, ten thirty
Speaker 2: and triple eight nine to nine, ten thirty. My name
Speaker 2: is Dan Ray. This is Nightside, and we're talking about
Speaker 2: a potential a real mayor's race, which is always good
Speaker 2: for for a city to have a real mayor's race
Speaker 2: here in Boston this year of twenty twenty five. Coming
Speaker 2: back on Nightside right after this break.
Speaker 1: Now back to Dan Ray line from the Window World
Speaker 1: night Side, Steos on WBZ the news.
Speaker 2: Radio, Mala, let's talk about Josh Craft. I mean, look there,
Speaker 2: we have had people step forward and run for public
Speaker 2: office the first time at a pretty high level, and
Speaker 2: it looks like Josh Kraft is going to do it.
Speaker 2: So let's see, let's see what you think. Let me
Speaker 2: go first to Paul in Boston. Paul, welcome, you are
Speaker 2: first this hour on Nightside. Go right ahead, Paul, Hi,
Speaker 2: good eating.
Speaker 3: I would like to see Jonathan Kraft or somebody else
Speaker 3: get in the race and hopefully they could defeat her.
Speaker 3: She's a very nice person, but I don't think she's
Speaker 3: doing a very good job. And that's reflective on the
Speaker 3: conditions of the schools. They're closing schools in Boston and
Speaker 3: the enrollments way down. They tell me the kids, don't
Speaker 3: it They arrived at school several hours after school stats
Speaker 3: because of the transportation problems. And that's all directly, you know,
Speaker 3: under her watch. But another thing I wanted to ask
Speaker 3: you when it's I hope you don't mind she appeared
Speaker 3: on your show only once. Is that correct?
Speaker 2: That is well as mayor correct? Yes?
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 3: And is it true she got a little offended. You
Speaker 3: always treat your guests with respect, There's no question about it.
Speaker 3: You insist upon that, and you always demand respect for
Speaker 3: your guest. But I guess she didn't like some of
Speaker 3: a questioning. Some of the questions were direct and they
Speaker 3: required direct answers, and I guess she got a little
Speaker 3: offended by that. Am I correct?
Speaker 2: Well, I wouldn't say so. What happened was one of
Speaker 2: the high profile Boston police officers at that time. There
Speaker 2: was a lot of controversy over protests outside of mayor
Speaker 2: Who's home in roslyn Dale, and it became kind of personal.
Speaker 2: So she came on the show. This would have been April,
Speaker 2: I'm guessing of twenty twenty three, and one of the
Speaker 2: Boston police officers, a woman sergeant whose name I know
Speaker 2: but I'm not going to tell me now, Yeah, that's
Speaker 2: what it was. It was a sergeant Catone called in
Speaker 2: and she was very respectful. She said, you know, good
Speaker 2: evening to the mayor, and they exchanged pleasantries and she
Speaker 2: asked a question and Mayor Wu responded really very well
Speaker 2: to the question. I thought she had the better of
Speaker 2: the Mayor had the better of the exchange. And it
Speaker 2: was about a two minute conversation, not particularly long. And
Speaker 2: the next day her press secretary called me and was offended.
Speaker 2: How could I let this police officer talked on the
Speaker 2: air to talk to the mayor? And I thought that
Speaker 2: this so called media person probably didn't understand how it works.
Speaker 2: So I explained that, I said, well, let me tell
Speaker 2: you how it works. We have a guest and we
Speaker 2: invite callers to join us. We give out the phone
Speaker 2: number and when callers get you know, get through on
Speaker 2: the line as this person did. We basically take them
Speaker 2: as they come in and and I just thought it
Speaker 2: was absolute arrogance of this press flack to call an
Speaker 2: even question that, and to suggest that somehow I would
Speaker 2: keep a caller off the air who treated the mayor politely,
Speaker 2: by the way, who was very respectful. I just thought
Speaker 2: that was so unprofessional. And I was convinced that I
Speaker 2: was going to hear back from Mayor Willwood some point
Speaker 2: say gee, my press person is young and they're enthusiastic,
Speaker 2: and I apologize. They never should have made a call
Speaker 2: like that. It was just totally unprofessional. Never heard back
Speaker 2: from her. So I've mentioned that story a couple of
Speaker 2: times in the year, and my attitude is that that
Speaker 2: she must agree. I assume the mayor must agree with
Speaker 2: her press flack, and in that case then there's probably
Speaker 2: no reason to have her back on because although we
Speaker 2: had a very pleasant hour, it must have upset her
Speaker 2: for her plus fresh flag to be so upset. So anyway,
Speaker 2: that's that's that's the truth, that is the true story.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think the mayor reacts well under pressure
Speaker 3: direct questioning, as I say, the schools.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean it could be that as time
Speaker 2: goes on, things have, I mean things have have I
Speaker 2: think turned in a negative way. I think that the
Speaker 2: mass and casting still is a is a bit of
Speaker 2: a problem or a substantial problem. I think that the
Speaker 2: schools which you highlighted White Stadium obviously has not gone
Speaker 2: as smoothly as she would have liked. The bike lanes,
Speaker 2: I've been a critic of bike lanes since before Mayor
Speaker 2: Wu became mayor has got nothing to do with Mayor
Speaker 2: Wu except she's now spent one hundred and twenty one
Speaker 2: million dollars on bike lanes. But no, I've had a
Speaker 2: I mean, Mayor Menina was always on the show. Mayor
Speaker 2: Walsh was on the show a bit. Ray Flynn had
Speaker 2: been on the show quite a bit, and I was
Speaker 2: hoping to be able to continue that with Mayor Wu.
Speaker 2: She and I have at least one very close mutual friend,
Speaker 2: and I've explained that to the mutual friends. So again
Speaker 2: it's look, she doesn't need me to run for reelection,
Speaker 2: and I can cover the reelection with or without her
Speaker 2: as a guest. And again it's her choice. She's welcome here,
Speaker 2: She's welcome to come on any night. I don't hold
Speaker 2: grudges against people, but certainly I think that her press
Speaker 2: person was very unprofessional and it almost it's so I
Speaker 2: was like, yeah.
Speaker 3: A lot of people are very displeased about the reconstruction
Speaker 3: out the West rox Precenter. Also that's under her watch.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, well that's one that I think is a
Speaker 2: total disaster. And I think that that she basically has
Speaker 2: allowed the city streets of the czar of the city
Speaker 2: streets to run wild. And I know that just talking
Speaker 2: to because I I I actually go to a lot
Speaker 2: of the stores on Center Street in West Roxbury. I
Speaker 2: don't think any of the store owners that I've run
Speaker 2: into and talked with are particularly happy, and I don't
Speaker 2: think many of the residents are either. Paul. I got
Speaker 2: to run here because I but I I if you
Speaker 2: asked that question, I wanted to answer it. Okay, good
Speaker 2: talking to you, Dan, but great, good talking with you.
Speaker 2: We'll take a quick break here news at the bottom
Speaker 2: of the hour a minute or so late, be right back.
Speaker 2: I like to join us one line at six one seven,
Speaker 2: two five, four ten thirty one at six one, seven,
Speaker 2: nine thirty back on night Side.
Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's
Speaker 1: News Radio.
Speaker 2: Now Josh Kraft, I just checking it out. Doesn't have
Speaker 2: a huge presence on social media. Uh, he's there, but
Speaker 2: doesn't have huge followings. And I don't know. I would
Speaker 2: think that he's got some work to do. I'm to
Speaker 2: the best of my knowledge, I believe I met him
Speaker 2: once at a Boys and Girls Club's event I believe
Speaker 2: was over in Chelsea, but that was many years ago.
Speaker 2: And he's not someone who I'm especially close to. But
Speaker 2: from everyone who I know and who I respect, they
Speaker 2: say that he's done great work in Boston, including Adrian
Speaker 2: Walker in the Boston Globe today. Was it today? Yes,
Speaker 2: it's Today's Boston Globe. Yeah, Wednesday a challenge from Craft
Speaker 2: which again a pretty positive piece by Adrian Walker. Let
Speaker 2: me go next to Whole's Julius and Newton. Julius, you
Speaker 2: were next on Nightside. Welcome. How are you, sir?
Speaker 5: Hi Dan?
Speaker 6: How you doing tonight?
Speaker 2: Doing just great? We're talking about a potential challenge by
Speaker 2: Josh Graft to mayor Woop.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I just wanted to mention at the beginning of the show,
Speaker 6: you mentioned that he was the former CEO of the
Speaker 6: Boys and Girls Club to Boston but prior to that,
Speaker 6: he was a club director in Charlestown, so he was
Speaker 6: very hands on. He was you know, he's not just
Speaker 6: someone who sat in you know, the corporate headquarters looking
Speaker 6: down you know, at the different clubs. He's actually experienced
Speaker 6: and work with kids and been you know, really part
Speaker 6: of the community there. I just wanted to share that
Speaker 6: with you.
Speaker 2: Now, let me ask you this. It sounds to me like,
Speaker 2: are you a friend of his or do you know
Speaker 2: him pretty well?
Speaker 6: I don't know him that well. I sit on a
Speaker 6: board for the Boys and Girls Club Advisory Board in
Speaker 6: Dorchester and Blue Hills and I met him through there,
Speaker 6: and when I first came on, I've been on it
Speaker 6: over twenty years. He was at the Charlestown Club as
Speaker 6: the director and then later on became the director.
Speaker 2: So you're saying as a director, as the director, you're
Speaker 2: doing the day to day, hands on operation of the club.
Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, that's with all the staff and all the
Speaker 6: kids would know him, and you know, he's the type
Speaker 6: of guy you know who would have you know, get
Speaker 6: on the ground and be with him, you know, not
Speaker 6: just you know, walking around with a clipboard so to speak.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the thing that strikes me interesting about this is
Speaker 2: that he easily, you know, could have associated himself with
Speaker 2: the New England Patriots. And I know that you know
Speaker 2: his brother Jonathan. It's always there with the patriarch of
Speaker 2: the family bomb Craft, you know, watching the football games.
Speaker 2: And he could have, I'm sure, had a role within
Speaker 2: the Patriots organization, but he in turn decided to work
Speaker 2: I guess what I would call the philanthropic sector, which
Speaker 2: is something that is a feather in his hat in
Speaker 2: my opinion. But hey, we'll we'll see. I hope to
Speaker 2: have him on the show at some point. Never had
Speaker 2: him on the program as a guest. I can guarantee
Speaker 2: you that. And if he get on, he would be
Speaker 2: treated fairly, just like Mayor Wu was treated fairly, and
Speaker 2: I would ask tough questions and callers would have a
Speaker 2: chance to call, and that have to take phone calls.
Speaker 2: You know, we don't let people know public office come
Speaker 2: on and not take phone calls. So he's more than
Speaker 2: welcome to come on any nine of his choosing, before
Speaker 2: or after his announcement, assuming that the announcement occurs as
Speaker 2: scheduled in early February. And again, I always like to
Speaker 2: not throw cold water on it. But say, hey, when
Speaker 2: someone says yes, I am a candidate, then they're a candidate.
Speaker 2: When there are press leaks or media leaks that say
Speaker 2: he intends to well, people sometimes have been known to
Speaker 2: back away from that at the last moment. So we'll
Speaker 2: see what happens.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I definitely see what happened. But I also
Speaker 6: want to echo I think with Stevenpior to me, you
Speaker 6: always treat your guest fair and you're always protective of
Speaker 6: your guests in the sense of if someone goes down
Speaker 6: a rabbit hole that you feel they'd be in distressed,
Speaker 6: well you'll shut them down, which is great because they
Speaker 6: gets a tough question, but they're treated fairly well.
Speaker 2: The reason the reason I do that, by the way,
Speaker 2: the reason I do that is I want guests on
Speaker 2: this program UH to be willing to come back. One
Speaker 2: of the things that I that I've always felt was
Speaker 2: important about the program was that you know, if Tom
Speaker 2: Menino would take phone calls, and you know, Marty Wallash
Speaker 2: would take phone calls, and of course you know different
Speaker 2: you know Democratic candidates there there are Republicans and Democrats,
Speaker 2: mostly Democrats. You know, Laurie Trahan comes on Seth Seth Moulten,
Speaker 2: was that, except, Yeah, Elizabeth Warren has never been on
Speaker 2: the show. The only shows that she's that she goes
Speaker 2: on our shows. Who are going to protect her? She's
Speaker 2: she's she's considered herself to be a national figure from
Speaker 2: the moment she arrived here. Okay, uh, And so I
Speaker 2: gave up long ago. We will always do the courtesy
Speaker 2: of saying we're going to do a story that's critical.
Speaker 2: If she likes to come up, we know what the
Speaker 2: answer is going to be. But you have had you know,
Speaker 2: Richie Neil, the the the chair of the you know,
Speaker 2: uh well, he was the chair of the uh the
Speaker 2: Ways it means committee when the Democrats are in power
Speaker 2: of Jim McGovern, Jake Uchincloss, Steve Lynch has been on many,
Speaker 2: many times, many times.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I'll tell you one of the most
Speaker 6: impressive political guests that I think you had was Seth Moulten.
Speaker 7: Great because.
Speaker 6: He seeks so well and he really can be in
Speaker 6: the middle. I think, you know, people on both sides
Speaker 6: can be comfortable with them.
Speaker 2: Predictable Elizabeth, Yeah, I mean Elizabeth Warren is simply predictable.
Speaker 2: Tell me the issue and I'll tell you where she stands.
Speaker 2: It's as simple as that. But Moulton. Moulton's very thoughtful,
Speaker 2: very smart guy, and you know, you always have to
Speaker 2: honor the military service that that he provided. He had.
Speaker 2: There was no draft, no requirement for him to be
Speaker 2: in the military. But anyway, look, Julius, appreciate you, Carl,
Speaker 2: thank you very much for some insight on on seth Molten.
Speaker 2: I'm looking for all sorts of perspectives that we might
Speaker 2: have here, and I think he's someone who most people
Speaker 2: are going to think very highly of. Thanks Julius.
Speaker 7: Oh, I take care.
Speaker 2: Talk to you soon. Oh, let me keep rolling here.
Speaker 2: Let me go to Joe and belmont Real quickly. Joe,
Speaker 2: you're next on Nightside. Go right ahead, Joe Dan.
Speaker 4: I'm predicting that God is gonna punish our country in
Speaker 4: Mayo Wou because of the abuse on abortion.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Joe, you and I I know you
Speaker 2: like to make those those sort of statements, but we
Speaker 2: kind of disagree. I don't know that I think God's
Speaker 2: got a lot to worry about. I don't think he's
Speaker 2: worried about the mayor's race in Boston.
Speaker 4: I don't think I don't think. I don't think God
Speaker 4: has a lot to be worried about. He's got surprise creator, no, no, no.
Speaker 2: No, no, But he has a lot. I mean, he's
Speaker 2: got eight billion people here on the Earth, and he's
Speaker 2: war in the Middle East. He's got war in the
Speaker 2: Ukraine going on, and I'm sure that he's concerned about that.
Speaker 2: But I don't know that he's interested in, you know,
Speaker 2: the City of Boston mayor's race. But hey, you might
Speaker 2: be right.
Speaker 4: And if you you know, abortion is abomination to him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but again, you know what'll I don't think abortion
Speaker 2: is going to be a big issue in the mayor's Okay,
Speaker 2: I know that, and I understand what you're saying, and
Speaker 2: I like to be respectful, Joe, But again, I think
Speaker 2: we're dealing in the area here that is a little
Speaker 2: bit different from what I'm talking about. So when next
Speaker 2: time you call back, we'll talk longer. But I appreciate
Speaker 2: you call nonetheless, Thanks, Joe, appreciate it. Will take a
Speaker 2: break if you like to join me, feel free six seven, two, five,
Speaker 2: four ten thirty, six one seven, nine, ten thirty. I
Speaker 2: got Frank and Boston coming up. On the other side,
Speaker 2: I got some open lines here we will get to
Speaker 2: this guyon of President Trump his executive orders, uh, some
Speaker 2: of which I think we're long overdue, some of which
Speaker 2: I think were a little bit uh questionable at least one.
Speaker 2: And I'll talk about that, uh and we'll we'll continue
Speaker 2: with our conversation as I say, six one, seven, two, five,
Speaker 2: four ten thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty.
Speaker 2: If you'd like to share a perspective about Josh Kraft,
Speaker 2: who apparently is about ready to announce for mayor and
Speaker 2: we will have a mayor's race when that happens. If
Speaker 2: that happens here in Boston, feel free to join the conversation.
Speaker 2: I also have a line open at six one, seven,
Speaker 2: nine three, one ten thirty. Back on night Side.
Speaker 1: Now, back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
Speaker 1: night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2: Well, we had we have had some interesting comments, particularly
Speaker 2: from Julius, about Josh Kraft's career here. As I say,
Speaker 2: I did not reach out to Josh Craft today, but
Speaker 2: if those of you in the audience know him or
Speaker 2: know of his work, we have a few minutes left
Speaker 2: here in the meantime, Oh I gotta do is give
Speaker 2: us a call at six one, seven, four, ten thirty.
Speaker 2: In the meantime, I'll go to Frank in Boston. Frank,
Speaker 2: you are next on nightside.
Speaker 8: Welcome, Yes, sir, I think another rich guy running for office?
Speaker 8: Think so okay, yeah, I seemed that you like those
Speaker 8: rich guys.
Speaker 2: Did you read Adrian called him this morning, Benny Chance? Frank?
Speaker 7: No, I did not. But I know one thing.
Speaker 2: You know who Adrian Walker is. If I'm not mistaken, correct.
Speaker 7: Yes, yes, yes, right right? Doesn't him? Doesn't give him
Speaker 7: carte blanche?
Speaker 2: Who said?
Speaker 4: He?
Speaker 2: Who said? Game? You're you know you're you're making comments
Speaker 2: about do you know do you know Josh Kraft pretty well?
Speaker 2: Know where did he lived in the North end of Boston?
Speaker 7: Thank goodness? Thank goodness, because I was going to say,
Speaker 7: because I.
Speaker 5: Mean this city, if you get a chance, Frank.
Speaker 7: As has not.
Speaker 5: Well, I'm trying to be positive too, because.
Speaker 1: I mean, he.
Speaker 5: It's true, he is putting his foot in as into
Speaker 5: something that's into into something.
Speaker 7: That's I needed. We don't need him the mayor.
Speaker 2: You can ask you a couple of I mean crime
Speaker 2: crime before and I know and I know you're where
Speaker 2: you're coming from. Can I ask you a couple of questions.
Speaker 2: If you don't mind, okay, you.
Speaker 7: Love that, that's.
Speaker 2: No, no, no, I got a question. I got a question.
Speaker 2: How do you feel about what's going on at White Stadium.
Speaker 2: You're from the city. I know that we've talked before.
Speaker 2: Do you think the mayor is doing the right thing
Speaker 2: on on the White Stadium in Franklin Park.
Speaker 7: I think she's going to spend too much money.
Speaker 5: But but one thing I do think is that whole
Speaker 5: area needs to be rezoned and that they need to
Speaker 5: take out White They didn't need to take out the
Speaker 5: zoo and maybe move it to uh, what's that other
Speaker 5: place that there's a zoo here?
Speaker 2: This this the New England's zoo. New England is in
Speaker 2: Franklin Park, as you know, and also in Stoneham. I
Speaker 2: think I think you're gonna disagree with you.
Speaker 5: I think that all that together and move it out
Speaker 5: some place. Yeah, it's amazing, but they need to move
Speaker 5: it out to outside the city, outside all this congestion,
Speaker 5: all this smog, and take all that land and turn
Speaker 5: it into housing and businesses. I mean, have you been
Speaker 5: to the Franklin zoos is the most trip I've gone through.
Speaker 2: I gotta tell you, I think it's I think it's
Speaker 2: if I can express my opinion, I think it's a
Speaker 2: great zoo. I think it's a great asset to the
Speaker 2: city of Boston. And anyway, Frank, I gotta keep it
Speaker 2: on you guys, got a bunch of other callers. I
Speaker 2: appreciate you weighing in on it.
Speaker 5: She she's done a good job, and I think Craft
Speaker 5: is out of place.
Speaker 7: He's he should stay like.
Speaker 2: Young, he should stay with the boys and girls clubs
Speaker 2: in your.
Speaker 5: Opinion, right, but he hasn't done nothing.
Speaker 2: You know what do me? Favorite read Adriane Walker's piece
Speaker 2: in the Globe today. I think I think you'll open
Speaker 2: your mind up. Impossible, You'll open your mind up a
Speaker 2: little bit to be honest.
Speaker 5: About a good man.
Speaker 3: That was a good man, but.
Speaker 2: In terms of who he is. But what he's done
Speaker 2: you said, he's he hasn't done something. Go read Adrian
Speaker 2: Walker's piece and and we can talk next week. Fair enough?
Speaker 5: Well, what how how how is mayer Wu really made
Speaker 5: herself less of less of a quality candidate? I mean
Speaker 5: to the legislature who took away the deal from that
Speaker 5: business group.
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, Frank, I'm not here to debate the
Speaker 2: mayor Wu. I'm not even here to debate Joshkraft with you.
Speaker 2: You had your opportunity to say what you want to
Speaker 2: say about him. You obviously are not a fan of Joshkraft.
Speaker 2: I would suggest to you you may get a little
Speaker 2: bit of balance if you read Adrian Walker's piece in
Speaker 2: the Globe today. Appreciate it, Frank, thank you much. Let
Speaker 2: me go to Joyce kill Haywick. Hi, Joyce, how are you?
Speaker 9: Hey, Danny, Happy New Year, Happy New.
Speaker 4: Year to you.
Speaker 2: We can still say this, Joyce, because it's still January.
Speaker 2: How are you?
Speaker 9: Oh my gosh, I say it all the time. I'm fine.
Speaker 9: I just came from a production of Peter Pan in town.
Speaker 9: It was press night at the Opera House, and so yeah,
Speaker 9: I was. I flipped on the BZ radio. Of course,
Speaker 9: heard your show, and I'm a big fan of Mayor Woo's.
Speaker 9: But my question really has to do with and I
Speaker 9: because I tuned in in the middle. I don't know
Speaker 9: if you've been talking about this yet, but obviously via
Speaker 9: inaugurations on everybody's mind and those executive orders that Trump signed,
Speaker 9: and I was curious to know where you stand on
Speaker 9: the blanket pardons for everybody, including the people who attacked
Speaker 9: and injured police officers that day, and so will I
Speaker 9: will give you.
Speaker 2: I will give you a preview of my ten o'clock hour.
Speaker 2: I think that it was absolutely wrong. I think that
Speaker 2: if you want to look at those fifteen hundred people
Speaker 2: and say some of them were there and in the
Speaker 2: excitement of the moment, they may be walked in through
Speaker 2: a door where they shouldn't have been. I don't think
Speaker 2: a person like that should be prosecuted. But someone who
Speaker 2: attacked a police officer, someone who broke windows, smashed doors,
Speaker 2: and beyond the head of the Proud Boys and some
Speaker 2: of these weirdo groups and organizations, why you would paint
Speaker 2: with such a broad brush. And as a matter of fact,
Speaker 2: I previewed it today. I said, the the president's executive orders,
Speaker 2: I said the good, the bad, and the questionable, and
Speaker 2: that was some very, very questionable. And by the way,
Speaker 2: his own vice president a week ago said the violent
Speaker 2: offenders of January sixth should not be should not be
Speaker 2: pardoned or have the sentence commuted as as.
Speaker 5: I will say after that, And I think you know
Speaker 5: any sane.
Speaker 9: Person who believes in law and order, who backs the blue,
Speaker 9: et cetera, et cetera, have to feel dis way. I
Speaker 9: think it's just an awful thing that was done. And
Speaker 9: I sweet, you know, painting with that broadbrush was just
Speaker 9: the wrong move here. But I thought it was very
Speaker 9: funny to watch reporters questioning some of those Republican senators
Speaker 9: and one of them said, I didn't see it.
Speaker 2: I saw that, and again they had the backbone.
Speaker 9: Yeah, very few people had the nerve to actually take
Speaker 9: a stand. And and I thought that was very revealing.
Speaker 9: It really separates the men from the boys when it
Speaker 9: comes to one's principles and the kind of president.
Speaker 3: That's what I'm very well, I think I.
Speaker 2: Don't think it's that you know, well, we're going to
Speaker 2: do that right after ten o'clock. But I got to
Speaker 2: tell you this, Joyce, I don't think it's that hard
Speaker 2: to take the position because you know, I have police
Speaker 2: officers in my family, have had police officers.
Speaker 1: You know what I.
Speaker 9: Achieve the police in different different.
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, and and and when people you know, it's look,
Speaker 2: there are people who get stopped a drunk driving and
Speaker 2: the police officers, you know, says get out of the car,
Speaker 2: and the person's half in the bag and they stumble
Speaker 2: and they bump into the police officer. Well, technically that's
Speaker 2: an assault in the police officer. However, this is entirely different.
Speaker 2: This is people home who struck police officers with baseball bats. Yeah,
Speaker 2: we'll get into that after the ten oclog News. Joyce,
Speaker 2: I don't think I will disappoint you tonight.
Speaker 9: I'm very very interesting. Thank you Danny for.
Speaker 2: Oh, thank you for calling. Thanks Joyce, Doc, Thanks good night.
Speaker 2: Let me get one more in here. I got John
Speaker 2: in Dorchester. John, I'm going to give you about a
Speaker 2: minute if you can do something with it on Josh
Speaker 2: krafta mayor. Go ahead, John, is John there? Well I
Speaker 2: guess he isn't. So in that case, John, you can
Speaker 2: try him one more time and if he's not, We're
Speaker 2: just We're going to move on to the ten o'clock
Speaker 2: news and I can preview. I'll preview what is coming
Speaker 2: up after the ten We are going to talk about
Speaker 2: the inauguration, going to talk about the inauguration speech, going
Speaker 2: to talk about the executive orders which are still continuing
Speaker 2: from President Trump, and Joyce sort of anticipated what I'm
Speaker 2: going to talk about. But one of the orders that
Speaker 2: I disagree with is this blanket pardon? I think it
Speaker 2: was an absolute mistake. I think disgraceful to be to
Speaker 2: put it in in clear language. I will expand on
Speaker 2: that right after the ten o'clock news. Is Dan Rey
Speaker 2: on night side six one seven, two, five four, ten
Speaker 2: thirty If you want to jump on early six one seven,
Speaker 2: two five four ten thirty or six one seven nine
Speaker 2: three one ten thirty. We'll be talking about this right
Speaker 2: after the ten o'clock news. Get for Get in line,