WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:06.000 He's a nice side with Dan Ray on WBZ Constance Radio. 2 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:07.599 Well. 3 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:11.160 The Boston Globe this morning had had interesting headlines in 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:13.480 the last couple of days. Governor Healy has ordered a 5 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:19.679 system wide inspections of shelters after the Globe headline says 6 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:25.000 undocumented immigrants. To me, an undocumented immigrant is someone here 7 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.199 who has somehow lost their papers or something. But an 8 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:32.359 undocumented integram immigrant is someone who has come here illegally. 9 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:38.280 And there was a individual who has been arrested at 10 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:45.399 a Revere shelter. His name is Leonardo Anduja Sanchez. He's 11 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.560 an undocumented immigrant, which means he is here illegally in 12 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.439 our country from the Dominican Republic. And this gentleman, I 13 00:00:54.560 --> 00:01:00.679 used that word somewhat loosely, apparently was living this shelter 14 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:06.680 in Revere since October fifteenth without the knowledge of anyone, 15 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:15.200 and somehow, some way, I guess, he was arrested and 16 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:20.280 charged with a both drug and weapons violations. He had 17 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:24.439 with him ten pounds of fentanyl. Now, you know most 18 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:29.040 people that would probably kill you probably kill about five, 19 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.599 ten thousand and thirty thousand people ten pounds of fentertal. 20 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:36.159 That's a dangerous drug and an assault rifle as well 21 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:41.760 as cash. And at the same time, the governor is 22 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:46.040 now looking for more money for the shelter program, about 23 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.959 four hundred and thirty million, four hundred and twenty five 24 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:55.319 million dollars. She filed a an additional spending bill in 25 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.840 which she's going to use proposes to use pandemic era 26 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:04.879 surplus to basically keep the long, straight, long strained shelter 27 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.759 system up and running through the end of this fiscal year, 28 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:14.840 which is June thirtieth. So lots of problems here. In 29 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.680 a letter signed by all twenty five House Republicans, according 30 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:22.840 to the Boston Globe, the Republican Caucus states the state 31 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:26.439 must do a better job of providing close and continuous 32 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.879 oversight of the facilities. This must serve as the final 33 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.840 wake up call to the Democratic supermajority in the Healthy 34 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:38.000 District Driscoll administration to reform the state fund and emergency 35 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:42.039 assistance program. Amy Carnivalley, the chair of the State Republican Party, 36 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.240 said in a separate statement on Monday, on the other 37 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:46.840 side of the coin, because we always like to give 38 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:48.879 the other side of the coin area park. She's a 39 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:52.479 staff attorney at the Boston Law Reform Institute said, well, 40 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:56.879 the details of the arrest are shocking. She she personally 41 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:00.479 does not have concerns about the overall safety of families 42 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.159 in the system, given the steps to state and provide 43 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.919 has already taken. Now, I would believe that miss Park, 44 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:10.240 Andrea Park probably doesn't have any family members living at 45 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.240 that hotel with an individual who had ten pounds of 46 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:17.319 fentil as well as an automatic weapon. And she goes 47 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.759 on to say, unfortunately, people do commit crimes. That's not 48 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:24.360 about shelters and immigration. Park said her overriding concern is 49 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.639 the state's ability to make sure children and families are 50 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:31.719 transitioning into safe and permanent housing. Yeah, but a lot 51 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:33.360 and we do have a lot of people in this 52 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.800 state who do commit crimes. There's no doubt about that, 53 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.960 American born citizens. But we really don't need more people 54 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:43.039 coming here to commit crimes illegally with me, now, I 55 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:45.159 shouldn't say with me, but with us on the phone 56 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:48.319 right now to talk about this as a man who 57 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:53.280 has had some experience. John Featherstone John is a former 58 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.639 member of the Ashland Boardist Selectman. He's also the shelter 59 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:03.080 director at the obera holiday in from October of twenty 60 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:07.680 twenty three through last July, John, you were an appointee 61 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.000 of the the Healy Friscal Administration. 62 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:11.520 Is that right? 63 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:13.639 Yeah? 64 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.719 Hi, Dan, thanks for having me. You're welcome, honor to 65 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.759 be back on with you. Thank you. I'm currently a 66 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:22.639 Housing Commissioner for the Town of Ashland with the government 67 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:25.800 appointment from the Governor Healing, and I also serve on 68 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.920 a m APC's executive committee as a governor appointment as well. 69 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:33.839 So, but I guess you saw some stuff at the 70 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:38.639 Marlborough Holiday Inn that decide that you decided that you 71 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:43.319 were going to leave that position. Tell us, tell us 72 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:46.079 what you saw. And then also, are you surprised at 73 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:50.160 what has come out of a revere and previously that 74 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:54.560 alleged rape down in Rockland of the fifteen year old. 75 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.519 Yeah, you know, Dan, I'm not surprised by any of it, unfortunately, 76 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.120 and I think it's just the tip of the iceberg 77 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:06.519 of the information that's being released now. I think the 78 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.639 general public is going to be shocked and horrified and 79 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.959 these are my words by the cover up that the 80 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.279 Healing administration is doing right now, I mean essentially, right now, 81 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:24.279 we're having taxpayers fund rapes of small children, drug trafficking, 82 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:30.360 arms trafficking, sex crimes, domestic violence, ebt card fraud that 83 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.120 you know is unbelievable. And the fact that the governor 84 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.240 wants to double down and take four hundred and twenty 85 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:38.560 five million dollars more out of you know, the Rainy 86 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:43.120 Day Fund to fund this. This is the definition of lunacy. 87 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:43.600 You know. 88 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.839 I mean, you know, before all of this, I thought, 89 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:47.600 you know, more you know, I didn't often agree with 90 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:49.920 more Healey's political stands, but I always just thought she 91 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:53.560 was a common sense, you know, you know person. Now 92 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:57.240 I just I don't understand what she is doing. The 93 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.319 stories that hopefully I can share with you tonight, and 94 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.399 hopefully it's it's really unfortunately that I share with you tonight. 95 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:05.240 I think people are just going to be shocked by. 96 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:07.199 Well. 97 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:14.120 There was another report that was released today by the 98 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:19.800 Donahue Institute of citi's largest annual population spike since nineteen 99 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:26.519 sixty four. This is amongst the fifty states. Massachusetts was 100 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:31.519 the thirteenth in population change and fifteenth in population change 101 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:35.240 from July first, twenty twenty three to July first, twenty 102 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:41.639 twenty four, and Massachusetts between and these were the years 103 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:46.000 that you were working for the Heathy administration. Between July first, 104 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.120 twenty twenty three and July first, twenty twenty four, the 105 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:55.680 state's population increased by sixty nine thousand, six hundred and 106 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:01.839 three people. And during this period, the my biggest population 107 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:06.759 spike is amongst people who have come here illegally. This 108 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:12.519 is an incredible report that that just shows that domestic 109 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:20.000 migration is down in Massachusetts. There is a bit of 110 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:26.000 better news in terms of live births, but international migration 111 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.639 is through the roof. The largest driver immigration estimated at 112 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:35.000 ninety two and seventeen incoming immigrants. Now, some of them 113 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:38.079 could be legal, arguably, but I suspect the vast majority 114 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:42.319 of them are illegal. Between twenty twenty twenty three and 115 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:46.639 twenty twenty twenty four, I assume that's what you experienced 116 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.439 while you were working for the Heay administration. 117 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.639 You know, Dan, what I saw was, you know, people 118 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:57.600 who couldn't prove to me who they really were. So 119 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.560 a lot of people, you know, and I'm just throwing 120 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.600 out a name. I'm not targeting anybody, say Ronald Joseph said, 121 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:08.720 you know, it was in the shelter well, when the 122 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:12.360 case manager filled out his paperwork, Minophone filled it out 123 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:17.600 as Joseph Ronald. So maybe that individual got two EBT cards, 124 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.639 maybe they got two Wick cards, maybe they got two 125 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:25.959 different Social Security numbers. So you see a lot of fraud. 126 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.560 And when I hear morey Heally say that all of 127 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.039 the migrants are vetted, it's a lie. It's a lie, 128 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.960 Dan And you know, I don't you know, I want 129 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.000 to call anybody a liar. It's a lie. Nobody is 130 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:42.559 vetted because I can tell countless stories of how I 131 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.799 was supposed to get you know, I'll just make it 132 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.440 so we can have a conversation. Dan Ray is supposed 133 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:50.919 to come to the shelter today with a party of four, 134 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:54.679 you know, a family of four. Dan Ray doesn't show up. 135 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.399 I call the state and say, hey, where's Dan Ray? 136 00:08:58.200 --> 00:08:59.559 We don't know. Well what do you mean, you know, 137 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:03.080 we don't know. A family then shows up the next day. 138 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:06.600 Who's not Dan Ray. It's John Featherston. And I called 139 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:08.840 the state and say, well, it's not the right family, 140 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.279 Oh no, just check him in. Well where's Dan Ray? 141 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:15.000 We don't know. Don't worry about it. And they don't 142 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.519 have the right ID. They don't have the right you know, 143 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:21.000 you know, there's no betting process, so nobody knows who 144 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.000 these criminals are. And Dan, the story that I'm going 145 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.200 to tell you about a DCF agent coming to me 146 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.200 and saying, hey, we got a real big problem on 147 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:31.600 our hands, and I was, okay, what is it? Go 148 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:36.559 get the father, why interview the daughter? Long story short. 149 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:38.960 I bring the father down and the father admits to 150 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:42.440 the DCF agent that he has sex with his daughter regularly, 151 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:47.879 who is thirteen years old at the time. The daughter 152 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.519 admits to it, the father admits to it, DCF rightfully 153 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:56.000 removes her from custody of him. He starts freaking out 154 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:59.639 on me. The Marlborough Police come and they have me 155 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:01.919 trans firm to another shelter in Worcester. 156 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:02.200 Dan. 157 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:05.080 They don't arrest them, they just have me transform to 158 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:08.000 another shelter. And as you mentioned, you know, I'm a 159 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:10.320 long time you know, elected official, I kind of know 160 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:14.360 how things work. And I literally say, why are we 161 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:17.159 transferring this man and not arrest them. Oh, don't worry 162 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:20.440 about it, We'll just transform to Worcester. And I said, 163 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.320 we're in Middlesex County right now. We're in Marlborough. If 164 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.799 I transform the Worcester, the DA is not going to 165 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:27.919 touch this. You don't know that. I'm like, I do 166 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.840 know that. You know, no DA is going to enforce 167 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.919 you know, a crime that wasn't committed in their jurisdiction. 168 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:37.399 So we just transferred this guy away. There's two other 169 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:41.960 incidences in this shelter where a guy was raped, and 170 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.360 all they did was was have us transfer the family out. 171 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.600 No rest have been made. You know, there's three sides 172 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:50.960 to every story. But I personally drove one of the 173 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:55.200 girls to the police station to you know, report the rapes. 174 00:10:55.360 --> 00:11:00.600 Nobody's been arrested. And my only assumption is that heally 175 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.480 just wants the stuff to go away. If you ignored it, 176 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:06.480 it'll go away. So I pick up the you know, 177 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:09.399 the paper last week and read this story about Revere. 178 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:12.240 I actually filled in for a couple shifts in Revere. 179 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:16.279 I'm not surprised by that. I'm sickened by it because 180 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:19.200 the one story that doesn't get talked about is the 181 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.679 service providers that are making millions of dollars from the healing, 182 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:25.399 you know, the no big contracts and. 183 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.120 Oh yeah, well we did. We did some stories about 184 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:32.960 there's a cab company down on Cape cod which won 185 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.360 and no big contract for six point one million dollars. 186 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:42.519 Oh, but the companies you're making even more Money's that 187 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:47.679 the human services companies, which are the case managers and 188 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.240 you know, people like myself that are paid to run 189 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.120 the day to day operations. They're making millions of dollars 190 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:59.360 hiring unqualified staff, not doing background checks on them, hiring 191 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:04.480 them only because they speak the language. And you get 192 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.960 camps inside these buildings. Like I said, you get fraud, 193 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:12.879 you get money just being wasted, you get crimes being committed. 194 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.600 I was, you know, people would come case managers would 195 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:19.519 come up to me, Well, you know, in our country, 196 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:23.159 this is tolerated. You know, people have sex with their 197 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.240 daughters in our country. I'm like, you're not in your 198 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:31.399 country anymore. But you're not in your country anymore. And 199 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:34.759 we don't have sex with our children in America. We 200 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:39.200 don't eat our pets, you know. And Dan, there was 201 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.600 literally a guy and it's you can you know, people 202 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:44.559 can google it. The guy actually ran his car into 203 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:47.559 my office because I told him that I wasn't going 204 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:50.519 to continue to give him baby wipes and baby diapers 205 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:52.639 in formula because he was I got him signed up 206 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:57.759 for EBT card benefits and that it was essentially double dipping. 207 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:59.879 If I was giving him stuff, then he was getting 208 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:02.679 government benefits. So he ran his car through my office 209 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.720 to send a message to me. 210 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.480 Well, anything, any prosecution of him or no? 211 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.799 Well he got arrested first not having a driver's license 212 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.399 and not operating this vehicle for operaly. 213 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:16.879 Fine, John, hold on for a second. I got to 214 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.240 take a commercial break. If the point that is important 215 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.200 for me to make here is that John actually was 216 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:29.639 involved in this process from October of twenty twenty three 217 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:34.159 through July of twenty twenty four. Now I know that 218 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:38.600 the Herald is running a story tomorrow morning that will 219 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.679 be of great interest. Has anyone from the Globe ever 220 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.320 talked to you about any of this? I mean, the 221 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.840 Globe is still the newspaper of record here in New England. 222 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:48.600 Actually, you know, I know you got to go to break. 223 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:54.240 But Corin Hajar wrote an excellent piece about it, and 224 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:57.679 I think Governor Healy referred to it as a hit piece. 225 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:00.519 Okay, good enough, We'll take a break. If you'd like 226 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:04.679 to join the conversation and ask John Featherstone. Any question 227 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:07.240 six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty or six 228 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:09.720 one seven, nine three one, ten thirty. We'll be back 229 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.080 on Nightside right after this. 230 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:14.879 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 231 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.120 Nightside Studios on w b Z, the News Radio. 232 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:23.159 My guest is John Featherstone. John worked as a manager 233 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.240 at one of the shelters here in Massachusetts, at the 234 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.080 shelter in director of the shelter in Marlboro. You've heard 235 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.360 his story. We have phone calls. I want to get 236 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.960 to John. I hope you'll stay there. Uh, we're told 237 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:43.519 by Amy Carnovalley. She has been very critical of the 238 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:48.600 Healey Driscoll administration as well. Let's bring Amy Carnavalley up. 239 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.399 We'll get her in here before the newscast. Amy Carnavalley, 240 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:54.759 I know the State Republican Party has issued a pretty 241 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.720 strong statement tonight. But how you go? How is any 242 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:00.519 of this going to change the the Healey min stations 243 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:04.120 seems just intent on doing what they want to do 244 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:06.240 and in the way in which they want to do it, 245 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:11.159 whether it's people you know, being abandoned at MBTA stations 246 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:16.440 or at Logan Airport or Roxbury Community Center being taken 247 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:21.480 over last January and kids in that community losing the 248 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:25.399 ability to have a community center to work in. It 249 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:28.000 seems as if the Healey administration does whatever they want, 250 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.399 no matter what what can be done. 251 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:34.519 Hi, Dan, thanks, thanks so much for taking my call, 252 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:37.240 and hello John. You know, John was a canary in 253 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.320 the coal mine. But as you indicated, Dan, certainly there's 254 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:43.720 been other warning signs that the current program is not 255 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:51.039 working for Massachusetts taxpayer's residents, communities, or the shelter recipients themselves. 256 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:56.200 It's really been a failure at every level. The Massachusetts 257 00:15:56.200 --> 00:16:00.200 Republican Party submitted a Freedom of Information Acts request to 258 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:05.120 the state government on August twenty seventh, asking for information 259 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.600 about what kind of crimes have been reported in these shelters. 260 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:12.320 We have just now received information back from that request, 261 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:16.399 and we are making that information available to the public 262 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.960 in Massachusetts to see. And as John indicated with some 263 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:24.279 his stories, the details of the crimes committed in these 264 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:27.679 shelters is really heart wrenching for the families and for 265 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:31.720 the communities and really putting the public at risk. And 266 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:34.919 it's important to remember that these are tax pair dollars 267 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:37.759 that are being spent and of course, you know, as 268 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:41.480 we talked about earlier, you talked about earlier tonight. Governor 269 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.120 Healey has now gone back and asked for additional money 270 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.679 from the taxpayers of the Commonwealth from the Rainy Day Fund. 271 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:53.840 And at some point this affects programs that our residents 272 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.600 rely on, residents who have been here for years and 273 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.240 decades and are hardworking and trying to make it in 274 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:05.440 the current inflationary economy, and it is reaching a point 275 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:09.519 of unsustainability. And I think this most recent report is 276 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:11.799 a wake up call to the American public and to 277 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.880 the publishing message. 278 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:18.400 So you sought this report last October, excuse me, last August. August, yes, 279 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.680 and now five months later, when was the report released today? 280 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:24.200 Yesterday? 281 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:26.720 We received the information about a week ago. It was 282 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.960 rid over Christmas, and we've been looking with their thousands 283 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.519 of pages of reports, and so we've been taking our 284 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:38.599 time looking through the material. And so we're making this 285 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.720 material now available to the public into the media and 286 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.759 with the hopes that it will be covered. We have 287 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.279 received information. I believe the Boston Globe is going to 288 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:50.599 run a story tomorrow morning about this material, and I 289 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.759 believe the Herald will cover it. 290 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.559 As well well. 291 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:55.200 Give us a little bit of an overview here. Obviously 292 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:59.480 we're not a newspaper, but tell us what our listeners 293 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:05.000 who will listening tonight might see if this report is 294 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.759 indeed covered by either of both or the Boston newspapers 295 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.319 tomorrow morning. 296 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:13.240 So, for example, the governor expressed the prize and shock 297 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:17.240 about the incident that was reported in a revere with 298 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:22.720 the fedanol, the drugs, and the automatic weapon, and she 299 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.839 seemed to indicate that this was the first that she 300 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:30.079 had known about an incident of the seriousness. But in fact, 301 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:34.720 there was an incident in these reports back in February 302 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:39.759 of last year, another incident where we presume a migrant 303 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:43.079 the names are redacted, was found with a gun in 304 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:47.000 his room, nine hundred pills, nine bullets, thirty grams of cocaine. 305 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:51.720 And so that's just one incident, many many other incidents 306 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:58.160 involving sexual assault, child sexual assault, physical assaults of children, 307 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:01.359 and other ports of weapons. 308 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:03.920 And it is. 309 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:10.240 Extremely troubling that this kind of these kinds of incidents 310 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.680 seem to occur almost on a commonplace. 311 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:15.920 Rate. 312 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:19.880 And yet but yet we heard from the Hilly Driskill 313 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.480 administration this week that this is the first there hearing 314 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.039 about you know, did these incidents seem to be feign 315 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:27.680 fee between But that's that is. 316 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:31.480 Well, that's the point. This story about this guy up 317 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:35.680 in Revere with the ten pounds of fentanyl, which is 318 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:40.759 a substantial amount of a deadly drug which can kill 319 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.799 people even when they're exposed to it. A few particles 320 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:50.000 that could kill probably most of the residents of Massachusetts. 321 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:54.000 It was played as if this is the first serious incident. Well, 322 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:57.000 we all know about the alleged rape in Rockland of 323 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:02.680 the fifteen year old. How how is the governor going 324 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:05.319 to say that she's been kept in the dark by 325 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:08.759 these groups and organizations that John once was a part of. 326 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:12.240 John obviously has been blowing the whistle for some time now. 327 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.400 How does she maintain plausible deniability? 328 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:20.160 That's the question to her administration now that these reports 329 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:23.319 have become public. I mean, was she just not told 330 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:27.240 about these, you know, multiple dozens and dozens of reports 331 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:30.160 that had been taking place in the in the crimes 332 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.559 that have been taking place in these shelters, or was 333 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.400 she kept in the dark. Either way, it's not good. 334 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.880 It doesn't look good for her administration. 335 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:42.759 Well, if she has kept it secret and has not 336 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:46.680 shared it with the public. She should resign. If she 337 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:49.920 has been kept in the dark, she should fire every 338 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:53.200 person who kept that information from her or from the 339 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.119 people who should have known. It seems to me that 340 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:58.240 those are the two choices she has, John, would you 341 00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.240 agree to disagree with that? 342 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:04.039 Dan? I agree one thousand percent with what you said, 343 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:06.079 and I'm gonna I pulled the story before, but I'll 344 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:11.240 tell her quickly here. I personally walked up to Maura 345 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:15.759 Healy in the end zone of Navy at the Army 346 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.559 Navy game and told her and looked her square in 347 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.799 the eye and said, we've got huge problems in these shelters. 348 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:27.359 She tells me, call me Monday morning and we'll talk 349 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:30.240 about it. And it's thirteen months later and she's never 350 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:34.480 called me back. So I told her there were problems, 351 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:37.440 So she has no plausible deniability on this. 352 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:40.079 All right, we got to take a break. Amy Connor Valley, 353 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:42.480 thank you for giving us a heads up. I'm certainly 354 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:44.440 going to be looking for my globe and herald tomorrow 355 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:47.799 morning with some great anticipation, and thank you for giving 356 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.160 us some of that information. We'll see it, hopefully laid 357 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:54.599 out of the pages of Boston's two major newspapers. Thanks Amy, 358 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:56.960 We will talk again soon. Thank you very very much. 359 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.319 Thank John, Thanks very much. 360 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:00.839 Thanks Thanks Amy, John, stay there. I got to take 361 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:02.640 a news break, and I want to give people an 362 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:05.400 opportunity to talk with you and ask your questions. Okay, 363 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:07.799 it's as simple as that. Let's we'll go right to 364 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.680 phone call say I have full lines. We'll coming back 365 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.240 on Nightside right after this. 366 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:18.359 Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio. 367 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:23.640 My guest is John Featherston. He is a former Massachusetts 368 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:30.759 Shelter Director worked under the Healthy administration from October twenty 369 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:34.680 three to July twenty twenty four. So you're telling me, John, 370 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:40.799 that you approached the governor in December of two thousand 371 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:45.759 and twenty three and to talk to her about this problem. 372 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:49.319 Or was it December? Yeah, it was December twenty twenty three, 373 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:51.319 and she said call me Monday and I'll call you 374 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.920 right back. And now it's thirteen months later. You've got 375 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.759 to hear back from her. 376 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:59.279 That is very well, it's not accurate because she actually 377 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:01.920 came up to me because I was with another person 378 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:05.000 in the end zone and we ended up having a conversation, okay, 379 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:08.240 and I did. I did say to her that, yeah, hey, Governor, 380 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:10.960 I'm having some real problems. And this was before even 381 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.559 some of the crimes are coming out. I was just 382 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:17.200 having problems vetting people. I was having problems processing things. 383 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:20.599 And she literally said to me, call me Monday morning. 384 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:23.200 And you know me, the naive boy scout. I called 385 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.640 Monday morning, I called Tuesday morning, I called Wednesday morning. 386 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:30.160 And then eventually I even ran into the Lieutenant governor 387 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.519 and said, hey, I've been trying to get a hold 388 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:33.720 of the governor because I want to set up a 389 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:36.200 task force. I want to kind of work with the 390 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:38.039 you know, the cities and the towns and you know, 391 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.240 come up with a game plan. And you know, oh 392 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.519 that's a great idea, John. I'll let her know. And 393 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:44.559 here we are thirteen months later. Phone stole. 394 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:46.160 I just wanted to make sure it was de sever 395 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:50.519 twenty three, not Navy game. Okay, So I mean it is. 396 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:53.359 It's thirteen months ago. Let's go to phone calls. Got 397 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:56.000 to start it off with Paul in East Boston. Paul, 398 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:59.559 your comment to a question for John Featherstone, Go right ahead. 399 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:04.480 Good evening, guys, My friends, that owns Spinelles and He's 400 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:09.240 Boston were been in the paper with the contract for 401 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:11.839