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It's Night Side with Dan Ray on w b Z, Boston's new radio.

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Well, anyone who listens to Nightside knows that I am a big advocate of

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a vibrant two party state, or even more than a two party state in

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every state. A competition is good. It's good in sports. If you've

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got two really good center fielders on your team, you're going to be okay

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if you've got two really good shortstops, two good quarterbacks. But you also

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need two competitive political parties that in Massachusetts we don't have that. We have

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an overwhelming democratic legislature. All members of Congress are Democrats, and all members

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of the state's six constitutional offices, the governor and the lieutenant governor, of

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the attorney general, the treasurer, the auditor of the Secretary of State,

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they're all Democrats. In the state Senate, there's forty state senators, four

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of them are Republicans, thirty six or Democrats. And the legislature, the

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imbalance is pretty similar as one hundred and sixty members of the legislature. I

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think the Republicans might have twenty four to twenty five. First of all,

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the Republicans are very much to be blamed for that because and oftentimes they don't

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produce good competitive candidates in some of these districts that perhaps deserve a race.

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And I think it makes not only the state better, but it makes the

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candidates on both sides better. And so I noticed that there's a fellow running

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down on the Cape. I believe that you've heard him on my show before.

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He's called in a couple of times as a caller. His name is Chris Lawson lau Con. Chris. First of all, if I haven't pronounced

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the name correctly, you got to help me out. Give me the correct

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pronunciation. That's the right Dan. Everyone pronounces it a little bit differently.

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So lows On is the correct lows On is the correct low lows On.

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Okay, that's good. That's good. So you're run for state Senate against

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an incumbent state Senator Julian Sear. We invited Senator Sears to join us tonight,

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and his schedule did not permit it. We obviously be happy to have

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him on, or have you and him on together somenight. But this gives

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you an opportunity to introduce yourself. You are a lifelong Cape cod resident.

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Tell us about yourself. Yeah, So again, I appreciate you having me

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on Dan. I'm very happy to speak with your listeners tonight. Like you

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said, my name is Chris los On, running for State Senate in the

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Cape and Islands District. I was born and raised on the Cape. I

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grew up in Barnstable, the village of Marston's Mills. Specifically, I'm the

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youngest of four kids in a working class family. I graduated from Barnstable High

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School, went off to Louisiana State University, where I got a degree in

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anthropology. I thought I was going to be the next Indiana Jones at the

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time, but didn't quite work out. It's not probably a big I don't

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think there's a thriving anthwery. There aren't many ads I see needed Anthpologists.

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Well, it covers a wide variety of things, but archaeology specifically is tough

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to make a living at. So anyway, once I got done with that,

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I did come back to the Cape, got into the family automotive repair

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business, third generation, and that's actually where I met my wife. She

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came in for an oil change and she must have liked the service because we

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got married. We've got four beautiful kids that were raising in Marston's Mills.

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They're all going through the public school systems down here, and I mean predominantly.

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The reason why I'm running is because I want them to have a good

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future here on the Cape. Yeah, that's kind of your sort of you.

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You almost predicted my next question, and that is, you're busy guy.

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You're you're a businessman, You're you have a family, four kids.

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How old are the kids? From what age to what age? Oh?

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From eighteen down to the youngest will be five next month. Okay, so

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you got things like Little league and high schools and college applications. What compels

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you to say, hey, I want to be in the member of the

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Massachusetts State Senate. Well, like I said, I just want them to

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have a good future here on the Cape if they choose to stay here.

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And the direction that we've been going in, and this is true all across

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the Commonwealth, but I see it especially here on the Cape, since this

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is where I grew up and I've seen how it's changed. It's becoming more

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and more difficult for our young people to stay here, make a living and

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establish their family here. So I think the policies that have been implemented and

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supported by the incumbent have contributed to that decline, and I'd like to see

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the state and the Cape and islands specifically go in a different direction. Okay,

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So give us some of the differences. Obviously, you're a Republican,

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the incumbent is a Democrat. Give us some of the the issues, whether

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or not there state type issues, whether or not they're issues that really impact

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directly on Cape Cod where you and here are different. Right, So obviously

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there's some things that affect the entire state right now. The migrant situation obviously

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is affecting all of us, and we're not immune to that here on the

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Cape. And the influx of migrants and the amount of money and resources that

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are being spent on that all across the state are putting pressure on issues that

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have been kind of languishing for a long time. Down here on the Cape.

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We have a lot of housing issues, we have wastewater and infrastructure issues.

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Things that should have been addressed a long time ago. They haven't been

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addressed, and we're feeling the effects of that acutely now, especially in the

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context of this migrant situation that's costing the state billions of dollars. Yeah,

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it's about a billion dollars a year. Obviously, money that could be used

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for other matters. Is your opponent a big You know again, this statute

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that apparently the governor feels constrained by or obligated to pass in nineteen eighty three.

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Neither you, I think, nor the incumbent were even born at that

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point, so you can't blame him on the vote. But is what is

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the difference between your public statements and his public statements as it applies to what's

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actually going on now? Well, I can tell you Senator Seer makes a

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few public statements on these issues as possible, So he does not generally issue

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statements on things like this because I think he realizes that the constituents would not

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be happy with his position. He has not supported amending the right to shelter.

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I have spoken many times on the need to amend the right to shelter.

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I fully support doing so. I'm glad that the Republicans who are on

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Beacon Hill are trying to lead that charge. But like you mentioned in the

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opening, I mean, we're so far out of balance it's just impossible to

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happen without more Republicans and some Democratic support. So if Senator Sear you was

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interested in addressing this issue, he would get on board with amending the right

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to shelter. And you know, trying to make a difference because the legislature

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could address that at any time. The Democratic leadership is choosing not to.

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And Senator Sear is in the leadership. He's the assistant majority whip in the

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Senate, which wields a lot of power. But I don't think he's used

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that power to benefit the district. Okay, give me a couple of other

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quick. One of the things I see that you support. The auditor Diana

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Desaglios, wants to audit the state legislature for the first time since nineteen twenty

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two. That's one hundred and two years ago. If my math is correct,

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and you you believe that the Auditor's office has full constitutional authority to perform

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such an audit. I tend to agree with you on that, and I

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don't understand. Well, I think I do understand why the legislature is rebuffing

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those efforts by the order who happens to be a Democrat. By the way,

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give her credit for that. Yes, you've endorsed her efforts. Tell

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us why, Yeah, I think it's critical. You know, transparency is

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something that I feel strongly about in all levels of government, whether it's town

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government, county, state, federal. The people deserve to know what's going

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on. And like you pointed out, I mean the legislature has been audited

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in the past by the auditor. It's been one hundred and two years, but it was done at that time, and it was done previous to that

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as well, and there was no question as far as I've found record of

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that the auditor did have the constitutional authority to do so. So the fact

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that the legislature is rebuffing that, I think we all know why they're doing

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that, because they don't want anyone seeing what's actually going on behind closed doors.

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But I think it's critical and Auditor doz Auglio, I give her a

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lot of credit because she is a former legislator. She was in the Senate,

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she was in the House. She knows what goes on there, so

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I think it speaks volumes that that was one of her first priorities was to

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audit the legislature, and I would be fully behind that process. I would

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comply with that and assist her. Have you met that reached out. Have

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you reached out to her? She's she's interesting political leader and that she has

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often taken on the legislative leadership. Any chance that you've reached out to her

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and said, hey, look, just want you to know if if I'm

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fortunate enough to be elected, you got one more vote in the state Senate.

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Have you tried anything like that. Yeah. I have not had the

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chance to talk to her, unfortunately, but I would be happy to do

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so. Certainly if she's listening, you know, give me a call. Well, I know, but I would also reach out if if I were

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you, because you just never know. Politics sometimes makes strange bedfellows, as

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it were, and it might be that this has become. I think she's

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onto an issue here that the average person is very much in favor of,

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to be honest with you, and I think all the politicians talk about transparency,

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but none of them really do much to uh to make it happen.

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Let me put it like that. My guest is Chris Lozone. He is

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a candidate Republican candidate on the Cape Cape in the Islands, basically the lower

10:30

Cape. You described it pretty well today. You got the islands and where's the cutoff? You don't have the You wouldn't have the entire cape, but

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you'd have a good percentage of the of the cape, right, correct,

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Yeah, it's not the entire cape. So it's from Barnstable all the way

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to Provincetown as well as nane Tucket, Martha's Vineyard, and also the Elizabeth

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Islands. There's a lot of votes out there, those Elizabeth Islands. You

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got their fernal territory. Does any do anyone Do any people live on those

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islands or no? They do, primarily on Cuddy Hunk, the southernmost island,

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but there are some people on the other islands. Who has a lot

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of who lived there full time? Yes, yes, sir, really well,

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okay, I'm familiar with those lott. I didn't realize there were folks

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out there. Maybe some folks out in the summertime. They got to get

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a little chilli there in January. Okay, christ let's invite people to join

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us on the conversation and also, again, feel free any issues that are

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a real concern to you that you feel will allow you to connect with voters.

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We did invite the incumbent Democratic State Senator, Senator Julian Sear to join

11:39

us tonight he was not able to. We can easily have him on on

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another night and we could ask him about whether he believes the state legislature should

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be audited by the auditor. I mean that's the title she is, the

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state auditor, Diana Desauglio. Seems to me that I don't know what else

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she's going to audit if the state really yeah, no again, she has

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the authority to audit, you know, any state office. And I think

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it would be great if Senator Sear could address that publicly and just say where

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he stands on that issue. There is a real lack of transparency coming out

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of his office specifically as well, and just a lack of engagement with the

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community because I try to be everywhere I can, all across the district,

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and I can tell you I've only run into him one or two times,

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and this is my second time running against him. All Right, we'll be

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back with Chris Lowzone at six one seven Really lines open right now? Are

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six set? Feel free to jump on board, whether you live in Chris's

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district or do you'd like to encourage him again for the Republican body to have

12:46

any sort of a renaissance in Massachusetts, it has to field good candidates,

12:50

and I think from what I know of Chris, he's a very qualified candidate.

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I get a sense from you that you're not likely to want to make

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this a career and spend the rest of your life at the legislature. Are

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you involved in any sort of commitment to serve only so many terms or has

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anyone ever asked you? Actually, I think that's a critical thing that candidates

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should do, is set voluntary term limits and be held accountable by the constituents.

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So for me, you know, Senator cre and I took different paths.

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So he got into politics immediately after high school. I went off into

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the real world and again working on the ground in a family business, raising

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my family. So I understand what's going on in the community and how difficult

13:35

it is to make things work. But I would be interested in serving four

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terms in this office. I would say that right now to everyone. I

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don't intend to serve more than four terms in this office. Whether or not

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I would seek a different office after the fact, I would leave that open

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ended. But I really don't have an interest in being a career politician.

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You know, I'm a mechanic. I'm not a politician. I'm used to

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going to work and fixing things. So that's what I want to do on

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Beacon Hill. That should be your your campaign slogan. Moving back, more

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phone call, well, phone calls right after the break Here on Nightside, my name is Dan Ray. Now back to Dan Ray, mine from the

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Window World night Side Studios on w b Z News Radio. My guest is

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Chris low Zone. He is running for State Senate on the Capan Islands district

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that is currently represented by Julian Sear. We did invite Senator Sear to join

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us tonight. He was unavailable, which is which can happen, and we'll

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have him on another night if you like. And I would love to have

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him on with Chris and talk about the issues that affect not only the district

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but also Massachusetts and the country as well. Chris, I'm ready to get

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some phone calls going here. Hope you are as well. So let's let's

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let's get right to them. I'm going to start it off with Jeff in Chatham. I know where Chatham is. That's part of your district potentially,

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Jeff and Chatham, welcome to Nightside. You're wrong with Chris Low's Hi,

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Chris. Hey, I just wanted to say that I'm really excited by Chris's

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candidacy. His opponent, Julian Sear, has made so many promises and they

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really haven't come through. I know, Chris talked about that like in housing

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in other areas. You know, we really need affordable housing in the Cape

15:20

just to get the kind of workers that we need. But he also supports

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really bad ideas, Julian Sear, for example, the support for wind turbines.

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And I'd love to have Chris talk a little bit about that wind turbines

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off Cape cod Right, Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's going to

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be beautiful. Go ahead, Chris. Yeah. So I appreciate the question,

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Jeff. That is obviously a serious issue, and there's multiple layers to

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that. So there's a federal issue. Obviously, the leases come from the

15:50

federal government. So the state government, however, is expediting that. You

15:56

know, there's permitting processes that the company that are doing these wind turbines have

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to go through, and the current administration certainly has expedited that process, both

16:07

on the federal and state level, and Senator Sear has been very supportive of

16:11

the wind turbines going in south of Martha's Vineyard. He's been very supportive of

16:15

having more wind tarabines going in, and I think we're kind of putting the

16:19

cart ahead of the horse here. I don't think that that technology and the

16:23

promises that are being made are going to actually be realized to the benefit of

16:29

the district and even the Commonwealth as a whole. They're making a lot of

16:33

promises for a lot of quote unquote clean energy. I have serious concerns about

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the longevity of those terurbines out in the ocean south of Martha's Vineyard, the

16:44

amount of maintenance that will be needed, and again as a mechanic, I

16:48

can speak to that there's a lot of maintenance that will be needed with moving

16:51

parts oil that's inside those terrabines, which I don't think a lot of people

16:55

realize that those all have oil inside of them. So there's a lot of

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concerns with that environmentally and also financially. I don't think it's the sound financial

17:04

investment. And there are claims that will have reduced energy costs, but I

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don't think that's born out by the fact that process. There was another big

17:15

wind turbine project that kind of went south, and I know that off the

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coast of New Jersey where they do have some wind turbines, the whales haven't

17:23

been thrilled about it, and they've had a whole bunch of whales come floating

17:27

up dead on the beaches. Where are the environmental groups on this one,

17:32

Chris, that's great, have been pretty silent on it, to be honest

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with you, which makes you wonder what the reasoning is for that, because

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even when you look at the documents for these companies and the projects that are

17:45

happening, you know, lists all kinds of environmental impacts inside those documents,

17:51

and that kind of gets swept under the rug in the way these projects are

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reported. So I don't think a lot of people are even aware of the environmental impact, the direct environmental impacts. But that's a serious concern. I

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mean, I think that's why I say we need to slow down with what

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we're doing with that and really take a closer look at it, in a

18:10

more critical look at it, to see if it's even worthwhile. Because at

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the end of the day, if those projects don't pan out the way that

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we're being promised, we're going to be left holding the bag. When those

18:21

companies just walk away from it literally. Jeff and Chada, great, great

18:25

question, Thanks for getting that on the table. Appreciate it. I think

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I lost Jeff there. Okay, Well that's okay. That happens sometimes.

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So take a quick break out of news break. My guest Chris Lozone.

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He is a candidate Republican candidate on the Capean Islands district. If you like

18:41

what you hear, get involved. Feel free to call and ask a question.

18:45

And if you want to ask him a tough question, you're welcome to

18:48

as well. We take all the phone calls, all points of view,

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welcome here on Nightside back right after this news at the bottom of the hour.

18:56

My name's Dan Ray and listening to night Side in WBC ten th am

19:00

dial. We are going to talk beginning at ten o'clock about this crazy idea

19:03

of issuing an arrest warrant for the Prime Minister of Israel. We will be

19:07

talking with a progressive Democrat who is not happy with the military activity of the

19:15

idea, but feels this I think is way over where reality should should draw

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the line. Back on Nightside right after this. If you're on night Side

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with Dan Ray on WZ Boston's News Radio. We're talking a little politics here

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again. The races this fall, the presidential race, the Senate races around

19:38

the country, congressional races, they're going to be the big ones. However,

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the most important races, in my opinion, are the races closest to

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your home. Who represents you in the state house. And we're talking with

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Chris Lozoe, who is a candidate Republican candidate for the district Cape in the

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Islands, which is most of Cape Cod and of course Nantucket, Mantesvinid and

19:59

also I guess we the Elizabethan Islands and you know whatever, who's ever living

20:03

out there on the islands. Let's get back to phone calls for Chris again.

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Feel free, whatever your question, He'll handle it. Let me go to Jeff in well Fleet, way out of the Cape. Hey, Jeff,

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Welcome to Jeff's in a row here Jeff and Wellfleet. Hi Jeff,

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Hey, thank you. First I want to say Chris, thank you for

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making the effort coming to the wealth Fleet town meeting last night. You grew

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up on the Cape, You're running a family business, your children are in

20:32

local schools. How does your lived experience inform your approach to policy making.

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How do how you you lead us as our Cape and Island senator. That's

20:42

another great question from another Jeff, Like Dan said, so I appreciate that,

20:48

and it was my pleasure coming out to Wellfleet last night. I really think that that's one of the most important things, you know, as a

20:53

state senator, is to be on the ground in the community, meeting the

20:56

people who live there. To your question, I think that it does get

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to a core difference between Senator see Or and myself. As I mentioned earlier,

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you know, he went directly into politics. That's the path he chose,

21:11

and that's you know, he's making a life and a career out of

21:15

that. I went a different path, and now I'm looking to serve to

21:18

try to make things better for the Cape and Islands, which is a place

21:22

that I love, in the entire Commonwealth by extension, because obviously my decisions

21:27

as a state senator will affect the entire state, not just the district.

21:32

Now, having a family business, raising my family here, I mean I

21:36

need to be able to make that work every day, and I understand how

21:40

difficult it is in the current climate, all the issues that we face here

21:44

on the Cape and islands with housing, wastewater, the cost of living,

21:48

and all those things being you know, intensified by the policy decisions of our

21:56

lawmakers are state senators, state representatives, the govern So the current policies and

22:02

the policies that have been implemented and supported by legislators like Senator Seer have created

22:10

a worse situation for the people living in the district who are just trying to

22:12

get by and raise their families. And obviously the migrant situation again it's number

22:19

one priority right now because that's affecting everything else, cost of living, local

22:25

aid, housing availability, and Senator Seer has consistently supported policies that have led

22:32

us into this crisis. He supports making Massachusetts a sanctuary state. He has

22:37

not stated he's willing to address or amend the right to shelter. You know,

22:41

he's implementing policies and supporting policies that continue to make these problems worse.

22:48

When he promised in his first rum that he was willing to work to make

22:52

these things better. Housing's gotten more expensive, the cost of living is more

22:56

expensive, energy is more expensive, you know, by every metric, things

23:00

have gotten worse under his tenure and that's not to lay it all at his

23:03

feet, but what has he been doing to earn an extra term to continue

23:08

supposedly working on those issues. But you know, I bring that real world

23:14

experience to the table because I understand how difficult it is and how much more

23:18

difficult it is now as opposed to six years ago, eight years ago,

23:22

ten years ago. So we need to start going back in the other direction.

23:29

All right, great answer, great question. Jeff Inwealthley. Thank you,

23:33

welcome, You're welcome. Thank you. Going next to we'll get you

23:37

out of the district here for a moment, to get you out of you comfort, Joe. Let's go to Joe and Belmont. Joe next on nice

23:41

side with Chris Lozo. Go ahead, Joe Danza. Man if he can't

23:47

do it, no one can. So if you're elected state senator, I

23:52

know you were just talking about the cost of living, but will you file

23:56

a bill to stop our control and flight? And dan what's your solution to

24:03

inflation? Well? Stop the government should stop printing money. But that's that's

24:11

not gonna happen anytime soon. Inflation's real simple, Joe. You know it

24:15

as well as I do, and that is that it's too many dollars chasing

24:21

two few goods, and you've got to stop printing money. We now have

24:23

a federal debt of thirty four trillion dollars. That's trillion with a T.

24:30

I don't know that a single state senator can do that, but I suspect

24:33

that Chris probably is as concerned about the federal debt as I am. Chris

24:40

Oh, I certainly am, yes, and I appreciate the question. So

24:44

obviously, inflation and the federal debt, I mean, that's outside of my

24:48

purview as a state senator. However, the things that are happening in Massachusetts

24:52

and the cost of living increasing the way it is is a direct result of

24:57

our policies here combined with the national problem of inflation. So we're feeling the

25:03

effects of that more acutely in Massachusetts. And even though you're outside my district,

25:08

you know, you can't vote for me, but I can vote for

25:11

you on Beacon Hill. So I'll be pushing for more restraint in the way

25:15

we're spending our money on Beacon Hill. I'll be pushing for policies that will

25:21

help keep more money in our communities instead of sending it more to Beacon Hill.

25:26

You know, we don't need more taxes, we don't need more regulation,

25:29

we don't need more fees. I want to see us reduce the regulations,

25:33

reduce the burden on the taxpayer, and keep that money in our communities,

25:37

and that will help bring costs down and make it easier for people to

25:41

get by wherever they live in the state. One more thing, Yeah,

25:45

gotta go ahead, you gotta be quick, go ahead. Okay, people

25:49

under twenty three or twenty five who are making the minimum wage, they have

25:56

to work two jobs just just to make time payments. And uh, if

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you take a date to a movie, it's thirty bucks. Now. I

26:07

don't know that this is good. I can't movies unfortunately, but I can

26:14

tell you, you know, raising the minimum wage is not something I'm in

26:18

favor of. You know, that's not a solution. You know, we

26:22

need to encourage more development so that we have better jobs in different places,

26:26

so people can move up from minimum wage jobs, and encourage more training and

26:32

you know, things that people need to actually be successful. So nobody should

26:36

be stuck in a minimum wage job. So did print less money? All

26:41

right? Thanks, you appreciate the call. We'll talk soon. Thanks buddy,

26:44

let's keep rolling. Here're going to get to Rich in Harwich, Massachusetts.

26:48

I know where Harwich is. Rich. You went next on Night Side

26:51

with Chris Lozone. Go ahead, Rich, Thanks for thanks for having me

26:56

up. I just have a quick question for Chris. It seems like the

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immigration is out of control in this state and other states, and I'm highly

27:07

concerned about it. Can you tell me what you might what your thoughts are,

27:14

like, what are you thinking to direct that issue? Well, so

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that and I appreciate the question, because that is the number one pressing issue.

27:23

Like I said, it affects everything else that's going on in the state

27:27

and across the country. So that is a multi tiered issue. Well,

27:33

obviously you have the federal considerations. The federal government is not enforcing federal immigration

27:38

law properly. They're allowing streams of people to come across the southern border,

27:45

you know, and that's the ultimate root cause of the problem. So that

27:48

needs to be addressed on the federal level. And I certainly have spoken on

27:52

that, and I would continue speaking on that as a state senator, but

27:56

I cannot directly affect that because that's a federal role. On the state level,

28:02

we need to change our policies to stop incentivizing people from coming to this

28:07

state illegally. So Number one, amend the right to shelter law. It

28:11

was never intended for new arrivals in the state, certainly not for people who

28:17

are coming here illegally. It was intended for our own citizens, our own

28:21

legal residents who and saw that they didn't end up on the street. So

28:25

that needs to be amended first and foremost. We need to look at,

28:29

you know, other things that go along with that. The governor talked about

28:33

capping the number of migrants who can come into the state, but that hasn't

28:37

really happened. You know, supposedly it's been limited to seventy five hundred families,

28:41

but they appear to just be shuffling people around. You have people sleeping

28:45

at Logan Airport and you know, various other places, so that cap hasn't

28:48

really happened. We need to cap the link of the stay of people in

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the Right to Shelter program. You know, my opponent support sanctuary state legislation

29:02

where essentially a sanctuary state as it is, but he wants to make that

29:06

statutory, which I do not support. And then obviously you have all these

29:11

other benefits that these people are you know, receiving while they're here, to

29:14

the tune again of billions of dollars healthcare meals, you know, sixty four

29:18

dollars a day per person for food. That's not sustainable and it's not affordable

29:26

and it's not fair to the residents and citizens of this state. So it

29:30

was also a pretty generous and I think unfortunately no bid contract to a cab

29:38

company on the Cape for six point two million dollars. Yeah, no bid

29:45

contracts that are going out, you know, for transportation and food and you

29:48

know, any number of other things. That's a real concern as well,

29:52

and it raises a lot of questions, you know, that one in the

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outer Cape, Like you say, over six million dollars for transportation to this

30:00

one cab company. It certainly raises eyebrows. And that's happening all across the

30:06

state. Well, is that let me ask you, is that an indication of the number of migrants who live with the Cape. I mean, I'm

30:11

assuming you could give a lot of cab rides for six point two million dollars.

30:15

I mean, oh yeah, yeah, And that was that was a

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six month contract, So you know, that's there's a lot of money in

30:22

six months just for a small part of the state, you know, relatively

30:26

speaking, because we certainly had far fewer migrants stationed here on the Cape than

30:32

a lot of other parts of the state. Yeah, six point two million

30:34

dollars again assuming that the average fare would be one hundred dollars, which which

30:42

would be generous. Do the math on that, people, I mean,

30:48

you got to be running a lot of cabs twenty four to seven to justify

30:53

that. And that's you said just a six month contract. That was a

30:57

six month contract. Yes, and that's that's a cab company in the Outer

31:03

Cape and those contracts like that, you know, no bid contracts all across

31:07

the state. And you know, going back to one of the first things

31:11

we were talking about with transparency, no bid contracts are a complete lack of

31:15

transparency. I understand needing to address things quickly in an emergency situation, but

31:22

you know, we can do an expedited bid process rather than no bid.

31:26

It just the appearance of it is not good for all involved. The appearance

31:32

is possible a hundred dollars a cab dride at one hundred dollars a cab drive

31:37

if I'm not mistaken, that's sixty two thousand cab drives. It's sixty two

31:44

thousand cab rides. Uh yeah, it sys when you look at it like

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that, because six point two million, six point two million here is six

31:55

point two million there eventually runs into money. But that's sixty two thousand,

32:00

one hundred dollars cab rides, right right, yeah, No, the amount

32:06

of money is staggering. And even going back to the money for meals every

32:09

day, you know, sign this is just cab rides. This has got

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nothing new with hotels meals. If I have exactly if I get Senator Seer

32:19

on it, I guarantee you I'm gonna ask him what he knows about that

32:22

that particular contract. Rich and Harwich. Great questions. Thank you, sir,

32:28

You're welcome. Thank you. We've got to take very quick break.

32:30

Gonna wrap it up, Chris. We'll give you an opportunity at the end

32:34

to make a quick comment. The lines are really busy, so I want

32:37

to get to my listeners and your callers. But I also want to make

32:40

sure we can give a website. So let's give it now. How can

32:44

folks get in touch with you? If they're interested in learning more about your

32:46

campaign. Yes, they can reach me at Votelowson dot com. So vote

32:52

la U z o n dot com. You can find out my policy positions

32:57

on all these things and more. You can email mail me. You can

33:00

sign up for our campaign emails, become a volunteer, make a donation.

33:05

That's necessary as well. Unfortunately, we need to raise money to try to

33:08

get the message out there, and I'm so Voteloison dot com. All right,

33:13

we'll be back with Chris Lozone right after this. Now back to Dan

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ray Line from the Window World Light Sex Studios on WBZ News Radio. My

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guest is Chris Lozone. Chris, Uh, time goes quickly here in any

33:27

hour, and I have packed lines, so I want to try to get

33:30

to some of these calls real quickly. Kathleen in Centerville, quick question for

33:35

Chris, please, I know you've been waiting to write ahead, Kathleen.

33:37

I'm interested in finding out his position on the affordable housing situation. On the

33:44

case, it seems it's geared to everybody except it doesn't help the middle class

33:50

at all. And i'd like to know your great question, Chris, give him give us a quick answer. I got a couple of more folks I

33:54

want to get in go. Yes, Chris, yep. That is a

33:57

great question, Kathy, thank you. So the housing situation on the Cape

34:00

has really been in a precarious spot for a long time. I look at

34:06

the state's housing policy, specifically Chapter forty B, which is the affordable housing

34:10

section. I think it's been a failure. Quite honestly. I think we

34:15

need to examine the state policies, make adjustments, identify what has worked,

34:19

what hasn't worked, and make changes as needed to actually help people on the

34:23

ground. So Senator Seer has been not in favor of making changes to that.

34:29

You know, he's been kind of a status quo guy on affordable housing.

34:32

I think we need to encourage more housing development and where it makes sense

34:37

and how it makes sense for local communities instead of applying a statewide mandate and

34:43

a statewide one size fits all solution that doesn't work for any of our communities.

34:46

That's a great answer, Kathleen, Thank you very much for the call.

34:50

That's a great question. One other question, Don James, Yeah, Kathleen, I got other folks. I got to get in here, Okay,

34:54

I got to be as fear as I can. Other people have waited

34:57

just as long. So I'm going to let you run. Thank you.

35:00

Let me go next to Suzanne and bunstable Suzanne. Next on, nice Sid.

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I got you in, but you got to be quick for me.

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Suzanne, go ahead. Oh hi, this is Suzanne Connley. My buddy

35:08

Chris is doing great there. I'm a Republican also running. Chris. I

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want to ask you, if you had a billion dollars sitting around, what

35:16

would you do to help the very large population of veterans who live on Cape

35:21

Cod Great question, Oh, that is a great question. I think we

35:24

need to pump a lot more money into veterans services. You know, very

35:30

underserved regarding healthcare and housing. And you know that our veterans really put it

35:37

all online for us. So I think any services we can offer them,

35:40

we really should spare no expense, especially in light of the amount of money

35:45

that the state is spending on migrants who are coming into the state. You

35:50

know, we shouldn't trifle over pennies for our veterans. So all of our

35:53

services for veterans need to be fully funded so that they don't go with out

36:00

quite honestly, so very much in favor of more services for veterans. Thank

36:05

you, great question, Thank you very much. I'm going to try one more here, rob By me a minute, if you can, let me

36:09

go to Jack in Plymouth. Jack, I'm getting you in, but you

36:13

got to be quick, yeah, Chris. Given the fact Democrats have been

36:16

winning elections on the Capean Islands, what's it going to take for a Republican

36:22

to win this year? That's an awesome question. So I think people are

36:27

finally starting to realize that, you know, Senator Seer has been one of

36:30

the worst senators in the state. He's made poor policy decisions which have not

36:35

helped the district, you know, and he's nowhere to be found when the

36:39

people of the district need him. So voters know he's not representing the needs

36:45

of the Cape and Islands, and it's becoming more and more unaffordable to live

36:49

in Massachusetts while he's been in office supporting these policies that have made things worse,

36:53

with higher taxes, utilities, higher prices, you know, lack of

36:59

housing, all these things that have continued to get worse. So now I

37:01

think overall in Massachusetts, voters are starting to realize that Democratic policies have led

37:07

us here, and we do need more Republicans in the legislature to act as

37:10

an effective opposition party to represent the interests of the people in the districts.

37:16

Chris, and that's what I would do, okay, Jack, Thank you.

37:21

Chris. Your website is vote Vote Low Zone lau z n dot com.

37:28

Your campaign slogan should be sixty two thousand, one hundred dollars cab rides.

37:34

I just I'm serious when I looked at it like that, when you

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say six point two million dollars, no big contract, that sounds great.

37:43

Sixty two thousand, one hundred dollars cab rides for migrants. I'll tell you

37:50

that. Yet, if my math is wrong, let me know. But my math is right. Chris. Thanks very much. You did a great

37:55

job to all the calls, even the calls I kind of rushed at the

37:58

end. I wanted to get as many folks in it as possible. Good luck. If we can get senators here to come on and join you in

38:04

a debate, we'll give him an hour and then we'll have a debate with

38:07

the two of you. I'm sure you'd be willing to participate in that.

38:09

We'll make it happy. Sure, I'd be happy to come on anytime.

38:13

And yeah, please anyone reach out to me at votelows on dot com.

38:16

I'd be happy to talk to you. Thank you, Chris, appreciate your

38:19

time tonight. Thank you. Have a great night. All right, good,

38:22

good night, sir. That was a pretty good hour. We're going

38:25

to come back and we're going to talk about the Middle East and this crazy.

38:30

It is crazy, as the rest warrant issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Ye

38:36

coming back on Night Side