Talk of the Commonwealth

Another Edition of #WorcesterWedsnesday with Mayor Joe Petty as he talks. about Worcide, Homelessness, Notre Dame, and more

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Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Bob Massie joined the show to talk about his big plan for the future of transportation in our commonwealth. He talks to us about having a 10-year plan and paying for the project with revenue generated from it.

We also talk about some of the issues of the day before jumping into some transportation talk

Background information on the issue of Mass Transit

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ACLU Massachusetts Senior Attorney Ruth Bourquin joined us to talk about their lawsuit against Cambridge over surprise fees charged to the Women's March organizers in January.

She argues that charging organizers money for protests and rallies violates their 1st amendment rights. A similar situation arose in Worcester during the March for Our Lives a few months ago when questions arose over fees charged to organizers who then crowdfunded the effort

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Hank wants to know if anyone can find him just 1 Off bike in Worcester that hasn't been "hacked" or destroyed. If you want to pay money and ride one, could you?

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Jen Flanagan, Commissioner at the Cannabis Control Commission and former State Senator from Leominster, joined the show to tell us about the rollout of the burgeoning recreational marijuana industry. She gets us up to speed on the state regulations and where we are with the rollout of legalized recreational Cannabis.

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Grant Welker joined the show this morning to talk about his new piece in the WBJ titled Worcester's Overhyped Renaissance. It talks all about how when you take a look at economic indicators and comparisons to other metro areas of comparable size it reveals Worcester to be in the middle in terms of economic growth and development. There might not be the Renaissance we've been led to believe.

Read it here: www.wbjournal.com/article/20180625…DITION/306229997

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US Senate Candidate Beth Lindstrom (R) joined us this morning to talk about her debate challenge, calling on her opponent Geoff Diehl to agree to 4 public debates.

She talks about the importance of the primary and public debate PLUS where she stands on a host of important issues and how supportive she is of President Donald Trump

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This week we had a packed #WorcesterWednesday as we talked to The Mayor about everything that happened at the Council Meeting on Tuesday night including The CPA, Potential Charter Review, The Renaissance, Bobbleheads, and More

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Former Worcester Mayor Joe O'Brien joined us this morning to talk bout the Council vote tonight (6/26) on whether or not to place the CPA (Community Preservation Act) on the ballot. If the CPA is not placed on the ballot the group supporting it, Yes for a Better Worcester, would have to collect 5,000 certified signatures.

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Immigration Attorney Randy Feldman breaks down the situation on the Southern Border gives some context to the problem.

What is really going on and how are we working to fix it.