We Need Some Milk

Scam wanted to hear more about the South Shore and Cape Cod. So he asked Adam Bass of The Cod Cabin to come on and teach him a thing or two.

The hijinks of last year's #MA04 primary and what Auchincloss has become, Jesse Brown ruining his one shot at credibility in #MA09, and the state of local news in the eyes of an up and coming journalist.

A charming lad that will be reporting the big stories in no time. With no opinion of who is running.

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This time last year everyone was ablaze over what your cities, towns, and Commonwealths will cook up for budgets. It's another year and everyone pretty much kept doing the same thing behind the closed curtains & doors of our city hall and state legislatures. Crumbs, no real shazam. Status quo.

And Massachusetts and New Jersey have become one in the same when it comes to three people making the decision. All the same color and only one woman to boot. So Brandon McKoy of New Jersey Policy Perspective came on to hash out the details from where we were to now, avoiding the personal to the policy in how we make decisions, and facing the reality that his job is easier with a president like Biden.

Both states are complicated. But the bhoys know enough's enough. And we'll keep taking it I guess.

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New Jersey Policy Perspective

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Scam reached out to Tami Gouveia (8;50) weeks ago to come on and talk about life at the State House when she wasn't running for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.

Well now she is so the bois have to discuss that too.

Still representing the 14th Middlesex, she talks about why she's running for the second place job, how she can make it more meaningful, & why her personal story as a single mom (through two economic crises) drives the beliefs she carries with support of her own district.

Unsure how Scam's mom feels about her not going to Sullivan Farms for delicious ice cream but here we are.

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The MassDems field isn't set but there's only one candidate who can speak to both ends of the state. And no, it's not Scam.

Ben Downing got the slot to hash out why he's running for Governor, the geographical inequities of the Commonwealth, how he'll have to earn every vote no matter who runs, and being an Evertonian in a Liverpool saturated world.

It is a big Commonwealth. It deserves more than inside I-95.

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We were supposed to record this on Earth Day but stuff happens.

The Weymouth gas compressor station was a hot issue two years back. Surprisingly, it still is because of all the back and forth between Enbridge and the neighborhoods this thing can ruin.

So Andrea Honore got the slot again to update us on:

- Why it's still dangerous (since it's had multiple shut downs since going operational)

- Why it's still a political issue for Charlie Baker and anyone wanting the corner office

- Why Senator Patrick O'Connor (a REPUBLICAN)has been the best ally on this climate issue

- And how she manages the relationships between having folks in both parties.

Wonky, climate ready, and good lo-fi tunes. That should do it.

Scam's from Western MA and compounded in a gaming attic in Eastern MA. He has to visit family across the state time to time. How many times can he before he asks what Central Massachusetts is all about?

So the bhoys asked Lance Harris (@CMassPolitics) to talk about the political nature of the region, the idea of "progressive" around there and how they do it, WOOSOX, & the frustrations MassDems and Charlie Baker causes all of them.

A fellow Tottenham fan, better than Ed Lyons on the thoughts, and always a good laugh or two.

Liverpool stinks.

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Some say first time's an accident, second time's a habit.

David Halbert's running again for Boston City Council @ Large so another episode pouring milk; this time going beyond the wonk.

He's raising two kids as a BPS parent, green schools, a clever philosophy about why policing in Boston fails starting at the academy, and entertained who he would be in The Wire.

It's David time. Second time's the charm.

You know David but here's the links:

https://david4boston.com/

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It was 4/20 and Scam needed a co-host.

Anthony Collins said yes.

He's uninspired by the mayoral candidates, Scam is walking a plank by supporting Michelle most likely. The only way to calm down is to burn down so that's what they did grinding out the details about the money, whether Kim is "doing, not acting", and that dark horse that is Annissa Essiabi-George, Mayor No.

God help us all.

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Here's the mapz

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1zQmaFeWwHpsq1UOMVjbvULF2nauMOSJe&ll=42.295734247925296%2C-71.1383986040435&z=13

Here's Calla Walsh's Greater Boston spreadsheetz:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17sgXGSZ52tYpXZLODfW4jr8lBl1PK0d74kLqb8vNboQ/edit?usp=sharing

There is this habit with #bospoli podcasts (on Fridays) where they ask candidates hypotheticals about what will happen, how will they vote, and what you will do explicitly for the hosts. Quid pro quos as they enable a moderate level of municipal leadership.

We have to get beyond the "You owe me's" and get to actually know these candidates because a policy is only as good as the conviction to see it through.

So Joel Richards got the slot. A teacher at the Blackstone, a father of two, and a candidate for District 4 as Andrea Campbell runs for mayor. Scam got to hear his personal stories of being in the district, the need to run, if Jesus was a socialist, our public schools and to policing in America.

A very chill guy and a great convo on what makes Joel tick. Scam loved him so you should to.

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Joel's article on Building (not SELLING) BPS Property

https://joelrichardsforchange.weebly.com/updatesvlog/build-bps-or-sell-bps

Jim Aloisi gets an annual slot. It's time again.

We all have to return to work. But what does that look like? And how will we get there? Jim can't walk right now so he came up with the idea of "subsidy equity." See if that catches on.

MBTA's reliance on fares, decarbonization, and a quick review of the mayoral state of play. Three dudes going off about the never ending austerity and McKinsey determining it.

You know Jim. Follow him anyway I guess.

https://twitter.com/JimAloisi