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Now, thank you very much. Okay, we're gonna have some fun this hour. This is incredible. If you're going to New York this weekend, on Sunday, specifically, you will be one of the first people in New York City. And I don't know if we had this in any other cities around America, but New York, probably San Francisco now that I think about it. But in New York they're

I have made affordability for New York families a top priority. I always have and I always will fight to put more money in the pockets of everyday New Yorkers. That's why back in June, I set up on behalf of hard working families and simply said no No to a new fifteen dollars congestion. Told that at that particular time was just too much. Too many people were worrying about

Boy, she's wonderful, isn't she. She's just wonderful. She's going to save us money. No she's not. No, she's not. Instead of charging you fifteen dollars a day or every time you drive into this area, she's only going to charge you nine dollars. And she now is going to try to tell you that she's saving you forty percent. Think about what she's saying. We're gonna play the second sound bite now, in which she is actually going to try to make the argument that she me is saving

Cut to rub As governor, it is my job to make decisions that take into account the needs of all working New Yorkers. So I made the decision to put the congestion pricing program on pause while we devise a different path forward. State law requires that congestion pricing simultan simultaneously raise money for the MTA and drive down traffic congestion. These are important priorities, but I believe that no New Yorker should have to pay a penny more than absolutely

Wow, Wow, what a hero, What a hero. So remember she's still trying to tell you that she is working for you. She is working for you. So she's about to tell you that instead of charging you fifteen dollars every time you drive into New York City, she's only going to charge you nine dollars. She's saving you forty percent. I mean, that's like going to a loan shark and having the loan shark say to you, look, you don't have to pay me back one thousand dollars a week.

And I'm proud to announce we have found a path to find the MTA, reduce congestion god and keep millions of dollars in the pockets of our commuters. Under this plan, the MTA will implement a congestion pricing plan with a reduced daytime toll of nine dollars beginning in January. You've heard that correctly. It was fifteen dollars before and now it is nine dollars. That is a forty percent reduction.

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We'll save daily commuters nearly fifteen hundred dollars annually, and that kind of money makes a big difference for our families.

You will say fifteen hundred dollars annually, but you will pay twenty five hundred dollars for congestion pricing. This to me is just insane. And if New Yorkers do not stand up and rise and say, what do you think we're stupid? We're do what do you think we're absolute? I mean stupid? I mean talk about adding insult to injury. She thinks that by telling you we were going to charge you fifteen, now we're going to only charge you nine, that means you'll save six dollars a day. Multiply that over.

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By the way, if if if you don't believe me, you don't want to believe what you just heard, uh you know, check it out, go joke, check out congestion relief zone. It's wonderful how they they call this. And now again, as Rob mentioned during the break, even if you live in New York, let's assume you live in New York and you don't have a car and you

Well then I had various roommates and in New York and I'm in Massachusetts. But you know what's illegal on the streets of New York is three card Monty, where the guys have three cards and there's a price under one, but you never get it. That's what Kathy Hilchem is doing with New York City. She don't all to me.

Yeah, I think I think you're right on that. And the point is for her to try to tell you, or me or the people of New York because she's really not talking to me that somehow she's going to save you money, save you money by only charging you nine dollars, and that's going to save them fifteen hundred dollars a year. How stupid does she think?

You know?

You can get a taxi in New York You either share it or you walk, or you take the subway, or you just give up and say home. If you if you take the subway, maker and you take the.

Down please rob. If you take the subway, you were taking your life into your hands. People in New York City are pushed in front of moving subway trains. The woman that was lit on fire, grew up apparently in New Jersey. So New York is not the place, Susan bringer back is not the place that that you knew many years ago. It has changed.

Down anymore.

Yeah, all right, Susan. Appreciate you, Carl, thank you so much. Talk to you soon. Have a great night. Good night to me. It's it's unbelievable that we as citizens are so compliant with what these politicians feel they can impose upon us. I mean, we all understand. I think that taxation is the price of civilisation. I get all of that. I get all of that. But to try to tell people we're only going to charge you nine dollars and we're going to save you money absurd. Let me go

Oh, I'm fine, Thank you.

Dan.

I had to call because you know, and I know the next city that'll be doing this after maybe after Boston, will be Cambridge.

Oh, Cambridge I'm sure is chopping at the bit and followed close.

They have destroyed our city. I mean, it's just unbelievable. Between the bike lanes and of course the bicyclist do not have to obey any traffic rules at all. Oh okay, and the stores are suffering. I mean, this has been going on and they're just now they're they're they're in the process of redoing Cambridge Street. They've done every other possible street they can do. Uh, and it's it's nageous and it just gives that cream the statement the inmates

How stupid do you think Governor Hokeel thinks her constituents are to stand there and say to them, well, we are going to charge you fifteen dollars, but I intervened and we're only going to be charged nine. So you're going to save fifteen hundred a year. Can you imagine that?

No, you don't have to be a mathematical genius to see that. I mean, it's just incredible that he would there, she would think that people. That's stupid.

Do you know how much we spent? Do you know how much was spent? I found out last night from State Senator Nick Collins. Guess how much Boston has spent on bike lanes? Take a guess, wild guest.

Oh god, I don't even want to think about it.

Take against take a guess ten million dollars, twenty million.

Dollars, oh oh oh, at least I'd say twenty at least at least.

Underd to twenty one, one hundred and twenty one billion dollars. Oh yeah, yeah, okay, And that's from bike lanes for the two percent of the people in the winter who will drive their bikes, you know, between I don't know, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day rights, right, it's it's insanity.

And the thing with the environment what kills me is I've been thinking of all these kinds and the traffic patterns, so bizign now that they stalled, you know, sitting in traffic and all those films are coming into the environment, and they don't think that way.

You know.

The other thing, the other thing that that they do. And of course, if you really think it through here, which we're going to do right now, is uh you look at Cambridge on the map and you think to yourself, Okay, that's a community that you know there has some cars and all of that. If we can if we can stop them, if we can make them compliant and and and put nothing into the atmosphere that's going to save the planet. Even though those companies and those countries in Pakistan, India,

Oh, I'm sure that's what they think. I'm sure that's what they think, you know. I mean, it's just one thing after the other. I mean, it's just but this. I had a call. I said, oh my gosh, I can't regeally the next city to do this. I mean, these crazy people that are running out of city.

It's well, you know, they done it in London, done it in London for years. Uh. And of course, the people who were never impacted by this, uh, the uber wealthy who probably working working into their uh you know, into their contract with law firms or whatever where where they have a car. They get a leased car. They don't have to pay for anything their employer. But the average person, the guy who's a plumber and he has some classes in New York City, he's the he's the person.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, And I mean we're battling things here all the time in Cambridge, as you know. I mean, it's just it doesn't seem to do any good, but you still have to keep fighting, you know. I Mean we went against I don't know how many bicyclists of a city hall one night just to delay the Cambridge Street thing. And there were hundreds of them. When I tell you what, little kids, little kids that could barely speak.

That's the problem. That's the problem, and the problem is it will never stop until their goal is to be in all private automobile traffic in Cambridge, in Boston, in New York, and they're going to make it, make it expensive, and then eventually they're going to say it's so expensive. We don't want to impose this on anyone. So everyone now has to take take take the take the the

Okay, thank you so well, Thanks so much.

Happy New Year, Audrey, Thanks very much. Six ten thirty, six one seven thirty. That's the best line right now. I get two open lines there, six one seven nine. Maybe you don't think congestion pricing is going to be an issue in Boston, Well you're wrong. It won't be an issue because we have a mayoral election coming up this November. But I guarantee you that once New York puts it in, Boston will not be far behind. And it affects everyone, not just people in Boston, but people

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He're listening to us for the first time. Welcome to Nightside with w With Dan Ray and w Easy. We are talking about the implementation of congestion pricing in New York City. Beginning on Sunday, cars going into New York City and of course throughout the week, nine dollars every time they go anywhere in what Manhattan meaning south of Central Park, and the Governor of New York Kathy Hlkel, who has to be one of the dumbest governors in America. And believe me, it is a It is a competition

I'm doing well. I just really quickly want to talk about I think all of this comes back to greed. I think there are you know, politicians on both sides of the aisle, doesn't matter who we are. We live in a time where greed sort of reigns supreme. And I think you look at people. You know, what happened with the United Healthcare CEO, and on both sides of the aisle, there was, you know, celebration, whether whether that was appropriate or not, people celebrated because you see them.

You know, I gotta be honest with you, Alex. If your goal is to, uh, you know, in any way, shape or form, celebrate that now look uh no, no, that guy, that guy, that guy shot someone in cold blood in the back. And I understand that. I do understand that. However, here's the problem. Here's the problem government has. Their appetite is just enormous. No matter how much money you and I give the government, they're gonna want more. And this is just another way. It's a scam to

You know, it's rough when a government is telling you, hey, you need to take money out of your pocket to go to the city where you work and live. How are you supposed to do that, especially when people aren't making enough to live in general, right by the way.

But also alex by the way, in New York not only of course, like every American, do you pay federal income taxes, but in New York you also pay state income taxes. There are some states where you don't pay state income taxes. People are moving to those states, like Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee New Hampshire, Texas. But then New York City. If you work in New York City, you pay a city tax, so you've got to pay.

It's a bysinal that they would and they would take this money out of pockets of hard working Americans. It's absolutely abysmal. I don't agree with it at all.

Yeah. Then also the governor thinks, did you and I are so stupid, say, wasn't that great? She was going to charge us fifteen dollars a day, but she's only going to charge us nine to start, so we're really saving double six dollars a day.

It's from people who just need more money or trying to get more money out of out of people's pockets, and you know, it's it comes back to that greed, you know. And I really wish that there were more people who would say, hey, no, we can't be that greedy as politicians or people at the top, but that doesn't exist anymore. It's a very you know self centered, self interested world we're living in right now.

And just legislature in Massachusetts does just vote themselves big pay raise exactly? What was the last pay raise? You got?

Out periods?

So what you know?

What when was your last pay raise?

Exactly?

While in my current job, you got it?

You got it? Hey, Alex, thanks for calling and calling more often? Would I appreciate your call? I appreciate you call. Good night. Let me go to Mark in Austin. Mark next time nights? I go ahead? Mark? Is Mark there?

No?

I hit? Did hit the button? Go ahead and Mark? That was my mistake, hit the button.

I'd like to call your attention to a story which appeared in the Sunday Globe a couple of weeks ago, and it seems that about two thirds and two thirds of the cases where UH funding new public transportation programs around the country was on the ballot voters. The voters voted for it. And you know, do.

You think do you think the voters would would Mark? You live in Boston, right, sure, you live in Brighton. What type of car do you drive?

I don't have a car.

Ah, Okay, so you would not. So therefore Boston.

Nineties and have never looked back.

Yeah, if Boston were to come up with congested pricing, whereby people who had to drive into the city would have to pay money like in New York, that wouldn't bother you would well, I you could be honest with me.

Mark, it isn't officially on the table.

I don't care if it's on. I'm telling you more.

I keep hearing from my fellow MBK writers.

Mark, Mark, communication problem here, take car down if you would. Mark, we're having a little communication problem here. I asked you kind of a direct question. You don't have a car. I asked you a trick question. I asked you what type of car did you drive? And you gave me an honest answer. You don't drive a car, so therefore you could care less if if people if gas prices rose, or if congestion pricing rose. Correct, you don't have a dog in that fight. Correct, you can answer the question.

Look, I am impressed by how much work. So obang the A N B T A.

We're not talking, Mark, Can I ask you one question? I gotta peg him down again. Mark, Why is it that you're incapable of answering a direct question? Bring them up?

Easing Uh? R OTC guy.

Okay, r O t C. Have a great night Mark. We'll talk about r o TC. Some night Mark is a very difficult caller to deal with. I don't know if it's an attention deficit disorder issue or if it's just unwilling to answer direct questions. But that's what we do one night side. I'll ask you a direct question. You can ask me a direct question, you know I can. I will tell you I will never drive to New York City again. I will never go to New York City again. If you catch me in New York City,

Now back to Dan Ray Mine from the Window World night Side Studios on WBZ the news radio.

For those of you who are a little confused and listening to w RKO, we are going to continue here until about ten o'clock. You could join us at any night, any weeknight from A to midnight on WBZ for Nightside, a little bit of an opportunity to get some exposure to w r k O listeners. Hope all of you doing well. Let's go to Tina in Munsaka, Rhode Island. Hi, Tina, how are you tonight?

Oh?

Hi Jane, Yeah, I'm doing I'm doing fine.

And when you think about congestion, pricing and the Governor of New York.

Well, what I think is this. I'm gonna put a political stint on it on Why why I called in? They should have left former Governor Como in office. I liked him, and I think just because he had these little sexual escapade p.

I think, yeah, we call them piccadillos, right, piccadillos kind of like kind of like Bill Clinton.

Yeah, I got Joe Killington. Yeah, it wasn't a big deal at all. So I just had to say that.

Okay, well that's okay. You know what, you brought a different point of view to the table and you said it directly, and guess what, we had a We had a lovely conversation, which I always have with you. So thanks very much, Tina. And are you going to New York anytime? Sooner or no?

No way?

If I go on anyway, it's gonna be Boston, Massachusetts.

Well come on up to Boston, and when they get congestion pricing year, you won't be you won't be able to drive without paying more money too. But it'll it'll be coming right after the the this this falls election in Boston, I predict. Thanks Tina, have a great weekend and happy New Year, Happy New Year.

Over.

Thank you, Thanks Dan, talk.

Soon, Thanks very much. We go to Robin Ruburn. Rob you next time nights. I want to try to get everyone in here, Rob, go right ahead.

Hey Dan, how's it going, brother?

I think he's go find tonight. Go right ahead, Rob, what's you're taking all of this?

Well, if you want to talk about New York, here's a guy on YouTube named Cash Jordan. This guy has a lowdown on the migrant situation, the traffic situation.

Yeah. Well, what I'd rather have you do is tell me what your opinion is, because I got to be honest with you. Well, let me be honest with you to take him down. Rob. Let me be honest with you, Rob. Just listen to me for a second. I don't like to promote other podcasts. We do a podcast it's called Nightside on Demand. Every night, all of our hours are

But go ahead, you can Mustang and I drive into Boston into Brookline regularly. I am a medical marijuana patient and I go to the Brickline dispensary. If you guys told, if you guys instituted condestant pricing in there, I would stop going.

Yeah, well, I would agree with you. I would agree with you.

Cambridge the same way. I wouldn't go to anywhere in Cambridge.

Well, good, yea to micro Center.

I'd go to micro Center for my computer part. I wouldn't go to micro Center Nore.

Yeah, Michael said, it's a pretty nice place. I've been there recently. They've got some people over there who are very helpful. It's one of the stores that, yeah, that I've been to. Oftentimes you'll hear me talk about some of the big box stores. You go up to the people wearing the orange aprons and you say, can you tell me what asle you have hammers in? And they look at like like you're asking for an airline ticket. And I generally will say, gee, I'm sorry, I thought

Okay, I appreciate you.

YouTube, Happy New Year, that's Cake Roland. You're gonna go to Jason in Danvers, Massachusetts. Welcome to rightside. Jason, got to turn that phone down. Why don't you put Jason on hold? And we lost Jason there. That's okay, Jason. If you want to want to call back, you can. He got a little confused. Let me go to Sandy. There's an open line here if you'd like six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty Sandy in West Roxbury, Sandy. How those bike lanes are doing in West.

Roxbury, Well, people ride them backwards more often than that. They ride in the middle lane, you know, the one that's for turning in for God. Another thing is a joke, but you know the thing then, I'm very disappointed in you because, I mean, think about it. Now, how are they going to pay for their raises? If they don't raise.

Money, that's a good I mean you know something, dw.

I mean they can't possibly live on two hundred and sixty thousand dollars a year.

I mean the sacrifice that the Speaker of the House is making for us UH and the Senate President, it's public it is public service. I mean they're doing it out of the goodness of their heart, because frankly, they could be if they weren't, you know, in the positions of leadership at the House of Representatives, they probably could be I don't know, you know, inventing new rocketry, uh,

Many people, but who's I mean, I get so frustrated. That's why I don't call sometimes, because this is just nothing to say. I mean, there's people robbing us blind and they're lining their own pockets. Not all of them, some of them really are public servants.

But I think that the state auditor who's attempted to audit the state legislature, Diane Zaglio, is a true public servant. Uh. And and I mean that honestly.

I think, well, why did you walk across the state to prove a point? I mean, you know, yeah, yeah.

I also think the state treasure I think that deb Goldberg. Those are two Democrats who I respect and admire. I think she's done a good job. We run the lottery, which is a way in which tax revenue, you know, revenue is raised for the cities in towns. It's not tax people participate in a program voluntarily, they get some form of entertainment. It's better to have people paying the lot playing the lottery than betting on football games and lining the pockets of of of the sports betting community

Well, I mean, I mean, it's just it's the way, not the way of the world. It's the way of the current world, you know, to get what you can and run. Not one politician comes out of the legislature poorer than they went in.

Yeah, that that is true. I'll tell you. You know, I still my favorite governor. Uh smart as a whip and honest as the day, as long as Christian who knew uh yeah, and at this he did a great job for the people. So last day in office today a great job for the people of New Hampshire. Sandy. I'm gonna let you run call more often. I want to hear your outrage, because if we don't hear your outrage, we assume that that people who don't call are happy with the way things are, and I know you're not

Yes, And I hope that they follow through and finding out why the bike length class so much, which we didn't need.

Twenty one million dollars we run.

Next time out Jesus colored paints, because then she could be one thirty one, one forty one, I think twenty one million, and we can go for one forty one million.

Bet, why not? It's only money. It's it's not their money, that's for sure. Thanks. Andy, gotta go touch to you soon. Let me go back to Jason here we thanks Sandy. Happy New Year. Jason. You called back. Thanks very much. You got about a minute and a.

Half where you go ahead, Jason, Okay, Dan, I just want to say that I work in the restaurant business and when the tax when the gas prices went up, they passed it along to the businesses. There's a search out on all of our invoices, so beyond all of the obvious stuff. I just want to state that all of these delivery trucks going to all of the businesses, not just restaurants, are going to be search outs the same thing. And is that going to be passed along to the restaurants.

The restaurants aren't going to eat it. They're going to pass it on to the patrons. As I do that right.

Now, every delivery that comes to my place is a five or six or a three or four dollar charge for gas. Even when the gas goes down, ghost charges don't go away.

So hey, Jason, do you do you own a restaurant or no?

I do not own a restaurant, but I have worked in many and I've seen it in every restaurant.

The reason, the only reason I asked you was I wanted to give you an opportunity to plug the restaurant. If you want to plug the restaurant you're working at. I like businesses and I like restaurants. I'd be more than happy to if you'd like to give it a plug, go right ahead.

I work in a great place, rusty Can and byfield, it's called rusty Rusty Can.

Rusty Can in Byfield. What sort of food if I can.

Ask I have some Texas style barbecue excellent.

If I'm ever up in that direction, I'm going to stop in. Thanks Jason, I appreciate you're very welcome. Thanks for calling back. Okay, next time, keep that radio turned down. Okay, that's the way it works. Thanks Jason, talk to you soon. Happy New Year. We're done for this hour, and I was gonna go two hours on this, but I'm not. I'm gonna switch topics. So if you didn't call, you missed the boat coming back on Nightside right after the ten o'clock news