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From YouTube: Spotlight on Chelsea - State Representative Ryan
Description
City of Chelsea
Host: Leo Robinson
Guest: Dan Ryan, State Representative
Video Production by Chelsea Community Cable TV
A
A
good
day,
I'm
here
today
with
state
representative,
danny
ryan,
this
has
got
known
as
spotlight
on
chelsea
and
I'm
your
host
leo
robinson,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
election
next
week.
I
do
have
some
questions
to
be
able
to
ask
the
rep
as
to
some
of
the
issues
that
we're
facing
as
a
community
and
being
at
the
pandemic
looks
like
we're
in
the
third
surge.
B
Right
good
morning,
leo
hi
everybody
sitting
at
home
in
chelsea
watching
now
the
television
show
here,
thank
you
yeah.
So
here
we
are
looks
like
we're
heading
into
our
third
third
surge
here
in
the
epidemic
since
really
about
march,
when
the
secretary
of
state
first
started
talking
to
people
about
on
primary
election
day
about
social,
distancing
and
and
at
the
time
it
wasn't
even
mass,
because
people
we
didn't
really
even
have
masks
they're
telling
people
bring
your
own
pen
to
the
poles
and
everything
else.
B
B
They
believe
half
of
the
new
infections
are
people
30
and
I
think
half
of
them,
I'm
not
sure,
but
are
people
30
and
under
no.
I
think
part
of
the
the
reason
with
that
is
now
that
the
society's
opened
back
up.
Those
are
the
folks
that
are
probably
more
likely
to
go
out
and
play
pick
up:
basketball
with
their
friends
or
hang
out
at
a
restaurant
or
be
on
a
college
campus
and
also,
I
think
part
of
it
was
in
the
first
wave
of
the
pandemic.
B
It's
you
know,
people
if
they
thought
they
were
exposed
were
being
told
at
that
time,
if
you're,
young
and
you're
healthy,
stay
home
and
quarantine,
and
you
should
be
fine-
and
I
I
think,
as
the
surge
went
on,
I
think
that
mindset
kind
of
kind
of
might
might
have
stuck
a
little
bit,
so
we
just
it.
I
think
we
just
need
to
continue
to
educate
and
let
people
know
that
this
is
not
just
about
you.
You
got
a
mask
up.
This
is
about
who
you're
going
to
visit
on
thanksgiving.
B
This
is
about
your
grandparents
and
your
nieces
and
nephews
and
mascot
keep
your
distance.
I
think
we've
learned
a
lot.
I
think
you
see
the
surge
nationally
in
rural
states
now,
where
I
think,
when
first
it
was
in
massachusetts
in
new
york
city,
it
was
very
much
an
urban
phenomenon.
I
think
we
saw
that
here
in
chelsea,
where
people
living
close
together,
people
that
were
working
on
the
front
lines,
people
that
had
to
take
the
mbta
were
more
susceptible,
and
now
you
see
nationally
the
numbers
going
up.
A
No
because
in
in
in
those
states,
they're
running
out
of
hospital
beds,
they're
running
out
of
ventilators-
and
I
think
that
you
know
we've
learned-
you
know
that
you
do
need
to
wear
a
mask.
You
need
to
be
careful
as
to
getting
together
with
family
friends
and
congregating
and
different
things,
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
has
come
out
of
this
pandemic
and
I
think
by
necessity,
was
the
opportunity
to
try
some
new
methods
of
ballot
access
and
expanding
early
voting
and
mail-in
voting.
B
B
But
that
looked
to
me
like
just
a
random
stupid
act.
I
don't
think
it
was
any
part
of
a
political
conspiracy
or
anything.
I
I
think
we
started
doing
the
early
voting
experience
really
early
voting
four
years
ago
and
it
seems
to
be
going
real.
Well,
I
think
the
pandemic
has
has
made
us,
I
think,
for
better.
B
It's
worked
really
well
right.
It's
astronomical,
I
mean
we
saw
it
in
the
september.
Primary
was
the
highest
primary
vote
of
a
similar
type
of
election
that
we've
ever
had
in
massachusetts.
The
numbers
were
up
everywhere
and
I
think
people
are
getting
more
used
to
it.
I've
talked
to
to
all
the
more
traditional
voters
like
myself,
I
kind
of
like
to
vote
on
election
day.
B
You
know
your
neighbors
that
you've
always
know
they're
going
to
be
their
work
in
the
polls,
but
I
really
voted
this
year
and
we
did
it
on
sunday.
My
intent
was
both
me
and
my
wife.
We
were
just
going
to
stand
in
the
polls
to
let
voters
know
we
were
out
there
and
then
we
just
decided
to
go
in
and
vote.
It
was
easy.
It
was
seamless,
kids
voted
with
us.
A
B
A
A
B
So
you
know
you
know
it's
really.
So
it's
always.
You
know
now
you're
gearing
up
for
an
election
week
or
ten
days
and
and
then
you
know
you
have
to
get
all
your
ballots
in
by
election
day
or
post
mark
depending
on
what
state
you're
in
so
it
will
definitely
change
the
way
people
campaign
and
everything
too,
which
I
think
is
a
good
a
good
thing.
A
Yeah
I
mean
I,
you
know
my
wife
actually
voted
for
the
first
time
and
and
I
brought
her
ballot
to
the
city
hall.
I
like
going
to
the
polls
and
being
able
to
see
the
workers
and
seeing
my
neighbors
and
and
saying
you
know
hello
to
them,
and
it's
just
been.
You
know
just
been
my
tradition
to
do
that
to
be
in
contact
with
with
the
people
who
I
feel
I
represent.
As
a
government
official.
B
Yet
but
housing
has
always
been
an
issue
in
this
district.
I
work
on
a
ton
of
housing
cases
even
through
even
through
when
we
have
the
eviction
moratorium
in
place,
we're
working
on
people
with
their
raft
applications
for
rental
assistance.
I
think
we
have
good
programs,
both
here
in
chelsea
and
in
boston,
to
help
people
along
the
way.
B
We
need
to
staff
up
a
little
bit
more
on
the
rental
assistance
program.
A
lot
of
that
money
is
funneled
through
non-profits
and
we
just
got
to
make
sure
that
money
is
getting
into
the
people's
hands
that
need
it.
The
moratorium.
You
know
I
wish
we
had
passed.
We
have
a
good
bill
in
the
state
legislature.
You
know
it's
a
little
bit
longer
term
than
the
moratorium
was.
We
did
extend
it
once
the
moratorium.
B
I
would
like
to
see
us
pass
that
bill
to
give
us
a
little
bit
of
stability.
Give
leonard's
ian
tenants
a
sense
of
stability,
but
governor
baker
has
committed
171
million
dollars.
I
believe
the
number
is,
I
don't
think
it's
enough
housing
advocates,
don't
think
it's
enough,
but
it's
enough
to
get
us
to
where
we
need
to
be
until
we
can
pass
something
more
long-term.
A
B
The
moratorium
ending
just
starts
that
process
and
people
need
to
know
they
can
reach
out
to
my
office
or
to
the
the
great
non-profits
that
we
have
here,
that
that
help
tenants
in
greater
boston,
legal
services
and
chelsea
has
legal
services
here
now
too.
So
there
are
definitely
ways
for
tenants
to
to
protect
themselves
and
they're,
not
getting
thrown
out.
A
Harm
on
it,
no
actually,
the
the
city
had
hired
a
law
group
to
help
people.
You
know
with
evictions
or
advocate
situations
that
might
happen
with
with
their
landlord.
You
know
they
don't
we
don't
want
to
see
people
get
put
out
on
this
on
the
streets,
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
come
to
a
happy,
medium
and
being
able
to
work
with
the
landlords
work
with
the
tenants
get
commitments
on
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
and,
addressing
you
know,
back
rent.
A
B
Right
yeah,
so
again,
unemployment
is
another
issue.
My
office
has
been
working
on
since
march.
They
were
overwhelmed
a
little
bit
at
the
beginning.
The
unemployment
numbers
have
come
down,
but
they're
still
a
little
bit
high,
but
we've
had
pretty
good
luck,
working
with
the
with
the
state
on
both
regular
unemployment
in
the
pua
unemployment,
which
I
forget
what
that
stands
for
now,
but
that's
sort
of
the
the
federal
unemployment
that
captures
people
that
are
in
in
the
gap
don't
necessarily
fall
on
regular
unemployment.
B
B
Oh,
it's
a
total
of
up
to
maybe
31
million
dollars,
but
it's
to
give
people
that
fell
into
a
missed
the
federal
federal
incentive
to
get
a
few
extra
dollars
in
their
pocket
some
of
our
most
needy
residents.
So
that
will
help
people
out
a
little
bit
we
have.
Luckily,
we
have
put
away
in
our
reserve
funds
our
rainy
day
fund,
the
most
we
could
do.
B
Doing
now
right,
but
up
till
now,
we've
been
working.
Both
the
senate,
the
house
in
the
governor
have
been
working
well
to
just
get
our
bills
paid
and
keep
up,
keep
our
economy
up
and
moving
our
government
up
and
moving.
The
economy
is
still
a
little
shaky,
but
I
have
faith
that
we'll
get
there
yeah.
C
A
B
A
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
some
to
some
of
the
landlords,
some
of
the
larger
landmarks
and
they
don't
want
to
lose
their
tenants.
You
know
they
want
to
be
able
to
work
with
them
and
make
make
agreements
so
that
you
know
they
can
survive.
Also,
it's
you
know
we
need
to
protect
each
other
as
as
we
move
forward,
but
as
we
move
moving
ahead.
What
are
your
goals
for
next
year
in
the
next
legislation
session
right?
So
it's.
B
You
know
the
covet
and
the
pandemic
have
really
been
the
focus
going
forward.
So
that
being
said,
that's
also
going
to
cause
some
problems
with
the
budget
and
the
economy
level.
Your
car,
the
problems
with
the
economy,
is
going
to
cause
problems
with
the
budget.
That
being
said,
I
think
we
also
have
the
dynamic
of
equity
in
trying
to
take
care
of
our
poorest
cities
and
towns
in
our
poor
populations.
B
We've
been
chipping
away
at
that,
but
I
think
the
pandemic
and
some
of
the
other
racial
national
racial
issues
have
showed
how
much
more
urgent
this
is
than
just
chipping
away,
and
I
think
that
will
be
the
focus
moving
forward
that
it's
we.
We
have
this
notion
of
trying
to
get
to
yes
in
the
legislature,
and
when
we
do
things
like
school
funding,
we
take
care
of
all
communities.
B
A
B
B
B
Are
the
folks
that
most
vulnerable
most
most
not
able
to
work
from
home
are
the
people
who
work
for
an
hourly
wage,
your
lower
wage
earners
or
blue
collar
workers
that
even
might
be
making
a
pretty
good
amount
of
money?
Those
are
the
type
of
jobs
you
can't
do
at
home.
You
know
if
you're
in
the
plumbers
union
or
the
painters
union,
you
can't.
B
C
A
B
Yeah,
well,
I
mean
I
think
after
four
years
ago
I
think
people
are
very
cautious
about
polls
and
to
not
over-believe
the
polls,
but
I
also
believe
the
polls
last
year
weren't
wrong.
What
happens
a
lot
of
times?
Is
you
can't
predict,
turnout
and
turn
out
in
the
states
where
the
democrats
should
have
won
was
low?
B
That
doesn't
look
like
it's
a
problem
this
year.
Of
course,
you
can't
tell
by
the
amount
of
early
votes,
how
the
people
voted,
but
the
demographics
look,
like
turnout
will
not
be
a
problem.
For
democrats.
This
year
looks
like
there's
a
high
high
turnout
in
the
states
where
joe
biden
and
camilla
harris
need
high
turnout.
B
B
We
think
that's
great,
but
you
know
we'll
take
control,
but
we
also
when
we
get
there.
We
can't
push
that
far.
I
think
sometimes
we
lose
sight
of
the
fact
up
here
that
the
national
democratic
party,
too,
you
know
a
lot
of
the
democrats
that
will
be
that
it
looks
like
will
beat.
Republicans,
aren't
necessarily
our
progressives
of
democrats
that
we
used
to
see
in
here.
Some
will
be,
but
not
all
of
them.
Some
of
them
will
be
middle
of
the
road
middle
america.
A
B
Yeah,
just
just
I
would
love
to
have
your
support
and
your
vote.
I
thank
you
very
much
for
your
support
in
september
and
sending
me
back
to
the
state
legislature
to
represent
chelsea
again
for
two
more
years
and
hopefully
I'll
see
you
on
election
day
for
those
of
you
who
haven't
voted
yet
and
I'll
probably
poke
my
head
in
around
for
some
early
voting
too
so,
but
I'll
be
wearing
my
mask
and
I'll
be
keeping
my
distance.
So
if
I
don't
shake
your
hand,
please
don't
be
offended,
but
I
would
love
your
support.
A
Well
that
that's
great,
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
being
here
with
me
today,
spotlight
on
chelsea.
I
think
it's
important
that
the
voters
get
an
opportunity
to
hear
you
and
see
you.
I
know
that
you're
always
around
on
the
city
talking
to
people
and
doing
things
and
it's
you
know,
I
think,
that's
a
very
important
aspect
of
being
a
public
official.
A
They
do
an
outstanding
job
and
I
know
that
ricky
has
been
put
to
the
test
because
of
webcam
and
and
facebook
and
instagram
so
he's
juggling
all
these
balls,
and
I
just
want
to
say
rick,
you've
done
an
outstanding
job
and
absolutely
and
me
personally,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
making
sure
that
the
people
in
the
community
have
access
to
what's
going
on
in
the
city
and
once
again,
thank
you
dan
and
good
luck.
Next,.