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Description
Host Leo Robinson
Video Production by Chelsea Community Cable TV
A
A
B
Right
great,
thank
you
leo,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
and
hello,
everybody
watching
back
at
home
and
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
the
legislature's
done
in
the
last
six
months.
So
so
right
away
the
when
this
all
hit.
You
know
it
feels
like
it
was
a
million
years
ago
right.
It
was
really
back
february
march.
Everybody
really
thought
this
was
going
to
be
temporary.
B
Maybe
a
few
weeks
here
and
there
or
not
everybody,
there
was
confusion
as
to
how
long
this
was
going
to
last.
I
remember
when
my
kid's
school
was
shut
down.
It
was
shut
down
for
two
weeks,
and
here
we
are
not
knowing
if
we're
going
back
in
september
or
not.
That
being
said
immediately,
the
state
in
the
state
house
had
shut
down,
but
we
immediately
had
put
together
emergency
funding
of
about
15
million
dollars
just
to
get
us
through
that.
B
Stop
the
stop
gap
sort
of
time
period
until
we
knew
exactly
where
we
were
going,
how
long
this
was
going
to
last,
then
we
also
had
to
do
a
lot
of
housekeeping
type
of
things.
Moving
the
the
state
tax
deadline,
we
had
to
move
that
to
july
instead
of
april
15th,
which
then
required
us
to
allow
the
treasurer
to
spend
money.
B
B
Our
state,
I
believe,
reacted
as
well
as
we
could.
I
wish
we
were
proactive
as
a
country
we
weren't,
we
had
to
react,
but
that
being
said
as
as
chelsea
became
a
hot
spot,
I
know
the
city
government
was
working
with
the
governor's
office,
as
we
were
working
with,
with
the
governor's
office
to
bring
in
food
resources,
national
guard
and
the
other
resources
that
we
could,
but
also
the
people
of
chelsea,
the
non-profits
and
the
actual
people
of
chelsea
stepped
up
immensely,
which
then
you
know
this.
B
What
we
could
bring
as
a
state
was
really
supports
services
to
what
the
people
of
chelsea
were
doing
on
their
own,
which
chelsea
has
always
done
a
good
job.
In
doing
that,
you
know
there's
a
list
I
can
go
on
and
on
of
what
we've
done
to
to
stop
things.
But
we've
also
put
a
lot
of
money
in
the
air
for
the
recovery
too,
and
that's
all
coming
up
and.
B
B
It
was
going
to
be
two
weeks
and
then
city,
boston,
school,
shut
down
four
day
four
days
later
again,
for
what
we
thought
was
two
weeks
to
four
weeks,
and
now
it's
looking
like
it
could
be
a
year
in
that
we
also
had
to
quarantine
as
a
family,
because
my
son
had
come
home
from
college.
His
college
was
shut
down
they
so
he
was
coming
in
from
out
of
state,
so
we
had
to
shut
down
as
a
family,
which
is
difficult.
B
It
was
actually
a
good
experience
too
getting
the
whole
family
together
and
I
kind
of
missed
those
days
of
you
know
we're
playing
board
games
and
everything
else,
thinking
that
this
was
going
to
be
a
temporary
thing
and
then
immediately
right
after
that,
when
people
started
to
realize
this
was
going
to
be
as
big
as
it
was.
I
was
dealing
with
secretary
sutters
and
secretary
arena
of
the
veterans
services
when
the
pandemic
hit
the
holyoke
soldiers
home
the
tragedy
that
happened
up
there.
A
B
I
especially
want
to
thank
the
chelsea
black
community
for
the
way
they
responded
and
when
I
said
the
black
community,
the
organization,
the
black
community,
as
well
as
the
people
of
color
that
live
here
in
the
police
department,
really
who
worked
with
them
to
to
have
a
response
that
was
pro
proactive
still
going
on,
and
I
think
that's
the
biggest
thing
we
can
get
out
of
protest
in
marches.
I
was
in
one
of
the
boston
marches
with
my
son.
B
That
being
said,
the
legislature
also
tried
to
meet
the
moment
with
a
policing
bill
police
reform
bill.
I
voted
for
the
house
version
of
the
bill.
It
is
still
in
conference
committee.
There
are
some
really
good
reforms
in
there.
There
are
reforms
in
there
that
the
police
departments
agree
with,
along
with
the
black
and
latino
caucus
and
people
that
I've
talked
to
in
the
community,
as
well
as
my
colleagues
in
that
being
said,
boston
and
chelsea.
I
strongly
believe
this
are
two
of
the
best
departments
in
the
country.
At
community
policing.
B
The
bill
that
we
pass
will
set
standards
statewide
so
that
other
cities
and
towns
that
don't
have
the
resources
that
might
not
do
the
proper
training
will
rise
to
the
level
will
have
consistency
so
they're
as
good
at
community
policing
as
boston
and
chelsea
is
so.
I
want
to
thank
the
brave
women,
men
and
women
in
both
the
cities
that
I
represent
for
putting
their
life
on
the
line
every
day.
A
B
I
think
it
gets
caught
up
a
lot
in
the
national
dialogue
about
immigration.
This
is
a
transportation
bill
that
helps
immigrants.
I've
been
on
it
since
I've
been
in
the
legislature.
We
actually
moved
it
this
year.
As
far
as
it's
ever
been,
let's
get
out
of
committee.
I
have
a
public
vote
having
voted
years
to
move
it
out
of
committee,
there's
been
some
language
changes.
We
also
tried
to
put
it
in
this
last
week
into
a
couple
of
other
bills
to
make
it
try
to
make
it
fit
into
bills
that
were
moving
forward.
B
We
both
the
cities
I
represent,
are
already
sanctuary
cities,
so
in
terms
of
local
policing,
we
do
need
to
pass
that,
but
in
terms
of
local
policing,
these
boston
and
chelsea
are
doing
the
right
thing.
This
would
have
made
it
statewide
law
or
not
working
with
federal
law
enforcement
on
certain
issues,
not
not
all,
but
on
certain
issues,
and
particularly
to
let
immigrants
and
people
status
is
is
in
question
because
of
our
field,
immigration
policy.
We
don't
want
them
to
be
afraid
of
the
police
and
the
federal
government.
A
B
Right,
yes,
so
it's
coming
up
an
awful
lot.
You
know,
fortunately,
or
unfortunately,
when
you
build
highways
and
train
systems
they
last
for
100
years,
and
we
are
in
the
middle
of
re-envisioning
our
transportation
system.
It
just
takes
a
while
to
do
that.
You
know
we're
bringing
on
the
new
orange
line
trains.
B
We
we're
getting
new
buses.
We
have
new
buses,
we're
working
on
the
north
washington
street
bridge,
there's
bus
lanes
in
boston
that
are
going
to
improve
that
commute
on
the
111..
You
know
by
the
city's
own
website,
the
city
of
chelsea's
own
website.
There
are
seven
bus
routes
that
service
chelsea,
there's
a
civil
line,
there's
a
commuter
rail
line.
Unfortunately,
with
a
densely
populated
city,
the
bus
lane,
the
bus,
that's
used,
the
most
the
111
in
the
other
bus
routes,
then
they're
not
designed
to
get
everybody
where
they
need
to
go.
B
There's
a
lot
of
people
trying
to
go
where
the
111
does.
We
got
to
find
better
ways
to
make
that
a
faster
commute.
One
of
the
things
I'm
working
with
with
the
lynn
delegation
is
of
the
rockport
line
of
the
commuter
rail.
Hopefully,
they'll
do
a
pilot
program,
we're
asking
them
to
do
where
we
add
some
cars
to
the
commuter
rail
line,
so
that
the
city's
closer
in
on
that
line
can
get
a
few
people.
A
A
B
Question
so
we've
been
working
on
environmental
justice
for
a
long
time.
Chelsea
green
roots
has
really
been
at
the
forefront
of
that
of
that
battle,
so
of
other
non-profits
conservation
law
foundation.
So
we
voted
for
and
I
think
it
will
pass.
It
will
definitely
pass
the
senate,
but
the
house
voted
on
friday
night.
I
had
given
a
speech
on
the
environmental
justice
bill
which
then
turned
into
an
amendment
into
a
bigger
energy
bill.
B
So
we
passed
it
it's
a
historic
piece
of
legislation
that
will
give
cities
like
chelsea
cities
like
charlestown
that
have
had
to
put
up
with
the
tobin
bridge
running
through
our
neighborhoods
for
60
years
to
service
people
in
the
suburbs.
You
know
all
the
other
infrastructure
jet
fuel
home
heating
oil
gas.
It's
all
here
in
the
second
suffolk
district
serving
those
outside.
B
That
being
said,
this
bill
is
not
going
to
get
rid
of
that
stuff
tomorrow,
but
our
communities
will
now
be
by
law,
have
a
lot
more
say
in
where
these
things
are
placed
in
the
future
in
a
lot
more
say
in
regulating.
So
I
was
proud
to
take
that
vote.
I
thank
the
people
of
chelsea
and
the
different
organizations
for
really
pushing
that
forward.
It's
it
sends
a
real
good
message
that
we're
not
going
to
take
this
anymore.
B
B
I
think
it's
passed
yet
I'm
not
sure
there's
still
conference
in
this
stuff
as
we
sit
here
and
speak.
So
there's
money
there
for
flood
resiliency
and
other
mitigations
going
forward
for
the
cities
in
this
area
along
the
mystic
river
and
along
the
chelsea
creek
to
also
address
climate
resiliency.
So
we're
not
only
doing
economic
justice
for
the
future.
We
have
money
there
in
the
very
near
future
to
help
the
effects
of
global
warming,
climate
change
and
environmental
impacts
that
we're
seeing
every
day.
A
B
Oh
yeah
right
so
so
I
think
a
few
people
are
zoomed
out
right.
It
was
a
pretty
novel
thing
back
in
a
while
ago,
I
felt
like
I
was
on
zoom
every
day,
great
way
to
communicate.
I
do
miss
the
one-on-one
interaction
being
in
a
room.
Getting
legislation
done,
you
know,
face
to
face
with
people
like
we
need
to
get
back
to
that.
B
B
I
I
think
we
need
to
get
back
to
as
soon
as
we
can
public
meetings
and
people
face
meeting
each
other
face
to
face
when
it's
safe
to
do
so,
but
I
also
think
one
thing:
we've
learned
certain
forums
in
in
public
meetings
that
people
ordinarily
wouldn't
have
time
to
attend
because
they're
rushing
home
from
work
grabbing
their
kids
they're
tuning
in
to
zoom
and
they're,
watching
it
from
home,
maybe
not
the
whole
thing.
Maybe
it's
a
two
or
three
minutes,
but
there's
there's
a
couple
of
groups.
B
I
think
one
of
the
conservation
groups
had
said
they
had
seen
like
a
200
percent
increase
in
participation
in
their
monthly
meetings,
because
people
were
zooming
in
so
that's
something
I
think
we
really
need
to.
I
don't
know
if
we
put
it
into
law
or
what,
but
I
think
that
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
regular
way
of
doing
business,
that
people
can
view
a
public
meeting
while
sitting
in
the
comfort
of
their
own
home
even
post
pandemic.
B
A
B
B
Hopefully
chelsea's
response
rates
are
pretty
good,
considering
what
we're
in,
but
this
is
how
we
do
congressional
reapportionment
massachusetts
lost
a
seat
10
years
ago
we
may
be
getting
a
seat
back
right
because
everything
lags
a
little
bit
behind
right,
we've
gained
in
population
in
the
last
10
years.
Hopefully
it's
enough
to
win
us
back
a
congressional
seat
which
would
be
nice.
It's
also
the
way
the
federal
government
gives
out
federal
dollars.
So
if
you're
not
filling
out
your
census
fill
out
your
census,
get
it
in.
B
That's
how
we
reapportion
that's
how
money
is
apportioned
for
education,
hard
urban
development
money,
it's
done
by
population,
so
that
it's
very
important
in
that
and
it's
important
on
our
state
rep
state,
rep
districts.
You
know
that's
going
to
get
reapportioned
every
10
years
too.
This
side
of
boston
of
greater
boston,
charlestown,
chelsea,
everett,
has
grown
immensely.
B
There
will
be
line
shifts
in
the
representation
here
locally
and
that's
all
done
on
the
census,
and
you
you,
you
are
doing
your
community
a
disservice
by
not
filling
out
the
census
so
fill
that
out
get
it
in.
We
were
supposed
to
have
a
census
planning
thing
with
the
state
housing
in
the
city
hall.
I
was
talking
to
working
with
tommy
ambrosino's
office.
We
had
a
date
set
up
in
the
pandemic
hit
and
we
weren't
able
to
do
it
in
person.
So
maybe.
A
A
B
Right
so
I'm
running
for
the
job.
I
have
right
now
a
job
that
I
love
job
representing
chelsea
and
charlestown,
and
I
know
we're
caught
up
in
this
pandemic
right
now,
when
we're
caught
up
in
all
this
national
attention
to
the
murders
of
george
floyd
and
others,
but
I
also
want
to
go
back
a
little
bit
to
when
I
first
was
elected
in
2014..
B
Chelsea
was
in
the
middle
of
a
comeback
and
we're
still
it's
coming
back.
Chelsea
is
we're
stuck
in
a
tough
little
time
right
now,
as
everybody
is,
but
let's
not
forget
we're
making
progress
on
this
issues.
The
city
of
chelsea
is
doing
a
really
good
job
of
building
for
the
future,
and
I
want
to
be
part
of
that.
I
want
to
continue
to
do
the
job
I
have
now.
I
love
doing
it.
Ask
for
your
vote.
Everybody
watching
at
home,
we'll
move
forward
together.
A
A
I'd
like
to
thank
the
present
state,
rep
dan
ryan,
for
sharing
the
spotlight
on
chelsea
with
me
today,
leo
robinson,
and
to
the
folks
who
are
out
there
watching
once
again,
I'd
like
to
say,
please
wear
your
mask,
wash
your
hands
help
us
get
through
this
pandemic
and
once
again,
I'd
like
to
thank
representative
dan
ryan.
Thank
you.