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Description
Host Leo Robinson
Video Production by Chelsea Community Cable TV
A
Welcome
to
spotlight
on
chelsea,
I'm
your
host
leo
robinson
I'll,
be
interviewing
the
candidates
for
the
state
rep
seat
representing
chelsea,
revere
saugus,
and
I
pretty
much
that
covers
everything
and
actually
before
we
get
started
to
to
those
communities.
I
I
like
to
say
remember
to
put
on
your
mask
and
make
sure
that
you're
washing
your
hands.
A
B
And
leo,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me.
I
really
appreciate
it,
so
I
think
when
you
look
at
the
state's
response
to
covet
19,
particularly
for
communities
like
chelsea,
as
well
as
my
home
city
of
revere,
which
also
took
a
pretty
hard
hit,
there's
short-term
and
long-term
responsibilities
in
the
short
term.
You
know
we
need
to
take
care
of
the
people
that
are
really
facing
urgent
challenges
that
are
out
of
work
and
that
are
struggling.
So
that
means
extending
the
eviction
moratorium.
B
It
means
emergency
paid,
sick
time
for
frontline
workers
that
continue
to
work
through
the
pandemic,
which
is
showing
no
sign
of
letting
up,
and
it
also
means
that
workers
voices
need
to
be
represented
on
these
conversations
about
how
we're
going
to
reopen
the
economy.
You
know,
I
think,
we're
seeing
that
play
out
with
schools
right
now,
where
the
concerns
of
teachers
and
school
nurses
have
to
be
front
and
center
and
making
sure
that
we're
doing
this
right
now
long
term.
B
The
response
really
needs
to
be
focused
on
all
of
the
things
that
led
to
covet
19,
hitting
chelsea
and
revere
so
hard
in
the
first
place,
because,
as
we
all
know,
this
didn't
come
out
of
nowhere.
You
know
the
fact
that
chelsea
was
hit
so
hard
stems
from
decades
of
environmental
injustice.
It
stems
from
broken
housing
policies,
which
has
led
to
overcrowding
and
segregation.
B
B
A
B
A
B
B
B
We
have
available
and
how
can
we
help
and
I
ended
up
sort
of
being
part
of
the
initial
wave
of
the
food
mask
and
supply
delivery
service
that
revere
put
into
place
so
spent
the
early
weeks
of
the
pandemic.
You
know
reaching
out
to
seniors
reaching
out
to
people
that
were
self-isolating
due
to
covet.
C
B
A
Oh,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
living
paycheck
to
paycheck
right
now.
In
the
middle
of
this
pandemic,
the
national
news
also
focused
on
the
deaths
of
george
floyd
brianna
taylor,
aubry
murphy
and
others.
What
should
be
the
proper
response
be
here
in
the
commonwealth
to
the
national
outrage
over
these
deaths.
B
Yeah,
so
I
mean
we
are
in
the
middle
of
dealing
with
a
global
pandemic
and
there's
already
a
lot
of
stress
and
a
lot
of
anger
in
the
country,
and
then
you
throw
in
all
of
these
incidents
that
have
happened
and
really
picking
at
this
festering
scab
of
racial
inequity.
That's
been
a
problem
in
our
country
since
it
was
founded,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
remember
that
the
protest
movement
that's
happening
right
now.
You
know
it's
not
it's
in
part.
B
B
C
B
Community
and
the
police-
and
so
I
think
that
you
know
the
the
idea
that
we
want
to
create
these
accountability
measures
is
not
anti-police
right.
You
know,
and
it's
not
saying
that
all
the
officers
are
bad
or
presuming
that
they're
doing
the
wrong
thing,
because
all
you
have
to
do
is
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
with
either
of
our
departments
in
chelsea
or
revere.
To
know
that
that's
not
true,
but
it
is
about
building
trust.
B
B
You
know
there's
so
many
wealthy
communities
in
massachusetts
that
do
not
do
their
part
towards
contributing,
affordable
housing,
and
it
leads
to
a
lot
of
the
segregation
that
we
see
that
just
kind
of
rolls
into
inequities
in
education,
where,
if
you're
born
in
a
you
know
in
wellesley
or
belmont,
you
have
access
to
a
certain
level
of
public
education
funding
if
you're
born
in
springfield
or
holyoke
or
chelsea,
not
as
much
so.
These
are
the
things
that
we
really
need
to
tackle.
B
Yeah,
so
I'm
supportive-
and
I
want
to
tell
you
why
I
think
that
they're
so
important-
you
know,
I
think,
a
lot
of
law
enforcement
officials,
including
police
chiefs
around
the
state,
would
agree
that
these
are
steps
that
we
should
take
and
don't
take
my
word
for
it.
You
know,
take
a
look
at
the
coalitions
of
police
that
are
saying
this,
so
I
think
to
start
by
to
frame
these
issues.
I
want
to
start
by
acknowledging
the
fact
that,
right
now
under
this
president,
immigration
enforcement
has
become
capricious
and
random.
C
B
And
the
next
day
it
gets
revoked
and
you're
subject
to
these
deportation
actions.
One
day
you
could
be
protected
under
daca.
As
a
dreamer,
you
know:
80
percent
of
americans,
democrat
republican
and
dependent
agree
that
someone
who
was
brought
here
as
a
kid
has
had
no
trouble
with
the
law.
You
know
it
was
not.
There
was
not
their
choice
to
come,
they've
done
all
the
right
things,
they've
gone
to
school
or
they
went
into
the
workforce
or
joined
the
military.
B
Almost
all
americans
agree
that
those
people
should
be
able
to
become
legal
citizens
and
have
a
pathway
to
citizenship
if
they
continue
to
do
the
right
thing,
and
yet
they
could
be
subject
to
deportation
actions
under
the
policies
of
this
administration.
You
know
we
even
just
saw
college
students.
You
know
when,
when
a
lot
of
colleges
announced
that
they
were
shifting
to
online
only.
B
The
administration
put
out,
you
know
that
students
might
have
their
visas
revoked
if
they
don't
have
in-person
classes,
and
so
we're
talking
about
kids
that
are
doing
all
the
right
things
that
contribute
so
much
to
our
economy
into
our
civic
life.
You
know,
so
I
think
it's
important
to
kind
of
see
the
big
picture,
because
everyone
just
thinks
of
people
forget
how
complicated
these
immigration
questions
are,
and
it's
become
pretty
capricious
and
pretty.
B
A
B
As
long
as
this
administration
is
acting
the
way
it
does,
it
doesn't
make
our
commonwealth
any
safer
or
more
secure
to
create
that
level
of
fear
between
immigrant
families
and
the
police.
I
know
that
in
both
chelsea
and
in
revere-
and
this
is
not
new-
this
is
under
multiple
police
chiefs
in
revere,
multiple
mayoral
administrations.
A
B
B
I
worked
in
the
legislature
as
a
staffer
in
2015
when
snowmageddon
happened
and
it
shut
down
the
t
and
the
commuter
rail
was
shut
down
and
the
subway
was
shut
down,
and
I
just
could.
I
could
really
palpably
feel
that
there
was
a
lack
of
political
will
to
fix
these
problems.
These
long-standing
problems
with
the
t
we
have
a
multi-million
dollar
backlog
of
repairs
to
the
existing
system,.
A
B
We've
also
failed
to
upgrade
it
and
keep
it
up
with
the
times.
So
when
you
look
at
communities
like
chelsea,
you
know
what
are
ways
that
better
investments
in
transportation
can
help
a
community
like
chelsea,
think
about
bus
service
and
think
about
how
many
chelsea
residents
rely
on
buses
like
the
111,
the
116,
the
117.
B
we've
seen
in
roxbury
and
in
everett
some
successful
pilot
programs
with
bus
lanes
to
help
speed
up
boarding
and
get
people
to
their
destination.
That
adds
up
15
20
minutes
in
either
direction.
It
also
reduces
crowding
on
the
bus
line
too.
So
we
should
be
looking
at
that.
I
know
we
have
the
silver
line
in
chelsea.
You.
A
B
B
A
A
B
That
was
a
good
step.
Now
we
need
to
follow
up
on
that,
so
we
can
follow
up
on
that
with
committing
to
100
clean
renewable
energy,
it
means
standing
up
against
new
expansion
of
fossil
fuel
infrastructure,
which
they're
trying
to
do
in
east
boston
and
in
weymouth.
You
know
standing
strong
against
that.
It
means
investing
in
solar
and
wind
energy.
You
know
we
have
the
potential
in
massachusetts
to
be
a
true
leader
in
both
of
those
industries
and
not
only
make
our
communities
cleaner,
but
also
create
lots
of
good
paying
jobs.
C
B
In
one
of
the
environmental
hazards,
nearby
is
the
trash
burning
incinerator
in
saugus
right
now,
over
around
50
of
the
things
that
we
put
into
the
waste
stream,
we
already
know
how
to
divert
or
reuse
or
recycle
like
food
waste
or
paper
goods.
So,
just
with
some
smarter
waste
policies,
we
can
reduce
those
types
of
burdens.
So
I'm
proud
that
you
know
all
three
environmental
groups
advocacy
groups
that
have
endorsed
in
my
race
have
endorsed
my
candidacy,
the
sierra
club,
350
massachusetts
and
sunrise.
A
B
Yeah,
so
this
might
be
one
of
the
only
positive
things
to
come
out
of
covert.
19,
I
think
is
that
I
think
it's
helped
us
reimagine.
What
democratic
participation
looks
like
for
public
meetings,
council
meetings,
board
meetings,
there's
so
many
people
who
might
otherwise
have
to
stay
home
with
kids
or
you
know
be
commuting
between
jobs
that
don't
usually
get
to
participate
in
these
meetings,
but
they've
been
able
to
remotely
through
zoom
in
revere
even
pre-covered.
B
Last
year
we
had
a
master
planning
process
that
went
out
of
its
way
to
be
inclusive,
that
provided
translation
services,
child
care
services.
You
know
making
sure
that
more
diverse
voices
can
be
heard,
and
I
think
zoom
and
remote
technology
gives
us
an
additional
opportunity
to
do
that.
So
I
think
that's
fantastic.
A
A
B
A
B
Sure
so
the
reason
why
I'm
running
is,
you
know
my
generation
is
staring
down
a
number
of
crises
that,
frankly,
our
legislature
in
massachusetts
has
just
not
acted
with
enough
urgency
on
so
the
transportation
crisis
which
we
already
talked
about,
which
has
made
commutes
a
nightmare,
has
limited
access
to
housing
into
opportunities,
a
housing
cost
crisis.
You
know
where,
for
people
of
my
generation
we're
looking
at
exorbitant
housing
prices
to
be
able
to
afford
to
stay
here,
something
that's
also
hitting
senior
citizens
too.
B
We
need
to
tackle
these
problems
and
we
need
new
approaches
and
more
ambitious
ideas
and
how
we
can
tackle
them.
You
know
when
I
grew
up
in
this
district.
I
grew
up
in
beechmont,
initially
in
revere
and
then
over
to
west
revere.
After
that,
you
know
my
family,
we
lived
with
my
grandparents
in
a
two-family
house
that
was
pretty
affordable
for.
B
That
type
of
story
is
becoming
more
and
more
out
of
reach
for
people
in
revere
and
in
chelsea,
and
I
think
we
need
to
fight
to
make
sure
that
people
have
that
shot
moving
forward.
So
that's
why
I
decided
to
run
you
know.
I
just
feel
like.
We
need
to
take
bolder
action
on
these
things.
We
need.
You
know
more
ambitious,
progressive
leadership
to
tackle
these
challenges
and,
as
far
as
how
my
experience
in
particular
would
benefit
chelsea
and
the
other
communities
that
I'm
looking
to
represent.
B
Where
I
worked
on
environmental
legislation,
we
successfully
passed
a
bill
to
hold
national
grid
and
eversource
accountable
for
gas
leaks
and
make
them
document
where
all
the
gas
leaks
are
in
the
state
and
repair.
Some
of
the
most
dangerous
ones
we
passed
legislation
to
help
crack
down
on
polluting
coal
plants
and
eventually
close
the
coal
plant
in
salem.
That
was
causing
so
much
pollution.