Friday, Jul 18

This is the Barry Richard Show. WBSM on demand. Without further ado, WBSM presents the Barry Richard Show. Streaming live on WBSM.com and the WBSM app. Call 508996500. Text us using app chat on the WBSM app. Now, the Barry Richard Show. All right, welcome to the program. It is a Friday afternoon, partly sunny skies, temperatures still up there, pretty warm, but it's um the humidity level is way down low. If you haven't been out yet today, it's not too bad. All not as bad as it's been. It's supposed to be a gorgeous day tomorrow. So, we'll have all the details of that coming up for you in uh just a little bit, part of the 1:00 news break. Uh, by the way, I just want to say marked safe from a cold play jumbotron video cam today. Um, hope you are as well. And boy, I'll tell you that uh that little video snippet has gone viral. It's been seen all over the world. And um unfortunately, it it means you know, some families are are in distress today. But um you know I just it's it's absolutely incredible how this guy I I don't even know his name off the top of my head. He owns this big company and he's like a multi-billion dollar company and his human resources uh head or whatever. They were out at a cold blade concert in Foxboro on Wednesday night and they were out uh sneaking around because they were both married with children and the jumbotron cam picked them up and it was broadcast everywhere on the planet and um you know it's kind of funny um they got outed that way and it got caught but it's kind of you know it's kind of the kids were involved and so that that kind of stinks. I was at that show on Tuesday night. I So I wasn't there for uh Wednesday night's big uh news breaking at Jumbotron camera event, but we were there Tuesday night. And um they actually picked up a marriage proposal on their uh camera on Tuesday night. So that was better. Um anyway, following an explosion um at the LA County Sheriff's Department facility, three dead according to sources. Fox says it was accidental. I guess it's I was talking to Tom Hudson on his way out the door here a minute ago and he was following it as well and said um I guess it's a place where you test munitions and explosions and stuff or whatever. I'm not not quite sure exactly, but it's a it's a training facility. And um so there was an accident there and three three people are dead that we know of at this point. Um I know Tim is working on a piece right now. I'm not sure if it's up just yet, but Tim's working on a piece. Um um yesterday we uh we told you we reported to you about a 10th death in the um big fire in Fall River, the Gabriel House fire. It turns out apparently they misidentified the 10th person that died at the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. They put out a uh a press release saying, "Well, so and so died and so and so didn't die. It was somebody else who died." So, they had to uh um run a correction corrected press release. Oops. Sorry about that. We'll have more on that. I know Tim's working on it and he'll let me know when it's up and I'll let you know so you can go take a look at it. But, um city council met last night, excuse me, and voted seven to four to reinstate the money that was cut from the ziterian. $495,000 money that they had agreed to spend. Um the vote last night 7 to 4. I brought a couple of converts over. Remember the original six to five vote, Linda Morad, Maria Giesta, Sean Oliver, Brian Gomes, Baptiste, and Naomi Courtney. That was the original group of six that voted to defund the Z last night. The vote was um everybody voted to refund the money with the exception of Morad Giesta Oliver and Gomes. They voted against it. Back during cut night, Morad made some pretty foolish statement about how uh you won't see anybody from Cogall Street at the Z on performance night. you know, total lunatic remark about your constituency, right? Um, here's a woman who looks at the city and um, she's thinking like a Democrat. I know Linda Morad's not a Democrat, but she's thinking like a Democrat. Break everybody down into demographics into groups and everything. So, if you live on Cogall Street, you are not smart enough or cultured enough uh, to go to the Z. I'd love to hear her try to explain that. You know, sometimes you say things dumb. you you say things that are, you know, so maybe she um didn't intend to hurt anybody's feelings or misrepresent the situation. So, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt there. But, uh um you got to be careful when you do that. You can't assume that because somebody lives on Cogsaw Street and I don't even care if you're a reprobate that lives on Cogall Street which I think was probably the uh you know I mean you may still be cultured and may enjoy going to see the Inbetric Symphony Orchestra or maybe My Fear Lady is your favorite musical like my father-in-law my 95-year-old father-in-law comes to the Betra to see My Fear Lady. He loves My Fair Lady. We take him down to the Z. Um I mean, you know, the Z's on the hook for $37 million, 18month restoration project. The city council voted to agree to give the Z some money each year for the next I think it's what over 7-year period if I remember correctly. And then they voted not to do that. Well, now they did. They put it back. though. Um Morad said last night that she supports the Z and arts and culture, but said the city had given the um nonprofit the building and it paid no rent or taxes. How many nonprofits do we have in the city that pay no rent or taxes? Maybe they pay rent. Maybe they own the building. I don't know. But um how many empty buildings do we have that are paying no rent and taxes? You know, here's like Star Store. You know, Star Store was paying no rent, no taxes. Was just sitting there falling apart. We have old school buildings. Um but for some reason the fact that the Z while it was trying to build something and build build up you know a huge part of the community there because they were paying no rent or taxes for some reason that that got under some folks skin. I've never quite understood. And Derek Baptist what how disgraceful is it? I mean this is I you know it's not it's dumb. I mean we've seen some dumb people on the council before but this is really dumb. This is the heart of your ward. You know, there are other members of the council who would love to have the Z in their ward, right? Because it brings business in, brings positive attention to your ward, but they have such a um kind of a callous attitude about the Z that's in the center of your ward where restaurants are and in in the business district and u you know, it just makes no sense to me. But I mean, it is what it is, right? Some more ad question. What's the money for? The Z's been closed for a year. What's the money for? [Music] You know, um, as you know, the council cut 10.2 two million dollars out of the mayor's budget forcing the uh administration to make some cuts to try to balance things because you gota you know whether you like the Z you don't or whether you like the fact that the uh you know Linda Moride voted to fund the Z in the first place and now she's where's the money going well you voted for it you voted for the agreements and it's not just she I shouldn't just pick on she I just you know $10.2 million in in cuts to the mayor's budget. Um, which means some other things had to be cut or rolled back. You got to pay the Z contract. You're under contract with it. You agreed On paper, you signed it. You voted. I mean, everybody, you agreed to pay it. And I go, "We're not going to pay that." Well, see in court, Charlie Brown. But there are other things that were cut to very irresponsibly from the uh from the budget. So, the mayor submitted a a couple of um appropriations requests last night. One for um God, it was over $300,000 anyway. And um I'm sorry, it was over $3 million. And uh there was another one that was um over $800,000 and they were to cover costs for the school system and these were things that were cut by the council. Um like transportation, you know, school buses, you rent a contract, you go out and you hire a company to provide transportation for your students and then you say, "Well, I'm not going to pay the bill." I mean, this is the kind of idiocy that that goes on sometimes. And the other aspect of um the school funding was what's known as minimum net school spending requirements. And what the minimum net school spending requirement is is what the state, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts says we have to spend. All communities have a minimum net school spending requirement. And you've got to spend that amount. Minimum minimally you've got to spend that amount. on your on your education budget for for that year. I mean, look, a city like New Bedford gets 85% of its education money from the state. We come up with 15% of it. So, the state says, you know, hell, you're paying 15%. You got you got to come up with a a minimum net school amount, the spending amount. That's what we want. You cut it. If you don't meet minimum net school spending requirements, you're still on the hook for it. Say the state wants um I don't know $10 million from you and you can only put in $8 million. You're not meeting minimum net school spending requirements. So that that that $2 million difference doesn't go away. It's simply kicked over to the next fiscal year. So the next fiscal year instead of having to commit $10 million, you've now got to commit $12 million. And if you can't meet that $12 million, whatever you don't meet gets tacked on to the following years. So what you're doing by not meeting minimum net school spending is you are building in a deficit right into your budgeting. You're starting off behind the eight-ball. They call that a structural deficit. It's structured that way. It's structured right in. Should the city council cut money that would have um put us at risk of um not meeting minimum net school spending requirements and uh also not funding our um our transportation contract for busing. It's not an issue whether you like busing or not. If you don't like busing, that's fine. Let's vote not to have busing anymore. You know, I mean, I I wouldn't argue too much with that. I think if you live within two miles, you shouldn't get busy anyway, but that's just my view on it. But you can't wait till you're in the middle of a contract and and say, "Well, I'm not going to pay the money for the contract because you get sued, you're going to pay more." So before the council last night was the um the appropriation request for money to meet the obligation, financial obligation for the Z, the council voted on that 7 to four. So that's all taken care of. Um the ones in terms of the education meeting minimum net school spending requirements and transportation contract, they didn't vote. And the reason they didn't vote is because Linda Morad invoked what is known as the charter rule. The charter rule is a rule that goes back to the beginning of Robert's rules of order. And uh what it says is if a um just in a nutshell, if something is introduced to the council and the council has not had a chance to um to read it or to review it or hold hearings on it, then you can stall all action on it until the next meeting. Now, normally the council meets every two Thursdays or they meet uh they meet twice per month, actually, two Thursdays per month. But during the summer months, June, July, and August, they only meet once. They only meet once. So this has been charter ruled. In other words, it gets tabled until the next meeting, which is August 21st, which is about a week and a half before the start of school. Less than that, actually, because I think they start late August now, right? So with probably less than a week to go before the start of school, we will not know whether we are meeting minimum net school spending requirements or whether we are going to pay the bus contracts. Now my sense tells me we probably will do both of those things and the councils will acquies in in in the long run. But why do this? What is the point of this charade? What are the what is the point of the games? You know, this is what people are sick of in this country right now. sick of games. They're sick of, you know, uh, foolishness, childish behavior, um, politics. And this is why Trump's approval rating is like through the roof, regardless of what you've seen on some networks. It it really is. And I've got some new numbers for you, uh, that I'll share with you later on. But, um, and this is why, you know, every demographic, every voting block in this country has moved toward Trump and away from Democrats because the Democrats play the games. and um the modern the new the new age Democrats play the games. I'm not talking Democrats all the way back to the beginning of time, but um and people are sick of the games. They're really sick of the games. Games cost a lot of money, uh cost jobs, cost all kinds of problems. So, um there was no reason for Linda Morat to try to rule this. She knows the issue. She knows the issue. probably better than anybody else. I don't think there's anybody on that city council, and I don't think there has been for a considerable amount of time that has the financial wherewithal that Linda Morat has. Linda Morad is not stupid. She's a very smart woman. I've known Linda Morad for decades. She's a she's a very smart woman and numbers, that's her business. She was a banker. But unfortunately, you know, I I think Linda has become very petty and has become very politicized and she plays political games. No need for this. And make no mistake about it, Linda Morad drives votes on the council. Um so we'll see um we'll see what happens. Couple of uh big important votes to go from the council on uh uh education and um we're going to kick that over to August 21st. No reason to do it either. Just, you know, a lot of gamesmanship and u So last night I went down to 50s night. Joe Jesus 50s night downtown. Did you go? I almost didn't go. You know, I almost didn't go. I really had to talk myself into it. I was kind of tired last night. It was hot and you know, you go down and it's like you walk around a few times and uh it gets really crowdy and everybody say and I'm like I'm just not in the mood to do all that walking and just finally I said, you know what? Ah, what the heck? I'm going to go down. I'm going to go down and say hello to few people and then um when I get tired I'll leave. I wound up having a ball last night. I saw so many people I know and met the new police chief last night. What a great guy. And um you know met met just saw some people that I hadn't seen in a while and um it was a nice night out to socialize. Great music on four or five stages. I'm trying to and um and it was fun. it was catching up with some friends and uh and just uh enjoying I I think I stayed till God might have been about 8:30 I w up staying and um so it was a lot of fun. But on the way downtown last night I came down 195, got off on Route 18 South and I'm driving along and got up to the new pedestrian overpass and I can see people up there. I see people on the overpass and I'm thinking to myself, "Wow, look at all these people walking. They must be coming from the train to head into 50s night, right?" And as I start to get a little bit closer, I can see that they're holding signs. How about maybe two dozen people, if that. And I'm thinking, gee, wait a welcome to New Bedford or something. I don't know, maybe. And as I get closer, I picked out one of the signs, no kings. And I'm like, oh my god, here we go. These people still haven't they still haven't stopped. I don't. Um, and as I'm getting ready to go under the bridge, I notice that these are all seniors again, people my age. And it's like, what is wrong with you people? I don't know whether this is the the hippie- dippy leftover crowd from the 60s that just need to protest something. They got to be pissed off about something. They got to protest. I I don't know because none of it makes sense to me. And apparently there were protests in other cities last night, too. And this was part of something called, if I can find it here in uh Frank Mulligan's story in the paper today. Um I don't know, there was a name to the protest. Oh, good good trouble lives on. That's what it is. Good trouble lives on. But it's all part of the handsoff stuff. And they're all holding hands. All these gray-haired people. It's funny. I was talking to Tom Hodson before. I was telling I was telling him, he wasn't telling me. I was telling him the same story I'm telling you. And I said, you know, could you imagine your grandmother having the time or or or even the wherewithal to be standing out on a bridge protesting? Um or even you. I I I so I I I don't very often read um some of the local stuff online, but um I'm thinking, you know, about two dozen people out of a city of 101,000 people. That's not really representative. That to me does not say that the city of New Bedford is like totally pissed off. That says that we got a bunch of board old senior citizens who watch too much CNN and have no idea what they're even talking about. And um the events uh um locally were were organized by something called Indivisible South Coast New England. Uh these these are all the heyi ho ho um left-leaning groups. Uh there's something else called mass 50501. Um Meras Victoriiosas, my Spanish isn't what it should be, I guess. Greater southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council. It's all the same groups that protest everything. Oh, the crowding at the prison. Oh, let's go out there and heyi ho ho. And you know, I mean, it's same people. It's it's like, you know, they're they're looking for the cause of the day. They go out there and print signs and go out and just hop up and down and um so Frank Mulligan spoke apparently spoke to some of these people, you know, and Frank's got good instincts as a reporter, but I wish he would follow up with more questions. I really do. I mean, he um he spoke to some of the people. He actually went over to the bridge and asked people, "What are you doing here?" but he either didn't follow up or didn't print the information they gave him when he did follow up. I don't know, maybe he doesn't want to make them look bad or or whatnot, but let me just give you a sampling of what Frank Mulligan came up with. He spoke with um somebody by the name of Christine Ljac Smith uh one of the organizers with uh Indivisible South Coast New England. And she said, quote, "We're here because of the horrific situation that's happening in our community with immigrants being snatched off the street, no due process, and being left in prisons. Their families don't know what's going on. So, we're standing with them preserving our democracy. I mean, the statement is false from beginning to end. And and by the way, um Christine, we don't have a democracy. We don't live in a democracy. It's a democratic republic. Okay? So, this not a democracy. First of all, you need you need to learn that. You got to teach. If you're going to hei and ho ho, you got to understand your government and how your government works. Big difference. Anyway, we're here because of the horrific situation that's happening in our community. What what horrific situation. I was on my way downtown, 10,000 people, a joyous celebration of our community, celebrating a tradition that goes back to the 1950s when people turned out on Thursday night to shop downtown and everything. I mean, it was really cool. It's great music, great time, great great folks to talk to, all kinds of wonderful stuff. So, I don't get the um horrific situation that's happening in our community. immigrants being snatched off the streets, no due process. How? Nobody's been snatched off the street without due process. If you've been snatched off the street, one of two things happen. Number one, you've already had your due process and you mocked it up and you wound up in jail or whatever, or you're um hiding out from charges. So, you Yeah. Okay, fine. Um, other than that, some dumb sheriff or some dumb uh judge um let you out on the street when they should not have and ISIS had to come and find you and you happen to be with some other folks who maybe are clean as a whistle. Maybe they're clean as a whistle. You know, the problem that a lot of folks don't understand here is that they say, "Well, Barry, people without criminal records. I thought Trump was only going after criminal illegal aliens." Well, he is. But the problem is because we have dumb asses uh for politicians in this state. Um what is happening is criminal illegal aliens are being allowed back on the streets either after serving time or being released by judges uh not detained by police chiefs or whatever. They're be just being allowed to go back out on the streets which makes it extremely dangerous for the ICE agents. Uh, not to mention the people that live in our community because convicted rapists, um, suspected murderers, drug dealers, and all that are being released by the politicians on the streets for some dumb reason that we can't quite comprehend. If they called ICE and said, "Hey, we're holding these people in our jails. Come get them." No problem. But so what happens if uh Manny Bananas who's you know from Guatemala or wherever um you know wanted on rape charges or convicted of child molestation or drug dealing or whatever and he's out there on the streets. Well, ICE has to go and get them and uh if they go and get them and Manny Bananas is with a bunch of other people who um don't have papers, those people could be clean as a whistle. Their only offense in the entire world might be that they are here illegally. They get dragged in because they have to be checked out. The ICE people can't stop and say, "Well, let me call and see if you've got any uh you know, any priors or what." That's not their job. Their job is to get Manny Bananas. If there's anybody with Manny Bananas when they're arresting Manny Bananas that doesn't that don't have the proper documentation, they got to come in and they get their due process at that point. because then you go before an immigration judge. But none of that has to even happen. Nobody's out there looking for folks who are just simply here illegally at this point. We're looking for criminal illegal alias. But a lot of other people get swept up into it. Uh because we have, as I mentioned, dumbass judges and dumbass sheriffs and dumbass police chiefs and politicians in the state and the media and all that. So you're putting the community's life at risk and you're putting the community But you know what? Not one person who is even here illegally that has not committed a crime would would ever see ICE if it wasn't for the fact that the liberals are letting these offenders back out on the streets. That's the problem. So the liberals are the ones that are causing the problem and then they're bitching about the problem. So, you know, I just don't um I don't know. There was another one. Um, Victor Mey Dartmouth said, "I'm out here to protest the Republican nonsense that is going on in this country." It's as easy as that. Especially the ICE terror in New Bedford. You know, I wonder, did Frank Mulligan ever say, "Well, what exactly are you talking about, Victor? Uh, what Republican nonsense are you talking about that's going on in the country?" Explain that. Because if he did, he didn't include that in the story. I mean, wouldn't wouldn't that be your first response? Excuse me, Victor. Why are you out here? Well, because of the Republican nonsense in this country. Well, what Republican nonsense? Explain it to me. Tell me exactly what Republican nonsense had you out here. Well, we don't know that. Because either Victor wasn't asked to explain that. Maybe Victor, if you're listening, you want to call me up. Explain to me what exactly is the Republican nonsense going on in our country that has you out on an overpass holding a sign, hey ho hoing, while 10,000 other people are a couple of blocks away from me celebrating and listening to music and having a good time. I maybe Frank didn't include your reasons, but I'd love to know what they are. Somebody named Erin Patterson who's out with her daughter Taylor, members of a local activist group, Democracy Unleashed. Erin said it's tough times out there. It's very different country we're beginning to live in. What it's going to take to make it right is us. Obviously, we can't rely on our government to do anything. So, we're the ones that need to stand up against everything that's going on. We have people being kidnapped right off our streets here in New Bedford. Oh my god. It's just too much. She said our community needs to come together. We're stronger together. But again, you know, Frank, what Aaron Oscar, it's tough times out there. It's very different country. Obviously, we can't rely on our government to do anything. So, we're the ones that need to stand up. What is the problem? Articulate the problem, Erin. You don't articulate the problem. Frank doesn't know enough to ask you what the problem is. He just writes it down. and prints it up and like she can't deal with the problems today. But he doesn't ask her what the problems are. So we don't know, Aaron. Maybe he did ask you and you couldn't answer the question. Maybe but he should indicate that in the story. I asked Eron what exactly she talking about? What the hell you talking about? She couldn't answer me. So, uh, that would be nice because it'll give the the reader a better understanding of who these people are and what their what their issues are or whether they even understand why they're standing on a bridge at 5:30 at night. Hey, hey, ho, ho. While people are celebrating by the thousands just a couple of blocks away, listening to music, having good food and stuff. And I don't know, Ed Parr said, "I'm out here basically because I just disagree with the way Trump is running the country." Well, specifically what what what is Trump doing running the country that would drive you to stand on a bridge as a silver-haired old guy? What are you What are you doing up there, Ed? There are numerous things starting with immigration issues and this recent budget that he passed. Well, let me let me explain a little bit of civics to you, Ed. I know you're an expert on everything and and government and everything, but the president of the United States does not pass a budget. The president of this United States has no power to pass a budget ad. I know they didn't teach you this, you know, but so I'm here to inform you. The president of the United States does not have the authority or the power to pass a budget. The president of the United States can propose a budget and it's up to the Congress of the United States to vote on and pass a budget. So, the president did not pass a budget. But according to Ed, President Trump passed a budget that is taking away health care and food from people in the United States. I don't know if Ed knows anybody personally that's losing their health care and their food. If he does, I wish he would direct them to me and I I'll help them to get it back. Um, unless they don't qualify for it, of course. Unless maybe they're here illegally or maybe they are defrauding the system or maybe they're wearing Spongebob Squarepants pajamas and sitting in the mother's basement all day and refusing to work, then then they don't need it, Ed. They don't need it because they have the ability to work and they don't want to work. But anybody, all you senior citizens that hey ho ho heyi ho and whatever up on the bridge, you nobody's taking your food away from you. You got to have food to have the energy to hey ho ho on a bridge, right? So none of you looked in bad shape. I saw you all. I drove by. I didn't see anybody that looked like they were malnourished um or in need of healthcare. None of these people see everybody. Oh, healthcare. They're taking away our healthcare and our food. But not one of them has lost their healthcare or their food. And they can't tell you who has. Nobody can. Especially not Ed Parr because Ed Parr believes that the president passes a budget. Um I'm here to protest all of that against authoritarianism. Authoritarianism basically. Ed, do you know what authoritarianism is? Ed, you're a senior. Chances are your dad fought in a war, right? Maybe one of the big ones, maybe Korea, whatever. Maybe you did. I don't know. Um, maybe I'd go home and look it up online what authoritarianism is because you obviously have no clue. This is a word that the uh the union gave you or the hei heyi ho ho leadership gave you or you saw it on CNN and thought it was a pretty cool word and so you made a sign that said no kings or whatever and you went out there authoritarianism. You don't know what it means. You folks are making fools out of yourselves. You really are. Francis who didn't wish to give her last name. I don't blame her said I'm here for my country. I love this country. This country was built on immigration. Another dumbass remark. This country was built on immigration. Nobody's saying that we're not we're got to have immigration. Francis, you know, there's a lot of criminal illegal aliens in this country that would rape you rather than look at you or murder you or rob you or sell fentinel to your grandchildren um and kill them. And you know what? They don't care about you. Those people are not and should not be welcome in this country. These are people that you think you're talking about. Immigrants are welcome in our country. They always have been. We love immigrants. My folks came from my not my my parents, but my family came from all over the world as did many of you. So, I've got to get a break in. 5089960500. We're coming right back. Stay in Massachusetts. getting a ballot question up there that the governor is trying to stop. Uh that would give you your gun rights back here in Massachusetts. Bill Bashant, you want to go see this dude at Bashant Armament Corporation. Uh they specialize in firearms, ammunition, safety courses, and much more. They also know that unwanted guns are unsafe in any environment. And that's why they also offer a gun orphanage. This is an amazing thing they do. A bill buys any type of gun. Don't settle for a gift card or even less. Have Bill come right to your house. He'll pay you on the spot for your guns. No permit necessary. 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And by the way, the folks that um um I kind of outed I didn't out them the Standard Times. Frank Mulligan did. I just read the story and mentioned their names because they were already in print anyway. Uh who were down on the bridge. There is still time to redeem yourself. You know, just how about this? If you sit down and you actually think about what you're saying and you know people that are telling you this stuff about people being kidnapped off the streets and uh you know President Trump passed the budget, sit down and think about um what exactly it is you're saying. Rationalize it. Figure it out and demand more information. Don't just accept this stuff as as factual because that's what they want you to do. They want they want to fill your head with all kinds of dumb stuff so that you run around and promote the dumb stuff so you look dumb and they don't look dumb. Um, you know, President Trump did not pass a bill. He didn't pass a bill. He doesn't vote on a bill. He didn't get one single vote on that bill. Okay? He didn't vote on it. Congress votes for it. And the the budget bill is actually good for you. It doesn't take away your food. It doesn't take away your medicine. It doesn't take away your social security. As a matter of fact, if you're on social security, you're going to get a hell of a tax break. You know that? Are you even aware of that? Now, you're probably listening to NPR. Oh gee, I guess you won't be doing that much longer, will you? Ah, shucks. Uh, we'll give you an update on what's going on with NPR as well. So, stick around with us and gab with us in the next hour right here on WBSM. We've got ABC News coming up next, followed by WBSM News with Mike Roberts and then the ABC 6 Weather Center forecast for the weekend. Kind of a mixed bag.