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Erstwhile Health Care CEO Jay Gonzalez On Bid For Governor 14:thirty

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Jay Gonzalez, who is running for governor of Massachusetts, at WBUR (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Candidates are ramping upwards their challenges to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who continues to rank equally America'due south most popular governor. A poll concluding month gave Baker a 75 percent approval rating. Moreover, merely 17 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the job Bakery is doing.

Ii Democrats have officially thrown their hats into the band so far: Bob Massie and Jay Gonzalez. Mon, nosotros spoke with Gonzalez about why he should win the corner office.

Invitee

Jay Gonzalez, former president CEO of CeltiCare Wellness and New Hampshire Salubrious Families and erstwhile secretary for administration and finance under Gov. Deval Patrick. He tweets @jay4ma.

Interview Highlights

On Early Didactics

"Early education and child care is one of many issues that we need to brand progress on. This is an area where this could be a game changing for children in our land, particularly lower income children — the research is really articulate on this — and for their parents. If they had access to affordable, good quality child care and preschool, information technology would let them to go back to piece of work. This is an surface area where we're doing virtually nothing right at present, that can brand a huge difference for kids and their parents. ...

"We accept tens of thousands of families in this state who can't afford early education. We've got a workforce in the early education expanse that's getting paid an average of $25,000 a year. Forty per centum of them are on country assistance. It'due south way besides expensive for families to ship their kids, and then this could be a game changing for kids in terms of giving them the solid start they demand to be successful in school and allow their parents to go back to work. This is an instance of an area where this could exist a huge difference for kids and families, where our governor correct at present is not, has no plan for moving us forrad or for taking us to where we need to exist."

In Support Of The Millionaire'southward Tax

"This is something I call back we badly need. Our governor has said no new taxes. He'southward taken no position on this ballot question. This is another instance of him sitting on the sidelines and non taking a position.

"We've got to exist honest about the fact that nosotros need boosted revenue for our transportation organisation, the T ... for pedagogy, for things like what I just talked about in terms of early on educational activity and intendance, which will make a huge deviation for families in this state.

"I'm being honest with people, nosotros need that revenue. I remember this is a fair manner to enhance it, which is why I support it. Nosotros're asking those who've done bully during this economic recovery to pay a petty bit more so that we tin can invest in supporting those families who've been having a hard time getting alee."

On Baker's Direction Of The State Budget

"Governor Baker's been mismanaging the budget. He's been irresponsible in how he's been developing the budget. He has non been following policies nosotros put in place when I was at that place, similar not budgeting against volatile capital gains tax acquirement. And as a result he's been in this situation where he'due south constantly having to go back and plug holes in the budget and scramble at the end of the fiscal twelvemonth to get information technology in residue. And it's resulted in emergency cuts to actually of import programs like opioid habit treatment programs and other programs that people depend on. And he's setting usa up for a fiscal crisis."

On His Record Equally The State Upkeep Chief

"When I was there, during the Peachy Recession, nosotros successfully managed the budget. We did so while preserving important investments in public education at record levels and in infrastructure at tape levels, and achieved the highest bond ratings in country history, when I was there. Gov. Bakery has has failed to manage the budget. He's been scrambling to shut upkeep holes, he's been cutting funding for programs that need it, and he's put our bond ratings at adventure — they're on negative watch. And this is supposed to be his whole case for being governor: that he'southward a great manager. He has not been managing well."

On His Family

"My mom's from Cleveland, and went abroad on a foreign exchange programme in college, and came dorsum married to a 19-year-former Spanish human, and pregnant with me. My father, who came to this country, didn't speak English language, had never been to college, and he — through a lot of hard work and the sense of optimism and appreciation for the opportunities here — worked his way from laying bricks in a urban center sewer organization to condign a successful small businessman. And he is a existent hero to me, and proves this betoken through his example that we can practise anything we put our minds to."

This article was originally published on May 08, 2017.

This segment aired on May 8, 2017.

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