Leaving Town

0:00Boston's bulldozer operates 70s a week. The Kooner Report Weekend Edition. W-R-K-O. The Voice of Boston. 617-266-6868 is the number. OK, it is the Kooner Country poll question of the day sponsored by Mario's. Mario's quality, roofing, citing, and windows. Are you thinking about moving to another state? And I'm going a little bit beyond the poll question, but let me just refine it a little bit. Are you planning to move? Are you thinking about moving to another red state? In other words, you live in a blue state. Are you thinking about moving to another red state? Are you thinking? Are either have you done it? Are you planning or thinking about being part of this mass exodus of people fleeing blue states now for red states?

1:05A, yes. B, no. You can vote on our web page, W-R-K-O.com slash Kooner. W-R-K-O.com slash Kooner. K-U-H and as a national ER. You can also vote via X and again last night. Superactive on X. My handle there, all one word, at the Kooner report, at the Kooner report, K-U-H and as a national ER. Now, I don't know where gas, how much gas is where you live. When I went to tank up, and this was maybe two days ago, gas was $339 a gallon in my area. It was $289 just before the Iran War began. So it's gone up about $0.50 a gallon, $339. Mike says that he went to tank up recently. It's $350 where he is in New Hampshire.

2:05Sandy in response to the call from Michelle in Florida. Remember Michelle was complaining about saying, hey, things are pretty expensive here. And the west coast of Florida where she is, gas is $350 a gallon. She listed other things. But she said, you know, hey, gas is not cheap here as well. $350. This is what Sandy texted me. Jeff, $350 a gallon. It's $5 a gallon now in Massachusetts. Gas is not cheaper here in mass. Taxes are not cheaper here. Food is not cheaper here. So she's saying, you know, whatever, you know, she understands Michelle is not happy with her salary. She's in the healthcare business. She's a nurse. Salaries are higher here than in Florida. But Sandy's point is, no, gas is more expensive here than Florida. Taxes are much higher here than Florida. Food is more expensive here than Florida. But I'm just the $5 now.

3:07I know California is $5.33. The average in California, $5.33 a gallon, which to me is outrageous. Okay, disgusting. That's Gavin Newsom. That's, you know, that's what happens when you have a, you know, an insane socialist running your state into the ground. Okay? But has gas gone up? I mean, am I missing something? Has gas gone up to $5 a gallon in mass? Or in parts of Massachusetts? Is my area of the exception? When the last I checked, it was, as I said, $3.39. $3.40. $3.40 a gallon. Mike says it's $350 where he is in New Hampshire. Has it gone up that high that it's now $5 a gallon? Because of the war in Iran? I'm just asking. Because if that's the case, holding macro. I mean, that's California Hawaii levels. 617-266-68-68.

4:10Bob in marble head. Thanks for holding Bob and welcome. Filled up half a tank, $350 in Salem. $350 in Salem. Yeah, that's, yeah, that's pretty much where it is in my, a little, I'm a tad lower, but in that range, keep going, Bob. So to answer your question, yes, yes, in hell, yes. My, my, my, my situation is I'm 83. My life turns 80 next month. I'm a 30 head Navy veteran. There is no incentive to stay up here. I've got a friend down in the Navy Helo pilot down in Florida. He said, who's lived on the North Shore, born up Linfield or Lin somewhere up in the North Shore here? He said, there's no incentive.

5:11Your pension, your Navy pension goes a lot longer. And there's plenty of jobs down here for veterans. So, but, you know, I just, you know, the values. The town is technically broke like the state. We have to go in for an override. I don't know how many millions they haven't calculated yet, but it's going to be at least in the millions. And the state is technically broke. They're so corrupt. They won't even finish the audit or even expose what the audit is. That is so aggravating. So there's no incentive to stay. Sorry. And potholes all over. I mean, you know, we used to have them filled. I'm looking at three right on one of the main roads as I talk to you from my truck. It's, I mean, it's, it's horrible.

6:13And this is classified as a wealthy town and very historic. Oh, I've been to marble. It's a beautiful town. Bob, no question. But the potholes, no, I hear you. Look, all the money is going to the illegals. That's, let's call it as it is. So they don't want an audit because they're stealing the money and they don't want us to know how much is going to the illegals. Everything is going to the illegals. You're locked into Boston's bulldozer. The Kooner Report Weekend Edition. The Voice of Boston W.R.K.O.