Governor-elect Healey meets with Gov. Charlie Baker after election win - WCVB Boston

BEN: BREAKING NEWS ON BEACON HILL, GOVERNOR-ELECT MAURA HEALEY AND OUTGOING GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER JUST MET. >> THIS IS THE TRANSITION LET’S GO LIVE. >> FIRST OFF OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. WE KNOW THAT RUNNING STATEWIDE IS A HUGE COMMITMENT AND I BELIEVE JENNA GOVERNOR, I JUST KNOW HOW BIG A COMMITMENT THAT IS AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE ON A CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN IT COMES TO A STATE LIKE MASSACHUSETTS. I’M SURE THAT AFTER SOME DOWNTIME, LIKE MAYBE THIS AFTERNOON, YOU WILL BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND WORKING ON THE TRANSITION. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE WILL BE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TEAM HAS ALL OF THE RESOURCES THEY NEED FOR A SMOOTH AND PRODUCTIVE TRANSITION. WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS TRANSITION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE WANT TO MAKE THE PROCESS AS SEAMLESS AND AS ORGANIZED AS WE CAN. THE CURRENT CHIEF OF STAFF TIM BUCKLEY AND SENIOR ADVISOR ELIZABETH MAHONEY, BOTH OF WHOM ON OUR TRANSITION TEAM IN 2015 WILL LEAD THE EFFORT OUT OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ALONG WITH OUR CABINET SECRETARIES. AS WE PUT TOGETHER THESE PLANS, WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE MOST HELPFUL INFORMATION DURING OUR TRANSITION IN 14, WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN’T AND WHAT INFORMATION WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO HAVE. AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU OR ANY OF THE FOLKS ON THE TEAM HAVE. SECRETARIES AND THEIR TEAMS ARE PREPARED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION TO BRIEF THEM ON THEIR OPERATIONS AT WHATEVER THEY THINK ARE THE KEY ISSUES AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO BE DEFINED BY THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION. EACH SECRETARY WILL HAVE A POINT PERSON FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TO COORDINATE WITH AND MAKE THE PROCESS EASIER. THE TRANSITION TEAM WILL ALSO BE OFFERED WORKSPACE IN THE STATE HOUSE IF YOU WANT TO USE IT. WE KNOW THE PROCESS CAN BE STRESSFUL BUT OUR AIM IS TO MAKE IT AS SMOOTH AND HOPEFUL AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES TO BRIEF THE ADMINS RATION ON DURING THE TRANSITION BUT THERE ARE A FEW MAIN ONES WE WILL PRIORITIZE THE BRIEFINGS FOR. EACH YEAR, THE DUTCH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I SIT DOWN WITH A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE CABINET TO GET BRIEFED ON WINTER WEATHER PREPARATIONS. WE DEALT WITH RECORD SNOWFALLS PRETTY MUCH AS SOON AS WE TOOK OFFICE IN 2015 SO WE KNOW HOW HELPFUL IT CAN BE TO GET THOSE EFFORTS COORDINATED AND WE WILL CERTAINLY INVITE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT AND THE GOVERNOR-ELECT TO JOIN US FOR THAT BRIEFING LATER THIS MONTH SO THEY COULD BE UP TO SPEED. WE WILL MAKE SURE THE INCOMING TEAM IS PREPARED FOR OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND INCLUDE HOW WE COORDINATE ACROSS AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. ANOTHER ISSUE, WILL MAKE SURE THE ADMITTED GUSH INCOMING AT MEASURES AND IS PREPARED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT YEAR’S STATE BUDGET, THEIR FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL IS NOT DUE UNTIL MARCH. WE KNOW THAT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE TWO MONTHS THEY WILL HAVE ITS A LOT OF TIME TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT. HOWEVER, WHERE LINNING THE COMMONWEALTH ON SOLID PHYSICAL FOOTING, STABILIZATION FUND HAS ALMOST $7 BILLION IN IT AND THERE IS ANOTHER BILLION EXPECTED TO BE POSSIBLE -- DEPOSITED DURING THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR WHICH WILL BRING THE TOTAL ACCOUNT TO NORTH OF $8 BILLION. WE HAVE A RECORD BUDGET SURPLUS WITH A FISCAL YEAR THAT JUST ENDED, WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE COMMONWEALTH TO GET BACK AT $3 BILLION IN EXCESS TAX REVENUES TO THE TAXPAYERS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP A STRONG FISCAL PICTURE IN PLACE WHILE PICKING RECORD INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. COMMONWEALTH’S IN GOOD POSITION, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I WILL DO EVERY THING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THE INCOMING A MINISTRATION IS AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE FOR WHEN THEY TAKE OFFICE IN JANUARY, AND WE WISH THEM OF COURSE NOTHING BUT THE BEST AS THEY MOVE FORWARD AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME THE GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE. BOTH OF THEM ARE NO STRANGERS TO GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE, BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND TO HAVE THEM COME AND HAVE US HAVE THE AFTERNOON TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND OFFICIALLY BRING YOU INTO A THIS PROCESS IS APPRECIATED. AND IT IS IMPORTANT. 60 DAYS, MAJOR HOLIDAYS, IT IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO SUCCESSFULLY AND SMOOTHLY TRANSITION THE NEXT TEAM COMING INTO THESE POSITIONS. CLEARLY IN MIND GOAL AND THE GOVERNOR BEING COLEADERS AND WORKING TOGETHER OVER THESE EIGHT YEARS HAS ALLOWED US TO BE SMART AND STRATEGIC AND GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE. FOR ME TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE LEAD VOICE AND LIAISON TO THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH ALL 351 COMMUNITIES, THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND THE GOVERNOR AND OUR ENTIRE TEAM. SO I’M GRATEFUL AS A FORMER LOCAL OFFICIAL TO SEE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT AS A MUNICIPAL LEADER COME INTO THIS ROLE. SHE WILL NO DOUBT HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND PERHAPS EVEN GET ON THE ROAD TO VISIT MANY OF THE PLACES THAT CALL MASSACHUSETTS HOME AS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE GOVERNOR-ELECT’S EXPERIENCE AS A STATEWIDE CANDIDATE BEFORE, BUT ALSO SOMEONE WHO HAS LED THOSE STATE FROM HER OFFICE AND HER WORK AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. NO DOUBT IT WILL ALSO BE IN THE AREA OF FOCUS. I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE ONCE AGAIN A HISTORIC MOMENT WITH TWO WOMEN LEADING IN THESE POSITIONS. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS TO KNOW THAT THEIR VOICES MATTER AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP LIKE THOSE. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND BIG OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR BOTH OF YOU TO BRING BACK TO THIS OFFICE. JUST A SMALL STORY. EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE INAUGURATED, MY DAUGHTER JUDY WHO IS NINE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF SITTING NEXT TO THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL HEALEY AT THAT WONDERFUL EVENT. SHE TALKED TO ME ABOUT SITTING NEXT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HOW MUCH SHE WAS ACTIVELY ASKING ABOUT HER ACADEMICS AND HER SPORTS AND HOW THINGS WERE GOING. ALL THROUGH THESE EIGHT YEARS SHE IS ALWAYS ASKED ABOUT MY DAUGHTER AND MY DAUGHTER HAS ASKED ABOUT YOU. SO COMING INTO THIS NEW POSITION AS THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, YOU CLEARLY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON GIRLS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH AS YOU HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON MINE. FOR THAT I’M GRATEFUL. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE NOW WELCOME GOVERNOR-ELECT HEALY TO THE PODIUM. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT PERSONAL STORY WITH ME AND WITH ALL OF US. CERTAINLY AS A PERSON WHO HAS GONE BEFORE AND BLAZED THE TRAIL, I APPRECIATE THOSE REMARKS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO AND INSPIRE AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE IN THE WORK AHEAD. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE THERE LAST NIGHT, EXCITING NIGHT. I’M GRATEFUL TO THE VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. OUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE IS, AS I SAID LET’S NIGHT, NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR, WE ARE GOING TO BE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL WORK WITH EVERYONE AND THAT WILL WORK HARD TO WORK FOR EVERYONE. PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN US A MANDATE NOT JUST TO ACT BUT TO DELIVER RESULTS AND WE HAVE SAID FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE WILL BE A TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON GETTING RESULTS, DELIVERING FOR PEOPLE, GETTING THINGS DONE. WE KNOW AT TIMES THE URGENCY OF THE TIMES DEMAND THAT. THAT IS WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT. WE’VE JUST COME FROM AN INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH GOVERNOR BAKER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I THANK THEM FOR THAT. I THANK THEM FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY, TO SHOW WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT IN OUR SYSTEM WITH ELECTIONS AND THE TRANSFER OF POWER AND TO MODEL THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PERSONALLY. THEY HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS PARTNERS TO ME OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS INTO MY OFFICE. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE WORK ETHIC THAT THEY BROUGHT. AND THAT THEIR TEAMS HAVE BROUGHT TO SO MANY ISSUES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THOUGHTFULNESS THAT THEY AND THEIR TEAMS ARE BRINGING TO ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION. THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT THE TRANSITION EFFORT INTO PLACE AND ARE INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE AS MENTIONED. THE GOVERNOR HAS EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO ATTEND THE WINTER PLANNING MEETING, ANOTHER REFLECTION OF THE KIND OF SMOOTH TRANSITION WE ARE ALL GOING TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ENSURE SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING DAY ONE. I’M ALSO REALLY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR TRANSITION CHAIR WILL BE MAYOR KIM DRISCOLL. I’M GRATEFUL TO HAVE MAYOR DRISCOLL AS A PARTNER IN THIS. SHE HAS AS WE KNOW, SMART, EXPERIENCED, AND AS SHE SAYS, COMES FROM THE GET STUFF DONE WING OF GOVERNMENT. SHE IS THE IDEAL CHOICE TO LEAD THE TRANSITION FORWARD. YOU HEARD ME TALK A LOT ABOUT TEAM THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO SOME OF THE BEST POSSIBLE TEAM TO MEET THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND TO DELIVER FOR PEOPLE. OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSITION WILL BE ABOUT TAKING IN A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WORKING TO BUILD ON THAT INFORMATION, WORKING TO BUILD ON THE TEAMS AND THE PERSONNEL. OBVIOUSLY KIM AND I ARE LOOKING FOR TALENTED, DEDICATED FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK NEEDED FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD. IT IS WHY WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE TODAY TO VISIT WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THEM NOT ONLY FOR THEIR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE AND PARTNERSHIP, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THIS TIME, IN THIS COUNTRY, FOR THE KIND OF COLLABORATION AND THE SPIRIT OF ENSURING THE SMOOTH DEMOCRACY AND TRANSITION OF GOVERNMENT IN THIS TIME. WE WILL HAVE MANY MORE CONVERSATIONS I’M SURE IN THE WEEKS AND DAYS TO COME. BUT AGAIN, I THANK THEM BOTH FOR THAT AND I THINK THEIR TEAMS FOR THAT. AT THIS TIME I ALSO WANT TO BRING FORWARD OUR TERRIFIC LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT, KIM DRISCOLL. >> THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH EVERYONE THIS AFTERNOON. I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO GOVERNOR BAKER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PULIDO. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A PARTNER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ON MANY ISSUES WITH SALEM. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PULIDO HAS LEFT BIG SHOES TO FILL AS A KEY LIAISON TO OUR CITIES AND TOWNS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE’RE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THIS TRANSITION. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD THE HARDEST WORKING, MOST TALENTED TEAM POSSIBLE TO BE READY ON DAY ONE. IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE STEAM, IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN ENGAGING IN THE WORK AHEAD, WE’VE GOT A NEW WEBSITE SET UP AT HEALY-DRISCOLL TRANSITION .COM. WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK. BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO MAY WANT TO BE PART OF THE TEAM GOING FORWARD, WILL BE A PORTAL WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR RESUME, YOUR NAME, CONSIDERATION FOR PHYSICIANS. IT’S IMPORTANT WE HAVE DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS TALENT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF IT AND WE WANT TO HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO DO SO. IT IS AGAIN HEALYDRISCOLLTR ANSITION.COM I AM GRATEFUL TO GOVERNOR-ELECT HEALY. IN THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL ADVISE ARBITRATION ON THE MANY ISSUES WE FACE. WE ARE EXCITED TO MEET WITH CABINET SECRETARY’S, CONTINUE TO BUILD A SMOOTH BUT WELL-INFORMED TRANSITION SO WE WILL BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE WILL UPDATE THE PUBLIC ON THE PROGRESS OF THOSE COMMITTEES, THE WORK OF THE TRANSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE ARE EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND GRATEFUL WE BEGIN TODAY. THANK YOU. >> AS I LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUE THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS TICKET, AND IT IS HISTORIC AS A FORMER POWER FORWARD I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO FIND ANOTHER GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO WILL BOTH HAVE PLAYED POINT IN COLLEGE. QUESTIONS? -- POINT GUARD IN COLLEGE. QUESTIONS? >> AFTER TWO TERMS, WHAT YOU THINK IT SAYS ABOUT YOUR PARTY THAT A DEMOCRAT IS COMING IN NOW AND WON OVERWHELMINGLY? >> ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE TICKETS. AS I SAID IN MY REMARKS, I THINK THE GOVERNOR-ELECT AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT BOTH RAN A VERY STRONG CAMPAIGN. AND THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN. >> CAN YOU SHARE WHO YOU VOTED FOR? >> I SET FOR A LONG TIME I WAS NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE ENDORSEMENT BUSINESS AND I PLAN TO KEEP TO THAT. >> WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THE GOVERNOR-ELECT TODAY TO MAKE HER SUCCESSFUL? >> I DON’T KNOW, DO I GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE? LOOK. I’M SURE WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS BUT THE ONE THING BOTH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I SHARED WITH THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT IS TO GET OUT OF T