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Paul
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 Posted - 09/11/2006 : 9:19:15 PM
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| Citizen Kane--I would have been all for some kind of ceremony to commemorate the 5th anniversary of 9/11---GREAT IDEA !!! |
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Court4Fred
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 08:14:14 AM
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| Suddenly it all makes sense to me. You really are one of Freddy's boys |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 08:21:35 AM
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As would I, Paul, but you didn't answer the question. With a full time Veterans' Administrator, you would think that a 9/11 ceremony would've be a worthwhile event for him to plan.
And I'm all for veterans getting all the benefits in the world. Many, many of my relatives are veterans, and another has recently entered the Marines, which means he'll probably be shipped off to that hell hole as soon as he's finished with basic training. So can you tell me -- exactly what is our new full time veterans' administrator going to be doing for the veterans. |
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Paul
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 11:41:04 AM
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COURT--I am no ones boy.
That is your comback for everything---blame it on Freddy.
I told you a long time ago that people in the area said Smith told them not to go to the meeting because it was a done deal and you didn't want to believe me .
You wanted me to name the people---which I never would post their name on a forum like this.
Dibiaso told Smith right to his face last night at the Alderman's meeting what Smith said when he was down in the area---What I know of Smith makes me sure I would never vote for him---It has nothing to do with Freddy or anyone else---People in the area told me what they heard him say !
Did you ever check out whether the guy trying to build the houses down there made a contribution to Smith's campaign ??
He isn't from Everett either--just like the people running Mass Equality. |
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Paul
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 11:46:18 AM
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Citizen Kane---Before I answer any more of your questions I want to ask you one first.
Are you in favor of a full time Verterans Administrator or are you AGAINST it like Smith is ? |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 1:01:02 PM
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| Paul, I don't know enough about the position to make a determination one way or the other, which is why I posed the question, what is a full time administrator going to do that wasn't being done with a part time position? It's a legitimate question. As I said, many many of my relatives are veterans and some are currently in the service, so I have no problems giving veterans whatever they need; if we need a full time administrator to accomplish that, so be it, but I'd like to know what a full time administrator is going to accomplish that wasn't being accompished with the part time position. |
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Fran
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 5:31:51 PM
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| The position was made full time due to state stature. The debate was over how much of a raise he got going from part time to full time. Whether you for or against a full time department head is mute because it's mandated by law. |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/12/2006 : 5:40:16 PM
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So the debate was around the amount of money, and not around the part time vs. full time status? Smith was questioning the amount of money being paid as opposed to making the position full time?
Well . . . I have no problem with that, if that's the case. That's what our elected officials are supposed to do -- question the way our money is being spent. And with a budget that came in $10 million over last year, with new positions and large increases for part time positions, it's a shame that others didn't ask more questions as well.
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justthfcts
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Posted - 09/13/2006 : 11:34:14 PM
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| Same thing as two years ago when a week before the election the radical gay movement flooded the city with an attack flyer ripping Ed Connolly for being against gay marriage the same group Mass Equality is doing it this year on behalf of STAT and it will not work. Stat came out with an ad this week saying he has been the victim of a dirty slander campaign. Frank Nuzzo has kept this whole thing out of the gutter and is in no way associated with what Mitchell has been writing in the Advocate for the last few weeks and the people of Everett know this. It is the gay mafia whose poster boy is Jarrett Barrios that is backing Smith, and it will not work. I predict that Ald. Nuzzo will prevail on Tuesday although i do believe it will be quite close most likely under 100 votes and he will cruise to victory in November. PAUL D. DOBBINS |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/14/2006 : 12:48:07 AM
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Paul, with all due respect, but Nuzzo is absolutely guilty by association for what has been written in the Advocate, and Jim Mitchell is not the one writing the trash that has been printed about Smith. The styles of writing of the "commentaries" about Smith and the stuff that Mitchell writes, for example, trashing Hanlon are completely different. Frank Nuzzo got into this race at the behest of Fred Foresteire -- and he's told people this, because, he says, he "owes" the Superintendent. He's sat quietly back while allowing the rubbish to be printed in the Advocate. If he's truly unassociated with it, he should have made public statement distancing himself from it, and he didn't. Take a look at his ads -- they look tellingly familiary to the ones put together for School Committee candidates and Hanlon last year. Why is that? Because they've all been done by Fred's PR hatchet boy, John Cook Dowd.
You're a supporter of Frank's, Paul, and that's your right, but Frank is no innocent in this. And Stat has been subjected to slanderous tactics in the Advocate. I don't believe his ad accuses Frank of propogating the slander -- it's just a statement of fact. You also chose to leave out what the rest of the ad was about, which addressed Nuzzo's record of participation in budget meetings.
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Real McCoy
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Posted - 09/14/2006 : 8:41:27 PM
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| Mr. Dobbins I thought you didnt like predictions????? |
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Paul
Senior Member
158 Posts |
Posted - 09/15/2006 : 11:48:53 AM
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Citizen Kane,
Why are you directing that misguided post toward me ?
What did I write that warranted that post being directed to me?
BTW--I was reading the Advocate today and it is written that Smith has taken big money from the Homosexuals AGAIN and he voted to kill the Pre K for the kids at the Webster School.
I am glad these things are getting out to the public because you don't see anything about it in Smith's literature and they are the TRUTH !!
I guess he never wanted those things to become common knowledge. |
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Citizen Kane
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1082 Posts |
Posted - 09/15/2006 : 2:13:43 PM
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| My comments were directed toward the post signed by Paul Dobbins. |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/15/2006 : 3:37:53 PM
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But as long as we're on the subject of the truth coming out, Paul, I guess you're not disturbed by the fact that Nuzzo has missed the majority of budget meetings held in the city in the past 5 years. And if people are so concerned about how much money Smith is getting from outside of the city, you might want to chew on this little piece of information. Of the $11759.00 that Nuzzo reported in itemized contributions -- let's look at the breakdown. $3609 Nuzzo contributed himself -- which he also lists as a liability. I don't have any problme with candidates loaning themselves money to run their campaigns, but you can't count money as both a contribution and a liability. Perhaps Nuzzo doesn't understand the reporting rules. Maybe the Superintendent can explain them to him.
That's leaves Nuzzo with $8,150 in itemized contributions, which entail contributions over $50. Of that $8150.00, $6134.00 came from contributors who don't live in Everett.
You may not like the organization that contributes to Smith's campaign, but in terms of money coming from sources outside of the city, looks like Nuzzo and Smith are running neck and neck.
Oh, and by the way, someone is designing Nuzzo's ads for the newspaper. I didn't notice any payment, liability or in kind contribution listed on his report that would indicate who that is. Why do you suppose that is? |
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Paul
Senior Member
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Posted - 09/16/2006 : 12:04:40 PM
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| I know it isn't the Homosexual Organization Mass Equality --they are contributing to Smith's campaign BIG TIME !! |
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