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justme
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 Posted - 08/12/2007 : 9:39:00 PM
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Obviously your reading comprehension skills are lacking CCLou.......... This is not a letter to the globe. Kathleen Conti is a staff writer for the Globe.
Based on the number of articles she's written recently, it appears she may have a vested interest in the city. Her articles are very well written and she sticks to the facts.
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I wil be asking for HER source since she was not there and I find the comments about MS..Bruno very interesting.
The meetings are televised therefore she doesn't need to be there. Her "sources" are none of your business. Ms Conti is capable of choosing who she wants to speak with and Ms Bruno has a right to speak with whomever she chooses.
You need to get over yourself!
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 08:06:37 AM
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Go head, Louie . . . ask Ms. Conti what her sources are. Maybe when she finishes laughing, she can refer you to a good reading comprehension specialist. Or a therapist that can help you face reality.
Reporters don't reveal their sources, Louie. They're protected by the first amendment. Reporters have gone to jail to protect their sources. So by all mean, Louie, give Ms. Conti a call.
I'll say one thing for you, Louie, you do provide comic relief out here.
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massdee
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 08:31:05 AM
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| It never ceases to amaze me, how so many people cannot comprehend what they read. They seem to have a preconceived idea in their minds and think everything revolves around their opinion. As for Ms. Conti, I think she does a pretty good job with her many articles about Everett. Most times her information is right on. She doesn't take sides she just writes the facts. I always check the Globe North section to read her latest article about Everett. Unlike our local papers, I don't believe she has a dog in this race. |
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tetris
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Posted - 09/23/2007 : 12:20:03 PM
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From the North weekly section of today's Globe:
Finalists seeking new focus
Everett incumbent bounced from race
By Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff | September 23, 2007
No two words get Everett voters more riled up for change than fiscal mismanagement.
That phrase, successfully used by Mayor John Hanlon two years ago to unseat David Ragucci, were the very ones used by his opponents this year, with the same result: The incumbent is out again.
Now two aldermen who ran on similar platforms in Tuesday's preliminary election must show voters in the general election that they differ from each other.
A turnout of 35 percent of Haverhill's registered voters decided that Hanlon was not the man for the job for the next two years, instead choosing the two well-known aldermen to duke it out on Nov. 6. The turnout was better than the 18 percent who showed up for the special state Senate election held two weeks ago, said City Clerk Michael Matarazzo.
Board of Aldermen president Joseph W. McGonagle topped the count with 2,344 votes, winning 13 of 18 precincts in Tuesday's balloting. Alderman at Large Carlo DeMaria Jr. came in second, with 1,959 votes, winning four precincts. With 1,753 votes and carrying one precinct (in McGonagle's Ward 6), Hanlon, 72, came in third. Ward 3 Common Councilor James A. Keane, 49, came in last, with 161 votes.
Matarazzo said he can't recall an instance when an Everett mayoral incumbent failed to make it past the preliminary election.
After declaring their intentions for the city's top office, McGonagle, 48, and DeMaria, 34, told voters that the municipal budget has increased by $24 million for the past two years, accused Hanlon of hiring unqualified people to run City Hall, and argued that there was too much division in local government.
"What sets me apart from Carlo is my voting record," McGonagle said in an interview a day after the preliminary. "I'm the only mayoral candidate who's voted 'no' on the past two budgets. Carlo did not. I fought the tax amnesty program in the city, which he sponsored, which was rewarding people for not paying their tax es. I don't cater to small business groups. I do not work for developers."
Among DeMaria's campaign supporters is a local developer who is involved in a lawsuit against the city. But DeMaria said this is not an issue for him, because taking a donation from a developer does not mean he would support any development opposed by residents.
"If Alderman McGonagle wants to mudsling because a developer donated to me and he wants to run his whole campaign on that, good luck to him," DeMaria said. "I'm about moving Everett forward and uniting the city, bringing qualified individuals into City Hall, not just people looking for a pension. I'm not concentrating on politics."
If elected, DeMaria said, his main goals are to find ways to lower residential property taxes by seeking "clean development that will generate revenue for the city" and to set standards holding absentee landlords accountable for their properties.
Despite initial reports that Hanlon endorsed DeMaria after polls closed, Hanlon said in an interview that he has not done so.
But the rumors are enough to be of concern to McGonagle, since Hanlon got the support of more than 1,700 voters. If elected, McGonagle said, he would focus on cutting the tax rate, and pushing to convert the old Everett High School into a "senior living co-op" and the former Devens School into a youth center. He also said he wants to reach out to Everett's minority and immigrant community, whom he said "don't have anyone at City Hall who can communicate with them, and that has to change."
McGonagle has been in elected office for six years, first on the Common Council and then as an alderman. He started his own construction company and works in management for a Newton commercial development real estate firm. He is a graduate of Pope John XXIII High School in Haverhill and attended Bridgewater State College.
DeMaria has served the city for the past 14 years, first on the Common Council and then as an alderman, and owns four Honey Dew Donuts franchises outside the city. DeMaria is a graduate of Everett High School and of Northeastern University.
Both McGonagle and DeMaria said their business backgrounds would help them tackle the city's finances.
Hanlon said voters were deceived by promises of saving money and said a new mayor will encounter the same thing he did: uncontrollable fixed costs. This year alone saw a $2 million increase in the annual payment to the city's retirement fund, which by 2028 will increase by $13.8 million, Hanlon said, "unless we do something about it now."
He said he is unsure whether he will continue to pursue a political career in Everett, adding that he may opt for a private-sector job.
Keane, who is not running for his council seat, said he was told that his straightforward approach would get him "every antiestablishment vote out there, but I guess the antiestablishment took the day off."
Daniel Marien, assistant professor of political science at Salem State College, said it is surprising that the incumbent would lose in a preliminary election.
"This country, in the past 20 years, have become extremely allergic to a tax increase," Marien said. "Whenever there's a tax increase, there's almost a knee-jerk reaction to punish the person in office for the tax increase."
Katheleen Conti can be reached at kconti@globe.com.
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tetris
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Posted - 09/23/2007 : 12:32:14 PM
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Two questions from the above article:
1. Should we consider these quotes from the two candidates mudsling or pointing out what each believes to be the difference between himself and his opponent?
"What sets me apart from Carlo is my voting record. "I'm the only mayoral candidate who's voted 'no' on the past two budgets. Carlo did not. I fought the tax amnesty program in the city, which he sponsored, which was rewarding people for not paying their taxes. I don't cater to small business groups. I do not work for developers."
"I'm about moving Everett forward and uniting the city, bringing qualified individuals into City Hall, not just people looking for a pension. I'm not concentrating on politics."
2. Any insights about what's going on with Hanlon's endorsement of DeMaria?
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massdee
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Posted - 09/23/2007 : 1:20:26 PM
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There is also another interesting article in the Globe North today, about Charter reform in Everett.
I find this quote from the post about the primary interesting???????
"Despite initial reports that Hanlon endorsed DeMaria after polls closed, Hanlon said in an interview that he has not done so."
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Lynda
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Posted - 09/23/2007 : 9:36:10 PM
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| That is because Hanlon must have ultimas setting in. He says one thing than denies it if it fails. |
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keanu
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Posted - 09/24/2007 : 12:44:24 PM
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Lynda(disgrace)you are not a decent person. That comment is not necessary. That is an insult to the people that have alzheimers. Instead of name calling and bashing all the time why dont you stick to the issues. You either lie a lot or you are just stupid.
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Court4Fred
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Posted - 09/24/2007 : 2:26:25 PM
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Keanu - you're out of your mind and you owe Lynda an apology. Hanlon has a definitive history of claiming one thing and doing/saying another. Let's go through the list, shall we?
1. Open Meeting Violation by the BOA (Fiction)
2. 5 Million Dollars Missing (Fiction)
3. Claimed he would shut down city government (Fiction)
4. Claimed his budget wouldn't cause a 2 1/2 over-ride as presented (Fiction - it needs transfers to cover it)
5. Claimed Larry DeCoste didn't "know what he was talking about." Fiction - Larry DeCoste was the only member of the administration to KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
6. Claimed the Council only had until June 30 to decide on the budget (Fiction - the DOR had to step in and tell him they had 45 days)
Shall we go on? Actually - we can all probably come up with example of this stuff. |
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Lynda
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Posted - 09/24/2007 : 3:34:50 PM
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Thank you Court4Fred. :)
Look at the source... I really don't expect anything different from that one. |
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massdee
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Posted - 09/30/2007 : 09:48:29 AM
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This article is about Mr. Thibeault and his company in Newburyport.
The Boston Globe
Newburyport
Battle over landfill odor escalates
By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | September 30, 2007
The checkered history of Newburyport's Crow Lane Landfill may become pivotal in the legal battle to cap and close it.
Citing a 1984 contract that the city signed with the facility's previous owner agreeing to "accept all responsibility" for environmental concerns from city sludge dumped there, the landfill's current owner is demanding that Newburyport accept full responsibility for related cleanup costs.
The demand by New Ventures Associates LLC comes as the Everett-based company is under court order to take immediate steps to stop the spread of noxious odors from its landfill. On Sept. 20, a Suffolk Superior Court judge directed New Ventures to place a temporary cap on the portion generating rotten-egg smells, install three gas-extraction wells to control the odors, and to repair tears in the permanent cap that was installed.
The court order followed numerous legal actions against the company in the past two years by the city and the state Department of Environmental Protection over trash, odor, and other alleged violations at the site.
Now, New Ventures' lawyers have raised the stakes, saying information they have uncovered from 21 years ago indicates the city generated and disposed of approximately 30 tons of municipal waste per day and had a history of violations that resulted in state action.
"The landfill is a wound the city inflicted upon itself, and the city is obliged under [state environmental law] to cooperate with New Ventures in its effort to close that wound," states a Sept. 6 letter to Mayor John Moak from New Ventures attorney Richard Bennett.
The letter includes a copy of a 1986 Boston Globe article about state action against the city and the landfill's previous owner for violations of trash and sludge disposal requirements. It also quotes a state environmental official as saying the landfill has a "history of compliance problems."
New Ventures bought the landfill in 2000.
In its September letter, New Ventures' lawyer, citing state public records law, requests that the city send him all historical records relating to the landfill from every city board, department and other "governmental unit," including all "e-mails, notes, calendar entries, minutes of City Council, Board of Health, Conservation Commission, Department of Public Works and other meetings, and other paper and electronic records, whether current or archived."
In a phone interview this week, Bennett said he has not received any of the requested records from the city, but believes officials intend to comply after discussing it with the city solicitor. New Ventures' request follows its August letter notifying Newburyport that it is considering civil litigation to recoup some of the $7.1 million the company has spent capping and closing the landfill.
Newburyport's solicitor calls the latest twist a diversion tactic.
"It appears to be a retaliatory attempt to deflect attention away from their failure to properly close the landfill and deflect attention away from the fact that they have been subjecting the neighborhood to horrible . . . odors," said Richard Bowen.
Bowen also said the city rejects New Ventures' statements that the city bears responsibility for cleaning, capping, or closing the landfill.
"We have asked him to give us all the documents in his possession that would substantiate their claim that we have responsibility," Bowen said. "If he can produce the documents, we are happy to review them and do a further assessment. But until they step up and do that, we are not going to credit their claim." |
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AVGMOM
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Posted - 09/30/2007 : 1:04:45 PM
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| Okay, basically what this article is saying is that the land was contamanated prior to Mr. Thibeault's purchase of the property and he already spent 7.1 million $ to cap it and close the landfill. Read the article carefully. This has nothing to do with Everett. |
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H1ghCh4r1ty
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Posted - 09/30/2007 : 7:25:50 PM
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Thibeault is trying to screw the Town of Newburyport. Thibeault knew what he was doing when he bought that property. Now that there is a problem that interferes with his plan to develop the site, he is trying to push blame onto the Town. Thibeault and his sister cannot be trusted. They have never complied with DEP on building a permanent structure to house his filthy "venture" in Everett.
Too bad Carlo is involved with this sleazebag, because it shows that Carlo is incredibly naive or just plain stupid. Either quality is not good for Everett's chief executive.
I do not believe that Carlo is corrupt, he is just in way over his head with this scumbag and his sister. Carlo should distance himself and his campaign from anything to do with Thibeault and salvage his reputation, if he can.
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justme
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Posted - 09/30/2007 : 9:36:51 PM
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| Actually AVGMOM, what the article says is Thibeault CLAIMS the land was contaminated when he bought it............. The man does not take responsibility for anything. He blames other people and ties everything up in the legal system hoping to wear them down. He's NOT the kind of person we want our Mayor to be closely associated with. |
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massdee
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