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Cam
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 1:34:24 PM
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I know this is going to pi$$ some off but I just read this on that other place
Has anyone heard about DeMaria pulling a nutty at the rotary last Thursday morning? He was not very happy about the political ad showing Thibeault's invitation. He started screaming at Joe and his supporters stating, "if he doesn't make it through the primary, he is going to have all his people support Hanlon,"
Great, just what this city needs, Hanlon another two years.
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EverettsPride
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 1:35:34 PM
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I am not sure I believe this. I think it is another ploy.
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massdee
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 1:41:58 PM
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| Sally, my husband was there and it did happen. |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 3:05:21 PM
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| Well, that's just silly. Did Carlo actually believe Thibeault's support was not going to weave it's way into someone's campaign. That's either naive or stupid. Although I don't care for that type of advertising, it was a well done piece, I thought. However, I also think Joe needs to tell us a little more about what he's going to do right and a little less about what the other guys are doing wrong. |
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massdee
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 3:18:48 PM
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| I agree and have told him exactly that many times. He needs to get his message out. The only thing I can figure is that they are waiting until after the primary and if he makes it to the general election he will then be more forth coming with his plan to help the city. |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 4:14:44 PM
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But that's the thing, massdee. Does he not want to make it through the primary? Why not give a positive impression about yourself before the primary -- give people a reason to want you to make it all the way through. If you wait until after the primary, but don't make it through the primary, well, thank you for playing and we have some lovely parting gifts.
I just don't understand the thinking. |
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AVGMOM
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 6:39:51 PM
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| Massdee, I would never come on this site and say something if I didn't feel I was properly informed, that would be very unfair. The truth is Joe has been doing business with Billy Thibeault for years, being in the construction company he had contracts with Wood Waste. Joe chose to do business with Thibeault for years up until only a few months ago. |
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massdee
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 10:12:28 PM
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| AVGMOM, to be perfectly honest with you, I can not say if Joe ever did business with Thibeault or not. I never thought to ask him. What I do know, if as you say, Joe stopped doing business with him, it has been a lot longer than a few months. As I stated earlier, I have known about Thibeault approaching Joe since around or just before the beginning of the year. That is back before Carlo entered the race. |
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massdee
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Posted - 09/15/2007 : 10:30:38 PM
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Citizen, I don't get it either. I support him but I certainly don't wear blinders. I know he has been working very hard and has been to almost every street in the city. I know he cares very much about the tax payers and he's a real good guy. He's smart, he started his construction business when he was in his early twenties and has built it up to what it is today. He knows how to live within a budget, and would run the city like a business. One of his primary concerns is to get the budget under control, make the city cleaner and safer, to work with the city council and the school department, and to have competent people working at city hall.
I know some of the business side of Joe but I know him far better as a friend. We have been close friends for over thirty years. He has stood by me and my family through thick and thin. We encouraged Joe to start his business and in all these years he has never forgotten his roots or the people that have been there for him over the years. There is so much more to Joe than just a businessman or a politician.
I'm not making a political speech, here, well, maybe, kind of. LOL I think I just want you to know some of the Joe I know. |
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AVGMOM
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Posted - 09/16/2007 : 08:29:23 AM
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| Massdee, I know for a fact that Joe had been doing business with Thibeault up until a few months ago, if he really thought Thibeault was such a bad guy he could have taken his business elsewhere for years. I just think Joe was being very hippocritical. |
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massdee
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Posted - 09/16/2007 : 10:59:06 AM
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| AVGMOM, I think I will leave it at that and I'll just agree to disagree. |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/16/2007 : 8:01:43 PM
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Here's something I don't understand, and maybe someone can explain it to me. How is it possible that people actually believe that pointing out Carlo's association with Thibeault is dirty politics. How is that backstabbing? This isn't something McGonagle made up. Thibeault ran a fundraiser for DeMaria -- and people in Thibeault's world don't do anything for anyone just because they think someone is a "nice guy." This guy wants something . . . and whatever it is, Carlo shouldn't want any part of it, because this guy has been nothing but trouble here and in other communities.
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/16/2007 : 10:09:59 PM
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Tails, how long have you been following politics? This IS what the game is about. You say Carlo gave him the ammunition and then what? Joe is supposed to put that in a drawer and not use it to his advantage? Does that really make sense to you? How is that stabbing Carlo in the back? Some people on the opposite side of the fence may feel that Carlo stabbed Joe in the back by getting into the race at all instead of backing his "brother alderman."
Please . . . it would be swell if everyone played nice in the political sandbox, but that's just not the reality. If you agree about the Thibeault issue, then you can hardly expect that one of Carlo's opponents wouldn't use it as a campaign issue.
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Head
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Posted - 09/17/2007 : 12:01:25 PM
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I have not heard what this Joe guy is going to do for us all I know is that he is a bit childish.
I like the Carlo guy. |
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Citizen Kane
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Posted - 09/17/2007 : 12:02:10 PM
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| Well, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one, Tails. I don't think it's a leap to think that Carlo's association with Thibeault means more of the same of how this man operates should Carlo get elected. I will agree with you that Carlo has worked very hard to take the high road, and that will work in his favor. Whether it works enough in his favor to overcome the black cloud of his association with Thibeault remains to be seen. |
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Carlo DiMaria for Mayor
