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Tails
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 Posted - 10/15/2008 : 10:49:54 AM
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| In my opinion, raising that kind of money, without a huge financial backer,is a very good thing. I think people are getting sick of what's going on. As for the newspapers, I think it's all about money from pity hall, and probably a little more than what they got in the past. |
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clean it up
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Posted - 10/15/2008 : 11:20:21 AM
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| With $25K in the coffers for RVC (if the number is correct) one year before the new election, I wonder if the city is already sending a message to the mayor that the people of this city are no longer going to tollerate being bought by the corporate interests of GTA and Wood Waste and that the personnel changes made have produced no operational savings but are without a base or a plan. And what is the story with the new Director of Communication - Laidlaw? Do I understand correctly that this is yet again another DeMaria ploy to deceive the city budget and therefore the taxpayers of the city by adding another un-necessary self-serving position? |
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 10/15/2008 : 12:12:38 PM
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Being hired AFTER the budget, and firing a man that has done a terrific job all these years (for no other reason than a political favor) to pay for a Marcus political favor........I would say you hit it right on the $$$$$.
Hiring the young lady in ECTV was to take the pressure off Matt Laidlaw. Matt was hired at $77,000.00. FOR WHAT??? Make the cities website look pretty for the Mayor, on our dime??? Talk about campaign advertisements!!
The young lady just hired in ECTV..... Your telling me Matt’s $77,000.00 salary PLUS hers was a cost savings….again….all after the FY09 budget.
I'm hearing from A LOT of people they are sick of GTA getting awarded all the bids, all the constant defense of Thibeault from the Mayor. He never once stood up and defended the lady that lives near Wood Waste that has burnt eyes from the chemicals at that DUMP. And you know what?? It is a DUMP! Those trash are outside and I am sick of hearing it's NOT A DUMP. It is. He keeps saying David Ragucci was the one that did not want Wood Waste enclosed, well, someone needs to contact David Ragucci and get him to the public hearing to set the record straight....with all these lies being told about him. I don't believe for ONE SECOND that today's result was David Ragucci's intention.
So many lies have taken place but this one is the biggest of them all. Just look at ECTV and Matt:
"Gone are the days," he said, "when the city employees are hired because of their acquaintances instead of their qualifications."
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johnfounder
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Posted - 10/20/2008 : 1:50:10 PM
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| The City of Everett website was posting RFP's and now that there is a new Procurement Officer (Wood Waste Lawyer) the RFP's are very hush hush... As you drive around the City you see Wood Waste trucks doing City work everywhere. At Sweetzer Circle, Glendale Square... A month ago the Mayor said that Thibeault was responsible for the clean up of the medians on the Parkway the only trucks and workers were from GTA... So they are feeding eachother the Mayor to Thibeault then to GTA... Amazing that the Council just sits back and lets this happen... |
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clean it up
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Posted - 10/24/2008 : 09:46:29 AM
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Sweetzer Circle is State property not City property. My gut is telling me that it is the state that is doing the work by hiring Carlo's friends: GTA and Wood Waste. This is another way on how Carlo funnels work to the people that have given him thousands of dollars.
Did you catch the ceremony of the $57M check presentation by the state to the city as reported by the local paper?? I don't know if it was the writing style or the way the mayor wanted to represent the significance of the check, but it was made to look and sound like the city was actually RECEIVING $57M as reimbursement for the construction of the High School. You would think that the news paper, if caring for accurate reporting and for the relaying of proper and accurate information to its citizens, would make sure that the people of this city clearly understood that the $57M for the construction of the school was paid directly to the contractors and subcontractors and not one cent of that money was ever deposited in the city treasurer. The $57M was only a representative gesture to show the contribution of the state to the construction of a great bldg. It is in the best interest of the news paper, however to report the event in the most favorable manner to the one that feeds the editor: the Mayor. This is a given, however, in the world of greed and financial interest, for the paper does not have any moral and ethical responsibility to the public, its obligation is only to the hand that feeds it. Who needs accuracy in reporting??
]Originally posted by johnfounder
The City of Everett website was posting RFP's and now that there is a new Procurement Officer (Wood Waste Lawyer) the RFP's are very hush hush... As you drive around the City you see Wood Waste trucks doing City work everywhere. At Sweetzer Circle, Glendale Square... A month ago the Mayor said that Thibeault was responsible for the clean up of the medians on the Parkway the only trucks and workers were from GTA... So they are feeding eachother the Mayor to Thibeault then to GTA... Amazing that the Council just sits back and lets this happen...
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massdee
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Posted - 11/01/2008 : 07:49:22 AM
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| I was told yesterday, that Woody's Tire bought the Parkway Pub. Now Woody's owns an even bigger chunk of Garden Street. Is it true Woody's is in litigation again over the 4th Street issue? |
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Cruller DaVille
Senior Member
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Posted - 11/03/2008 : 08:23:52 AM
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I heard that they absolutely were bringing a law suit. I also heard that their may be a civil rights action taken. This would be huge since the law is specific in that the city cannot defend a public official who has a civil rights action against him/her. The public official would have to pay for their own defense.
"Cruller DaHville"
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massdee
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Posted - 11/03/2008 : 08:33:17 AM
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| Hmmmm, civil rights action, that could be very interesting, if true. |
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tetris
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Posted - 11/03/2008 : 08:51:19 AM
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| What I thought I heard Alderman Van Campen say at the BOA meeting where this came up was that the suit was being brought against the Planning Board; but that was never confirmed or denied. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Are there any other defendents? Does a member of the community who donates their time to such a board without compensation fall into the category of a public official? |
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billydee
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Posted - 11/03/2008 : 09:53:49 AM
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It’s been a year since Carlo DeMaria was elected by a little more than 300 votes over Joe McGonagle, who many thought would have made a better Mayor. I don’t believe in speculating what could have been. What I do know is that Mayor DeMaria has better instincts for getting elected than he does for running the City. He entered the Mayoral race in April 2007 after Robert VanCampen chose not to oppose former Mayor Hanlon. Some say Carlo had the use of tens of thousands of Billy Thiebeault campaign money to not only knock Hanlon out of the Primary but also to defeat McGonagle in a race that was always too close to call. A year after that narrow victory, Carlo still seems uncomfortable in his own skin as the Mayor of what RCV once called a 50/50 town. When RCV made this remark, he meant that Everett was 50 % Ragucci and 50 % Hanlon.
As Mayor, Carlo still struggles with his plan for the City and a map for getting us there. Despite the BOA’s approval of the lovely and competent Attorney Barringer as the City’s Chief Procurement Office, the Mayor’s consolidation of positions at City remains questionable at best and down right idiotic at worst. Carlo was not known for his Human Resource skills as a Dewey Donuts manager. Yet, as many councilpersons have observed, Carlo eliminated the Personnel Director position from the Budget because he viewed himself as the Personnel Director. How stupid is that? All major public or private organizations have an HR Director in order to keep the CEO from getting bogged down with mundane day-to-day personnel issues. Also, it is the HR Director’s job to implement the CEO’s vision for the organization. Why? The CEO –or Mayor DeMaria in this case --- should be too busy being the Mayor.
This illustrates that Carlo is too full of himself to know what he does not know. A good Mayor delegates certain matter to managers whose job it is to know those things. Carlo’s ill-conceived consolidation received great blows when his $90,000 Chief of Staff was forced to step down as City Solicitor or when former Chief Procurement Officer/Budget Director Carlisle was fired for sheer and utter incompetence. My insiders at City Hall tell me that Ms. Barringer has the skills to be Chief Procurement Officer. However, I want to know why Carlo just didn’t appoint her as the CPO, rather than make her also serve as Assistant City Solicitor? The answer he gave at the BOA is that the City saves money when one works in two capacities. Unfortunately, Carlo’s consolidation scheme is penny wise and pound-foolish. When it comes to quality of work, money is not everything.
RCV can be a little bit over the top when he grills the Mayor as if Carlo is on the witness stand. Nonetheless, his points are well taken. What happens when Jill as Assistant City Solicitor has to give herself advice as Chief Procurement Officer? Can Jill be trusted in such a conflict of interest situation to do the right thing and turn over the question to the City Solicitor or another Assistant City Solicitor? Even if the answer is yes, RCV is right. Why should a City, which has already been the subject of a controversial audit, even have to deal with such potential conflict of interest situations? This brings me back to my original point. Carlo to too full of himself to know what he does not know. This does not mean that he should not or will not be re-elected. It simply means that he is not as good a Mayor as his approval ratings on the streets of Everett suggest he is. It is just a matter of time before this vulnerability comes back to bite him.
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Cam
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Posted - 11/03/2008 : 11:12:19 AM
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My "thoughts" are DeMaria will have a rough time being re elected. He only won by a narrow victory. I believe he has well alienated that many and more over the past year. It was Hanlon and his supporters that put DeMaria over the top. I think due to the events of this past year and the way Hanlon and company has been treated that support will no longer be there for DeMaria. McGonagle supporters will never go over to DeMaria, they will either wait to see what McGonagle is doing or support someone else. DeMaria's approval ratings isn't that great out on the streets. I know many who are extremely disappointed in his skills to run the city. So if he doesn't get the Hanlon and or the McGonagle vote I can't see him winning next year. We all know if Van Campen decides to run he will get the Hanlon vote.
All those non Everett people jobs DeMaria gave out isn't going to help him in the voting booth. |
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Ellen
Senior Member
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 08:25:37 AM
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| Mcgonagle was right about Thebault moving his dump to 99 and the mayor being in favor of it. |
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johnfounder
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 08:32:37 AM
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| I agree. The Mayor's approval rating isn't very high at all right now and there is still a year left until the next election. The Mayor has removed people from jobs people that supported him or stayed neutral and replaced them with outsiders and by doing that compromised the efficiency of these departments. The Mayor has a lot of people standing around him with there hands out, people that got him elected with their money and are looking at him saying "You owe me". Both Wood Waste and GTA are big donors that want what they think they have coming to them with their buddy in office. I believe they are getting what is owed them times ten. People see this and will never allow him a second term. |
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 10:22:51 AM
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I have to say that, I too, feel Joe McGonagle was absolutely correct. I knew that DeMaria had a connection with Thibeault but I thought he would have used that to do right by the residents. All I have seen is excuses for bad behavior, high priced attorneys that talk too much, and can spin a situation to their advantage.
Just think back to a year ago with all the pretty pictures of lower Broadway. Never a mention of this move, and many, many people were concerned. It is this administration, and the attorneys, that consistently bring up lower Broadway, and the man does not own the property. That makes no sense to me. It's all speculation and that's how come this has all spun out of control.
Steve Simonelli was asking questions for months and months. He was continually shut down by the administration and the common council like is was some top secret FBI case.
I have a feeling that the Rec Center is going to be another touchy subject. Are we going to shut people off there too, because the administration just does not want to deal with it?
All I am seeing from them is helping Thibeault. They cared less about the consequences of Fourth Street. I CERTAINLY thought there would have been a cease and desist order by now under MGL Chapter 111 but you need the backing of a Mayor or Town Manager.
If Joe McGonagle was Mayor, I have no doubt that cease and desist order (for Wood Waste) would already be in effect. |
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johnfounder
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 08:12:15 AM
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| It seems like the Mayor is getting tired of discussing this situation. He's always absent lately when this comes up at meetings. Then Erin stands there talking in circles. But I think once again Councilor Simoneli hit the nail on the head when he said we are doing too much for Wood Wastes owner. He doesn't deserve any favors from the City of Everett. Of course this doesn't matter because the Mayor will do whatever he wants and hold Thibeault hand making sure he gets what he wants. |
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More Rumors............
