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Peter Napolitano
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Posted - 10/21/2009 : 01:00:24 AM
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| Wood Waste was here long before I got into politics. I started to respond to your comments but frankly it is a no win situation. I am not prepared to put myself out there any more than I already do for public entertainment. I would be more than happy to discuss your concerns and answer your questions directly with you. If I do not have the answer, I will do my best to get it. We are on the same side here and I have nothing to hide. I extend an invitation to Tails, massdee, tetris and any other regular posters here to meet with me. I can be reached at panward1@aol.com so we can arrange a meeting. I look forward to hearing from you. |
Edited by - Peter Napolitano on 10/21/2009 01:01:55 AM |
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Tails
Administrator
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 Posted - 10/21/2009 : 08:35:30 AM
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I know exactly what you mean and Wood Waste will probably be around for longer than any of the current politicians are in office.
I respect you for putting yourself out there on this very important issue and I cant speak for anyone else but this issue is not public entertainment to me.
I think once everyone knows what the permanent plan is, and we start to see construction, I hope to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
It's just we (city government, and all residents) have been lied to from them, and we have had delay delay delay, and it gets tiresome.
Take the old city yards as an example. Did you see the proposal that THIBEUALT submitted when he finalized that sale?
It was nice with trees, and now what do we get? A restaurant depot with the same tax benefit to the residents as an open parking lot.....no jobs for Everett residents like we were promised. But, Wood Waste made a handsome profit it in deal and I have my suspicions that he knew all along Restaurant Depot wanted that land. I'm not saying city government knew, but I think Mr. Thibeault knew. I realize at this point that is either here nor there. I can go on and on.
I don't live in Ward 1 but I know Wood Waste is in Ward 1 and I know people in that area and feel awful for them. They cant sell and they are stuck with that disgrace there.
I know.......it's time for all to move forward and just get that enclosure up. If any future issues come up concerning Wood Waste I will not hesitate to contact you.
Again, I thank you. |
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Cruller DaVille
Senior Member
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Posted - 10/22/2009 : 10:39:13 AM
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[b][i]Hey there kids:
How are you? Just got back with the wife from visiting family abroad and then seeing daughter and grandkids in DC. I've missed you. Wish I had thought about buying a laptop.
So, I see, things haven't changed much and your still fighting the good fight.......
Take care, going out to Dempseys for coffee.... talk later.
"Cruller DaHville"
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massdee
Moderator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 07:08:56 AM
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I am hearing rumors of a big city workers layoff sometime after the election.
Has anyone else heard this?
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 11:51:34 AM
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I would imagine Chief Mazzie can use that stimulus grant to prevent layoffs. I don't know what that means for the Fire or the clerical he tried to layoff before.
Why have there been so many recent hire's at city services? I'll be honest, some of the recent hire's hang out at a coffee shop on Ferry Street for quite a while when "supposedly" working.
Layoffs will happen after the election........ of course. See, this is probably another reason to stack the deck. Mike Mangan works for the T and the housing authority. He will receive no pay or benefits.
If he was an ineffective common councilor for ward one, how effective does anyone think he is going to be as Alderman? Same exact thing for Dominic Puleo. It's just we have already seen Mike as a councilor. Why would any mayor want them up there so much for? I would suspect the layoff's will be part of it. |
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justme
Advanced Member
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 12:27:41 PM
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I haven't heard anything but it wouldn't surprise me. It will be interesting to see how he justifies layoffs with the new hires like Rosa's husband.
I can't understand why he hasn't asked for the non union employees (at least the department heads) to take an unpaid furlough week. That a pretty easy way to pick up a few dollars and I can't imagine any of them refusing. BUT............. it should have been done much earlier in the year. I'd hate to see anyone forced to take a week unpaid with the holidays right around the corner. |
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massdee
Moderator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 2:24:14 PM
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This is going to sound mean, but I don't think he knows how to plan ahead. It seems like if someone doesn't tell him what to do, he's lost.
Tails, as far as Mangan and Simonelli go, neither will be pulling a paycheck for Alderman. So that's a wash. The mayor is pushing ery hard for Mangan to get in. Why?
I am going with Simonelli. Like I told Councilor Napolitano, I don't always agree with his method but his heart is certainly in the right place. He will fight for the average Joe, no matter how unpopular it might be with the administration.
Mangan on the other hand will rubber stamp everything the administration wants and Puleo will supply the ink pad for the rubber stamp.
Why is the mayor trying so desperately to stack the BOA and CC?
We all know why Stat is trying to stack the School Committee and personally I hope he succeeds.
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justme
Advanced Member
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 3:12:33 PM
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You statement isn't mean Deb, it's the reality of it. We have a mayor who's not very bright and is easily swayed. He does whatever the last person he spoke with tells him he should do.
As far as stacking the deck goes, I think he knows he's gotten off pretty easily with the current CC & BOA but the party is over. They tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and work with him but he's lied, deliberately misled, and been completely uncooperative and they're tired of it. (as we all are) He'll get nothing but heartburn if he doesn't have the majority in his back pocket.
Did you hear that he's told people the reason he isn't at city hall during the day is because his wife just had a baby and he puts his time in at night? That excuse wouldn't work for anyone else............ What good is it to have a mayor who's not available when city hall is open?
I made a really big mistake believing his lies and promises and I'll be the first one at the polls to vote for whoever runs against him two years from now.
He's having a fund raiser two days after the election. I hope he's so embarrassed by the number of votes he receives he can't even mention the election! |
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massdee
Moderator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 3:34:17 PM
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Why the heck is he having a fund raiser two days after the election? I hear his war chest is loaded. Where is the fund raiser?
So that is why the mayor's parking space is always empty whenever I go to city hall. Doesn't he realize that people notice these things?
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Marie
Senior Member
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 4:07:18 PM
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Why is he waiting until after the election? How awful! Letting people go around the holidays.
I heard our tax bills are going to be whoppers. I blame the bunch of them for letting the mayor get away with all his crap.
He comes across as a stupid arrogant mayor. |
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 5:27:46 PM
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Originally posted by massdee
This is going to sound mean, but I don't think he knows how to plan ahead. It seems like if someone doesn't tell him what to do, he's lost.
Tails, as far as Mangan and Simonelli go, neither will be pulling a paycheck for Alderman. So that's a wash. The mayor is pushing ery hard for Mangan to get in. Why?
I am going with Simonelli. Like I told Councilor Napolitano, I don't always agree with his method but his heart is certainly in the right place. He will fight for the average Joe, no matter how unpopular it might be with the administration.
Mangan on the other hand will rubber stamp everything the administration wants and Puleo will supply the ink pad for the rubber stamp.
Why is the mayor trying so desperately to stack the BOA and CC?
We all know why Stat is trying to stack the School Committee and personally I hope he succeeds.
"Deb"
Oh, I'm defiantly with Steve Simonelli. My point was Mike Mangan works at the T and the housing commission.
He was ineffective as a ward one councilor and now he has even more on his plate. He will be even more ineffective wearing three hats. I feel since he's not getting anything out of it (or maybe he is) he was asked to do it and quite frankly, that is just unethical.
I'm going with the guy that has never let people down and fought for people whether it was his ward or not, and that's Steve Simonelli. Anyone can call him at anytime and he's not afraid of the bullies on the floor that like to intimidate him.
Mike Mangan is not strong and will never hold Wood Waste (or anyone else connected to the mayor) feet to the fire like Steve did. We have important issues coming up yet again.
Between the layoff rumor (which we all knew was inevitable) and all of a sudden in need of a Personnel Director..............the cards are falling into place.
I'm sorry, but that is deception. Waiting until after an election to bring this up is just a cold hearted fish with no scruples. |
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justme
Advanced Member
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 7:57:47 PM
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My thought on the fundraiser is that it's to celebrate his next (and I hope last) two years in office. It will also be a good time to present some of his handpicked, the newly elected people.
As far as layoffs go, there's never a good time but no one in their right mind would do it just before an election. The holidays coming really doesn't mean much in the scheme of things.............. Except of course to those that are directly impacted.
He is a rude and arrogant mayor. Truly no better than hanlon was. Too bad he's got so much money behind him everyone was afraid to give step up to the plate. I hope his numbers are so small he's humiliated big time! |
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tetris
Moderator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 9:07:04 PM
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The reason why the tough decisions on the cuts that have to be made to handle the Local aid shortfall have not been addressed comes down to one thing and one thing only, trying to avoid ballots that have blank or write-in votes for mayor in the upcoming election. Couldn't be more obvious.
It's a disgrace that NO ONE has stood up at a council meeting to ask the question too. But then again, if someone did, they'd be getting the same treatment as Stat Smith has been getting in the Advocate and, more recently, the Independent. There are enough of them though that are not facing a re-election battle this time around that the issue should have been broached by now. I guess that they must be more concerned about their political futures than dealing with this.
Both of those papers have told us what a swell job the Mayor is doing handling the city's finances and have started to plant the seeds that "storm clouds are on the horizon" and it's all the state's doing. While the state surely deserves its share of the blame, basically ignoring the issue for more than four months is only going to make it tougher to deal with when they finally get around to it. I can't wait to see the fiction that the local papers will try to push out to try to cover up this one.
Fiscal irresponsibility with the power of the press behind it to stroke what already seems to be an over inflated ego. I think that this administration may have reached its own "blow your own foot off" moment. |
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massdee
Moderator
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 9:24:41 PM
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I am suggesting to everyone I know to either leave the mayor blank or do a write-in. Both options will send the same message. Personally, I'm leaving it blank. If they didn't have the backbone to run against him on their own, I'm not going to stroke their ego's either.
It's getting to the point that some weeks I don't even open the papers anymore. I am so sick of their propaganda.
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 10/26/2009 : 10:54:53 AM
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Originally posted by tetris
The reason why the tough decisions on the cuts that have to be made to handle the Local aid shortfall have not been addressed comes down to one thing and one thing only, trying to avoid ballots that have blank or write-in votes for mayor in the upcoming election. Couldn't be more obvious.
It's a disgrace that NO ONE has stood up at a council meeting to ask the question too. But then again, if someone did, they'd be getting the same treatment as Stat Smith has been getting in the Advocate and, more recently, the Independent. There are enough of them though that are not facing a re-election battle this time around that the issue should have been broached by now. I guess that they must be more concerned about their political futures than dealing with this.
Both of those papers have told us what a swell job the Mayor is doing handling the city's finances and have started to plant the seeds that "storm clouds are on the horizon" and it's all the state's doing. While the state surely deserves its share of the blame, basically ignoring the issue for more than four months is only going to make it tougher to deal with when they finally get around to it. I can't wait to see the fiction that the local papers will try to push out to try to cover up this one.
Fiscal irresponsibility with the power of the press behind it to stroke what already seems to be an over inflated ego. I think that this administration may have reached its own "blow your own foot off" moment.
I agree 100% with this post.
Isn’t it funny just two days after the election, the Mayor is already starting his re-election fundraising on November 5th? That's exactly what happened when he got elected. They spend way too much time on this, and not enough for the city. |
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More Rumors............
