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Yesterday at 3:30 Ward 5 Counselor Joe Solomito announced his candidacy for Mayor of Fitchburg. Before the crowed of about 40 showed up for his official announcement he talked to me for a bit:
I talked to a few of the 40 something people who attended first with Bob and Priscilla:
Then with Roland:
Ward 4 Counselor Kevin Starr was also at the event and spoke to me:
I started the Day in Fitchburg, once I got out of my driveway I had to ditch into a snowbank to let a plow through. Here is what I saw when I got into Worcester:
The Lady I saw didn’t want to talk
when I finished my pre-recorded interview with Lisa DiPasquale of CPAC I started heading back and ran into Andy plowing the parking lot:
The drive back to Fitchburg was …interesting:
I 90 around 11:30 am 1-12-2011
another I90 photo
the 5th Street diner was open and Steve stopped down to have some lunch in between plowing:
Now its down to shoveling.
Update: I talked to Tony while I was shoveling so I was out of breath, Tony didn’t want his face on camera so I shot around it.
A cup of coffee can go a long way.
My latest for the Examiner talks a bit about local Massachusetts republicans re-arming:
the Gavel is passed to a new chairman
Although the working class group assembled last evening makes a mockery of that meme, the problem as Connaughton pointed out was proving that to the public. Her solution, more local involvement. She like the Twin City Tea Party Forum a week ago stressed Republicans need to get involved in politics on the local level bringing “the message of fiscal responsibility” that working class people both understand and support. It was by this method that “a farm team can be created” from which candidates known and trusted by the people could be drawn to win statewide.
The Fitchburg Republican Committee is one year old
It won’t be quick and it won’t be easy, but it won’t be boring.
Gary Rosen is a colleague at WCRN whose show the RAVE will precede mine this week due to college Basketball (make sure you listen this week, he will be having Greg Fettig president of the Hoosier Patriots live in studio at 4 p.m. EST, listen online via the WCRN website here).
Today he has a column in Worcester Magazine where he talks about the city tax rate and some lessons learned:
Following the hearing, Worcester’s homeowners will thank the council for throwing them their annual bone, called the lowest residential tax rate. In the meantime, the frustrated and angry commercial sector will continue to wonder why it is the victim of our city’s business-punishing dual tax rate.
“But, Councilor Rosen,” you ask, “didn’t you join the large majority of your colleagues the previous four years and vote for the lowest residential tax rate for homeowners (a.k.a. the highest possible tax rate for Worcester businesses)?” Yes, I plead guilty as charged. However, I’m now suffering some regret as I see how shortsighted those four votes were.
Gary is what you would call an honest democrat, like many on the left he made his decision on taxes meaning well but on reflection he is having some second thoughts.
As they say Read the whole thing.
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