Posts Tagged ‘bill gunn’

8:00 p.m. Comment from audience: “I’ve never had anybody with no money offer me a job.”

7:55 p.m. Neal Heeron: “I resent calling taxes state revenue” it is the people’s money, not the state’s revenue.

7:36 p.m. “The government is in places it never should have been.”

7:32 p.m. “It is your job to hold your public servants accountable.”

7:25 p.m. Wants to remove the current tax system replace with national sales tax, explains why a VAT is murder on an economy, flat tax better than now, but if link stays between your paycheck and a pol it is trouble.

7:20 p.m. “If everybody kept their money and paid their taxes once a year there would be a Tax revolt in this country.”

7:13 p.m If the majority won’t give us time to read a bill I’ll vote against it

7:11 p.m. “Every bill that comes before me I’m going to read.” Round of applause, how sad is it that he has to say it and that it is an applause line.

7:07 p.m Talks about the tax rates and how government can retard business

7:05 p.m. Describes freddie mac and fannie mae as gambling with the house promising to cover your losses

7:00 p.m. Says Healthcare bill must be repealed as a whole, it can’t be fixed it can’t be tinkered with. The room erupts with applause.

6:58 p.m. The ideas to fix Washington are right here with the people

6:53 p.m Bill’s is being introduced now, “It’s time to give Olver a ‘Dear John’ letter”

6:51 p.m. People still coming in (Stacy is off to cover the Hudak debate tonight in Beverly)

6:50 p.m. Told that bill picked up endorsements of Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and the big one Scott Brown today.

6:48 p.m. Neal Heeren candidate for state senate is given a few min to speak

6:46 p.m. The room is packed only a few open seats

Gone is the very cute I’ve been everywhere man, on MSNBC we see a more conventional commercial touting service.

Oh and he is upping his signs I saw three on the way to taking my son to school. I’m sure he would have been happier if one was on a lawn instead of in a wooded area. The 2/3 of the Bill Gunn signs I saw on the same trip were in front of houses or businesses and not hidden.

BTW Bill will be at the Leominster public Library for a town hall. if you are in ma-1 you need to be there.

I talked to Bill before we went on the air

Remember Olver has a huge financial advantage and you can narrow that by donating here.

We had a great time both before and after the WCRN broadcast.

Senator Richard Moore and wife just after the first hour

Before the congressional candidates Dem State Senator Richard Moore was on the air

In the Studio

The three wise men before the show

Three future congressmen

Bill and Marty’s wives joined in for a shot.

Five of the nicest people you will meet

There were quite a few callers from over the state

In the Studio

We took some photos just after we got off the air

The Gang on the air

And Marty provided us with his famous Congressional Barf Bags

Marty Lamb's famous congressional barf bags

After the show we went to a place called Sweet in Worcester

The Gang at Sweet

The crew here was very busy:

Filling pastry orders

And they Don’t stuff the Cannoli until you order:

No soggy cannoli shells here

The place was full and rocking

The place was pretty busy

But John and Sam were the stars of the show

Republicans and Democrats in sweet agreement

In two weeks we will have Bill Gunn, Tom Wesley and Marty Lamb on again. We hope you tune in.

Update: Here is a video I shot at Sweet

I have no idea why I called John “Tom” in that video. Late night I guess.