Neal Heeren stopped by the Karyn Polito event once the Bill Gunn town hall was done on Wednesday:
Again I’m sorry about the poor lighting that was available.
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Voices of the Candidates: Neal Heeren at the Karyn Polito event
Posted: October 19, 2010 by datechguy in elections, internet/free speech, local issues, politicsTags: 2010 elections, election 2010, Karyn Polito, leominster, mass gop, massachusetts elections, neal heeren
Bill Gunn goes to Town hall, John Olver goes to new ad
Posted: October 14, 2010 by datechguy in UncategorizedTags: 2010 elections, bill gunn, election 2010, john olver, leominster, ma-1
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.
Did she support Kennedy and/or Clinton?
Posted: October 3, 2010 by datechguy in culture, politicsTags: dean mazzerella, dianne williamson, leominster, ted kennedy
Dianne Williamson makes some interesting points in this column that made my wife laugh out loud:
Despite his City Hall harem, the 17-year mayor keeps getting re-elected. Is he so popular that voters are willing to overlook the indiscretions?
Well considering Leominster has a thriving downtown, a surplus and is in financially solid shape while Fitchburg next door can’t afford to keep on its streetlights while taxes and fees rise I think that might be a clue.
I asked the wife if she would rather have had Dean J. Mazzarella as mayor for the last 20 years here, she didn’t bat an eyelash: “I’ll take the Leominster Lothario.”
Williamson’s case is a valid one but I tend to remember an awful lot of women in this state who were much more forgiving of a certain fellow in the White House a decade and a half ago and a certain senator who ruled Massachusetts for my entire life. As Stacy McCain reminds us:
the conservative who tries to turn the tables on that argument — demanding that liberals explain, for example, how Chris Dodd and Ted Kennedy could make “waitress sandwiches” and still retain the unstinting support of feminists — will again run head-on into the familiar reply: How dare you?
I don’t know Williamson’s opinion on Kennedy or Clinton but I’d be really interested to know. Exit question: How many people who are outraged in Massachusetts over the Mayor’s actions had opinions similar to Nina Burleigh concerning them Bill & Ted?
Mayor Mazzerella at the Twin City Tea Party yesterday
Posted: September 28, 2010 by datechguy in elections, internet/free speech, local stuff, short films/interviews, special events, tea partiesTags: dean mazzerella, leominster, tea party, twin city tea party
Yesterday’s tea party meeting was smaller than most, not only because of the poor people having a fedora wearing blogger unleashed upon them but also because of a debate between candidates Jen Benson and Kurt Hayes for state rep.
When all the speakers were done a very unexpected guest showed up:
She spoke for several minutes about the tea party, unlike many pols republican and democrats he seems enthused by it
After he was done there was back and forth from the crowd:
The crowd was very taken by his appearance and he left with a souvenir of the evening.
A Twin City Tea Party Shirt for the Mayor
The Mayor seemed to grasp that the tea party was not a passing phase but the engagement of the citizens with their government. He seems to be way ahead of the curve here.
This is the last meeting before the election, it remains to be seen if the November meeting will be one of celebration or re-evaluation.
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