Left In Lowell

What is it with the new Barry Finegold television ads? Check them out on YouTube here and here.

What am I missing? Barry, Congress does not listen to us and you will get them to listen. Is that it? Read John Keller’s (WBZ TV) comments on the Finegold ads on his blog and here is BMG’s take on them.

And by now you must have seen the “breaking news story” on the Lowell Sun’s web site. Hilary Chabot is reporting that Niki Tsongas was “YouTubed.” That is the getting caught on tape saying something you did not want to say and having that clip broadcast on the World Wide Web. According to the article, “In an apparent mistake, congressional candidate Niki Tsongas declared during a forum last Wednesday that she’s represented the state’s 5th Congressional District in Washington for 10 years.” Here is the YouTube clip.

She may have been trying to connect her late husband’s personal experience with hers and did not succeed, so she got YouTubed.

By the way, good job local so-called “old media” for digging up this story while the so-called “new media” was fast asleep.

Is emerging communication technology impacting the MA-05 race?

Yes, in case you have not heard, Lowell is getting another Dunkin’ Donuts. I, for one, am pleased. As an aficionado (read addicted) of their ice coffee, I can also use another opportunity to drive through. Last time I spoke in favor of a new DD, commentators in Centraville were not pleased.

But this is a different situation. The new location is at the corner of Dutton and Fletcher; where the car wash is now located; in front of Western Avenue Studios. According to the testimony given during the ZBA meeting last Monday, there will be about 56 parking spots, and get this, a drive through that will hold up to 24 cars and it will be open 24 hours a day, for now. (more…)