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Sun Reports: Criminal Charges for Faticanti

6 Responses to “Sun Reports: Criminal Charges for Faticanti”

1. Prince Charming Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

   Oh yes there is. This should be a lesson to all other thug pols out there. We elect you to do the people’s business in a professional and responsible way. It is not your role to rip anyone’s naughty bits off. Regina has always been abrasive, but now she’s gone over the line to abusive and possibly criminal. She should go now. Ms Scott should be commended for not knuckling under to this thug.

2. Mimi Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

   As much as I have been a critic of the School Committewoman Faticanti’s public statements on various issues, I think what happened today is a tragedy and should be a lesson to all of us, even those of us who do not have prominent pubic lives. At the end of the day, all this could have been prevented.

   A successful and influential public figure should always have a cadre of supporters who provide him/her with constant guidance, criticism, and feedback. If you are a friend to a politician, it is your duty to tell them when they are out of line. And if you are a politician, get rid of the sycophants immediately. Often, someone who has been in the same position for decades loses their compass and is allowed to act in a dictatorial fashion with little or no repercussions.

   That is what occurred with Faticanti. She is responsible for her actions but her so-called-friends let her down. If they had stepped in and told her what she was doing to Karla [Brooks Baehr, Lowell’s previous Superintedent] and others (I will never forgive Regina for being a leader in the push-Karla-out-the-door movement) was not acceptable, maybe she would have refrained herself this time around; maybe. If Faticanti had heard from all corners, not just blogs, that her behavior was out of line, maybe she would have realized that as a public official she needed to tone it down. At times I wonder if she wasn’t encouraged by her entourage rather than restrained.

   Humility and restraint are good character traits even for those who have served the longest and have received the largest number of votes Imagine, starting your career as a young reformer and ending it with a criminal charge! I wonder what advice she will receive from her “friends” now.

3. Lynne Says:
   June 13th, 2009 at 11:21 am

   PC: allegedly. She hasn’t been convicted of anything yet. (Guess you’d be out of the jury pool right quick eh??)

   Mimi, all good points. Such a terrible stupid distraction.

4. Prince Charming Says:
   June 13th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   I wouldn’t jump in a pool with Regina for a million bucks. And as far as prison stripes go, it’s vertical not horizontal. More flattering.

5. Lynne Says:
   June 13th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

   It’s a misdemeanor so far as the article says…I doubt there will be jail time.

6. Panda Says:
   June 13th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

   You can’t beat somebody with nobody. Who is running for school committee?

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