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Whatever smalls shreds of respect I might have still had for members of our state delegation are now completely gone. They have, to a man, cast their lot with a guy whose questionable ethics in multiple arenas of business and politics is Lowell’s worst kept secret ever.
Since I have so much fun doing it, let’s drive some dump trucks through the holes in their logic for backing their BFF, shall we? We can start here:
“He’s a hard-working businessman, a family man and a hard-working city councilor,” said Panagiotakos. “He’s also a friend in need.”
Asked to elaborate, Panagiotakos said Kazanjian has been subjected to “negative” press coverage.
[…]
Asked if he thought The Sun’s coverage was unfair, Nangle said: “Well, it’s just an investigation, right? It’s almost like he’s been tried and convicted in the paper. I also question the timing of the stories.”
Here’s where I do something really weird and back the Sun. Not because it happens to be convenient (though it is) but because these are the most stupid statements uttered by these GOBs, ever. Let’s start with Nangle.
The timing of the stories? You mean, reporting on things that are actually happening as they happen??? The inspectional services investigation has been going on for months and months, and these stories (also spread over months and months) are the trickle, drip, drip results of that investigation. So I guess the FBI, the Middlesex DA, and the Lowell Sun are all in cahoots trying to discredit poor, besmirched Kazanjian right before the election? What is the Sun supposed to do, IGNORE a story that could affect the outcome of an election? Aren’t we supposed to know shit when we go to vote? Make an informed decision and all?? So, besides killing the preliminary at the behest of 5 incumbents who stood to gain from it, they’re now telling us we’re supposed to go into the voting booth without the knowledge that one of the incumbents is being investigated by the FBI and Middlesex DA? What the fuck planet are these people from??
Keep in mind, that two years ago, this paper was quite mum on the context and motivations of this same “embattled” candidate, and he won. I didn’t hear these GOB idiots who represent us on Beacon Hill complaining then about the timing or lack thereof of stories in the paper.
Yes, I’m swearing in this post, and yes, I am calling these people idiots. It’s past time for half measures.
On the issue of “tried and convicted” I have seen none of that from the Sun. The allegations themselves are damning, since there’s plenty of evidence already out there, but the Sun hasn’t been overly speculative or overreaching. The reporters writing the stories (primarily Scott) have done a good job covering the allegations, connecting the dots for readers, and covering the facts. Just because the facts have an anti-Kazanjian bias (to steal and paraphrase Jon Stewart) doesn’t mean the stories have been biased.
Okay, where was I? Oh yes. Golden.
“However, I don’t believe Alan should lose re-election based on allegations. The hard-working, family man that I know wouldn’t be involved in that kind of stuff. For him to lose a seat based on allegations would be just wrong.”
O. M. F. G. The brain explodes. By that very generous measure of character, Charles Manson was all right so long as they hadn’t proven anything yet and his friends vouched for him. What the hell??
Remember, Sal DiMasi was surrounded by “mere allegations” when this moron and his moron fellows voted for him as Speaker of the House, only to be forced to resign like minutes later (metaphorically speaking). Heck of a job, Goldie.
By the way, don’t forget this:
The ad was arranged and paid for by the Kazanjian Committee. The committee’s treasurer is Anne Sepe. Sepe is employed as a clerk by Panagiotakos, a lawyer, in his Highlands law office.
This has been a little incestuous relationship from the very beginning folks, but now we know just how far down the shithole these guys will go to back a friend. A smart person with crooked friends knows when to cut them loose before they become a liability. So now it’s clear that not only are the members of the state delegation some of the worst Good Ol’ Boys (which we knew of course), but also that they are dumb GOBs.
Here’s hoping you all go down with the sinking ship, fellas.
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
LOL feel better now Lynne..that was a #1 Rant (and so true)
Did you expect anything else…especially with Tom Golden…look at his track record. He is a follower to those who tell him what to do especially the Democratic Party leadership…In 14 years he has become one of the Good Ole Boys..Look at his friends and votes since January 2009
John Cox – Hand Picked by Cox to replace him as State Rep. after Cox was fined for multiple violations of conflict of interest by allowing lobbyist to pay for golf outings and trips.
Pay Hike - Accepted it and never proclaim in the Paper otherwise but told me in September of this year “The pay raise that I received in January (which was due to the change in the law) has been donated to the Food Bank. (the first 1/2 has been sent and I will send the other 1/2 at the end of the year
Sal DiMasi – Supported the re-election of Dimasi as Speaker in January 2009 three weeks before Dimasi resigned and 5 month before the Speaker was indicted.
Bunker Hill /Evacuation Day: Was the Only Lowell Rep. who voted to keep these two Holidays costing the State close to 5 Million dollars but keeping the Leadership happy.
John Rogers – A Fellow Rep. who Tom supported for Speaker to replace Dimasi who in September 2008 agreed to pay a fine of $30,000 to settle findings he funneled several thousand dollars from his campaign fund to a friend that co-owned a Cape Cod house with Rogers. The money was used to pay the mortgage of the Cape house.
Paul Kirk – Ted Kennedy’s temporary replacement. Again Tom was the ONLY Lowell Representative to vote to allow Gov Patrick to name a replacement (at the request of a dying Ted Kennedy still figurehead leader of the Dem. Party in Ma.) four years after voting to take the same power away from a Republican Governor because that is what the leader of the Mass Democrats (Teddy himself) wanted.
Alan Kazanjian – Current City Councilor under investigation by the Middlesex County District Attorney , who’s self proclaimed best friend and Manager of the Sac Club resigned as City Plumbing Inspector after admitting to doing work on behalf of the Councilor on City time and was photographed sleeping at a Kazanjian owned business. Kazanjian is a close friend of Tom’s mentor John Cox.
I was a supporter of Tom in the past but his actions over the last year have completely made me realize that he needs a challanger and needs to be replaced. He has fallen into step behind party politics and pals and has forgotten the people he is supposed to represent.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
i’m glad i’m not the only one who lost their shit reading that article this morning. i will never vote for another one of these clowns again. disgraceful.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Lynne
Do you wake up every day mad at the world?
Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
I don’t agree with what the delegation did but I don’t think you (or the lowell sun) should be Judge/Jury and Executioner.
You and many other don’t like the guy (or for that matter anyone in the delegation)because they are the insiders ???
When your slate of candidates get elected —
Will they be the insiders next election?
O no they will be the Good Gov’t folks.
I do appreciate some of your insight and thoughts (as well as many others on this blog) but in my opinion you are becoming a non factor that no one will listen to. Once again I don’t agree with the move but you are pathetic with you constant ANTI everybody that does not agree with you 100% of the time.
I know I know I am protecting Kaz and gang — well re-read if you need to.
Maybe you should run? My guess is you or your ilk will not.
There is not one of you that wants to be open to the public scrutiny that comes with the job.
BTW the delegation I think has the Freedom of Speech and you have the Freedom not to vote for them.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I know BFF is Best friend Forever.
What is a GOB?
October 30th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Gerry
Stop yourself — please before you embarass yourself like you have been known to do
better yet please run — he needs a challenger (they all do) and maybe you can do as well as you did the last time you ran
boy you are as angry as lynne — you really hate the fact that Cox didn’t pick you
WOW — have a great weekend
October 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
This “outsider” is so intensely amusing…the fact that he’s trying to degrade Gerry here is, in my book, reason to think that Gerry might well be viable should he run.
So, we should not talk about the fact that this guy has investigations nor what those investigations are about at all? WTF. That’s nuts. Seriously, nuts. There is nothing in the Lowell Sun that is more than displaying the news about these things. Sure, he’s innocent until proven guilty, but that doesn’t mean he deserves reelection. That only means that in a court of law he will have his day to defend himself should there be an indictment.
However, again, it’s a damned ill kept secret that this guy constantly violates ethics. He DID it on the ZBA and again as Councilor, despite the LAWS of the Commonwealth. Just on those violations alone he should not be reelected, nevermind that there are some damn compelling reasons outside of that (like, how he undermines good government just about every word he utters) and the allegations are perfectly FAIR game when making our decisions as voters.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Publius: Short for “Good Ol’ Boy” - an acronym we frequently use here!
October 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Too Bad–pangy and nangle especially are a disgrace on this one
golden what else would you expect–and murphy- well whatever
i wonder if the payoff money is under the couch they are sitting on.
by the time leoanes office gets thru with couccillor towtruck they can
hire a limo-and drive kaz right to devens were he belongs.
also. lynne i hope you are not going to the SHAMROCK Tuesday PLEASE!!!
October 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Lynne
You never answered why it is you would not run?
Are there allegations? (only kidding)
I do like what you have to say but sometimes you sound like a nut (which is not always a bad thing)
I just disagree with your content at times
Thank you again for hosting the site.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Lynne and Gerry…your know better than the crap you write on here. Get yourself a hobby!
October 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Ahhhhhhhhh politics. This is why so many of my UML students are cynical about public service and this whole situation is exactly why fewer and fewer people vote and fewer people still want to run for public office. To run you need to keep the shower constantly on so as to keep the slime off of your body and to vote is to take a major leap of faith that the candidates before you have been properly vetted by the news media and you know enough about them to give them your precious vote.
We should expect nothing less than what we got from our legislative delegation based on the sheer lunacy that takes place under the Golden Dome - better stuff is cooked up under the Golden Arches!
A Cambridge legislator instigates a hit and run car accident and not a peep from any of his buddies under the golden dome. What is it now three speakers of the house in a row forced to leave office for a host of conflicts. The mayor of Boston tries to cover over thousands of emails being erased from the public record after the city was ordered not to do so.
There is an extraordinarily dangerous arrogance of power that has crept over our political system, partly fueled by the high amounts of money folks are forced to raise to run for office and partly fueled by the declining character of the people who do end up running for office and once in power feel like it is A-OK to abuse the public trust.
By the way, the timing of the articles in the Sun was dictated by the timing of the multiple ongoing investigations. Why is that so hard for the denizens of the Golden Dome to understand?
October 30th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
LOL Ousider why such an attack…are any of my points not valid? Did he not do anything I stated?
YES I am considering running and I would love to meet you face to face to discuss a potential run. Unlike you I don’t hide behind a fake name. I have my opinions and like the fact that this space provides me with a chance to express them.
When John HAD TO RESIGN…I mean deceided to step down to spend time with his family I had no thoughts of running so that shoots your theory of me being jealous. I have always voted for Tom and his family and my family have a long history dating back to his grandparents helping my mother and her family when she was growing up.
We all at time have embarrassed ourselves. You included..I’ve read some of your comments here…remember the TOGA Party at the State house Tom was involved in??
I’m angry that Tom has become a puppet and follows the leaders like a puppy in heat.
Feel free to email me gnutter@comcast.net anytime you’de like to reveal yourself and have a conversation.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Here, here. Who is going to run against these fools?
October 30th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Gerry: or the “I’m for Cox” campaign that several of these friends were, at a minimum, tacitly backing.
I don’t run because a) I hate fundraising, b) I would be an instant target far beyond what crap I get for writing a blog and I would never want to put myself, never mind my family, through that, and I respect anyone who does because it’s hell and c) because I think I serve things much better by pointing out the stupid.
LMAO @GetaLyfe - gotta love drive by commenters with such cogent and insightful things to say…
October 30th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Oh, and if standing up against such blatant and ridiculous cronyism makes me sound “like a nut” then I will take that as a compliment.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Let’s hope the IG looks into Kazanjian’s role in obtaining a variance for Nangle’s ex-inlaws for the house they built on an undersized lot. I’ve been telling you all along that these four are as thick as theives and have a circle-the-wagons defense. Here you go. I was sick of the fawning, dripping praise-filled posts regarding Sen Steve. He’s no different than the rest of them, maybe worse, he’s the only one of the lot with half a brain. You guys have given these four bozos a pass for waaaaay too long and now they’ve tucked it in your ass. I wouldn’t be too proud of myself if I was that buffoon Doyle. Pangy used him as a stooge so he could say “Alan’s not my only endorsement”. Wanna know why voter turnout is low?? Because the choices suck, that’s why. You can’t vote for anybody without walking through a spider web.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
PC- I wouldn’t be too proud of myself if I was that buffoon Doyle. Pangy used him as a stooge so he could say “Alan’s not my only endorsement”.
OUCH!!
October 30th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Dear Outsider
Run against Rep David Nangle (a third time)? Send me $500 to prove that you are serious and I will talk to the Mrs about it. Maybe you don’t have $500. Would you join my campaign staff? I am in the book.
Running is hard work and costs a lot of money and when you go down to defeat it is not sufficiently uplifting to have someone say, well at least we gave them a run for their money.
My personal blog comments may not have been as much of a rant as Lynne’s, but I still make the same general points. As for Lynne ranting, I think it is sufficient to have voted to be allowed to say that the delegation needs to be replaced. Those who didn’t vote last time, and are not new to the City, are the ones who should be silent.
Regards — Cliff
October 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
not going to defend this one. although if you toned down the rhetoric, it’d be a better post. they aren’t idiots. criticizing for the sal vote is silly (arent these the same people who were criticizing them for losing their chairmanships? what do you suppose happens when you’re in the leadership and then don’t give the speaker the formality of a vote?) but endorsing kaz is a bad decision which i wholeheartedly disagree with.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
They are idiots though. Honestly, I can’t imagine making a decision to back a guy who’s obviously on his way down. That’s political suicide, except these guys don’t feel accountable because no one ever challenges them. Panagiotakos constantly interferes with local politics in favor of his friends NO MATTER how bad they are for Lowell. That is cynical, and it is stupid, and I won’t tip toe around that fact.
The Sal vote was also stupid. Come on, everyone should have been reading the tea leaves(yes, including the progressives). Then the entire delegation, after DiMasi is gone, backs the worse of the two candidates for Speaker (Rogers) and lost their favored seats anyways when he lost. Rogers had more ethics issues in his past than even DeLeo does (who is no picnic, sigh, and a damn sight worse Speaker than DiMasi, who was at least not a fake Democrat). But they picked Rogers? Come on. These guys are consistently favoring the worst politicians both at the state and the local level. They are not the brightest bulbs in the bunch.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Didn’t Pangi call for Wilkerson and Marzilli to step down before their trials??
October 30th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Just like he voted not to allow a senate stand-in for Kennedy saying electoral rules had to prevail while going along with changing the rules for Lowell’s city election.
Different strokes for GOB folks!
October 30th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Sorry Brian. I goggled.
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Senate Ways and Means Chairman Steven Panagiotakos (D-Lowell), who also sits on the Ethics Committee, said he wasn’t sure if members will be able to force Wilkerson from the Senate.
“I think you can request her to do it, but “I think you have to wait until the charges against her are settled in court to remove her from the Senate,” Panagiotakos said.
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“It’s certainly a very turbulent time for all of us,” said Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos, chairman of Ways and Means, referencing both the state’s budget problems and political climate. “There’s a lot of uncertainty about what’s tomorrow going to bring.”
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Feel free to google along. Links are so much betterer.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
“Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. And term limits ain’t going to do any good; you’re just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here… like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There’s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: ‘The Public Sucks. Fuck Hope.’”
- George Carlin
October 30th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
The state delegation wants nothing to change. Especially their way to work. What has any of them done to make government smaller ? They are all beholden to the municipal unions.Low deductables,low co-pays and big retiremnets especially for them. For our delegates it’s the retirement; that’s the prize.Lowell needs to leave it’s tribal voting culture behind and embrace the voices of the educated class of residents who can replace the politics of fear, with transparency, merit and openess.Lowell can become Cambridge and anyone who knows anything about being a resident or an employee there, will tell that it’s better than Lowell. Yes, there is a price to be paid for that,but voting with both eyes open is free, and you have nothing to lose. I guess I’m preaching to the quire on this blog, but where else can I let my freak flag fly ?
October 30th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
ML,
I share your vitriol toward the status quo. I hope you haven’t lost hope. We have a history of positive change and a culture of literature,music and art to sustain us.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Gordon, you’d think someone in the educated class you speak may have mentioned pompous idiotic elitist garbage is best mentioned during closed choir practice, lest it rally support for tribal voting…
October 30th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Let’s go after the state delegation so as to vote them out when they come up for reelection. SERIOUSLY! Then when we are successful, we’ll tell them all the reasons why to help them understand starting with their disgusting crony ad and folksy photo with Kaz in the Sun today, their backing for cancelling the preliminary, and so on and so on. These people are so used to getting away with this type of behavior that they see nothing wrong with it. T he priviledge of elected office that keeps on and on because not enough people take a stand. SO, when and where do we start planning for this…let’s move beyond commentary and start acting.
October 31st, 2009 at 8:07 am
Is it possible for us as citizens and voters to allow Elected Officials to separate and express their personal feelings from their Political stances without retribution?
I had a lengthy conversation last night with a mutual friend of Tom Golden and myself and that was one of the things they wanted to know. If I thought it possible for an Elected Official to have a personal life and should they be granted the same rights as we are to express their personal beliefs or because we elect him to represent us, does he lose that right?
As someone who is interested in running for office it caught me off guard because I never considered that before.
It was a valid point I thought. Why do we think we can leave our work at work and not bring it home yet we expect our elected officials to be on the job 24/7?
Are we sending a message that we elect you and therefore if you chose to run you lose your right to express yourself and your feelings? Do we think we alone have the right to criticize them and the Sun and they don’t have the right to either return the criticism or to express their support for a candidate or cause?
I’m not changing my mind that Tom Golden needs a challenger and has shown a pattern of bad judgment or that 4 Elected Officials should not come out supporting someone being investigated for potential criminal/conflict violations.
I do think however that as citizens of the City who vote, Steve,Tom,Dave and Kevin have the right to stand up for their friend and support him if they choose to. The sign of a true friend is one who supports you in good times and bad times.
So fellas if you ever again find a friend in need you are going to support, how about making it clear that you are doing it as a Citizen and friend not as an Elected Representative of the people.
Would the AD have been viewed any differently if the text read ” As voting citizens of Lowell or as Voters in Lowell.. We think our friend Alan has been etc…”
For some maybe yes and for others it may not have mattered
We seem to hold to a much higher standard those we elect forgetting that they are for the most part people like us who come from working class families and seek office to make a difference.
Maybe some stay to long and forget that and some get to arrogant and complacent and begin to serve themselves or their party instead of the people they represent but we should never forget they have the same rights we do, to express our opinions if we chose to in this type of forum or in any public forum in support of a candidate or cause.
October 31st, 2009 at 8:18 am
Dave Nangle and Steve Pangiotakos — are you reading this? I have included my last name, so you can look up my voting record and see that I don’t miss an election (Ward 2: Precint 3). I wrote to both of you asking that you not vote in support of rescinding the preliminary election, too.
You have lost my vote. And not only have you lost my vote, you’ve lost my husband’s vote. We will remind our friends how you endorsed the corrupt and thieving Alan Kazanjian. If there is no one running against you, we will write in “Someone with Ethics”. Do you really think the voters aren’t paying attention?
Cliff, if you ran against Nangle, I’d work on and contribute to your campaign.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:12 am
I’m with Carlin.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:55 am
I’m with Laura.
Gerry, if they were speaking as private citizens of Lowell, why did they band together in that photo?
October 31st, 2009 at 10:16 am
Gerry,
Of course the delegation has the right to stand up as both citizens and as elected officials.I don’t think anyone would dispute that. How far they are willing to go to support a friend is the question and are they willing to accept the results of their behavior ? When “Himself”, James Michael “did it for a friend” he almost destroyed his politcal career but the tribalism of the Irish in Boston at the time understood and accepted his crime as something noble.Our current delegation understand this politacal philsophy and depend upon the wink,nod,contributions and nepotism to maintain their base. Their current faux pas is evidence of their arrogance and distain, but they “did it for a friend” and their friend has lots of money.
October 31st, 2009 at 11:18 am
He’s entitled to any opinion he wants.
As an elected official he’s not entitled to be exempt from the judgment of the voters on that opinion.
He wants to have an opinion and express it? Great! Is anyone advocating censorship? No! Your friend seems to be suggesting that because he’s entitled to private opinions he should be exempt from being judged on them. Baloney!
Nobody can expect to hold office without being judged. They could complain that the opinions in question aren’t salient to the job he’s running for, of course. Knowing how cronyist this town can be, political allies are certainly salient, and as such they are fair game.
October 31st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’m with myself.
October 31st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
PC: you always are!
What my husband said.
October 31st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Although today, I noticed K-man’s campaign was giving out nail files. Think there might be another use for them in the stir??
October 31st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I”m with Laura too.
October 31st, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Lynne - you are so right:
“What is the Sun supposed to do, IGNORE a story”
AK is only getting the same treatment all local public officials get from the SUN…just like the head of the Lowell Housing Authority got after his second DUI, while driving a company car…ah, nevermind
“They have, to a man, cast their lot with a guy whose questionable ethics…” You and Kendal make quite a team
)
October 31st, 2009 at 8:11 pm
LMFAO. This is hilarious.
How long have we spent here on this blog critiquing the Lowell Sun? How much have I had to endure the attacks, subtle and otherwise, of its editor? Or get yelled at by people at the Sun for being critical of it?
But then, you like one or two stories or think some things are going right there, and you’re Kendall’s best friend! AWEsome! You people are so very entertaining.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Lynne loves the Lowell Sun! LMFAO too!
November 1st, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I don’t think he was trying to make me think that they don’t deserve critisim. Anytime a public official does something he opens himself up. I think he was making sure I knew that I was opening myself up to take a large rash of crap from many people.
I figure any of us who have the backbone to use our real name and write our opinions on Blogs should expect to receive critisim.
People who log on and take cheap shots without have the backbone to use their real names are gutless. They like to shoot their mouths off as long as they don’t have to face the people they criticize or can do it under a fake name they think is protective.
I have already received many negative reactions to a few things I have written. Not many of the Elected officials I’ve spoken about have responded.
I am somewhat surprised that only 1 elected official I criticized has taken the time to find my phone # or email and contact me and that was Kevin Broderick. He felt I was wrong and called to ask me to meet him to review the facts based on information he had that i did not no.
I gain a lot of respect for Kevin after that. Maybe they feel they don’t have to explain or feel they could care less about what someone says.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 am
As a long time observer of local politics, I too attribute the delegation’s endorsements to “tribal” attachments. When your dad worked with his dad and you gave his cousin a job (yeah the dopey one who couldn’t have otherwise gotten one), and when you based your judgment on associations and never morals or ethics - what do you expect? Did I mention the totally bizarre Senator Panagiotakos endorsement of Fred Doyle, who could best be described as a venomous individual with the temperment of prison guard and the most nominal qualifications for public service?
Richard Howe, Jr., in his blog, noted former public officials signing Mr. Kazanian’s advertisement to include Tarsy Poulios, Phil Shea and Rithy Uong. That is not exactly the Hall of Fame of Ethical Politicians. Years ago, there was a political ad from a trail blazing female City Councilor named Gail Dunfey entitled… The Hacks Want Their City Back. She argued that Lowell had to move forward to adopt new ideas and merit government. Well deja vu all over again. I think we now understand better what Bernie Lynch is up against every Tuesday night.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:34 am
Grizzled..true..there were no surprises on that list of folks to endorse him.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
Gerry, hope you fare better running for State Rep, than you did for the Greater Lowell Reg
Tech School Committee…… Best to get a new campaign manager.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 am
grizzled - I know prison guards, and I wouldn’t put Doyle anywhere near them in terms of scale of venom…
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Thanks Nancy,
You available or offering? I can use all the help I can get.
It was a long time ago and I’ve learned a lot since then. Plus the area is a little smaller and it may be a 1 on 1 match up.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Alive. Unique. Inspiring.