Archive for Weymouth
04.06.12
Posted in Dominic Galluzzo, Weymouth at 10:49 AM by Tanna K
How do Weymouth Taxpayers Like Taxation without Representation?
by Dominic Galluzzo
Did you know Southfield residents pay no taxes to the town of Weymouth? Members of Weymouth’s Council should put on their big boy pants and first and foremost serve the best interest of Weymouth taxpayers. Ignoring the restated chapter 301 of the Enabling Legislation found on page 2, section 3 that in part states. In addition, it shall be the goal of said corporation, during its existence, to pursue the development in a manner that imposes no costs on said towns for the provision of police and fire protection, emergency services, water and sewer, schools, road and highway, parking, transportation, telecommunications, lighting, recreation and other municipal services. Isn’t this a dereliction of their duties?
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03.26.12
Posted in Dominic Galluzzo, Weymouth at 11:58 AM by Tanna K
Tearing Down Weymouth to Build Up Southfield
Comparing budgets at an annual cost and (8760 hours per year rate) by Dominic Galluzzo, Weymouth Resident
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01.26.12
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Weymouth at 8:45 PM by Bob Monty
(Picture of recent Weymouth mayoral candidate and second-place finisher, Bob Monty, contemplating his navel while listening to the incumbent mayor’s very dumb answer to an overly dumbed-down question at a League of Women Voters candidates forum in late October 2011. The “forum” was put on by the same national group who launched vicious attacks against Sen. Scott Brown without disclosing their funding sources.)
By Bob Montgomery Thomas, January 16, 2012
If you’ve never met US Senator Scott Brown one on one, you’ve really missed something. I first met him when he was still a Massachusetts state senator at a political event in Swansea. I was introduced to him by Senator Bob Hedlund, his then-fellow senate Republican on Beacon Hill.
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12.12.11
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Weymouth at 2:29 PM by Bob Monty
Following this intro is a letter I sent to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) regarding out-of-town special interest money and in-town special interest money taken in by Weymouth’s mayor this year – on top of the many $thousands she received from various unions – for whom she has done absolutely nothing. The police and firefighters unions left her high and dry this year – just like she left them for the last four years.
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10.29.11
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Weymouth at 9:46 AM by Bob Monty
Bob Montgomery Thomas is pleased to announce that
Carol Ann Murphy, of East Weymouth, joined the campaign five weeks ago as his manager and trusted advisor for the hotly-contested 2011 Weymouth mayoral race. Carol Ann was with Saint Consulting, formerly of Hingham, for six years before joining the campaign as a strategic political aide. She brings many skills to the table and has helped the team develop a winning strategy.
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09.01.11
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Weymouth at 8:12 PM by Bob Monty
By Bob Montgomery Thomas
Having read and saved both the print and electronic versions of page 10 of the August 31 edition of The Patriot Ledger, I was thrilled to see that Weymouth’s hard-working, hard-charging mayor was finally able to take some time off from her arduous task of running the town.
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06.27.11
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Weymouth at 3:52 AM by Bob Monty
Will it be a Boon or a Boondoggle?
On Monday, June 20, 2011, the Weymouth Town Council voted unanimously to purchase the Emery Estate atop King Oak Hill in East Weymouth at the request of the mayor, the planning director and the chairman of the community preservation committee.
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06.21.11
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Weymouth at 12:31 AM by Bob Monty
The following are non-verbatim excerpts of a second Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) brief I filed on May 24 in the case of Weymouth’s first-ever mayor scheming to get a greater pension than warranted.
“In the instant case of Madden v. Public Employees Retirement Administration Commission and the Weymouth Retirement Board, a number of legal questions have not been addressed.
PERAC is relying on settled case law, Psyz v. Contributory Ret. Appeal Bd., 403 Mass. 514, 518 (1988) to deny Madden’s Group 4 pension, and while PERAC’s argument has merit, PERAC needs to look beyond the confines of Pysz, supra, for the absolute reasons his Group 4 pension should be denied and why charges should be brought against all parties involved in this attempt to defraud the state pension system.
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03.08.11
Posted in Bob Montgomery Thomas, Tanna Kasperowicz, Weymouth at 12:05 AM by Tanna K
Bob Thomas’ blog on the Patriot Ledger site is probably one of the most exciting blogs that newspaper hosts. And this week’s blog was no exception.
Thomas, who is running for Mayor of Weymouth this year, has been accused of raising havoc in an election season, which is really not true, as Thomas raises havoc all the time.
What is happening here, in an election year, is that former Weymouth Mayor David Madden is appealing his retirement benefits, for what is perhaps the third time since he retired almost four years ago. Thomas says “There is over $1.6 million at stake in the case; plus damages, perhaps. My bet is that it will be very costly for Madden when it is over.”
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03.04.11
Posted in Weymouth at 9:43 PM by Tanna K
Weymouth’s Ordinance Review Committee met Friday, March 4th at 10am for 35 minutes. Members attending were Diane Hachey, Police Captain Dan McCormick (chairman), Colleen Kelly, Bob Conlon, Ed Harrington and Town Solicitor George Lane. Not present: Jeanne Savoy, Chip Fontaine and Fire Chief Bob Leary.
The ordinances reviewed were nine, ten, and eleven.
The committee contemplated whether fees should be increased. It was noted that fees had not been increased in seven years. Harrington said he wanted to compare Weymouth’s fees with those of surrounding communities. Mr. Harrington wanted these words put in the minutes so that there would no misrepresentation. During the discussion of Chapter 11 members discussed treating late fees as a separate offense each day the fee was late.
After the committee votes on fees it will be forwarded to Town Council Ordinance committee, then to the Council for an up or down vote.
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