By Bob Montgomery Thomas
In an apparent April Fool joke attempt, Mayor Sue Kay appeared before the Weymouth town council along with the CFO on April 1 to ask for its support of her proposed meals tax increase of .075% (3/4 of 1%), which would bring the effective tax on prepared foods to 7%. That’s not a lot of money – just 75 cents on a $100 meal. Still, the “plan” she presented was highly suspect.
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Mayor Kay has recently scheduled public meetings to explain her decisions concerning the former Naval Air Sation South Weymouth. Unfortunately for the Weymouth taxpayers an open microphone will not be allowed lest someone ask a question her experts are unable to answer. I have always found that true experts are capable of answering off the cuff or spontaneous questions. They know the information they are an expert on and can readily answer anyone’s questions. That is why they are claimed to be an expert on a certain subject.
Mayor Kay plans on having three nights of meetings; each night has a different subject matter. Night one explains the history of the redevelopment of NAS South Weymouth and the documents. I am an expert on this subject matter and have the documents to back up my statement.
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WHAT ALL OF WEYMOUTH AND PART OF HINGHAM ARE STUCK WITH ON BACON HILL
Bacon Hill “representatives” on roll calls from the week of Feb. 4 to 8.
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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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