Archive for November, 2011
11.30.11
Posted in Street Guy at 12:52 AM by Tanna K
The redistricting is complete. The Commonwealth now has 9 congressional districts.How the mighty have fallen. At one point in time, the commonwealth had 14 congressional districts. It seems the population is voting with its feet.
Now that we’re on the topic of moving, let’s take a look at the recent movements of Democrat politicians moving between Plymouth County and Norfolk County.
Let’s start with Greg Hanley, former city councilor in Quincy, now a member of the Pembroke School Committee and a wannabe member of the Plymouth County Commissioners. Hanley made an unsuccessful run at State Representative Dan Webster. Of course if Mr. Hanley decides to move back to Quincy there is a house on Adeline Place that is now available.
Former Pembroke School Committeeman, now Quincy City Councilor, Brian Palmucci is firmly ensconced in his new position. One might question – just how does one with no political ties to a community, get elected to the city council? Easy, just happen to be the nephew of Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley. And then after you are elected to an office where your have no ties to the community, become the campaign manager for Norfolk County District Attorney Mike Morrissey.
Didn’t you know? Getting elected to the Pembroke School Committee is a steppingstone to entering the Democrat political machine. Pembroke is now in the 9th Congressional District; this new district will now have the privilege of voting for Congressman Bill Keating, a very new resident of the new and improved 9th Congressional district. Street Guy.
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11.28.11
Posted in Society's Ills at 8:02 PM by Tanna K
Dr. Jane Orient
By: Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
The Super Committee apparently ran into some Kryptonite, and was unable to perform a Superman-like impossible feat.
AMA president Peter Carmel, M.D., complained that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction missed a “unique opportunity to stabilize the Medicare program…for generations to come.” Really?
Even Superman couldn’t subtract $1.2 trillion from the budget gap by adding the $300 billion in spending required to restore a scheduled 27% pay cut to physicians. Now the cut may be 29% because of automatic sequestration, the default option if the Super Committee failed. Will your doctor still be there for you if this happens?
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Posted in Pete Kasperowicz at 11:34 AM by Tanna K
“The times were dark. The government of the greatest country the world had ever seen teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, threatening a worldwide economic disaster.
But brave men and women stepped forward. Surrounded by all the warning signs of excessive government debt, they formed what was soon nicknamed the “supercommittee,” 12 members of Congress who would come together and find a way forward on a lasting, fiscal solution.
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Posted in Rod Young at 11:26 AM by Tanna K
by Rod Young
When candidates and/or their staff attend a really worthy electioneering course the novices find difficulty in believing that voter apathy is the most important reality. Issues are not king. Form generally prevails over substance. (Will Obama Prevail?)
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11.27.11
Posted in Tanna Kasperowicz at 11:23 PM by Tanna K
Tinytown Gazette endorses Newt Gingrich
By Tanna Kasperowicz
Newt Gingrich is a Pennsylvania guy and I am partial to them, having been raised there and then having married one. I like their tenor voices. They’re very warm and buttery ––like Pennsylvania fields in the spring.
Gingrich is fun. He’s thought about and written about the hard issues. He knows where he stands on them and he’s not afraid to be on the other side of any issue.
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11.03.11
Posted in Tom Callahan at 12:38 PM by Tanna K
By Attorney Tom Callahan
former member of the Cohasset Board of Selectmen
and the Cohasset Conservation Commission
Part of the paltry response of the Board of Selectmen to the controversy over their removal of three Conservation Commissioners is to suggest yet another new committee to study the structure of town governance.
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