Posted in Local politics, Taylor Armerding on Aug 16th, 2010 View Comments
Some interesting one-upmanship is going on in the always entertaining but increasingly risky game of chicken being played in Lawrence over Fire Department staffing. Over the weekend, Mayor Willie Lantigua finally agreed to tear himself away from his two-week, triumphal, rock-star tour of the Dominican Republic and return to the “great city of Lawrence.” And [...]
I’m vowing never to say anything negative about Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua. Otherwise, he might never talk to me again.
Posted in Local politics, Municipal meltdown, Taylor Armerding on Jan 5th, 2009 View Comments
I agree with those who say that the few thousand bucks area school districts spent last November sending their superintendents and some school committee members to a conference on Cape Cod (read about it here) was no big deal – at least when it comes to breaking budgets. The top outlay of $4,500, which Methuen [...]
Posted in Local politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Oct 31st, 2008 View Comments
I’m voting for Question 1, to eliminate the state income tax, which shouldn’t surprise anybody. Every time I hear from its opponents that it would be “reckless” or “irresponsible,” I wonder, “Do these people ever stop to look in the mirror?” Reckless and irresponsible is the way they have been spending, demanding spending or enabling [...]
Posted in Local politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on May 2nd, 2008 View Comments
Haven’t we hear this song before? Bills get passed, or killed, at the Statehouse that directly benefit good friends of those in power, and it’s all a complete coincidence. Nobody influenced anybody. So it’s a familiar melody coming from the lips of the surrogate subordinates of House Speaker Sal DiMasi. Among the scandals currently distracting [...]
Posted in Local politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Mar 13th, 2008 View Comments
Supposedly, there are systems in place to make sure that when state or local government provides a service, it hires the best contractor to do the job. You know, if they find one who can build roads and bridges that last twice as long as the average for the same price as everybody else, they [...]
Posted in Local politics, Massachusetts politics, Municipal meltdown, Taylor Armerding on Feb 6th, 2008 View Comments
Newton state Rep. Ruth Balser’s bill to exempt senior citizens from the impact of Proposition 2 1/2 overrides (something she has tried before) is not only a very bad idea. It is transparently disingenuous. It’s not about helping seniors, who already have more than enough help available to them if they really can’t pay their [...]
Posted in Local politics, Taylor Armerding on Jan 16th, 2008 View Comments
If there were any doubts about Andover teachers having a sense of entitlement on the scale of some of the McMansions in town, science teacher Tim Van Wey has removed them. Read his letter to the editor here. Van Wey objects to a news story here that said the teachers blocked traffic off of Main [...]
Of course the unions in Andover want to settle their contracts sooner than later. Who wouldn’t want that? But there’s a difference between them and those in the private sector who have to pay for those contracts. It’s not like union members have to worry about losing their jobs if they don’t have a signed [...]
Yeah, it’s shocking and appalling that James F. Stokes of Lawrence would fake a military discharge record. Read all about it here. It’s shocking and appalling that he’d go so far as to put his claim to be a veteran of the U.S. Marines on the ballot when he ran for School Committee. It’s shocking [...]
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