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| September '07 |
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September
'07
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Ethics
Charges Made Against
Councilor DiMarca
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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| August
'07 |
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Newburport
Police Officers Finally
Honored
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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| July
'07 |
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Laboy:
Race Politics is
Ruining
Lawrence
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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| June
'07 |
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Who
are the Candidates for
Congress
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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| May
'07 |
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Council
President Drove Me From
My Job
Criminals
and Cop Haters
"Educate" the
ACLU
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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April
'07
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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March
'07'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
More
Ethics Complaints Against
Lawrence Councilor
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February
'07'
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Audit
Shows School Committee
Incompetence
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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January
'07'
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Why
Lawrence Should Pay More
in Taxes
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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2006
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December
'06'
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Please!
Just Shut up and Vote!
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November
'06'
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Admit
it... You Reallly Don't
Care
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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October
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook |
September
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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August
'06'
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So
Many Qustions so Few
Answers
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Councilor
Opposes Home for Disabled
boy
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July
'06'
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Actions
Speak Louder
than
Platitudes
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June
'06'
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Some
Hilights and Lowligts of
the Flood
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June
'06'
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Some
Hilights and Lowligts of
the Flood
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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May
'06'
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Al
Perry Must Resign!
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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April
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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Mar
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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Feb
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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Jan
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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Jan
'06'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Traffic
Cameras in Lawrence
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2005
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Dec
'05'
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The
ACLU Grinches Try to
Steal Christmas
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| Nov
'05' |
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Poverty
Pimps: What Lawrence
doesn't need
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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Election '05'
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Former
Lawrence Union Head Runs
for School Committee
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Oct
'05'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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Sept
'05'
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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| August
'05' |
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Point
Counter Point: Morning
After Pill
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July
'05'
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Courtroom
Drama Rests with
Piscitello Testimony
Laboy/McGovern
Covered by Tabloid Trash
Media
PAYING ATTENTION! EXTRA
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Lawrence
teen gets First
Harry Potter!
Hundreds
Crowd Borders For First
Harry Potter
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| June
'05' |
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Willie
Lantigua's True Color:
GREEN!
Willie Lantigua's racist
behavior has gone too far
and it's time somone
exposes him for
the hate monger that he
is!
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Harry Harutunian, Bill
Kelly, Dan Murphy, Al
Perry
Willie Lantigua, Lee
balcom, Tennis Lilly,
Michael
Sweeney, Mike Sullivan,
Barry Finegold, Mayor
Fiorentini
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Paying
Attention Extra!
Laboy
Endorses School
Committeeman
Jorge Gonzalez
Lawrence School
Superintendent Wilfredo
Laboy
joined a host of
prominent Lawrence
Politicos...
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| May
'05' |
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Jimmy Houle, Gun Buyback
Program,
Scully for
Superintendent,
Blanchette out!
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April
'05'
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Tom
Duggan's Election
Notebook
Lenny Degnan get's
smoked, Diane Huster
just doesn't get it,
Lanen vs. Caggiano in
2006...
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Feb
'05'
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Respectful
Leadership or
a Backhanded Slap?
In North Andover, Tom
Licciardello's campaign
signs include a cute
little slogan:
"Respectful
Leadership" But what
is really behind the
message?
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Jan.
'05'
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Firefighter
Heroes
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2004
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| Dec.
'04' |
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The
Grinch who stole
Christmas
is Real
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| Nov.
'04' |
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SOME
PEOPLE NEVER LEARN!
N.A. Superintendent Harry
Harutunian would
be wise to scrap the use
of calculators in the
classroom
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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'04' |
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It's
JUST a News Story
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| Sept.
'04' |
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Lawrence
Charter Needs an "Or
Else"
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| Aug.
'04' |
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Lantigua
Crying Racism...Again!
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| July
'04' |
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Daine
Huster Comes Unhinged!
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| June
'04' |
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Reyes
Brings Much Needed
Perspective
on
Lawrence's
Housing Problem
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May.
'04'
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Education
Myths Debunked by Real
Life Examples
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| April
'04' |
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School
Committee is All Talk No
Action
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| Mar.
'04' |
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Devers
Has it Right - More
Speech is Always Better
Tom
Duggan's Notebook
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2003
Complete
Coverage of the Cox
Scandal
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1/02/04
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Lawrence
Officials Sworn in
Tonight
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12/03
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Devers
Opts Out of Council
Presidency
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12/03
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Lowell's
Deseg. Plan Raises More
Questions About
the Myths of Education
Standards
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| 12/03 |
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The
Grinch Who Stole
Christmas is Real
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12/03
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Andover
Town Manager Livid That
We Got The Story!
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| 12/03 |
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More
Education Myths Debunked
by Real Life Examples
Andover Schools Show no
Need for Minimum Hours in
Class
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| 12/03 |
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Andover
Taxpayers Ready to File
Suit over Teacher
Benefits
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| 12/03 |
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Lawrence
Road Conditions a
Disaster!
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| 11/03 |
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Holy
Rosary Project Rejected
By City Council
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| 11/03 |
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Our
School Committee Disgrace
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| 11/03 |
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Some
things to Give Thanks for
This Thanksgiving
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| 11/03 |
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Missing
Ballots Cause Recount
Confusion
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| 11/03 |
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Why
do they Hate You so Much
Mr. President?
Yesterday, a smart ass
reporter asked the
president why leftist
protesters hate him so
much. Here's what he
should have said....
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| 11/03 |
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Alvarez,
Marasco get early start
on
2005
campaign for State Rep.
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11/03
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Some
Common Sense Thoughts on
Gay
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| 11/03 |
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Marcos
Devers Apologizes for
Kolofoles Remark
Council President Marcos
Devers has publicly
apologized
three times for a comment
he made on Spanish Radio
about Councilor Nick
Kolofoles
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| 11/03 |
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Move
Afoot to Unseat Devers
...Can
You Say President
Blanchette??
According
to some current and
soon-to-be City
Councilors
there's a move afoot to
elect Councilor Patrick
Blanchette as
the next Council
President in January.
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| 11/03 |
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Ban
Circuses In Lawrence A
Liberal Cause Worth
Fighting For
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| 10/03 |
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Ramos
has it Right, New School
Committee Must
Remove
Superintendent from the
table
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DiMarca
Calls for Recount
Lawrence
City Councilor Nunzio
DiMarca took out recount
papers
yesterday after losing by
53 votes to Israel Reyes
Tuesday.
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Why
Nick Kolofoles Deserves
Your Vote on the Hill
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Airport
Manager's Name Forged on
Reyes Campaign Ad
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| 10/30/03 |
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Most
Candidates Don't Disclose
Finances
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NOT
POSTED
"It's
Time for US to TAKE
OVER!"
What's
behind the movement to
"Vote only
Latino?" All you
have
to do is listen to the
Spanish Language
Media-"We have a
chance
to take over this city
and put out the
anglos..."
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DiMarca
Calls "VOTE ONLY
LATINO"
Campaign
"Racist"
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VOTE
ONLY LATINO?
A
campaign promoting the
idea that all Latinos
should only vote for
Latino candidates is
clearly racist and the
White voters in Lawrence
should take notice
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Why
Todd Woekel Can't Win in
Methuen
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10/30/03
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Superintendent
Wilfredo Laboy Turning
Lemons into Lemonade
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It's
DiMarca Vs. Reyes for At
Large Spot
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District
"F" Councilor
Marie Gosselin
Submits
Campaign Finances
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Michael
Fielding's $1,561.00
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| 10/10/03 |
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Reyes
Lobbied Planning Board
for Contributors
As
a member of the Planning
Board, At Large Candidate
Isreal Reyes
lobbied for business
owners who contributed to
his campaign. He even
tabled an issue for one
contributor, & sat on
a sub committee to help
him ...
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10/13/03
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More
Reyes Contributors got
Favorable
Treatment
on
Planning Board
It
wasn't just Mr. Steuart
and Mr. & Mrs.
Robitaille
who contributed to the
Reyes Campaign after
getting
favorable treatement ...
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Piscitello's
Yelling Fit Ends in A
Call for Absolute
Power
for Superintendent on Out
of State Travel
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Sweeney
Elected on Write in Votes
Will
Return to School
Committee in January
NOTE!: A Recount was held
Thursday in Lawrence City
Hall
for write in candidates
in Tuesday's election.
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FIELDING
TROUNCES GOSSELIN IN
DISTRICT "F"
PRIMARY!
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9/25/03
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Blanchette,
Vittorioso Emerge
Victorious
Why
Did the Voters on
Prospect Hill Reject One
Incumbent
and Overwhelmingly
Support the Other? Call
it the "LABOY
FACTOR" An Objective
Analysis of the District
"A" Election
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OFFICIAL
PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS POSTED
HERE!
Turnout
15% ...Marcos Devers Tops
the Ticket City Wide,
Reyes squeaks into
third
place over Nunzio DiMarca
by 143 votes. Incumbent
Noah
Shannon
places behind challenger
Jim Vittorioso (287-230)
for
the
school committee and
Patrick Blanchette gets a
mandate on
Prospect
Hill beating Rick Parthum
(358-214). Gosselin
Numbers below
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| 9/12/03 |
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Israel
Reyes Sends out campaign
literature
exploiting
911 Tragedy
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Most
Candidates Refuse to
Disclose Campaign
Finances>Part
1
Shame
Shame Shame! Here's a
list of who disclosed
their campaign finances,
who didn't, and a
snapshot of expenses and
donations (starting with
Israel
Reyes) Actual reports
will be scanned and
linked by weekend.
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| 9/01/03 |
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A
look at the AT-LARGE City
Council Race
Who's in? Who's Out? Who
is playing Power Broker?
And What does this mean
for the Future of
Lawrencec
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Campaign
Finances At Large
Candidate Joe Parolisi
A
Breakdown of At Large
Candidate, Joe Parolisi's
Campaign Finances
Some minor oddities of
note on Parolisi Report
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Breakdown
of District "F"
Challenger,
Michael
Fielding's
Campaign Finances
Of the four candidates
running in District
"F" (South
Lawrence East)
only Michael Fielding
disclosed his campaign's
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Sweeney
Discloses Finances
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Bread
and Roses Festival
Provides Great
Opportunity
to Debunk Socialism
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Reyes
to Run At Large
Planning Board member,
Israel Reyes, the twice
failed
candidate for District
"D" City
Council (and failed
candidate
for State Rep. against
Jose Santiago) is
expected to
announce his candidacy
for City Council again on
Saturday morning.
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Reyes
Makes it Official
Short on Issues, Reyes
says Campaign is about
"life
experience"
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08/04/03
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National,
State Buzz About Laboy
Misses the Mark
The state and national
media has seized upon
Superintendent
Wilfredo Laboy'sfailure
to pass a basic English
proficiency test.
As usual they missed the
real story.
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08/04/03
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Can
Council President Devers
Overcome
his
Image as a pushover?
Struggling
with an unfair image,
Councilor Devers
faces a tough reelection
campaign. Is he the
pushover his detractors
make him out to be? -T.D.
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06/12/03
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We'll
Laugh... We'll Cry... and
We'll Owe it All to GREG
To
political junkies like
myself, having Greg Hyatt
in a hotly contested
election is better than
coffee ice cream, cheese
Cake and Christmas
Morning all rolled into
one! Strap yourself in
for a ride into the mind
and campaign of Greg
Hyatt.
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| 07/08/03 |
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Councilors
Fuming Over Trash Pile Up
Lawrence Councilors Upset
over Piles of Trash
littering City Streets
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OK,
OK, The Notebook is Back!
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Police
Suspect Attempted Arson
of Cox Property
Teens
found with Gas Cans in
Cox building, now why do
you think THAT is?
Related Stories:
Complete
Coverage of the Cox
Property Scandal
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| 06/10/03 |
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The
Truth about Julia
Silverio and Race Baiting
in Lawrence
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Council
Should Hold Strong
Against Water Bond
Councilor
Nick Kolofoles says that
the Water Bonding Issue
is like Pearl Harbor and
the sneak attack of
privatization is coming!
He is right, of course
and if we learned
anything at all from the
Weatherbee School debacle
it is not
to fund ANYTHING until
all stipulations are in
writing and enforceable!
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Communism
Rears it's Ugly Head in
Masachusetts
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Voter
ID Expected to Pass
Council
National Law Passes
Congress, Lawrence
Could be a National Model
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FINALLY!
WWII Veterans Memorial Stadium
Will Be Renovated!
Sullivan
to Bond 4.2 Million
Renovation Project
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| 05/23/03 |
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Paying
Attention! Exclusive
McCarthy
Announces he Will Run
Against Meehan in 2004
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| 05/21/03 |
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Colon
Found Not Guilty on All
Counts!
City
is Out Quarter of Million
in Bogus Settlement
Mayor Sulllivan Must Fire
Peter Slipp Immediately
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| 05/19/03 |
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Council
to Hold Public Hearing on
Voter ID
Rep. Lantigua seen as
only obstacle to passage
in House; Jose Santiago
supports Voter ID 100%
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Tom
Duggan's Notebook
Parolisi,
School Nazis, Illegal
Aliens, Willie Lantigua
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| 05/11/03 |
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Will
Jajuga's Free Needle
Stance Hurt him in
Haverhill
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Chris
Cox Should get the
Message
JUST
go AWAY -and Please Take
Peter Slipp with you!
Mayor Mike Sullivan May
cherish the efforts of
Christopher
Cox because it will mean
more ribbon cutting
ceremonies,
but Cox Has Worn out his
Welcome in Lawrence.
-T.D.
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Planning
Board Rejects Chris Cox
They
Reject plan for 24 Unit
Housing Development on
Park St.
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05/11/03
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Free
Speech Curtailed Under
Sullivan
The
proof is astounding!
Under Mike Sullivan's
leadership, free Speech
has taken a beating!
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05/09/03
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City
Gives Santa(Cox) More
Than
Half
a Million for Two
Projects Alone
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04/23/03
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It's
Not About Me It's About
Chris Cox & Mike
Sullivan
Those
who are outraged by the
Actions of Mayor Sullivan
can make a big difference
by getting involved and
continuing to ask
questions about Chris Cox
and his
relationship to the
Sullivan Administration!
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Lawrence
City Councilor Mike
Sweeney quits
WCCM's "Sweet
Spot" in protest of
Duggan Firing,
Less
than 24 hours after Mayor
Mike Sullivan had
Tom Duggan fired from
WCCM for exposing the
Chris
Cox scandal, Sweeney
resigns telling station
ower
Pat Costa, "...to
allow an elected
official, Mayor
Sullivan, to have the
ability to censor what is
on
your station and to get
employees on the station
fired is not
tolerable..."
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In
the NOTEBOOK: 04-20-03
Updates:
Mary Kate Small arrested,
Barbara
Gonzalez on rent control,
Chris Cox is Jesus
Christ, Why Are You So
FAT? and Mike Sullivan
gives up his radio gig
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| 04/23/03 |
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Chaos
Benefits the Corrupt and
the Corruptible
Wanted: Long term vision
and a Master Plan
Why does Lawrence need
more low income housing?
Because the politicians
say we do. But wouldn't a
master plan for
controlled growth be a
better idea?
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| 04/20/03 |
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Pedro
Arce to Challenge Jorge
Gonzales
for
District "C"
School Committee
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| 04/18/03 |
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Planning
Board Member Solicits
Councilors for
Embattled
Lowell Developer Chris
Cox
Lawrence City Councilor
Marilda Gosselin did the
right thing by coming
forward about a phone
call
she received from
Planning Board Member
Israel
Reyes soliciting support
for Chris Cox.
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| 04/14/03 |
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Park
St. Developer Chris Cox,
So Many Questions,
Mayor Mike Sullivan
praised Developer Chris
Cox during
his state of the city
address a month ago. Cox
was hailed
as someone who was going
to save the city! Cox
reiterated
his support from Mayor
Sullivan as he stood
before the
planning board Wednesday
Night amid questions
about
shady business dealings
and his relationship with
City
Attorney Peter Slipp. Who
is this guy and who is he
really
working for? Mayor
Sullivan should have
asked a few basic
questions before vouching
for him during his public
address!
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04/11/03
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Blanchette:
"Piscitello a
Dinosaur"
Two Officials Spar on
WCCM's Morning Show
Piscitello supports
spending $53,700 on New
York
Trip for School
Administrators
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The
World Saw the Truth and
The World Will Change
Forever!
The
Fall of Baghdad will go
down in history as the
inspiration for
Freedom in the Arab world
and the beginning of
peace in the Middle
East. We are witnessing
the rebirth of liberty
around the globe and
all it took was for good
men to do something.
related story>>Arab
Journalists React to
Baghdad's Fall
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| 04/06/03 |
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Don't
Teacher Unions "Care
About the CHILDREN?"
You
would think that teacher
union officials would be
thrilled with the idea of
an additional teacher at
the
Sargent School rather
than increasing the class
size in
that school. But they
aren't.
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| 04/05/03 |
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Lawrence
Resident Says Police
Violated his Civil Rights
Lawrence resident Robert
King was threatened by a
police captain when he
tried to express his
rights at
the Saint Patrick's Day
parade. Abusing civil
rights is a
pattern among police
superior officers.
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A
thoughtful response to
those who hide behind
the
first amendment while
abusing it!
So, exactly what IS Anti
America?
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Angel
Rivera's hatchet piece
(in Spanish)
Angel
Rivera
In
English
(translated
using Google tools)
My good friend Angel
Rivera launches a viscous
personal attack against
yours truly. Normally, I
would enjoy the publicity
but he hasn't got the
facts straight!
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Lawrence's
Own Suzie Castillo Takes
Miss U.S.A Crown!
Boston.com
Herald
A 23-year-old Lawrence
office manager and model
was crowned Miss USA last
night.
Click
Here for Bio and Pics of
Suzie Castillo!
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04/05/03
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Sweeney
LEAVES Democrat Party
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| 03/20/03 |
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Sweeney:
I may leave Democrat
Party
Sweeney told his radio
audience he may leave
the party and urged
others to leave in
protest
as well over Daschle's
comments
RELATED STORY>>>Daschle
under fire for Iraq
comments |
| 03/19/03 |
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Staying
Alive!
Stadium Committee Rallies
to Stop Land Taking
New
Stadium Web Site; Your
Suggestions Welcome!
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Why
I have Had ENOUGH of
Hans
Blix, Tennis Lilly and
the American Left
Related Stories: >>The
Leftist Movement and
their Real Motivation!
Related Stories: >>Marxist
Peaceniks Exposed
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| 03/13/03 |
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Councilor
DiMarca To Seek 2nd Term
With
Planning Board member
Israel Reyes
already in the At-Large
Race, incumbent
Nunzio DiMarca gets an
early start raising funds
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| 03/17/03 |
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Danny
Valcourt Makes Surprise
Announcement
at DiMarca Event
Danny
Valcourt, announced his
candidacy for District
"F"
Councilor at Nunzio
DiMarca's announcement
party Friday night. So
far, he will face
incumbent Councilor Marie
Gosselin and Jim Stokes.
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| 03/05/03 |
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Israel
Reyes to Announce
Candidacy for Council
Well, it was bound to
happen. He ran for
district
council on Tower Hill a
few times, and challenged
State Rep Jose Santiago
in 2000. He hasn't won
yet but this could be his
year. Now on the planning
board, he is well
entrenched in a few local
issues
you should know about...
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| 03/05/03 |
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Dr.
Chuck Ormsby Emerges
Victorious
Mild mannered Dr. Chuck
Ormsby secured
a seat on the North
Andover School Committee
last night despite one of
the most viscious,
negative campaigns any
candidate has had
to endure at the local
level.
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| 03/03/03 |
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Dirty
Tricks, Illegal Fliers, Suspicious
Endorsements
in NA School Race
Forces desperate to
preserve the status
quo spending of the North
Andover School
Committee are circulating
an illegal flier about
one candidate, while
endorsing status quo
candidates Murphy and
Huster in another.
CLICK
HERE TO SEE FLIER
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02/28/03
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A
Tax By Any Other Name is
Still A Tax
Vote NO on Trash Fees in
NA!
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02/24/03
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Should
Council take a stand on
U.S. Action with anti-war
resolution?
According to Lawrenceinteractivo.com
Council President Devers
say
s he would support a
resolution opposing the
US, maybe the Council
should worry a little
more about doing their
own job instead of making
statements they know
nothing about.
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Marocs
Devers Announces His
Campaign
for Reelection!
transcript of the Devers
Speech
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| 02/19/03 |
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If
the Shoe Fits
They
say they don't like being
called "School
Nazis" but, what do
you call a group of
people
who try to censor free
speech with threats and
intimidation?
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| 02/16/03 |
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Lantigua
Has it Wrong: Spend the
Money Where
it
is Most Effective,
Charter Schools
It only makes sense to
spend money where it does
the most good and cut
from public schools which
cost more and educate
LESS
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| 02/16/03 |
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Criticism
of Speech Should be Taken
Seriously
But
Let's Recognize What is
going RIGHT!
Mayor Sullivan might be
an unrealistic optimist
but there was good in
this speech too...
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| 02/11/03 |
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Wendy
Wakewman Under Attack>>>
In
an attempt to damage
Wakeman's credibility
and once again rewrite
history, Diane Huster and
her storm troopers hurled
bogus accusations and
disrupted last nights
board meeting. Proving
once
again with their bad
behavior that they are
exactly
what I call
them....'School Nazis'!
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| 02/10/03 |
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Selectman
Wendy Wakeman Exposes
School Committee Lies
A
more than candid
interview with Wendy
Wakeman, North
Andover Selectman. Her
thoughts on the School
Committee,
Dr. Allen and that group
I lovingly call the
"School Nazis"
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| 01/29/03 |
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Maybe
Now the Superintendent
Will Consider
Putting
Third Shift Security
Guards
back in Schools
A
Lawrence High janitor who
worked third shift
was arrested for stealing
$12,000 worth of
school computers. Maybe a
security guard could
have avoided this theft?
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| 02/19/03 |
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Supt.
Wilfredo Laboys'
Compulsive
Obsessision
for
Control
And How
it
Affects our Schools
He
refuses to give public
information to the
public. He has ordered
employees not to talk to
the press. He brokered a
secret settlement
with an alleged rape
victim and refuses to
allow police in the
schools.
Is he hiding something or
is he just ....
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| 01/19/03 |
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AHHH
That Beautiful Blue
Screen!
Two weeks ago the public
was promised that
the government access
channel (channel 22)
would be fully
functional. Then again,
we were
promised better service
over a year ago.
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| 01/19/03 |
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Dan
Murphey Struggles to
Survive!
Outgoing
(with any luck) North
Andover School
Committeeman Dan Murphey
has a lot to say these
day. Given his track
record for misleading the
public
shouldn't he just go
quietly into the sunset?
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| 01/06/03 |
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A
Secret Settlement Clouded
in Ethical Questions
With
no conviction of the
accused guard, city
officials
have secretly settled the
lawsuit with the
so-called
victims for $250,000.
But, that's not the only
thing city
officials were hiding
regarding this case. In
fact, the
inappropriate behavior of
city officials goes much
deeper
than simply keeping the
settlement itself a
secret.
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| 01/05/03 |
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The
Lawrence Tax Mess
>
It doesn't really matter
who is to blame,
what we must figure out
now is how to solve the
problem.
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| 02/19/03 |
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Council
Seeks Injunction to Stop
Stadium Funds
from
Being Funneled to a
Private Developer
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| 02/19/03 |
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Stadium
Commission Abolished
The City Council voted to
abolosh the Lawrence
Stadium Commission to
make sure no more back
room deals will be made.
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| 02/19/03 |
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FIRE
BAD TEACHERS!
The Lawrence Teachers
Union is at it again.
And while we are on the
subject, maybe it's
time to look at the role
of unions in our failed
education system!
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| 02/19/03 |
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Where
are the Bleeding Hearts
Now?
Eight-Year-Old Duncan
McCrillis may die of
cancer
because his HMO is
denying him life saving
treatment.
Where are all the
liberals who say they
want to save
lives by banning cell
phones and forcing us to
wear seat belts?
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The
Council President has
Lost Control!
When Councilors Nilka
Alvarez and Julia
Silverio
began swearing and
insulting each other
during
a public meeting, the
Council President did
little
to prevent or stop it.
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Find
the Money for CLVS
Investigation
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Investigation?
What Investigation?
Serious allegations have
been made against
David Howshan, the
director of the Lawrence
Vocational School. We
keep hearing that an
investigation is being
conducted to find out if
he stole money, abused
his position or he is
just
the victim of disgruntled
employees. To date, there
is no investigation. What
gives?
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Casino
Controversy Already Lacks
Common Sense
There are no specific
details prving that a
gambling
casino would hurt th city
of Lawrence. We have to
explore all our
possibilities.
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Conflict
of Interest Abound on
CDBG Selection Board
At least three people
chosen by Mayor Sullivan
to sit
on the committee dishing
out CDBG grants could be
recipients of that money.
Conflict of interest? You
bet!
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Rumbo
Column Results in Fine
for Gosselin
The Trib can try to take
credit but we broke
the story and now
Councilor Gosselin issues
a
public apology.
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Fix
It NOW!
We have been hearing the
promises for years.
The Veterans Memorial
Stadium must be fixed
and fixed now.
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Scare
Tactics for override must
be Rejeced
The Superintendent of
Schools is saying that he
will
NEED to lay off teachers
if the current override
proposal is not passed.
Here is the truth!
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WOW!
Voters Speak on Tax
Override!
18 year incumbant Diane
Huster was bounced
by the voters because she
mislead them about
school spending. But how
did they know the truth?
Thank Ralph Wilber!
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The
Definition of Racism?
When Mario Van Camper
called me a racist on
WCCM last week it was a
perfect opportunity to
talk about how false
charges of racism are
used to
strong arm people. He
couldn't give one example
of
anything I have said or
done that was racist.
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Some
Suggestions on Mayor
Sullivan's New Budget!
His first budget is going
to be a foundation for
his entire
term of office. Here are
some suggestions on what
the
budget should include.
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Just
Where Are Those Computers
Going, Anyway?
When the Mayor said city
computers were going to
Lawrence
Community Works, he
wasn't telling the whole
story.
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Laboy:
Only One Act of Vandalism
Since Security Cut
Rumbo Finds At Least 20!
When Superintendent Laboy
told the public that only
one act
of vandalism had occurred
in the schools since he
cut security
on third shift, he wasn't
exactly being honest.
Take a look at the
list of incident reports
filed by his security
officers.
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Lot
Size and Race
The issue of changing the
lot size requirements for
building
new homes is on the City
Council agenda March 5th.
Some
people are making this an
issue about race.
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Smoking
Ban is an Affront to Our
Liberties
Can you say CHOICE?
If you don't like to dine
where smoking is
allowed you have every
right to leave.
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Lawyer
may challenge Torrisi in
fall
It's not often I post
Tribune Stories but this
one
must be seen. Read what
Dave said to the Tribune
in response to a possible
opponant...
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Valley
Lawmakers Oppose Tax
Break For Elderly
State Reps. Dave Torrisi,
Jose Santiago and Barry
Finegold all voted
against a tax cut for the
elderly.
Shame! Shame! Shame!
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4/22/02
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The
Rush to Cry Racism
Some in the Hispanic
commuity are calling for
the
removal of a school
teacher claiming she made
a
"racist"
remark. When is THIS
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Tom
Duggan has worked as a
columnist and reporter
for The 
