Heroes & Bozos
Heroes
& Bozos
>>Valley Patriot>> |
A belated three cheers for
The Town of Methuen Council on aging as well as the
Councils on Aging in Lawrence and Haverhill for having an
open door policy which allows all candidates to campaign
at the centers (which are clearly public buildings).
Kudos also to Superintendent Laboy for continuing to scrutinize the unnecessary spending of Eastern Contractors and architect Flansburgh & Associates, who have been hired to construct the new Lawrence High School for $110 million. Though Mayor Sullivan has publicly ridiculed School Committeeman Amy McGovern for her extensive criticism of the High School Project, it turns out she may have been right all along. (See story page 1.)
Kudos to State Rep. David
Torrisi for sponsoring a bill to increase the number of
charter schools in Kudos to North Andover Selectmen Wendy Wakeman, Jim Xenakis and Don Stewart who are all heroes for voting to change the tax classification differential from 1.18, to 1.08, in an attempts to bring the rate down, making commercial property more attractive for businesses. Hopefully, this will bringmore business into North Andover. Bozo status goes to several members of the Lawrence City Council for not paying attention to the lengthy presentations given to them during public meetings. As if these meetings weren't long and tedious enough, some members of the council day-dream and pass notes to each other and then spend an excessive amount of time asking questions which were answered several times before, over and over and over again ...making a laughing stock of the city and making our evenings verrrrry looooooong!
Kudos to the Haverhill Knights of Columbus for voting to support Father Cleary’s decision to ask State Rep. Barbara L’Italien to step down as Cantor at St. Augustines Church in Andover. Kudos also go to Andover Selectman Brian Major for coming to Father Cleary’s defense. Finally, kudos to Mayor Fiorintini for standing up to developers trying to pull the wool over his eyes in Haverhill. *Send your comments to ValleyPatriot@aol.com |
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Kudos to
Selectman Wendy Wakeman for defending free speech in
North Andover. Wakeman supports an open door policy for
political candidates who wish to campaign at the North
Andover Senior Center. 
Kudos to
Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Laboy and
Methuen Mayor Sharon Pollard for publicly voicing
their
opposition to the use of calculators in elementary
School. Unfortunately, North Andover does allow the use
of calculators in the elementary schools, so those who
continue to perpetuate this educational farse are
teetering on the brink of bozodom.
Kudos to
everyone in the Lawrence School System who have worked
diligently to get the High School accreditation back,
including Lawrence High Principal Tom Sharkey, the
teachers and administrators who work at the school and
Lawrence Mayor Mike Sullivan.
Massachusetts by supporting a bill in the
Legislature that will lift the arbitrary cap on the
number of charter schools in the state.
Kudos to
Lawrence City Councilor Mike Feilding (District
"F") for speaking out against raises for
members of the City Council, especially in light of the
fact that the city is millions in the red and most
Councilors can't even pay attention to what they are
doing.