Editorials

The people have spoken

January 22, 2010
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The political pundits, prognosticators, bloggers, Tweeters, et als will be having a field day for a long time to come as they try to discern some meaning from the election of Republican Scott Brown as our next United States Senator. We will hear all of the obvious reasons for the defeat of Democrat Martha...

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Get out and vote

January 14, 2010
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The special election to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s seat will be held Tuesday. We urge everyone to get out and to vote. Attorney General Martha Coakley and Senator Scott Brown are locked in a very tight race. Every vote will count. You vote especially counts. Get out and vote.

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Chelsea, Boston Harbor and LNG

January 14, 2010
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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino does not want to allow tankers from Yemen carrying enormous amounts of LNG to pass through Boston Harbor on its way to a dockage in Everett. City Manager Jay Ash has joined Mayor Menino, the belief being that Homeland Security and all relevant anti-terrorism agencies including the FBI need to...

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Ashley Rodriguez

January 14, 2010
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There are some kids growing up in this city who are winners from the time they are very young and who will always rise to the top of whatever it is they are seeking for themselves. Such a young woman is Ashley Rodriguez – a singer, a dancer and artist who grew up here...

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Senator Galluccio’s fall

January 7, 2010
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He was a man who had come to be a senator and who was serving with distinction but was unable to control or to confront the demons residing inside. One of the terrible things about what is inside us, is that it ultimately comes outside. And so, when he was involved in a hit...

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Happy New Year

December 30, 2009
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There is no way to know what awaits us before it happens – and so – we watch the coming of 2010 with great interest and hope. The hope is for a healthy, prosperous New Year. The interest is in having a positive year of gains and success in both our personal lives and...

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Something has to give with city paid health insurance

December 17, 2009
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Municipal employees here and everywhere spend lifetimes building up pensions. Part of the promise of working for the city besides one’s pension has been cheap health insurance largely paid for by the city. However, the days of cheap health insurance are gone. Cities and towns stretched financially by the economic downturn are struggling to...

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Fighting for the People

December 11, 2009
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When an attempt was made recently by the city council to change the Minimum Residential Tax Factor in order to favor commercial property interests over residential properties, Councilors Stan Troisi, Mike MeKonnen, Roseanne Bongiovanni, Deborah Washington, Brian Hatleberg and Ron Morgese joined together to defeat the measure, which was spearheaded by Councilors Roy Avellaneda,...

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Chelsea for Capuano

December 11, 2009
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Chelsea voters can be proud of the vote they gave to our Congressman Mike Capuano. He won here, but lost nearly everywhere else. During concession remarks made at the Fairmont-Copley Plaza Tuesday night, Capuano said he was humbled by the support he received from his friends. His friends in Chelsea and throughout Suffolk County...

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Congratulations to AG Coakley

December 11, 2009
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Martha Coakley is one small step away from becoming Senator Edward Kennedy’s successor in the United States Senate. The Republicans don’t have the numbers to defeat her in the final election. So the primary was actually the real deal for her. This we know – Martha Coakley was a good prosecutor and a better...

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