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Not again...
 Posted 5/13/2010 5:44:00 PM
So let me get this straight. Governor Deval Patrick said today that he had been briefed by the Joint Terrorist Task Force on the pending FBI raids that led to arrests of two men - who are believed to be in the country illegally - days ago. He announced that he was aware that a house in Watertown would be the subject of a federal search warrant and a gas station in Brookline.
But our Governor just two days ago said anyone who was worried about illegal immigrants in the Commonwealth, in Arizona, or anywhere else were just "stirring up fear." The remarks, made in an interview with the Globe that ran two days ago, seem outlandish considering that three men who sympathize with extremists who are accused of having ties to murderous terrorist groups have now been arrested in Massachusetts. One man was a pharmacist at a Walgreens in ...
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Michele McPhee
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Boston's Boycott
Posted 5/6/2010 8:33:00 PM
City Council President Mike Ross insisted that my assertion that Boston could be impacted financially by the asinine resolution that was passed by his fellow Boston lawmakers that will force Beantown from doing business with Arizona because of its crackdown on illegals was "preposterous."
Really Ross?
Because Tom Constantine, a retired Marine and former Massachusetts State Trooper, canceled a large graduation dinner he planned to host for his daughter in the North End.
"Ten of us are now going to dinner south of the city,'' Constantine told me. "If Ross thinks this idiot stunt will have no impact economically on Boston he should think again."
That's exactly what Mike Virostko of Townsend said. He was excited about taking his wife out in the city on Sunday for Mother's Day.
"Boston does not want to do much direct business with Arizona so the vote is symbolic or "feel good." I will ...
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What I Want from MY City Council
Posted 5/4/2010 12:49:00 PM
Do you know what I want from my City Councilors? Clean streets in East Boston. Businesses brought back to Downtown Crossing. Support for police details and the Quinn Bill. I want them to enforce the existing ice cream truck legislation and collect the fines owed to us by slumlords that have allowed trash to attract rats.
Do you know what I don't want my highly-paid City Councilors to do? Waste taxpayer time with feable attempts to change national or international policy.
City of Boston residents have already tolerated a resolution to end the war in Iraq. Okay City Councilor Chuck Turner - the brainchild of that complete nonsense regarding thew ar in Iraq - you are not a federal lawmaker. In fact, you are an accused law breaker who was photographed by the FBI with a fistful of $100 bills that feds are calling a bribe.
And now we have ...
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