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Subject: Sleazy Warren uses DiTillio’s widow as a pawn to justify his own Town health insurance coverage


Author:
Nostradamus
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Date Posted: 01:58 11/22/08 Sat
WarrenMarkShaw


(N-Note: The following excerpts are from Warren Shaw’s column this week in the Dispatch titled, A TAINTED VIEW OF PUBLIC SERVICE, which is in reference to a Page 1 Lowell Sun article about some Dracut elected officials exploiting the Town employee’s health insurance coverage that was published last week. I needed to add my own commentary on some of his remarks, which are in bold-italic print. Due to the rather lengthy nature of this posting, I will run it in its entirety on an immediate succeeding link to this initial message.)

"Bloodsuckers."

That's what Kathy DiTillio, the widow of former Selectman Jack Ditillio, and I were called in a Page 1 story of The Sun last week.

Why Page 1? Who knows? Maybe I missed something.

Maybe someone at the paper has been hearing noises most of us have missed.

Yo Warren, I think you’re mistaking “noises” for a guilty conscience. Granted, I think the Lowell Sun should have done that feature when you first screwed the Town of Dracut for your family health insurance coverage on you and your convicted drug dealer of son, Mark seven years ago. As far as Roger Daigle referring to you, Kathleen DiTillio, and all your other ilk bilking the Town for health insurance coverages as, “bloodsuckers”, I personally would’ve called you people, “sanctimonious sons of bitches”.

The Page 1 story was about a "perk" -- also known as health insurance -- that state law allows communities to give retired elected officials. Most of the story was fair.

Warren Lie #1 – What “state law” are you referring to, Warren? There’s no such “state law” that allows communities to offer health insurance coverage to RETIRED elected officials. Warren Lie #2 – How the heck does an elected official “retire” from public office? They either lose reelection, quit, or, as in Jack DiTillio’s case, pass away while in office – but nobody “retires” from elected office. We’re talking about a volunteer community service here – not a professional career.

The nonsense was peddled in the "lead" and the headline, and created a very unfair and inaccurate perception of the truth. Or as one local political leader put it, "and they wonder...
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Subject: Popular local blog alleges Ogonowski still owes GOP consulting firm more than $27K


Author:
Kopy Kitten
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Date Posted: 20:50 12/23/08 Tue
(posted on, RichardHowe.com, 12-23-08)

Ogonowski and Clinton - Debts Owed?

Posted by Marie on 23 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Federal, Greater Lowell, History

A number of sources including Roll Call are reporting that Massachusetts and Merrimack Valley Republican Jim Ogonowski is the subject of a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission regarding an alleged failure to list a five-figure debt owed to a GOP consulting firm in his latest FEC report. The firm plans to file a lawsuit to recoup the $27,361.94 it claims that the campaign never paid. Apparently, the candidate thought the check sent in September was sufficient payment.

Ogonowski who ran against Niki Tsongas in the 5th CD special election to replace Marty Meehan chose to challenge John Kerry in the 2008 Senate race rather than run again for the House of Representatives seat. In the end by his own admission part of the reason he eventually dropped out of the Senate race was the money issue. Many times issues of money continue to haunt a candidate after a race is lost, discontinued and even won. “Putting paid” to campaign expenses and obligations can be difficult...
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Subject: LORD, Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change, the Courge to Change the Things I Can, And the Wisdom to Hide the Bodies of Those People I Had to Kill Because They Pissed Me Off!!!!


Author:
Home Boy
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Date Posted: 13:38 12/23/08 Tue
Subject: 7:42am 4" of snow WHERE ARE THE PLOWS?


Author:
can't believe they had school today
[Edit]
Date Posted: 07:44 12/17/08 Wed
Surprised that school was not delayed and that the plow trucks have not been by. Amazingly, the school bus was on time.
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Subject: Jimmy O sez he was "taken aback" over recent letter regarding Canney Farm


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 07:18 11/30/08 Sun
(published in, Lowell Sun, The Column, 11-30-08)

BORROWING FROM the Rolling Stones, an attorney for developer and Lowell City Councilor Alan Kazanjian told Dracut officials "this could be the last time," in granting an extension to a purchase-and-sale agreement for the 14-acre parcel off Lakeview Avenue known as Canney Farm.

"I really didn't like the tone of the letter," said Selectman James O'Loughlin. "I don't know if this is the feeling of the property owner or just his attorney, but the letter made it sound like we are dragging our feet and that's not the case. I was taken aback by the language and the tone."

In June, Town Meeting voters agreed to buy the parcel and an adjoining lot on which a house now sits for $1.42 million. A design firm was brought in and is formulating plans to construct athletic fields on the property. The extension pushes the agreement off until February, while the project goes through the permitting process.

Soil evaluation was conducted and small amounts of contamination were discovered on the site. Kazanjian has agreed to have it removed.

"What if they don't get it done in time?" O'Loughlin said. "Are they going to ask for an extension?"
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Subject: Elves from Lowell Sun's "The Column" bestows annual Christmas gifts to local area pols


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 07:40 12/21/08 Sun
(published in, Lowell Sun, The Column, 12-21-08)

Naughty or nice, we've got gifts for all

Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas!

It's that time of year again, when the elves at The Column deliver special Christmas gifts to the region's movers and shakers who provide us with plenty to write about 52 Sundays a year.

This year's Sunday Gift Column arrives at your doorstep with a twist: an overall positive tone. Sure, some gifts might be edgy, but we've attempted to burn some of the lumps of coal that have ended up in pols' stockings in previous years.

Casual readers of The Column might not understand the true meaning of all gifts and to them, our apologies. The recipients, however, know the score.

So here's hoping all your Christmas shopping is complete and you have electricity...

...FOR DRACUT Selectman Robert Cox: a parade for the Dracut High School football team complete with Boston Duck Boats on Beaver Brook and a wide open Broadway Road with neon signs pointing to Coyle's Tavern.

FOR DRACUT Town Manager Dennis Piendak: the usual. A healthy revenue stream and funding for a new town hall. Oh, and a cell phone that gives him access to his voicemail without having to punch in his password.

FOR GREATER Lowell Technical School Board member Brian Martin and his wife, Dracut School Committee member Mary Gail Martin: a buyer for their home that no one is supposed to know is on the market.

FOR DRACUT Housing Authority Executive Director Mary Karabatsos: a board of commissioners that can actually come up with a unanimous vote.

FOR ALL Dracut employees who are not teachers: a similar contract.

FOR THE Dracut High football program: humble bows of respect from all the "experts" who insisted that little Dracut had scheduled beyond its means. (Keep dreaming big.)...
Subject: Fred Fahey ordered to pay more than $20 million after losing court case


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 09:32 12/20/08 Sat
(published in, Lowell Sun, 12-19-08)

Developer of Dracut golf course loses lawsuit

By Dennis Shaughnessey
dshaughnessey@lowellsun.com

DRACUT -- Dracut developer Fred Fahey had his day in court last week and was ordered by a Superior Court judge in Boston to pay Realty Financial Partners of Wellesley damages totaling more than $20 million.

Judge Ralph Gants ruled last week that Fahey, the former developer of Meadow Creek Golf Course and Estates in Dracut, defaulted on loan obligations and must pay RFP $674,494, a portion of the money he personally guaranteed when borrowing, plus attorneys' fees and municipal taxes.

"Judge Gants agreed with the facts that I presented," Fahey said. "He agreed that I initially borrowed $10 million from RFP and paid back $5.7 million. He agreed that I was being charged 42 percent interest on the loans. He agreed that the development is worth $22 million and that it was taken away from me, but somehow he came to the conclusion that I owe RFP $20 million. I don't understand that math."

As principal owner of Meadow Creek LLC, Fahey is responsible for the loan, in addition to the money that he guaranteed personally.

Gants rejected Fahey's claims that from 2001 to 2005, RFP acted as a predatory lender, defrauded him personally and, in 2006, improperly took possession of the project, which consists of an 18-hole, tournament-caliber golf course surrounded by 178 house lots.

In March, RFP sold the course to local developers Jeffrey Brem and Kevin Shepple. In October, RFP came to terms with the town for the construction of a $3 million, 18,000-square-foot clubhouse, which is expected to be built by July or August.

As many as 17 people testified during the two-week trial, which went before Gants and not before a jury.

Fahey and RFP have been battling in court for nearly three years. Lawsuits, countersuits and appeals have occurred at various levels in the court system leading up to last week's decision.

Fahey filed a civil lawsuit accusing a half-dozen prestigious college endowments of investing in RFP, even though he said they knew the lending company was violating the law by charging as much as 42 percent interest. Among the schools are Harvard, Princeton, Yale, the University of Notre Dame, Oberlin College and Spelman College.

Fahey asked the court to declare the loans illegal. RFP has maintained that the loans did not charge a 42 percent interest rate, and repeatedly called Fahey's claims "baseless and without merit."

"We knew all along that we acted in a prudent manner, as we do with all of our investments," said David Allen, president and CEO of RFP.

Fahey said the appeals court normally consists of a three-judge panel.

"I've had two judges agree with me, and now they've had two judges agree with them," Fahey said. "So I would say that this is ripe for the Appeals Court."

Attorney David Rich, from the firm of Todd and Weld, which represents RFP, said two pretrial motions filed by RFP to dismiss Fahey's suit were denied.

"The trial on the merits took place even though we made motions to dismiss and RFP prevailed anyway," Rich said, suggesting that it is a stretch for Fahey to claim that the judges agreed with him. "The judge made specific findings and did not find his assertions to be credible."
Subject: Poles apart ...Local officials push for power to prod utilities


Author:
The Boston Globe
[Edit]
Date Posted: 08:12 12/20/08 Sat
By Brenda J. Buote
Globe Correspondent / December 18, 2008

With the approach of a new legislative session, municipal leaders and activists are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow cities and towns to fine utility companies that fail to remove double poles in a timely manner.

"Repeated promises remain unfulfilled," said Patrick Mehr, a Lexington resident who for years has pushed for legislation to put muscle behind a 1997 state law that mandates utility companies remove double poles within 90 days of their installation, but that has no penalties for noncompliance.

"The situation will not change until the state Legislature revisits this issue," said Mehr. "They have blatantly disregarded the law, and will continue to do so until there are real financial incentives for them to make substantive changes."

The situation is created when a utility company installs a pole to replace an old one, and both are left while the utility waits for other companies to move their equipment, including transmission lines, transformers, and fire alarm cables, to the new pole. And although the utilities maintain a shared management database designed to smooth the process, it can take months.

Communities across the state have long expressed concerns that double poles pose a hazard. Some obstruct the vision of motorists. Others are left dangling above ground, carrying high-voltage wires.

In the absence of a legislative remedy, some communities have adopted a novel approach to compel compliance: When a utility comes before local officials seeking permits for other projects, it is asked to take action on the double poles.

"We hold up some projects a little bit, and they seem to respond to that," said Malden City Councilor Paul DiPietro, noting that Verizon, National Grid, Comcast, and the Fire Department are now working to remove some 300 double poles.

However, similar tactics have failed in other communities, often because the utility seeking permits is unable to compel others using the old pole to transfer equipment. In each community, a single utility - Verizon, NStar, or National Grid, the successor to Massachusetts Electric - is responsible for directing the removal, but has no authority over others with wires on the pole.

"In many cases, it's an issue of motivation," said Steven Magoon, Watertown director of community development and planning and a former mayoral aide in Gloucester, who noted officials in both communities have had little success. "Often, a double pole will get addressed by one utility because they have a service issue in that area, but it's not as high a priority for the other companies, so the process drags on."

Verizon spokesman Phil Santoro said the company is committed to removing double poles efficiently. "We work cooperatively with the other entities that have wires on the poles," he said. "In most cases, the current process works pretty effectively. Occasionally, there are delays that typically would result from coordinating the schedules of all four entities; however, that is the exception rather than the rule."

Between April and October, Verizon reduced the double poles in Lexington from 345 to 221, according to surveys conducted by the town Electric Utility Ad Hoc Committee. However, 196 of the remaining poles had been in place longer than 90 days.

Mehr, a member of the committee, said Lexington's frustration over the lingering double poles was clear at Town Meeting in April, when voters passed a resolution requiring selectmen to solicit state support for legislation that would fine utilities for noncompliance with the law.

The board's chairman cited the utilities' Pole Lifetime Management database in lobbying for tougher enforcement measures.

"We now have well over four years of experience with PLM, and even for the showcase community of Lexington, PLM has not yielded the results promised by the utilities," Selectman Norman P. Cohen wrote in an Aug. 11 letter to the chairman of the state Department of Public Utilities and the commissioner of the state Department of Telecommunications and Cable.

Cohen noted that the sluggish progress is particularly troubling because Verizon and NStar in 2003 identified Lexington as a pilot community to demonstrate the database's effectiveness.

The state DPU's executive director, Tim Shevlin, said the problem is complicated.

The issue of shared jurisdiction over the poles obscures matters, he said. Under the Romney administration, only the state Department of Telecommunications and Energy was responsible for overseeing removal of double poles. But the agency no longer exists, its responsibilities now shared by DPU, which oversees gas and electric companies, and DTC, which oversees cable and telephone companies.

Frustrated, the town of Bedford in 2005 passed a bylaw that established a $100 daily fine for each set of lingering double poles. The Supreme Judicial Court overturned the bylaw, finding that the state is responsible for regulating double poles.

"The issue has not been resolved, and it should be," said Bedford Town Manager Rick Reed, suggesting that tweaking the PLM could ensure companies are notified automatically when another company has finished transferring its equipment.

The PLM system now relies on each company monitoring the database to know when to send out crews. The process of switching wires involves a sequence, so if one utility doesn't update the database, others get held up.

Reed wants the PLM system upgraded and fines imposed for noncompliance, an approach supported by municipal leaders and activists across the state.

State Senator Susan C. Tucker, an Andover Democrat who is vice chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, in January filed a bill to establish fees for noncompliance with the law; the bill died in committee. Tucker said she will refile it next month.
Subject: Missing Greyhound


Author:
pink_y
[Edit]
Date Posted: 16:36 12/03/08 Wed
First and foremost, I truly hope the family that lost their greyhound finds their dog and their story has a happy ending.

That said, I also hope that when the story does end (regardless of the ending), they take the time to drive around and remove every single "missing" poster they plastered the town with. I applaud their diligence, but was it really necessary to put up such an excessive amount?

oy.
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Subject: National Grid's Poor Performance with the Ice Storm


Author:
Charlie
[Edit]
Date Posted: 18:31 12/15/08 Mon
National Grid should be renamed National Gridlock. I was at the dump in Dracut MA today dropping off some storm debris limbs etc and saw two National Grid employees there with a National Grid box truck picking through the wood and loading it into the truck. Looks like they were taking care of themselves and not the unfortunate.

Best of Good Luck to everyone still without power.

Charlie
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Subject: O.K.Dracut now it's your turn,to recieve federal aid!


Author:
Franklin
[Edit]
Date Posted: 12:31 12/19/08 Fri
With the bail out of wall street billion airs and multi million air moronic C.E.O.'s. On 1-21-09,our new President will finally give middle class americans a financial break!!

Schools,other public buildings,bridges,roads highways,etc.Finally putting millions of americans to work,putting money in our pockets to spend in our communities. Not to oversea's companies who pay no taxes here in the U.S.A.! Ending two costly wars both in lives,
u.s.money and our honor! A real government administration who can and will change our dishonorable path by Bush and Cheny!!!!

Creat real jobs with a social purpose to financial security for meaning work. Not blowing up and killing Arabs
but building strenth thru out the world with real diplomacy. Finally after eight years of failure from republicans controlli all branches of federal government "we the people" will once again get our country back.

Badly broken by corrupt republicans but we the peoplke with New President and new congress will repair and make whole again the true meaning of American values. No longer acting like Nazies to the world our beaken of liberty and justice will shine once more!!!!!!!

A new city hall,new high school,increased sewer installation etc.etc. We already have plans in the "pipe line" and resubmit to Governors office!!!!


HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!!!!!
Subject: Actual headlines in 2007


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 09:09 12/17/08 Wed
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
(This one I caught in the SGV Tribune and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.)

Now for more:

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
(No, really?)

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
(Now that's taking things a bit far!)

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
(What a guy!)

Miners Refuse to Work after Death
(No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!)

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
(See if that works any better than a fair trial!)

War Dims Hope for Peace
(I can see where it might have that effect!)

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
(Ya think?!)

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
(Who would have thought!)

Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
(They may be on to something!)

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
(You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?! Oklahoma's construction program!)

Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
(He probably IS the battery charge)

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
(Weren't they fat enough?!)

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
(That's what he gets for eating those beans!)

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
(Do they taste like chicken?)

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
(Chainsaw Massacre all over again!)

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
(Boy, are they tall!)

And the winner is....

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
(Did I read that right?)
Subject: Savvy investors are expected to rake in some big bucks on these rather fascinating upcoming mergers


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 08:38 12/17/08 Wed
For you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.

Watch for these consolidations in 2009:

1) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co., will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace

2) Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers will join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker

3) 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMM Good

4) Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa

5) FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP

6) Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild

7) Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: Poupon Pants

8) Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW

And finally....

9) Victoria 's Secret and Smith & Wesson will merge under the new name: Titty Titty Bang Bang
Subject: Should we now call this board "Dracut is now Dark"?


Author:
cold and in the dark
[Edit]
Date Posted: 12:19 12/12/08 Fri
Ya know it's not going to be a good day when the lights go off while you are in the shower at 6am. More misery when you realize that you better go to work b/c at least it's warm and there are lights on (no free day off). Complete despair when you read on the news sites that we could be in this cold dark state for a few days.

are there lights on anywhere in Dracut this morning?
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Subject: really?


Author:
Paige Allen
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Date Posted: 18:32 12/14/08 Sun
Okay really? Theres enough trash talking on this page. Isn't this website supposed to be here to help the town? Not to trash talk everyone in the town and then not even put your own name down. Really if you have something to say dont bitch about it behind a computer that does nothing. Man up and actually do something to help this town, instead of wasting your time trash talking other people. Thanks
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Subject: With '08 almost over, Jimmy O is two-thirds of the way to becoming another Nostradamus


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 08:02 12/14/08 Sun
(published in, Lowell Sun, The Column, 12-14-08)

LAST YEAR, Dracut Selectman James O'Loughlin was asked to predict three major events for 2008.

O'Loughlin predicted a major political upset in the May election. Newcomer Matthew Sheehan beat out Dennis "D.J." Deeb for a seat on the School Committee by 27 votes.

O'Loughlin also boldly proclaimed that the Dracut High School football team would emerge as the Merrimack Valley Conference Super Bowl champs. The Middies fulfilled that prophecy a week ago, defeating Marshfield High School by a score of 27-0.

O'Loughlin also predicted an abrupt and surprising resignation by a high-ranking public official. That hasn't happened ... yet.
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Subject: VACANT HOUSES ON HILLDRETH ST.


Author:
JUST WONDERING
[Edit]
Date Posted: 21:56 12/02/08 Tue
Who owns the two vacant houses that abut hovey park on Hilldreth St.I thought the town was interested in them for parking for the ball park?They were previously purchased for 60,000 each.Thats 120,000 for both of them.I wonder what the town is willing to pay for them now.Property values are at there lowest.What a good time to buy them.I hope the town moves quickly so that a developer does not grab them first.
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Subject: I HEARD THAT CVS IS GOING TO BE BUILDING AT THE OLD CIVIC CLUB SITE DOES ANYONE NO IF THATS TRUE?


Author:
JOEY
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Date Posted: 20:16 12/10/08 Wed
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Subject: Dracut 4th Place Title


Author:
Resident
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Date Posted: 16:21 12/09/08 Tue
Well I just wanted to say congratulations Dracut CTeam on taking a 4th place title today at the National Championship in Disney. Good luck to ATeam competing on Friday.
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Subject: Support Matt Grimard "PLAYER OF THE YEAR "


Author:
resident
[Edit]
Date Posted: 21:25 12/11/08 Thu
Matt Grimard nominated for player of the year by Fox news.
Dracut CAST YOUR VOTE

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=8044492&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1
Subject: Daigle’s recent letter paints Warren Shaw as a “political whore”, as well as an “opportunist”


Author:
Roger L. Daigle via Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 07:39 12/06/08 Sat
(published in, The Valley Dispatch, Letter to the Editor, 12-5-08. Roger L. Daigle, incidentally, is the co-host of the local access cable TV show, “Inside Dracut Politics”, which airs several times a week on Channel 8.)

WHY SHOULD PUBLIC SERVICE BECOME SELF-SERVICE?

A recent column in The Vallley Dispatch by Warren Shaw shows as its headline: "A tainted view of public service."

In my opinion, it's his (Shaw's) kind of politics and that of so many others in elective office that we read about in the media that's tainting public service. These officials, once elected, consider politics a game and "public service" becomes "self-service."

Serving their community is done, unfortunately, for more name recognition and notoriety. In other words, it's an ego factor. It helps them get re-elected. Warren states in his article that the health insurance, by law, allows communities to give retired elected officials this expensive perk. Talk about an unfair and inaccurate perception of the truth.

The writer of The Sun article on this subject that Warren refers to (Dennis “Porky Pig” Shaughnessey), was asked by me that before he wrote his story, he avail himself of a written opinion from one of the Sun's many attorneys for an official interpretation of the following (quoting from M.G.L. 32B Section 2):

"Persons elected by popular vote may be considered eligible employees during the entire term for which they were elected."

Warren, when questioned about this, first made the statement that since he was a retiree, he was eligible. He was then provided with a copy of a letter received from the director of the Middlesex Retirement System that states:

"The M.R.S. does not regulate health insurance; this information is decided by each town in the system pursuant to M.G.L. 32B."

Warren vacated the Board of Selectmen in May 2002. After being told of his rights by our former disgraced town treasurer (convicted felon James “Sticky Fingers” Doukszewicz), he opted to become the first selectman in Dracut's history -- at least since Oct. 5, 1956, when M.G.L. Section 32B became law -- to stick the taxpayers of Dracut with the cost of paying 80 percent of his health-insurance premium, estimated today at being over $15,000 per year. He opted for this benefit and started paying in the M.R.S. as of July 1, 2001, eleven months before vacating his elected office.

His guess as to whether I would have opted, while "serving" my community for this perk, was, per usual, wrong. I was fortunate enough to be working for a company that provided their employees, at a minimum cost, health insurance. I wonder if Mr. Shaw provides his employees at the farm this benefit, even at 20 percent (somehow, I doubt it)?

He calls it a political agenda? At 81 years old, my only agenda is to stay alive long enough for the truth to come out and to see those in authority demand the truth. They had the guts to do it in Chelmsford and Tyngsboro. In Dracut, however, those in authority have all jumped on the bandwagon, so don't look to them to correct this inequity any time soon in the not too distant future.

ROGER L. DAIGLE
Dracut
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Subject: Dracut's political cockroaches rationalize their own greed to exploit town's health insurance coverage


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 09:36 11/15/08 Sat
(published in, Lowell Sun, 11-14-08)

Big noise over quiet perk

By Dennis Shaughnessey
dshaughnessey@lowellsun.com

DRACUT -- Known for its fiscal conservatism and frugal ways, the town has been quietly offering health-insurance perks to a former longtime selectman and the widow of a selectman who died while in office.

While legal, the benefits extension has rankled a local budget watchdog and raised the ire of several nonpartisan tax groups, who decry the state law that allows the practice.

Warren Shaw, who served on the Board of Selectmen for 24 years and stepped down in 2001, and Kathleen DiTillio, the wife of former Selectman Jack DiTillio, are both receiving town-paid health insurance, according to Town Manager Dennis Piendak.

Shaw has been on the town's insurance rolls since 2002. Kathleen DiTillio went on in 2004, the year before her husband Jack died after serving as a selectman for 11 years.

Shaw owns and operates his family dairy business on New Boston Road.

Last year Kathleen DiTillio sold her Dracut home and the family's two Burger King franchises and moved to Florida.

Under Chapter 32B of the Massachusetts General Laws, paid elected officials are entitled to receive health benefits if they have served 10 years or more.

Shaw said he decided to take the benefit after he left office in 2001.

"I was eligible for 23 of those 24 years and I opted not to take that benefit," said Shaw, 58. "I never wanted anyone to think that was the reason I was on the board."

Shaw said then-town Treasurer James Doukszewicz told him that he could take advantage of the provision at any time, as long as he had paid into the Middlesex Retirement Board for those 24 years.

"I sent them a check for the amount I should have been paying in and I was eligible," Shaw said.

"I thought it over a lot and at the end of the day, I held the belief that the town benefited from my service for 24 years. I don't see it as a situation where I'm getting something I shouldn't be getting. It's something I certainly feel that I've earned," he said.

Kathleen DiTillio, who has a part-time job at a Catholic school in Florida, said she pays $3,800 a year toward her insurance.

"I don't know what I would do if I didn't have it," said DiTillio, 56. "It's the only insurance I have. Jack made sure that everything was legal and above-board before we signed on. It's just me and Julia (her 16-year-old daughter) and I do what I have to do for her."

Harold Avenue resident Roger Daigle said the statute that provides the perk is being misinterpreted.

"They're all bloodsuckers in my book," Daigle said. "It galls me how these people make up their own rules. The law says they may be eligible, not that they are eligible. They're supposed to work 20 hours a week and the benefits are supposed to end when their term of office expires. No elected official works 20 hours a week. They pick and choose what part of the law suits them."

Daigle maintains that nobody took advantage of the provision until Shaw in 2002.

"You want to tell me that these people can't afford their own health insurance?" Daigle asked.

Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said that while it is appropriate to give stipends to elected board members while they are in office, benefits should end when they leave.

Widmer said, "It's the kind of excess that so infuriates the public and undermines the work that elected officials do, especially when we see medical benefits being curtailed sharply in the private sector."

Barbara Anderson, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, said, "The fault lies with the state Legislature who enact these laws. None of it makes any sense because nothing the Legislature does makes any sense. Nobody ever minded giving the local boards a stipend, but then you add this provision and it's for life. It's outrageous."

Currently, all active selectmen and School Committee members are eligible to receive paid health insurance, which costs the town $14,100 annually for a family plan and $5,532 annually for an individual plan. Taxpayers pick up 80 percent of the bill, while the recipients pay 20 percent.

Four of the five selectmen accept health insurance: Joe DiRocco, a retired Dracut fire chief; John Zimini, who is enrolled through his wife, Kristen, a paraprofessional with the School Department; board Chairman Robert Cox, a Dracut businessman; and attorney George Malliaros.

James O'Loughlin, a state Lottery Commission employee, does not accept town health insurance.

"State law provides that paid elected officials are eligible for health benefits," said Piendak, adding that it is not his place to judge whether the law is fair.

"They're considered compensated employees, analogous to a part-time employee who works 20 hours a week," he said. "They pay their proportionate share just like anyone else, whether that person is currently working for the town or retired."

Cox said he would consider an alternative if the town was in dire financial straits.

"If it came down to it, if it meant someone losing their job, I would be the first one to say we should cut those benefits," Cox said. "But it's available and I made the decision to take advantage of it. If it wasn't available, would I still be a selectman? Absolutely yes."

In 2005, Tyngsboro eliminated stipends for all elected and appointed officials not working full time, essentially removing them from the health-insurance rolls. Chelmsford halted health-insurance benefits for elected officials in April by eliminating their stipends.

Shaw admits that if he was a legislator when the statute was passed, he probably would have voted against it.

"But it's there and it's legal and I know many people in my position who are taking advantage of it. Why should I be the only one who doesn't?" he asked. "The good part is that I'm as healthy as a horse and I haven't had to use it."
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Subject: Dracut Middies totally kicked butt in high school Super Bowl


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 07:33 12/07/08 Sun
(published in, Lowell Sun, 12-7-08)

Middies marvelous

By Carmine Frongillo
cfrongillo@lowellsun.com

FOXBORO -- Dracut High turned in a command performance when it mattered most.

With senior quarterback Matt Grimard leading the way, the Middies pounded out a, 27-0, victory over Marshfield in the Eastern Massachusetts Division 1A Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium last night.

Grimard was named the Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year earlier this week and he certainly lived up to his advance billing, running for two touchdowns and passing for a score.

Middies 27, Marshfield 0

"This is the best feeling ever," said Grimard after the game. "We had a common goal right from the start to win the conference. We would have liked to go undefeated too, but Methuen took care of that."

In the first half, Grimard scored on touchdown runs for 5 and 6 yards. Grimard tossed an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jordan Murphy in the third quarter.

Jon Rivera closed out the scoring for the Middies with a touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Rakeem Shepherd kicked three conversions for the Middies.

Dracut got great efforts on defense from Tom Szymanski, Chris Bent, Andrew Sutherland, Anthony Morin, Ryan Diffenbacher (interception) and Seth Monbleau (interception).

The Middies finished the season with an overall record of 11-2. Dracut, which won the Merrimack Valley Conference, beat Dual County League champion Acton-Boxboro, 28-21, in a Division 1A semifinal.

"It was a great overall team effort," said Dracut coach Jeff Moore. "We made a couple small mental mistakes. But overall it was an awesome team effort. Defense was the story of the game tonight. We talk about defense winning championships and tonight that was the case."

The Super Bowl title was Dracut's first since the Middies beat Beverly in the Eastern Massachusetts Division 2 Super Bowl in 1988.

Marshfield finished the season at 10-3. The Rams lost to Chelmsford in last year's Division 1A Super Bowl.

Rivera, who had a great game running with the football, blasted into the end zone from 2-yards out with the TD that upped the Middie lead to 27-0 with 6:19 left to play in the game.

Dracut extended its lead to 20-0 with 6:26 to go in the third quarter as Jordan Murphy hauled in an 8-yard touchdown pass from Grimard. Murphy's score capped off an 11-play, 68-yard drive.

Dracut took charge early, and was up 14-0 at halftime. The Middies had 220 yards of total offense to Marshfield's 92 at the break.

Grimard was his usual dominating self, scoring both Dracut TDs. He hard 39 yards rushing and passed for 122 yards in the first half.

Rivera was Dracut's leading rusher at halftime with 9 carries for 49 yards.

The Middies scored on each of their first two possessions, with each drive covering 81 yards.

Grimard scored the Middies second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 7:36 left to go in the second quarter.

The big play in the Middies' second scoring drive was a 45-yard pass from Grimard to Shepherd, which brought the ball to Marshfield's 15.

From there Rivera ripped off a 9-yard run to the 6-yard line. After an incomplete pass, Grimard smashed his way into the end zone to put Dracut up by two scores.

Dracut got the ball on its own 19 on its first possession of the game with 7:02 remaining in the first quarter and proceeded to cover the 81 yards in 10 plays.

Grimard came up with key throws to Jared Guathier of 16 and 8 yards, as well as a 26-yard pass to Murphy.

Once the Middies got it down close, Grimard powered into the end zone from the 5-yard-line. Grimard ran over a Marshfield defender at the goal line.

"We took it to Acton-Boxboro -- and tonight we expected a physical game from Marshfield and they brought it. But we went back at them by just playing Dracut football.

"We established the running game early-on tonight. The five guys up front have been setting it up for us all year," said Grimard. "And then we were able to open up the passing game. It was a complete offensive effort."

In the first half, Marshfield was 0-for-5 on third downs.

"I'm very pourd these guys," said Dracut coach Jeff Moore. "We have worked so hard, especially our senior group, they gave us four years of hard work. They worked out all summer long. It's great win for them."
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Subject: $64,000 Question: What possessed Eric Texeira to want to fire a handgun outside the Rally Cap Pub @ 2 in the morning?


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 08:34 12/06/08 Sat
(published in, Lowell Sun, 12-6-08)

Man accused of trying to fire gun outside Dracut bar

By Dennis Shaughnessey
dshaughnessey@lowellsun.com

DRACUT -- Police say that as Eric Texeira left the Rally Cap Pub on Pleasant Street just after 2 a.m. Thursday, he pulled a silver handgun from his waistband, held it straight in the air and attempted to fire.

The gun failed to discharge. Texeira, 28, of 152 University Ave., Lowell, allegedly pulled the slide mechanism back to reload. Meanwhile, Sgt. Jason George sat in a cruiser nearby, observing patrons leave the bar.

George got out of the cruiser, drew his weapon and ordered Texeira to put the gun down. According the Deputy Chief David Chartrand, Texeira attempted to slide the pistol back into his waistband, and began running down Brookside Street, which is along the side of the bar.

"He got about 25 feet down the street with Sgt. George in pursuit, telling him to stop," Chartrand said. "Then he threw his jacket and the gun forward and lay face down."

Texeira was taken into custody and charged with carrying a firearm without a license; improper possession of ammunition; attempting to commit crime; and disorderly conduct. He was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday.

Chartrand said police recovered a 9 mm handgun holding eight rounds, including one round in the chamber. In Texeira's jacket, police found another gun clip holding nine bullets. A search in front of the building turned up another live round, apparently the one that dislodged from the chamber when the gun failed to discharge.
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Subject: Property for Sale Marsh Hill Rd and Bridge St.


Author:
ERM
[Edit]
Date Posted: 08:13 12/05/08 Fri
Is there any information available about a possible buyer for the lot that is at the intersection of Marsh Hill - Bridge and Cross St. Recently observed what appeared to be final site survey taking place .
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Subject: Merry Christmas


Author:
Finnigan Fashion
[Edit]
Date Posted: 15:28 12/08/08 Mon
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.



I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.



I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.



NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.



WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.



FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.



THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.



THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.



WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
THE FLOOR FOR A BED?



I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.



SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.



THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.



I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.



THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.



THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
'SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;



I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY! COUNTRY, MY CORPS.'



THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.



I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.



I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.



THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, 'CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.'



ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,!
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.'



This poem was written by a Marine.



The following is his request. I think it is reasonable.. ...



PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending
This to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming
Soon and some credit is due to our U.S. Service men and
Women for our being able to celebrate these festivities.
Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we
Owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and
Dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your
Small part to plant this small seed
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Subject: WOULD CREATE TAX RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS


Author:
NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN
[Edit]
Date Posted: 21:10 11/20/08 Thu
Wouldn't be nice to have a TACO BELL ,APPLE BEE'S,even a WALLMARTS to create more taxes so that residents would pay less.The busines would suck it up.We have Lakeview Ave. and Broadway Rd.for business to come in.I know Lakeview Ave. is not zoned entirely but shouldn't it be.After all look at all the business that is there now.It really is more centered than Broadway Rd. is.What do people think about this?Good idea or not?
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Subject: DRACUT SPORTS


Author:
JOHN
[Edit]
Date Posted: 00:01 11/27/08 Thu
Not to break up the constant bickering that goes on around here, but have people noticed how amazing the dracut high school sports scene is looking. Both the boys and girls soccer teams and what about the football team. Go middies. Keep an eye on the grimard kid very impressive could be seeing him in a division 1 school soon.
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Subject: Bomb Scare at LJH


Author:
Disturbed :(
[Edit]
Date Posted: 18:51 11/19/08 Wed
So there was yet another bomb scare at the Lakeview Junior High on Tuesday 11/18. The poor kids were evacuated in the cold without coats for 45minutes.
Today the students heard they caught the kid responsible.
They should publish this kids name, and make an example of him/her. This needs to stop ! Scare the other kids so they will learn from this disturbed kid behavior. I hope they suspend him/her "permanently" from that school. I know I don't want that deliquent in the same school as my child !
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Subject: Richardson conducts one of his patented "nationwide searches" & hires yet another Selectman's son to our police force -- Imagine that?


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 13:25 11/09/08 Sun
(published in, Lowell Sun, The Column, 11-9-08)

DRACUT SELECTMEN have for months been suggesting that retired police officers be allowed to work details and earn extra cash. The answer has repeatedly come back that it can't be done because of liability issues and other factors that selectmen say they don't completely understand.

Selectman Bob Cox recently had a run-in with one of those detail officers, who works full time in Tyngsboro.

Seems that Cox was trying to get to Coyle's Tavern, which he owns, but the cop told him to take a detour.

"I could see the parking lot," Cox said. Cox said he was in a rush, and would have wasted 20 to 30 minutes in getting to Town Hall.

The irony? Cox was headed for a swearing-in ceremony for his son, Joseph Cox, who was hired by Dracut police after graduating from the Lowell Police Academy.

"There is no reason for this (Tyngsboro officer) to treat me like this. There's no reason for him to treat anyone like this," Cox said. "And there's no reason our town should be paying out-of-town cops when we have completely healthy retired officers right here in town."

As for Dracut's newest officer, Cox said, "I wanted to tell him that that's a perfect example how not to act on the job."
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Subject: Tele-marketing


Author:
Resident
[Edit]
Date Posted: 11:38 11/25/08 Tue
Some residents of Dracut have asked if calls they are receiving from a Tele-Marketing company are valid and are not a scam. Dracut Pop Warner has secured the services of an outside company to put together their 2008 Year Book. Part of the agreement was that the company would solicit adds and sponsorships for the year book in a effort to help raise funds for Dracut Pop Warner as well as provide a free yearbook to each player/cheerleader as well as each coach. In the event you receive a call, this is a valid fundraiser that has the endorsement of Dracut Pop Warner.
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Subject: Wanna tick-off the ACLU this year? Send them a card stating, “God bless” & “Merry Christmas”


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 14:10 11/30/08 Sun
(Kitten Note: You may recall that we ran this same posting last year just before Christmas. Since Thanksgiving is now behind us and we’re now officially in the “yule-tide season”, we feel it’s about time to pull the thing out of our files and have some more fun with this again this year.)

A Christmas idea I can agree with:

Yes, Christmas cards. This is coming early (really early) so that you can include an important address on your list.

Want to have some fun this CHRISTMAS? Send the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) a CHRISTMAS CARD this year.

As they are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part of this holiday, we should all send them a nice, CHRISTIAN card to brighten up their dark, sad, little world.

Make sure it says "Merry Christmas" on it.

Here's the address, just don't be rude or crude. (It's not the Christian way, you know)

ACLU
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004

Two tons of Christmas cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn't know if any were regular mail containing contributions.

So spend 42 cents and tell the ACLU to leave Christmas alone. Also tell them that there is no such thing as a " Holiday Tree". . .

It's always been called a CHRISTMAS TREE!

And pass this on to your email lists. We really want to communicate with the ACLU! They really DESERVE us!!

For those of you who aren't aware of them, the ACLU, (the American Civil Liberties Union) is the one suing the U.S. Government to take God, Christmas or anything Christian away from us. They represent the atheists and others in this war. Help put Christ back in Christmas!

'Twas the month before Christmas when all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying nor taking a stand.
Why the PC Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.

The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a " Holiday ".

Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets are hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.

At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears
You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-is-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.

Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate "Winter Break" under your "Dream Tree"
Sipping on Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!

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Subject: inside dracut politics


Author:
just watched the show
[Edit]
Date Posted: 17:12 12/02/08 Tue
Roger said that ARTICLE #8: at town mtg:

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition by purchase of two parcels of land and buildings thereon located at 509 Hildreth Street, Dracut, Massachusetts, and 515 Hildreth Street, Dracut, Massachusetts, shown on Assessors’ Map 50 as Lots 8 and 9, for recreational purposes and for preliminary design, professional and engineering services, for the demolition of the buildings thereon and for improvements to such property for recreational purposes; to determine whether this appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise; or to take any other action relative thereto.


the taxpayers will get screwed again. the deed on this property says the owner payed ONLY 120 thousand for BOTH parcels. But, if go to Dracut accessors online and see that the 2 properties sold for 120 thousand EACH! supposedly

thats why the town manager wont tell us the asking price, they trying to fool us. hear big names involved in this crooked deal.
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Subject: FAT DONNA


Author:
Speed Racer
[Edit]
Date Posted: 17:59 11/21/08 Fri
Drove by Gorman plaza this afternoon and I could swear it was Fat Donna sitting in the drivers seat of the patrol car. I thought she was gone?
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Subject: Some Christmas gift cards may be worthless after January 1


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 14:25 11/30/08 Sun
Heads up:

I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays.

Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as 'Bankruptcy Planning'.

Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about.

Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)

Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing

Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 stores nationwide

Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January

Cache will close all stores

Talbots closing down specialty stores

J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)

Pacific Sunw ear (also owned by Talbots)

GAP closing 85 stores

Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January

Wickes Furniture closing down

Levitz closing down remaining stores

Bombay closing remaining stores

Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January

Whitehall closing all stores

Piercing Pagoda closing all stores

Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.

Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )

Macys to close 9 stores after January

Linens and Things closing all stores

Movie Galley Closing all stores

Pep Boys Closing 33 stores

Sprint/Nextel closing 133 stores

JC Penney closing a number of stores after January

Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.

Wils on Leather closing down all stores

Sharper Image closing down all stor~s

K B Toys closing 356 stores

Loews to close down some stores

Dillard's to close some stores
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Subject: BackTalk Item of the Month


Author:
Kopy Kitten
[Edit]
Date Posted: 21:46 11/20/08 Thu
(Published in, Lowell Sun, BackTalk, 11-20-08. Editorial comments added for emphasis.)

NO SYMPATHY: Are we supposed to feel bad for Kathleen DiTillio (the late Selectman Jack DiTillio's widow), who sold a large home and two Burger King franchises and works part-time and (still) gets (health) insurance through the town of Dracut? I work full-time and have three small children and pay for my own insurance.

Dracut
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