skip to main |
skip to sidebar
I looked at the voter demographics for the presidential election of 2012. Clearly, demonstrates the GOP needs 12 million , mostly poverty stricken, low skilled illegal immigrants to become new voters.
No casino because of potential crime, reduction in real estate values, public safety issues and addiction (gambling). Yet Highpoint is acceptable to some? Addiction, potential impact on real estate, safety calls and potential crime. Huh?
Well, at least the blight of a building will be cleared up. What will that leave? Oh, yeah, virtually the rest of downtown.
How long before Mayflower Bank packs it in? New owner usually means “consolidation.”
Article in The Enterprise about sea food restaurants closing. I’d been to one that recently shuttered - Pier 18 - and it was a great place for a meal. Not much for ambiance but the food was outstanding.
Has there been a recent disaster as great as the beginning of term two for Obama? I’d say this was Carter Part II, but even Jimbo was not even close to being the screw-up this president has been. Jobs, to foreign entanglements, to race baiting, to Obamacare, oh it just goes on and on.
In Massachusetts they are lined up to run for governor. The usual suspects will eventually surface and be weeded down to the obligatory ultra liberal Democrat and Republican no one ever heard of.
The recent software tax is the highest in the country of any state that uses it. Massachusetts is the 5th to implement it and will be the first to jettison it.
Revenues (again) have exceeded predictions in Massachusetts. Naturally that does not put a damper on the tax increases. Still more to feed the machine.
I have a friend on a posting board who has been attempting to open a small restaurant in Boston. In two years he has not completed the various road blocks the city (and state) have in place that makes the permit process so daunting. Not to fear, your Boston Red Sox received permission to use the streets around the ballpark in a matter of days. Nah…handing out tickets to the various government underlings has nothing to with it. Jock sniffers.
The 4,564th proposal for the Middleboro rotary is now brought forth. This will eventually be Middleboro’s answer to The Big Dig.
Unreasonable search appears to be a non issue when the Department of Homeland Security is involved. So much for warrants.
The value of Face Book stock has risen 120% since the IPO. Twitter will do the same.
Unions are starting to line-up against Obamacare. Get out those waivers, Mr. President!
The Red Sox will now win the division.
Bought some nice yard sale items at the soon to be shuttered camp ground.
The pension funds in Massachusetts are currently unfunded by billions - so into the void steps the Looney Tunes. Divestment of evil “Big Oil” that is stashed in the various funds has been raised by the Daffy Duck element. I always thought conservatives had a screw loose.
Highpoint will help with the Middleboro drug issue? Please. This is a written invitation for more problems. In 67 square miles of town they can certainly find an area with less of a neighborhood and business area impact. Try and check out that camp site.
Not In My Back Yard or NIMBY seemed to be used with a certain inflection of distain towards those who questioned having a drug treatment facility near their abode. Rang up some casino memories.
I am sure those who pontificate from their bully pulpit(s) on having such a facility in Middleboro would gladly become NIMBY’s if the locale was changed to directly across from their home or business. The proverbial walk in my shoes.
Seemed that Chief Gates had done some diligent research on the issue in regards to a similar facility in Plymouth and was able to connect the potential fiscal and service call dots. Expect services to potentially be taxed. Imagine a response in town being late since resources were diverted to Highpoint. And this is in a town where public safety officials have consistently gone on record as being severely understaffed. Great. Bring in another few hundred - if we are lucky - calls a year.
I know addiction first hand and I also know the very real disasters that can happen with a less than structured day treatment program in a neighborhood. And this will have that very component, which is where I draw my personal line. To be blunt - you have to be absolutely bonkers to have a day treatment facility in a neighborhood and business district. Bad enough with McLean but, hey, why stop with just one facility. Maybe we can get a six pack of them?
With our antiquated drug laws the cost of product causes significant crime. That should be of concern for those seeking day treatment and those who may accompany them. Are they thieves? Certainly may be a bit of a stretch on my part but that risk is there.
I found the attitude of Highpoint rather dismissive during the recent hearings. Seems their course of action is to minimize any problems at other facilities, and for their supporters to actively toss forward the emotional blackmail card. To the various hand wringers, of course there are drug issues in Middleboro and this facility will not solve that problem, but may actually magnify it. This is just the wrong place. Simple as that. Take the emotional blather and just stuff it. Does not pass my personal litmus test.
Now if Highpoint was strictly a lock down facility that just might be a different story to this observer but it is not, nor does Highpoint seem in any way willing to negotiate that point. Maybe eventually they will. So just enjoy the people watching when and if the project is completed.
Now we are faced with another nefarious argument that has zero merit, and that is the building is a blight! No kidding. Smart thinking. So one way of correcting that blight is to bring in a non tax paying facility that could severely tax our safety system! Now that is absolutely genius thinking to me. I’d rather see it sit vacant until nature solves that problem.
The programs and services that Highpoint provides are necessary, but also a judicious dose of common sense needs to be applied and that is sorely lacking. And why didn’t anyone question how successful Highpoint is? Fact is when dealing with drug dependency issues the recidivism rate is astronomical. But that also means return customers.
Ghost tours of Middleboro? Does that have something to do with empty store fronts?
I went to Kansas City weighing 178 pounds and returned at 182. Five days of Bar-B-Que.
Caillou is the most obnoxious kids show I have ever seen. This whinny brat and his enabling parents should stay in Canada where this disaster originates.
Now the famed camp ground is for sale, the town is looking in to a possible purchase. Forget it! 2.5M is too much. Half of that is too much for 40 acres. Yeah….beachfront property!
Weston Memorial Forrest folks are possibly interested in the majestic camp ground. Based on what the forest now looks like that would be a mistake.
If Walmart is the thermometer of the economy we are in deep, deep trouble.
Want to have a real tax holiday? Extend it to $20,000 purchases.
Wonder what kind of tax holiday New Hampshire has?
In Kansas I saw a traffic rotary like Middleboro that used a light system for traffic. You took turns entering the rotary and the rotary hand lanes. Busy area and things went smooth.
The Massachusetts jobless rate continues to rise. Time for more taxes.
Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court. A secret court for which a citizen has little or no recourse. 1,789 surveillance applications brought to “the court” and all approved.
I’m all for medicinal pot. If it helped any pain I would take it. I’m sure constable Gates would lock me up.
Minimum wage needs to go up.
What is the over/under on how long The Brockton Enterprise will survive?
Nancy Pelosi (D- Botox) is big on ethics….except when it is within her own party. Ms. Pelosi has come east to help prop up the run of John Tierney. Great.
The Obama presidency is rapidly losing all legitimacy.
The usual suspects - ultra liberal Democrats - are lining up for a run as governor. More of the same and by same that will mean taxes.
HIGHpoint seems a rather strange name for a drug rehab facility.
Nothing in lieu of tax dollars? No way!
Chief Gates make the research argument by providing the number of calls Highpoint in Plymouth has in a year….and we get no in lieu of taxes? So the rest of us subsidize this business?
Speaker DeLeo (D - Probation Department) was mouthing off on how “wonderful” the recent gas and cigarette taxes - along with many other - were. Amazing! The only ones that have stood the line on the onerous taxes that hit the middle class on down are those support the rich Republicans!
When will DeLeo be indicted? That would make four in a row.
In Massachusetts the pols get transportation money for going to work and a paycheck to boot.
The State House MIS Director gets three hundred large or twice as much as the same position in the state yields. Also he didn’t pay federal taxes for two years. Amazing.
Not all EBT card holders are criminals but all criminals seem to have EBT cards. A tweet from the vastly minority party in Massachusetts.
Mayor Bloomberg (I- Free Refills) had his nanny state agenda regarding soda dumped by a court. He will continue to fight this sorry fight.
Meanwhile the NY Post continues to hammer away at welfare fraud in NY. Guess we all know where Bloomie’s agenda is really at.
The Red Sox pulled the trigger and got a very expensive treat in Jake Peavy. He may put them over the top in the next few seasons but when Jake is sitting on a beach sipping margarita’s in a few years Iggy may be an All Star shortstop. I will miss Iggy but not as much as the pitching staff will.
Carbon Dioxide emissions warm the earth but the question is how much?
How much water did they have to add to that tank every time Steve got dunked?
Krazy Days appeared to be a success. Seemed busy on the two hours we spent wandering through the streets.
The gas tax is now implemented. I’m sure in a few months the toll booths will come down.
And state revenues for July exceeded projections by 9%. But we get more taxes?
John Henry of the Red Sox has purchased the Boston Globe for 70M. This is a real estate deal. The assets have value but the paper itself has little. I’d say worthless but The Globe has already proved that.
I can usually tell a wet spring and summer by trail conditions. A normal weather pattern will allow trails that are usually wet to be dried out by July and August. Not this year.
Unemployment continues to trend downward but wages are also going lower as is the number of hours people work. A reflection of the quality of the jobs and multiple part time jobs.
Steve’s Sports Den and the former Reedy’s Archery Building need a serious facelift. Both are a blight that stand out downtown.
Eastern Bank will evacuate the downtown and also close one of their Lakeville branches. Consolidation is the key corporate jargon and that translates into just plain saving money. I have lost track of the number of banks that have been in that building.
Someone builds a house in Rockland and three years later a mistake in the permit process was discovered. The lot was not buildable so the house has been ordered demolished after appeals to the Zoning Board and Land Court. A bitter family dispute over inheritance has made it impossible to purchase the necessary 2,000 square feet of land to save the $450,000 house. What a family! As far as the town what a bunch of tools.
The above describes a mystery to me regarding the legal process. There is the law and there is common sense. Seems the court could say that errors have been made by the town and the home owner should have been more diligent but we can not justify the destruction of a $450,000 home over 2,000 square feet of land. Naw. Never would be done.
Now looting. I guess “free stuff” is not enough.
Which members of the jury were racist? Is there a past history as with Paula Deen?
A White Male was beaten to death by six Black youths. Will the DOJ step in?
Any man who approaches me with a smile and a firm handshake gets my attention and respect no matter his size, skin color, clothing, bling, at least until he proves himself a moron. I still hold doors open for all women even though I know simply by her gender she’s insane.
Many young Black males lead loves of hopelessness and desperation and commit far more crimes on each other than on White’s. Yet our race profiteering leaders and race hustlers do little to address the real issue. Enablers.
Obama said he would fundamentally change out country - a weak economy, a burgeoning welfare and entitlement system, an unworkable and monstrous health care law, a failed international policy, unemployment, a soon to be unsustainable debt and now the continued political obfuscation orchestrated to keep the uninformed and naive in line.
Obama has shown that with Cambridge and Zimmerman he is just another two bit race hustler.
The Beatles were visionaries writing “Fool On The Hill” with a Nostradamus look into the future regarding Obama.
Speaking of fools step right up Lindsey Graham (R - Fantasy Island) who has suggested boycotting the Olympics over Russia’s allowing Snowden to languish overseas.
A rise in gas tax has shown me the Democrats who rule Massachusetts have zero concern for Joe & Jane Citizen in Massachusetts.
Rand Paul is stepping up as a serious Republican candidate for 2016. Another year where I vote for Blank.
Seamless transition on the BOS from Al to Steve.
Mark Belanger is giving Adam Bond bike riding lessons.
Want to save expenses of a mutual fund? Find some moderately successful funds. For an example find a large cap blended fund and you can easily find what their major investments are since it is readily available. Examine what they are invested in and selectively buy those stocks.
Looks like North Carolina Republicans are making abortion a big issue in their backwater. Just don’t get it.
Will the Patriots have more wins or arrests this season?
I use Trip Advisor all the time. The site is excellent for reviews. Best around.
Harry Reid (D- Casino Mafia) wanted to change the rules on filibusters. I wonder if they could have a filibuster on the rule to change a filibuster?
A banker recently was in court on a Ponzi scheme that supported her lavish life style. Her “marks” were friends and relatives to the tune of 2.1M. Right now she is out on personal recognizance. Amazing! I would have not mercy on crimes like this. As much restitution as possible and jail time.
Red Sox have the best record in the American League and now comes the crunch of the division schedule. Sox play just .500 the rest of the way they could make the playoffs.
Three major unions including the Teamsters have sent a letter to Obama claiming the ACA will “Destroy the 40 hour work week and eliminate hard fought for health benefits.”
Rock star cover treatment for a bomber. What next for Rolling Stone? An Eichmann cover?
Forty years of Democrat rule in Detroit has resulted in bankruptcy. Bloated pensions, lousy school system, White flight, entitlement mentality, corrupt political structure and a non diverse economic structure. But in cities such as Boston Democrat rule has been rather successful. Maybe the Dems need to examine their own litter box and cut some from the herd.
Market Basket employees rallied around to prevent the CEO from being ousted by a board change. At the heart of this was a potential 1.5B payout to stockholders on the back of employees and customers (higher prices).
How bad are the Big Dig leaks? Head of The Charles Regatta will start at the Ted Williams Tunnel.
Revenues in Massachusetts continue to rise and to exceed projects yet taxes increase. IMO this is a direct result of Democrats philosophical approach to government (feed the machine) and inherent lack of accountability.
Hernandez was nailed quite convincingly by technology - the same technology that the government claims stops terrorist in their tracks. That sound wonderful but how much do we really know about how it is used everyday regarding Jane and Joe Public?
Aaron Hernandez is certainly not MENSA material. Even Inspector Clouseau could have connected the dots on this one.
Obama is now a laughingstock on the international stage.
What is the purpose of DOMA? All I see is restricting personal choice and allowing those with different views on PERSONAL choice to inhibit others.
A Republican (who else) summarized the Patrick administration best. They have created more dead people getting EBT cards than jobs created.
There are no aliens at Area 51. None. This government allowed an army private to access and release thousands of pages of classified material. A low level contractor blew the whistle using information he easily grabbed. So some actually believe the government is capable of keeping a secret on aliens?
A year delay in parts of the ACA. A very apparent political move.
The ACA is also causing some real rate shock especially among the young and healthy.
Job market is improving or is it? Follow the U6 which is creeping up.
I actually saw one of the paid detail mob doing their job at the construction site at Exit 4. Is that a union violation?
A camel farted somewhere in the Middle East so oil goes up $5 a barrel.
Downtown Middleboro has a parking problem. No kidding! But, hey, there is that pot hole lot that has some spaces. Probably too far for most to walk. That 100 foot stroll is a killer.
Fireworks need to be legal in this state.
Patriots have made a partial change to their logo. I do believe the new logo has a hood pulled over the face and cuffs on.
The 4th parade on Middleboro is just a great show.
I sat in Monster Seats and they are nothing but glorified bleacher seats at $165 a pop. Most ballparks an elevated seat in RF or LF is $10.
Road costs per mile in Massachusetts rank 3rd in cost per mile and administrative costs so the solution is even mire taxes.
It was 128 degrees in Death Valley and someone ran the mile in 6:36 while wearing a complete Darth Vader outfit.
The lying sacks of manure that run our public education system need to be taken to the woodshed. The latest phony PR crap is that there will be “no tuition hikes.” LMAO! How about fee hikes? Yep. Depends on the school. So right now fees at say Westfield State are $8,290 and tuition is $970.
Our state college (university) system is a known political dumping ground. Think of the famed “corrupt midget,” Billy Bulger, getting to be prez of UMASS before cashing in his big kiss.
Judy Habib is CEO of KBJ Branding - an advertising firm that just lost out on a 5M advertising contract for the lottery. Despite the highest scores of all the bidders her undoing was diversity. The winning bid - a company with no females in the upper echelon - “won” thanks to their diversity of promising awarding a $12,000 contract to a vendor who was a woman. This is another example - I believe #345,765 of why Massachusetts is a national joke.
12% of the workforce is now temp and contractual. And it is not just day laborers. Includes doctors, MIS, CPA’s and a slew of others that traditionally had a lock on job security.
Crash Davis was a real major league player who gave Kevin Costner permission to use his name for the movie “Bull Durham.”
Bill Clinton was recently named “Father of The Year” by National Fathers Day Council. As bad as this is it ain’t as ridiculous as Obama’s Nobel.
Cats live too long. Why can’t their life cycle be like a fruit fly?
According to Snowden we are hacking into China's various data bases. This is like Mad Magazine's Spy versus Spy. I can see us looking trough a peep hole and on the other side is (fill in the blank) peeking back at us.
Why is it called a driveway when I park my car in it?
When I go on a trip it always seems longer to get there than get back.
The new DTA political hack leader is Stacey Monahan a former executive director of the state Democratic Party. Another successful nation wide search.
Why do I have to pay a toll on “freeways” in Houston? I’d argue the point but they are all electronic.
I wish the Republicans would take dominant control of politics in this state just so I could witness some possibly more creative political skullduggery. Democrats have been far to predictable.
Bumpkin pointed out electronic town meeting voting. That means no evil eye when one speaks out against a popular measure or an employee handout.
Of course based on TM turnout they should just hold it at Dave’s Diner or a similar place. Have a nice meal, a bar available and maybe the turnout can reach a few hundred.
I’m at about 50/50 on the belief factor of job claims and various other government statistics being “cooked books.”
Steve Wynn is suppose to be building a 4B dollar casino in Macau.
A company I once worked for the CEO was a seven figure person who loved to gamble. The casinos would provide him with a private jet to Las Vegas. Rumor had it he won more than he lost - rare indeed.
I recently spent some time in Westfield. What a vibrant community. Unlike Middleboro it was not cluttered with tattoo parlors and nail salons.
Snowden blew the whistle on a direct violation of the 4th amendment weather approved by Congress or not. Too bad a whistle blower wasn’t around at the Wassen Conference to give some warning of the Nazi’s final solution.
To me Ed Markey is just a dirt bag.
Red Sox continue to roll.
On 1950 Detroit was the wealthiest city in America. Now it is recognized as the most liberal city in America thanks It is also facing bankruptcy, is crumbling, has a huge unemployment, and welfare and crime off the charts - 50 years of “progressives” at work.
On both sides of Precinct Street by the power lines are entrances to great trail systems. I try to go there as often as possible since I’m sure the excavating equipment will soon arrive for the billion dollar casino.
My special election vote was quick. I check in, turn around and check out. The clerk said “voting is over there” pointing to the booth. I simply stated my vote is something precious and I cannot in good conscious vote for either candidate. Blanks do make a statement.
The Feds continual bond buy is like breast feeding a 14 year old. Enough and that enough was a long, long time ago.
Gomez cleaned house in our area. Markey totally dominated cities. Free stuff won out.
Caesars’ casino operations are making a play in Massachusetts. They have debt of 21B and lost 1.5B last year and were recently rejected for a license in South Korea. The way things are done in Massachusetts they should be a lock for a license.
Paula Deen is getting hammered for racial epitaphs. Funny how comments worked out for Jesse Jackson. Double racial standard?
Since I am no longer “Cooking With Paula” I will save a bundle on butter.
Imagine going to a store and asking the clerk the price and they say "Between $100 and $130." So we are getting a spiffy new police station - with a gym - and it will cost 10M or 13M or anything in between. This will be the Middleboro answer to The Big Dig.
