great list, DV. I could gladly take these to a desert isle… I might want The Byrds, early, first or second album.

I spoke to Gaetani this morning and of course we talked politics and asked him is there any way to get rid of the Mayor and the seven City Councilors who are rubber stamps for her? He stated indeed there is, but it won’t be easy. He said the key to getting rid of the dead wood lies solely on the shoulders of the 21,000 registered voters who didn’t vote in the last election.

Gaetani stated that if a non-establishment candidate for Mayor surfaces, or one of four Councilors,Mazzeo,Connell overs or Morandi were to run for Mayor, the twenty one thousand usual non-voters imdeed,might come out in droves to vote out the entrenched buffoons that are in office now.

He claims that Secretary Tired, as he calls her,is already burnt toast and is a lame duck already. He said says she doesn’t have a single accomplishment to show for, he said he defeated her badly on the sewer project and soon will also dump the water project. He said that Krol who carried water for Tyer thinks he can be Mayot,buthe himselr is tied to Tyer’s failures and he himself is a buffoon and easily beatable.

I asked the Wiz if he is thinking about public office in 20-20 ,he states that he is very busy with several projects he is working on, but says he always keeps an open mind.

Gaetani says he gets his greatest thrills when he can save the taxpayer’s hard earned dollars.He stated to date,he has save the taxpayers 175 mil and soon another 75 mil for a total of 250 million.

I asked him what he thought his greatest accomplishment? He is very proud of the fact the residents are drinking the water from the Krofta Engineering Corp.

We have dogs on my street that do business right in front of the houses, in the gutter,and on you’re front lawn, no problem.

Dan V I would add Deep Purple’s Machine Head + how bout Grand Funks Closer to Home back in the day of buying Lp’s at New WaveMusic

Average White Band. Black Sabbath?

March 31, 2018

Re: Boston Globe’s myopic editorial is right on target!

Politics is often a top-down process decided by oligarchs heavily influenced by the vested and special interests. That is why so many people do not participate in their government or vote in their “elections”. If you stand in the way of politicians and their agenda-influenced interests, you will face reprisals. So why bother to have a voice in our so-called democracy?

Beacon Hill politics are politics at its worst and politics of the banal! The Boston Globe’s myopic editorial is right on target! The Speaker of the House and State Senate President have near total dictatorial powers. The Legislators are more like bureaucrats who get rewarded for following orders without conscience. If you don’t follow the “Speaker for Life” and Senate President, you will lose! To illustrate, the first item and vote on legislation of the state Legislature last year (2017) was a vote for a second pay raise that largely increased the pay and benefits of the Speaker of the House and State Senate President!

People who work on Beacon Hill fear reprisals from people like Stan Rosenberg, who is facing an ongoing ethics investigation for his husband’s alleged criminal behavior. The political system is rigged with a one-party dominance from a majority of Legislators who run in non-competitive “elections” and often vote unanimously in favor of bills to further their political careers.

The reason why I write that the Globe’s editorial is myopic is because the same goes on the local and public school system level of Massachusetts government. Most of Massachusetts’ government is ran by incumbents, career political hacks, connected insiders, and Good Old Boys!

– Jonathan Melle

https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/fXF9NX

“[Beacon Hill] Lawmakers collectively have made the Senate presidency — and the House speakership — such powerful positions that they’re ripe for abuse. Over many years, lawmakers have elected, and then reelected, leaders who punish dissent. They’ve let leadership tell them how to vote, forfeiting their independence in order to be team players. An improbable number of votes are unanimous. Protected by uncompetitive elections, the overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature has turned Beacon Hill into something that looks more like hierarchical law firm than a deliberative body.”

– By The Boston Globe Editorial Idiots, “Fear on Beacon Hill set stage for abuse”, March 31, 2018

I have to wonder how Tricia Farley Bouvier feels about her yes vote to put the failing General Electric in Boston at such a high cost.

I just read that Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of opioid deaths in the country.

Has anyone seen the new Roseanne Barr show? I watched both episodes last night. It is hilarious. It had extremely high ratings for its opening 2 shows.

Loved the line where the Laurie Metcalf character enters Roseanne’s home and says “Hey Deplorable.” The Laurie character is a liberal while Roseanne is a Trump supporter. Laurie also sports the obligatory “Nasty Woman” t-shirt and pussyhat in her opening scene. Extremely funny show that makes fun of politics at a time when we really need it.

As soon as Trump gets us into War,Ma. Will be a boom state with military gizmoes that it will produce.

I couldn’t believe the speaker at the City Council Meeting, believe his name is Mrs Herzog, anyway, the fear and comparison to Flint Michigan type water to Pittsdield was absurd,and this speakerwanted to go forward with the spending while chastising the Council Members who shot it down. Thanks to Mr Gaetani, who was at the meeting, the first words thai came out of his talk was he disagreed what had just been stated. First of all, the current levels are meeting standards, second of all, the Flint situation doesn’t compare to ours here? Thank you again to Gaetani for being at these meetings and debating inaccurate info by someone who clearly doesn’t understand,clearly.

Are you at all into Ska music? If so, Sublime is a staple of California beach culture! A little different from the list, but also quite interesting.