Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
Just a little more than two weeks until the primary election to see which Democrat and Republican will go head to head to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s appointment to Secretary of State. Monday night, U.S. Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) met in their second debate which contained few fireworks. The debate, held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and sponsored by the college and the Boston Herald, lasted about 45 minutes and touched a wide variety of issues on which the two Democrats mostly agreed. On Wednesday night, it was the Republicans’ turn as they went face to face in the WBZ-TV studios moderated by the station’s Jon Keller. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan…
Sunday, April 7, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
It was a very busy week in the race for U.S. Senate. Things started to get heated as the candidates continue to race toward the April 30 primaries. We saw candidates lashing out at party backing, another facing an ethics complaint, new poll numbers, and more. Let’s start with the Democrats this week. Democratic candidates Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) will face off in a second debate Monday night in Lowell. If the news of the past week is any indication, it should make for an interesting back and forth between the candidates. Lynch took aim at his party leaders last week for supporting Markey. Lynch told the Boston Herald that the Democratic leaders haven’t been fair and told them that he thinks they’ve done …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
It was a big week in the race for U.S. Senate, with both Republican and Democratic candidates facing off for the first time in a debate Wednesday night. Candidates running in the April primary faced each other in two 30-minute debates in an event sponsored by the Boston Media Consortium and held at the WCVB-TV, Channel 5 studios in Needham. Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) went several rounds on the topic of health care reform in the first debate between the two Democrats. The two also sparred over bank bailouts. Write-in Democratic candidate Brett Rhyne was not at the debate. Republicans also faced each other for the first time in their own debate immediately following Lynch and Markey. Candidates …
Friday, March 29, 2013
William J . Hecht Sr. writes in support of David Talbot's candidacy for Reading Municipal Light Department Commissioner.
To the editor: I am going to vote for Dave Talbot for RMLD. I urge you to do so as well. Dave has many solid workable recommendations to save us, as customers, money, conserve energy and use practical renewable energy sources. This will help us as customers and benefit RMLD as a system. Here's why Dave is so knowledgeable. In my 20 plus years as a Vice President at MIT our award winning magazine 'Technology Review' reported to me. For the past 12 years Dave has been an editor and writer there, and now is chief correspondent. As such he has learned a great deal about energy technologies, efficiencies, and customer controlled energy savings. these subjects have been on the front burner in many MIT research areas. Among his many projects, …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Resident Matt Wilson writes in support of David Talbot's candidacy for Reading Municipal Light Department commissioner.
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Thursday, March 28
To the editor: We are fortunate here in Reading to NOT have to deal with National Grid or NStar for our electricity needs. With the RMLD right here on Ash Street, we have a nimble accessible municipal light company to do the job. Because it is local and small, RMLD has the ability to think and act in dynamic ways to cut our energy use, increase our efficiency, and promote safe and clean energy. Town Meeting member David Talbot is the one candidate who has pledged to move the RMLD into the 21st century proposing common sense and bold energy efficiency programs, cost cutting measures, and ideas on how we can invest and promote clean and safe energy. As we need to address climate change issues and be concerned about our pocketbooks, we need …
GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate leaned on their diverse backgrounds to explain positions on issues ranging from the economy and debt reduction to gay marriage Wednesday night. Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and businessman from Cohasset, said that hearing from a variety of perspectives served him well in the military and that he would bring those lessons to bear working with fellow Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. State Rep. Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk), saying "Obamacare is bad for Massachusetts" and simply layers federal bureacracy on top of the state's system, highlighted an upcoming legislative proposal on Beacon Hill to reduce health care costs. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan talked about making …
GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
In the days leading up to the first Democratic U.S. Senate debate, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) has been called upon frequently to explain the vote he took against the health care reform bill in 2010. Wednesday night, Lynch and U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Malden) went several rounds on the topic. They faced-off for 30 minutes at the Channel 5 studios in Needham following a contest among the three declared Republican candidates. For Markey, President Obama's initiative, aimed at universal health care coverage, was "the proudest vote of my career." "Steve, when that vote came up you were wrong," Markey said. For Lynch, taxes and a lopsided deal for insurance companies were among the problems that outweighted benefits such as the …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Current RMLD Commissioner and candidate for the Reading Board of Selectmen Marsie West writes in support of two candidates for the Reading Municipal Light Board of Commissioners.
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Wednesday, March 27
Editor's note: Marsie West is a current RMLD Commissioner and candidate for the Reading Board of Selectmen. Dear Editor, Reading Municipal Light is a valuable, well-managed asset to the town of Reading, providing revenue to the town through an annual return on investment and payment in lieu of taxes. It supplies electricity to 4 communities as the largest municipal utility in New England, providing low rates and high reliability. A recent article on top town salaries was misleading since our utility has a separate $96 million dollar budget, larger than the entire town. RMLD competes with public and investor owned utilities for staff. Additionally, the ranking included all pay, with overtime from linemen who work many extra hours to …
The Reading School Committee member writes a letter in support of his re-election campaign.
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Wednesday, March 27
Hello Friends and Neighbors, My name is Chuck Robinson and I am running for re-election to the School Committee because, with four children currently at each level (elementary, middle and high school) of the Reading Public Schools, I have a vested interest in continuing to improve our schools and the quality of the education we deliver to our children I am completing my second three-year term, during which I have served as Chairman and Vice Chairman half of that time. My election six years ago followed nine years as a member of the Finance Committee, which has served the Committee and Community well as it prepared me with a unique understanding of the school budget and the budget process. And, my understanding of the wider scope of the …
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
No election-related submissions will be posted on Reading Patch after Friday, March 29, leading up to the Town Election on Tuesday, April 2.
To readers and users of Reading Patch, I'm Daniel DeMaina, associate regional editor at Patch and filling in this week for Editor Ashley Troutman, who is on vacation. In my time before Patch while working for weekly newspapers, we would not publish any election-related submissions in the final issue before an election, because if there was a factual error, we wouldn't be able to issue a correction before election day. It's different for us online, since we're publishing every day, but we'd still like to err on the side of caution. With Reading's town election coming up on Tuesday, April 2, we have set a deadline of this Friday, March 29 for any election-related submissions, such as letters to the editor. This gives us the weekend and …
Anna Bucciarelli
9:46 am on Monday, April 15, 2013
PS ... I too feel that Lynch is the better of the 2 dems but certainly not my first choice. At this point, I am still VERY ambivalent and have no clue where I'll go with my vote but I strongly feel this Commonwealth would fair better with diversity of opinion rather than to continue as it is, a one-party governing body. more ›