tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post4402754976044900883..comments2023-06-05T11:00:03.268-04:00Comments on Welcome to Ward 5 Online: Somerville's Got Some Employment Bragging Rights!Ward Fivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17778842318441687936noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-72392298766321666302014-08-26T12:55:21.969-04:002014-08-26T12:55:21.969-04:00If anyone else was mayor-they would be no differen...If anyone else was mayor-they would be no different. Even members of the board complained that they weren't included in press releases this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-12588840268516642822014-08-26T08:24:56.029-04:002014-08-26T08:24:56.029-04:00More so a picture he knows will end up in printed ...More so a picture he knows will end up in printed circulation.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-51495100223136432212014-08-26T08:05:57.466-04:002014-08-26T08:05:57.466-04:00If he is sitting behind his desk doing nothing we ...If he is sitting behind his desk doing nothing we would never know.<br /><br />If there is a photo-op when sitting behind his desk he is too smart a dude to portray himself as "doing nothing."<br /><br />Maybe holding a pen to paper, phone in his ear, working a computer, meeting with people, etc. etc. <br /><br />But nobody have ever described him as a do nothing mayor; possibly somewhat narcissistic when it comes to never passing up an opportunity for a picture-op. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-67376287233205054082014-08-25T17:48:44.958-04:002014-08-25T17:48:44.958-04:00Absolutely!!!! Absolutely!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-78294343364309834762014-08-25T16:22:20.186-04:002014-08-25T16:22:20.186-04:00If he sat behind his desk and did nothing everyone...If he sat behind his desk and did nothing everyone would bitch about that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-28942443942338434342014-08-25T15:02:30.912-04:002014-08-25T15:02:30.912-04:00I give the rest of Somerville's elected and wa...I give the rest of Somerville's elected and wannabe pols a B- in that regard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-26074279688161442972014-08-25T12:47:40.210-04:002014-08-25T12:47:40.210-04:00That too is in all politicians DNA!That too is in all politicians DNA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-70492563103166777652014-08-25T09:34:08.556-04:002014-08-25T09:34:08.556-04:00The mayor seems to never miss an opportunity to ha...The mayor seems to never miss an opportunity to have his picture taken; a master at it; even if the oportunity exists at different venues the same day, resulting in hardly a week goes by his picture is not shown in the newspapers; sometimes more than once in the same editions the same week.<br /><br />Understood, that's what some politicians do; he gets an A+ in that effort. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-88468432465742475782014-08-21T18:28:48.502-04:002014-08-21T18:28:48.502-04:00
He makes it a point to show up here there and eve...<br />He makes it a point to show up here there and everywhere, has his picture taken, and then is gone. Hardly a week goes by that his picture is not shown in the local papers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-71917688690817620712014-08-21T16:45:40.398-04:002014-08-21T16:45:40.398-04:00Sorry to say, but in my opinion, Mayor Curtatone h...Sorry to say, but in my opinion, Mayor Curtatone has lost touch with the rank and file people of Somerville; and the rank & file numbers are getting smaller and smaller each year; can no longer afford to live in Somerville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-43109802688131679622014-08-21T14:46:30.512-04:002014-08-21T14:46:30.512-04:00Sorry Mr.Mayor, but the main "takeaway" ...Sorry Mr.Mayor, but the main "takeaway" for Somerville residents is for people with money; the old-line blue-collar worker families not in that class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-20413993998149965662014-08-21T13:38:25.016-04:002014-08-21T13:38:25.016-04:00I wonder what the attraction is for Roche's in...I wonder what the attraction is for Roche's in even thinking about locating what amounts to a Gourmet store in Somerville, whose prices would be out of reach for the average Somerville family with kids.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-37088675456207750872014-08-21T12:49:33.079-04:002014-08-21T12:49:33.079-04:00The Mayor stated: the city is now a good place to ...The Mayor stated: the city is now a good place to live, work, and raise a family.<br /><br />Live and work, that's fine.<br />Raise a family????... only if you are in a high income bracket; or both parents working; or holding multiple part-time jobs as well as a full time job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-73961681477384465712014-08-21T12:43:14.181-04:002014-08-21T12:43:14.181-04:00The mayor has a selective memory.
The city and le...The mayor has a selective memory.<br /><br />The city and lending institutions have foreclosed on many, many, owners of homes as published in the local papers for the past few years; and still going on.<br /><br />Also, families forced to move out of the city who no longer could afford the escalating rents.<br /><br />Even some small business's that have been here for a number of years have closed down due to higher taxes. <br /><br />It's turning into "condo city" where once there were rental families. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-60202425509715648622014-08-21T09:03:42.526-04:002014-08-21T09:03:42.526-04:00As for the November voting for and against the bui...As for the November voting for and against the building of casinos in close proximity to Somerville; the mayor is obviously against them being built; and our Somerville people should not want or vote for them.<br /><br />But , the real world, which includes gambling Somerville residents, have been traveling to casinos in Connecticut and other casino for years now since they opened.<br /><br />Even the "Somerville Council on Aging" schedules frequent trips to Connecticut casinos for gambling senior citizens; and other gambling Somerville residents have been getting to those casinos by their own car or buses out of Medford for many years.<br /><br />I believe the mayor himself has been known to engage in a game of blackjack, Vegas Nights, at the old Somerville Good Times once located at Assembly Square.<br /><br />Bottom line, it appears the mayor has no problem with gambling or casinos, but not in our backyard.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-73192199974190963132014-08-20T20:39:43.771-04:002014-08-20T20:39:43.771-04:00Also, in other towns, you can lose your job and st...Also, in other towns, you can lose your job and still sort of keep it together for several months while you're looking another job. But Somerville is so expensive now, that a basic unemployment check won't tide you over. So unemployment = having to move out of Somerville.<br /><br />Considering that Somerville is full of people working 2 jobs just to make ends meet, I'm not surprised that there aren't many people living here with no job at all.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-78636294544807245412014-08-20T16:15:00.761-04:002014-08-20T16:15:00.761-04:00If it was possible to include all those adults on ...If it was possible to include all those adults on the dole, assistance, etc. for one reason or another, who work and get paid under table, Somerville would be #1 in the state.<br /><br />Somerville also benefits by the fact that the many influx of persons from other areas come here with jobs or their own business.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-19711852388785161662014-08-20T14:07:56.066-04:002014-08-20T14:07:56.066-04:00He might as well because in the Somerville Journal...He might as well because in the Somerville Journal "Speakout".. and elsewhere, he gets blamed for all that goes wrong.<br /><br />I blame him for a dog crapping on my sidewalk and the owner not picking up.<br />If Joe would only put an animal control officer or a police officer on my street 24/7 I'm sure a dog-owner would think twice about not picking up.<br /><br />Encumbent aldermen, in their pass-out literature at election time, all take credit for what went right in the city during their term. It's in all Somerville politician's DNA to do that. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-44049419408319445832014-08-20T11:35:01.791-04:002014-08-20T11:35:01.791-04:00Joe trying to take some kind of credit for this st...Joe trying to take some kind of credit for this statistic is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com