Lawrence Preliminary Election Results
[09-17-13]MUNIPRELIMINARY-UNOFFICIALRESULTS LAWRENCE MAYORS RACE Lantigua 5,725 Rivera 2,799 Devers 1,907 Gonzalez 1,058 O’Donoghue 305 Dejesus 165
BREAKING….. ELECTION MACHINE “MISHAP” ERASES DATA ON ELECTION MACHINES IN LAWRENCE….
BREAKING…. SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 (MORE NEWS ON LANTIGUA) Valley Patriot news spotters in Lawrence City Hall say that the official results for the preliminary elections are being held up because a card reader in one of the ballot counting machines erased data on either another card or the machine itself. Unofficial results called into the […]
Lawrence’s Mayor Lantigua Pushes Candidate on Ballot Against Her Will – Will File Complaints with AG Coakley
PRELIMINARY ELECTION DAY…. LAWRENCE… By Tom Duggan, September 17, 2013 (7:14pm) (MORE STORIES ON LANTIGUA) Lawrence’s municipal elections were held today in preliminary races for mayor, city council and school committee. Lawrence at-large candidate for city council, Cara Martiloni tells the Valley Patriot in an exclusive this afternoon that she is fuming and she is ready […]
Download PDF of the September, 2013 Edition of The Valley Patriot (#119)
Click Image or HERE to download PDF of the September, 2013 Edition of The Valley Patriot Lead Story: Fraud, Forgeries and Illegal Signatures Found on Mayor Lantigua’s Nomination Papers, All approved By Lawrence Election Department
Fraud, Forgeries and Illegal Signatures Found on Mayor Lantigua’s Nomination Papers, All approved By Lawrence Election Department
By: Tom Duggan – August 15, 2013 The Valley Patriot obtained copies of Lawrence mayor Willie Lantigua‘s nomination papers, submitted and certified on April 11, 2013. Lantigua turned in 30 pages of nomination signatures to have his name appear on the September ballot. Each candidate for mayor needs to turn in 250 valid signatures from […]
An $80 Million Lie: Sisters Discover Sewer Project 100% Paid for with Grant Money
PART I By: Tom Duggan – September, 2013 Gracemarie and Joyce Tomaselli say they are days away from losing their property in Salisbury because town officials have retaliated against them because they blew the lid on what they call, “the $80 Million lie.” Dubbed the Sleuth Sisters, Joyce and Gracemarie have been investigating a sewer […]
The Time For Talk is Over, Now it’s Time to Vote!
By: Peter Lrocque – September, 2013 Dear Fellow Lawrencians, This coming Primary Election which is about to take place on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 is probably the most important election that I can remember for us in the Great City of Lawrence. This election affords to us the means to fix what is really ailing […]
Valley Patriot/980WCAP Lawrence Mayoral Debate download and listen on your IPOD! (September 7, 2013)
CLICK here to download or listen to HOUR 1 CLICK here to download or listen to HOUR 2 Today, four of the five challengers to Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua came in for a debate on Paying Attention. James Patrick O’Donoghue, Dan Rivera, Manny Gonzalez, and Marcos Devers sparred on taxes, Lantigua’s corruption, laying off cops […]
Fall River State Rep. Alan Silvia to pay $20,000 for Concealing Campaign Finances
State Rep. Alan Silvia of Fall River agreed to pay $20,000 to the state’s general fund as part of a disposition agreement with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance to resolve campaign finance violations. In 2012, a state election year, Silvia’s campaign committee did not comply with several requirements of the state’s campaign finance […]
BREAKING…. Attorney General Files Suit Against Lantigua for Campaign Finance Violations … Bogus Reporting, Cash Donations, Donations not Declared…. MORE
Complaint Seeks Civil Penalties and Future Compliance with Finance Laws August 27, 2013 2:15PM OTHER BREAKING NEWS BOSTON – The Mayor of Lawrence has been sued for allegedly committing several campaign finance law violations, including accepting several thousands of dollars in potentially illegal cash and corporate contributions, Attorney General Martha Coakley and the Office of […]
Ethics Commission: Former Chelmsford Planning Board Member Richard McClure Guilty of Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Acted as attorney for clients in two lawsuits in which the Town of Chelmsford was a party The Massachusetts Ethics Commission issued a Decision and Order finding that former Chelmsford Planning Board member Richard McClure violated section 17(c) of Massachusetts General Law c. 268A, the conflict of interest law, by representing clients in two separate […]
The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, August 24, 2013
LISTEN TO HOUR ONE (RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) LISTEN TO HOUR TWO (RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) LISTEN TO HOUR THREE (RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) Today Tom and Paul talked about Barry Nolan and Tennis Lilly and why some liberals are reasonable and others are just too crazy to talk to, What ever happened to […]
Case Against Former Lawrence Teacher Algird Sunskis Dismissed by Ethics Commission
Commission Cites Impounded Report that Deems Sunskis “not appropriate for prosecution.” The Massachusetts Ethics Commission says they cannot prove that Al Sinskis violated G.L. c. 268A, the conflict of interest law, by paying kickbacks on three occasions to Lawrence Public School (“LPS”) employees to obtain LPS contracts. One of the contracts involved the alleged fraudulent sale of […]
Anyone But Mayor Willie Lantigua
By: Peter Larocque – August, 2013 When I get into discussions concerning the election for Mayor in The Great City of Lawrence, far too many times I hear, “anybody but Willie!” Unfortunately, “anybody but Willie” will not be on the ballot. “Anybody but Willie” is not a candidate! Yes, I understand the frustration among the […]
The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, August 17, 2013
LISTEN TO HOUR ONE (RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) LISTEN TO HOUR TWO (RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) LISTEN TO HOUR THREE (RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) Today Tom and Paul talked about Forgeries on Mayor Lantigua’s nomination papers, Tom interviewed Mayoral Candidate Marcos Devers and asked him about Lantigua’s failures, corruption and shenanigans and why he should […]