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The Havok Wrought by Modern Math – THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – March, 2004 If you are a parent of elementary school children, you’ve probably seen it: elaborate make-work homework assignments, cutting and pasting extravaganzas,…
Let the Market Dictate Insurance Rates
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL March, 2004 Mayor Sullivan wants the legislature to modify the formula for auto insurance rates. The solution lies not in tinkering with government regulations, but in…
MA Lt. Gov. Healey Calls for Senator Kerry to Resign While Running for President
Tom Duggan – 2004 WAKEFIELD – Lt. Governor Kerry Murphy Healey called for the resignation of Senator John Kerry yesterday before a packed room of Republican supporters at the…
North Andover High School on Warning of Losing Accreditation
By: Tom Duggan – February, 2004 North Andover Superintendent Harry Harutunian informed the School Committee and the public that North Andover High School has been put on warning of losing…
Specious Education (a.k.a. Special Education) – Thinking Outside the Box
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – January, 2004 Specious: Adj. 1. Seemingly fair, attractive, sound or true, but actually not so. While “Specious” may not describe…
Outgoing President, Devers Says Council Drove Last Two Years
(on Loan from Tom Duggan’s Private Archive) Text of Marcos Devers’ Speech 01/02/2004 Good evening: Mr. Mayor, City Councilors, current and past authorities, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we are saying…
Blanchette Chosen as Council President Frechette elected Vice President in Lawrence
Vote Latino Campaign still Sore Spot with Some By: Tom Duggan – January 2, 2004 Lawrence – District “A” (Prospect Hill) Councilor Patrick Blanchette was elected president of the…
Move Afoot to Unseat Devers As Lawrence Council President
By: Tom Duggan – November 18, 2003 (on Loan from Tom Duggan’s Private Records – Published originally on tommyduggan.com) According to some current and soon-to-be City Councilors there is a…
Israel Reyes Accepts Campaign Benefits from Developers he Lobbied for as a Member of the Planning Board
Of Our Expose on Planning Board Member Israel Reyes Part 11 PAYING ATTENTION! WITH TOM DUGGAN Before there was a Valley Patriot (established in 2004) there was tommyduggan.com, a blog…
Israel Reyes Lobbied Planning Board for Contributors
Planning Board Member is Already Fleecing the System Part 1 Originally published on tommyduggan.com (10-10-03) PAYING ATTENTION! WITH TOM DUGGAN Before there was a Valley Patriot (established in 2004)…
North Andover School Committee, Six Months Later
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October 2003 Having been portrayed as the Slash and Burn Candidate for School Committee, I’m happy to report that, after six…
How to Debunk a Socialist with a Few Easy Questions … Or … What I learned at Bread and Roses
Originally published on Tommyduggan.com, 09/09/03 Socialists, Communists, Marxists and other liberty hating ideologues were out in full force at Lawrence’s Bread and Roses festival again this year. It is a…
Council to Hear from Public on Voter ID
By: Tom Duggan (originally published on tommyduggan.com 05/19/03) The Lawrence City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposal to require all Lawrence residents to show…
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