PODCAST – State Rep. Candidate Oscar Camargo & Lt. Gov Candidate Mike Lake on the Paying Attention! Radio Program (8-9-14)

PODCAST – State Rep. Candidate Oscar Camargo & Lt. Gov Candidate Mike Lake on the Paying Attention! Radio Program (8-9-14)

Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano and is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell on Saturday’s from 10am to noon.  Today Tom and Paul’s guest were State Rep. candidate Oscar Camargo who is seeking to unseat incumbent State Rep. Diana DiZoglio in the 14th Essex […]

Dominican Rep. Marcos Devers Says Voter ID Ensures Transparency, Other Latino Officials in Lawrence Agree

Dominican Rep. Marcos Devers Says Voter ID Ensures Transparency, Other Latino Officials in Lawrence Agree

By: Tom Duggan – August 8, 2014 LAWRENCE, MA – Lawrence State Representative Marcos Devers (D-Lawrence) says he favors Voter ID and says that as a Dominican he is “offended” when he hears people say that those who support voter ID are “racist”. “I am for Voter ID, it’s a matter of transparency”, Devers says. […]

Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative Transportation Director Richard Prue Pays $5,000 for Conflict of Interest Law Violation, Wife Benefited From Contract

Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative Transportation Director Richard Prue Pays $5,000 for Conflict of Interest Law Violation, Wife Benefited From Contract

 Reviewed and approved payments to vendor that employed his wife as a bus monitor on GLEC routes The State Ethics Commission approved a Disposition Agreement in which Richard Prue, the transportation director of the Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative (“GLEC”) admitted to repeatedly violating Massachusetts General Law Chapter 268A, the conflict of interest law by, as transportation […]

Solomon: Methuen to Use Shooter Detection Technology in Schools

Solomon: Methuen to Use Shooter Detection Technology in Schools

By: Tom Duggan – July, 2014 Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon appeared on 980WCAP’s Paying Attention Radio Program earlier this month to reveal a new safety measure being implemented in the Methuen schools to increase response time and give police a tactical advantage when dealing with school shootings. Solomon has been the Chief of Police […]

Congressional Candidate Ann Wofford on Paying Attention LIVE from the Lowell Folk Festival (7-26-14)

Congressional Candidate Ann Wofford on Paying Attention LIVE from the Lowell Folk Festival (7-26-14)

Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano took the day off. The show is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD HOUR 2 Today, Tom Duggan broadcast the show from the Lowell Folk festival with congressional candidate […]

Market Basket Board Affirms New CEO’s, Consider’s Buyout by Arthur T.

  By: Tom Duggan – July 25, 2014 The board of directors of Market Baskets met Friday afternoon and issued a statement after their meeting confirming that they have received a bid by Arthur T. Demoulas and smaller shareholders to purchase the remaining 51% of Market Basket Supermarkets. The board also voted to reaffirm their […]

MassFiscal Alliance & Other Groups Exploring Legal Challenge To $15,000 Union Donation Limit

MassFiscal Alliance & Other Groups Exploring Legal Challenge To $15,000 Union Donation Limit

Loopholes permits unions huge unfair advantage over individuals Boston, MA: good-government policies, and the Goldwater Institute, a public policy advocacy and research organization, announced today that they are further studying the next steps toward filing a lawsuit to challenge the legality of the Massachusetts campaign finance rule that allows unions to donate $15,000 in a […]

Lawrence Directors and Managers Complete Leadership Institute

Lawrence Directors and Managers Complete Leadership Institute

June 12, 2014, Lawrence, MA- On June 11, 2014, the City of Lawrence and Cambridge College (Lawrence Campus Business & Professional Development Center) graduated fourteen (14) Directors and Managers from Mayor Daniel Rivera’s Leadership Institute. The faculty of Cambridge College has the expertise in training and coaching managers and leaders on critical organizational effectiveness skills. […]

Lantigua Targets Dizoglio, Supports Phil DeCologero in State Rep. Race ~ Paying Attention with Tom Duggan

Lantigua Targets Dizoglio, Supports Phil DeCologero in State Rep. Race ~ Paying Attention with Tom Duggan

      By: Tom Duggan – July, 2014 You have to hand it to former Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua. Even as a private citizen, he continues to conspire for revenge against his so-called enemies and everyone he believes has ever slighted him, real or imaginary. Not only has Lantigua been targeting Rep. Marcos Devers […]

Hampstead Academy, An Opportunity For Your Child to Succeed

Hampstead Academy, An Opportunity For Your Child to Succeed

By: Tom Duggan – July, 2014 The Hampstead Academy private grammar school in Hampstead, NH was first opened in 1978 as the Atkinson Learning Center and services kids from pre-K through 8th grade. The school is dedicated to teaching the “whole child”. The school’s founder Lyn Kutzelman says that the basic premise of Hampstead Academy […]

MA Ethics Commission Alleges Conflict of Interest Law Violations by Canton Conservation Commission Consultant Robert Murphy

MA Ethics Commission  Alleges Conflict of Interest Law Violations by Canton Conservation Commission Consultant Robert Murphy

Murphy was allegedly paid by clients of his private company to prepare plans for submission to the Conservation Commission The Enforcement Division of the State Ethics Commission issued an Order to Show Cause (“OTSC”) alleging that Canton Conservation Commission (“ConCom”) consultant Robert Murphy violated 268A, the conflict of interest law, by working on behalf of […]

Secretary Galvin’s Law Breaking Cannot Be Tolerated Valley Patriot Editorial (July, 2014)

Secretary Galvin’s Law Breaking Cannot Be Tolerated Valley Patriot Editorial (July, 2014)

VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL Four years ago our impotent Attorney General Martha Coakley prosecuted State Treasurer Tim Cahill for running state lottery commercials with our tax money while he was running for governor. State law prohibits elected officials from using tax dollars for advertising 60 days before an election if their name appears on the ballot. […]

State Senate Candidate Jess Finocchiaro and Treasurer Candidate Deb Goldberg on Paying Attention (July 19, 2014)

State Senate Candidate Jess Finocchiaro and Treasurer Candidate Deb Goldberg on Paying Attention (July 19, 2014)

Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano and is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell. VIDEO BELOW. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO HOUR 2 In the first hour State Senate Candidate Jessica Finocchiaro talked about her campaign and why […]

Lawrence Mayor Rivera Begins Fire Chief Search, Appoints Committee for Recruitment

Lawrence Mayor Rivera Begins Fire Chief Search, Appoints Committee for Recruitment

By: Tom Duggan – July 18, 2014 Lawrence  Mayor Dan Rivera has begun the process of finding a permanent fire chief to lead the Lawrence Fire Department. Rivera named the members of what he calls his “Fire Chief Search Committee”, and says he has began the first stages of the search process this week. The function […]