July, 2024 My Fellow Valley Patriot Readers, My office just released a safety and performance audit report of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). This report is the first in a series of reports that my office will be releasing to examine safety and performance at the MBTA. In 2007, the MBTA began employing internal […]
Defendant used campaign donations to pay debts for his hotel business including the hotel’s yacht and real estate taxes July 23, 2024 BOSTON – A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts was sentenced on July 18th in federal court in Boston for charges of violating the […]
July, 2024 Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio has been on a personal mission since her days as a legislative aide on Beacon Hill back in 2011. That mission is to hold lawmakers accountable for the money they spend, the backroom deals they make, and the secrets they keep from the voters they are supposed to […]
By: Ken Willette – 6/24 To inspire a nation suffering from unprecedented economic turmoil, FDR once declared: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” If Biden ever got caught in a hot mic moment of complete honesty, he might counter by saying,” The only political tool I have left is fear.” […]
By: Kevin Dube – 6-24 This year’s town meeting started off with a fiasco. Far more people than were planned for showed up which caused many technological issues. The only overflow venue set up was the café, and it filled quickly. While the early articles were being discussed people were still streaming in and the […]
By: Ted Xenakis – 6-24 We all know that expression about the hypocrisy of those who criticize someone else for doing the same thing as those who criticize. It’s a case of the Pot Calling the Kettle Black. It’s the classic case of Do What I Say and Not as I do. Well, we […]
By: Former State Rep. Lenny Mirra, 6-24 If there’s one prediction you can take to the bank for this year’s election it is that the losing side in a close race will almost certainly make claims of election fraud and a “stolen” election. Democrats did this after the 2016 presidential election and Republicans did the […]
By: Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio 6-24 Hello Valley Patriot readers, During the darkest days of 2020, when the economy was freefalling and we were all learning to stay healthy, Congress passed the CARES Act to provide measured relief. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) distributed these emergency funds to each […]
BOSTON – A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to unlawful reentry. Wilson Hernandez-Bautista, 34, plead guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for Oct. 3, 2024. Hernandez-Bautista was indicted by a federal grand jury December 2023. Hernandez-Bautista […]
Owner of Tax Preparation Company fled the United States after being indicted and remained a fugitive for 19 months BOSTON – A Lawrence woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to separate fraudulent schemes that targeted banks and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Luz Paulino, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of bank […]
Cusick accepted free ski trips from water meter manufacturer and its distributor Newburyport Department of Public Services Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Thomas Cusick has paid a $13,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by accepting free ski trips from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. Cusick admitted the violations and waived […]
6-22-24 BOSTON – An indictment was unsealed this week in federal court in Boston charging former Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran and his sister for allegedly attempting to cover up a sham job offer from the sister’s company to Tran. Tran, 48, of Fitchburg, was indicted on one count of obstruction of justice and one […]
6-24 A 26-page racism lawsuit filed against the Methuen Police Department by Methuen Police Sgt. Charles DeJesus reads like a 1970’s undercover Ku Klux Klan exposé. detective dejesus lawsuit (2) Accusations within the lawsuit seem so outrageous that it’s almost impossible to believe police officers and police superior officers would dare think – much less […]
By: Ken Willette – 5/24 It costs $360,000 to educate and house the average undergraduate over 4 years at Columbia University. The current endowment fund at Harvard University is estimated at a whopping $53 billion. Imagine the radioactivity of soon-to-be graduates of both institutions attempting to obtain jobs at law firms, investment houses, government […]
By: Ted Xenakis – 5/24 Unless you are drunk on liberal Kool-Aide, you know America has a crisis at our southern border. For reasons that are all too apparent to any thinking person, Joe Biden is changing the demographics in America like no other time in our nation’s history. He’s a one-man wrecking crew whose […]