Methuen Patrolmen and Superior Police Officers’ Unions have come out in full force in support of City Councilor Jen Kannan’s candidacy for Mayor against incumbent Steve Zanni. “We have endorsed Jen because she is willing to listen,” Said Lieutenant Frank Korn, president of the Superior Officer’s Union. “When it comes to problem solving, she […]
LAWRENCE, MA: Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua is seeking to remove the mayoral term limit restriction within that city’s charter. Lawrence currently prohibits individuals from serving more than two four-year terms for mayor. The proposal currently is on the City Council agenda. City Councilor Marc Laplante is concerned that should Lantigua be re-elected, that the […]
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 Today Tom and Paul broadcast the show from Chelmsford Town Common for “Common Day” and talked about Salisbury Town Manager Neil Harrington and his Bobble-head board of selectmen, complete with full audio of Harrington’s bitter, angry rant at the Selectmen meeting last week. CLICK HERE TO […]
By: D.J. Bettercourt – September, 2013 A vote is the ultimate equalizer in American politics. The idea that every citizen, regardless of race, gender or background, is awarded the same power of choice and influence in the voting booth has been the backbone of the American electoral system. This has been predicated by the simple […]
The Paying Attention Radio Program with Tom Duggan airs every Saturday morning from 10AM to noon on 980WCAP in Lowell, Massachusetts. The show is produced by George Papoulias and is podcast on archive.org. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 In the first hour Tom talked about the Tomaselli sisters in Salisbury […]
By: Tom Duggan – September 20, 2013 (11pm) OTHER LAWRENCE STORIES PHOTO GALLERY OF THIS EVENT Three of the four failed candidates for Lawrence mayor: James O’Donoghue, Juan Gonzalez and Marcos Devers stood with Lawrence City Councilor Dan Rivera Friday, at the end of the Casey Bridge to endorse Rivera’s candidacy against Lawrence Mayor Willie […]
By Rebeccah Pearson – Newburyportguide.com September, 2013 On November 5th the Newburyport Community will be asked once again to vote for their mayor. Last election, Donna Holaday won without contest, but this year she finds herself running against two candidates up for the mayor’s position. Dick Sullivan Jr. and Gregory Earls will find themselves voicing their […]
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LT COLONEL ALLEN WEST Transcribed by Kathleen Laplante Valley Patriot Publisher Tom Duggan (TD), and Christine Morabito (CM), President of the Greater Boston Tea Party sat down with former Congressman, and Lt. Colonel Allen West to discuss issues such as race, the future of the republican party, the news media’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
WALKING TOURS Change is in the air, and so we begin the fall season. Andover is one of the jewels of the north shore so let us check out some very interesting things to do and places to go. September 22, from 12-1:30 p.m., the Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS) invites interested residents to a […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL September 2013 You cannot put a price on democracy. Yet, the City of Methuen has a provision in their charter that cancels their preliminary elections when there are too few candidates to eliminate in a pimary election. Officials in Methuen say this is to save the nearly $50,000 it will cost to […]
Lawrence Firefighter’s Union Local 146 endorsed one of their own this month in the Lawrence mayor’s race. With 125 dues paying members, a motion was made and seconded at the September monthly union meeting to endorse Juan “Manny” Gonzalez in his campaign for Mayor for the City of Lawrence. Gonzalez is running against James Patrick O’Donoghue, […]