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Editorial The Lowell Sun
Didn’t Deval Patrick run on the premise that it wouldn’t be business as usual on Beacon Hill if he were elected?
Yet, that’s all we have seen since Patrick took office earlier this month.
Last week, Patrick was quietly negotiating a reorganization plan with legislative leaders that would have broken up some committees and [...]

I just gotta wonder if this wasn’t another case of Travaglini and DiMasi teaching the new Governor a lesson.
They knew that Patrick’s attempt to trade cash for support for his initiatives would make him look dirty.
In articles all over the state it was revealed that negotitions this weekend quietly were dropped that involved giving the [...]

By HILLARY CHABOT, Sun Statehouse Bureau Lowell Sun
BOSTON — Lawmakers were quietly discussing pay hikes for House Speaker Sal DiMasi and Senate President Robert Travaglini that would have made their salaries equal to those who head constitutional offices, according to two senators who asked to remain unnamed.
The controversial raises were part of a larger reorganization [...]

Joe Campbell really stepped in it this week.
His comments that seemed to attack the town for not treating “safety” as a real issue did not make him look too good.
We are now building sidewalks along all of Lakeview. We pay for crossing guards. We are building lights at the intersections of both the school and [...]

 

 Shaw and Zimini chat about Campbell vis-a-vis Safety [3:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I have to admit, he came across pretty poorly at the last school committee meeting.
He ranted on for a considerable amount of time about the amount of spending directed towards Special Education students.
He even got to the point where he was saying that regular education students are getting less of an education because of this.
If [...]

 

 Caller Challenges DJ on SPED spending [8:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Editorial, The Lowell Sun
What kind of message is the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission trying to send Massachusetts teenagers and liquor stores?
Rather than support the Dracut Board of Selectmen in its recent decision to give a 30-day suspension to Muldoon Liquors for selling alcohol to minors, it recommended an eight-day suspension with four days held [...]

I think some of these people need to tone down the rhetoric if they are looking from sympathy from the rest of the town.
They live on a majestic hill, within an 18 hole golf course that is ready to open in April.
All the homes seem to have perfect landscaping, the streets are some of the [...]

By DENNIS SHAUGHNESSEY, Sun Staff Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Buyers of homes at the Meadow Creek Estates were excited about the prospect of living in an upscale subdivision along an 18-hole professional-caliber golf course.
Now they say the dream is in danger of falling apart. They say they are getting mixed signals from Realty Financial Partners of [...]

The Dracut School Committee, after reviewing the proposed budget for an additional 2 weeks, has voted to accept the proposed budget as their “working document.”
This document is what will go into negotiation with the town as we move towards a new town budget for the upcoming year.
It was sort of funny watching them spend 15 [...]