Showing posts with label Lazo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lazo. Show all posts
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Sunday Photo-‘Toons 1.9
Ken O’Brien
Well, town elections are only a little over a week away
Just as spring is marked by the blooming of flowers, so this season sees campaign signs sprouting all over the local landscape.
In the spirit of environmental preservation, The O’Zone confines its campaigning to cyberspace.
With that proviso, let’s season your Sunday breakfast or brunch with our unique mixture of cynicism and sass.
Monday, May 14, 2012
What I Want To Know – Questions for Southbridge Town Council Candidates
Since then we have seen precious little in the way of concrete proposals from those who claim to want to run our town.
Lacking anything substantive thus far from most of the candidates, and having gotten word that a town council candidates’ debate is tentatively scheduled for June 9th, I’ve decided to put forward some questions to which I would like answers.
I’d be interested to know what other questions O’Zone readers would like to ask the candidates.
I’m not looking for empty and vague generalities. I want specific, actionable proposals that will go before the council.
I will gladly publish replies from ANY candidate who chooses to respond.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Lazos Targeted Again
Ken O'Brien
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The tavern that the Lazo family has been working to open on Mill Street was targeted by vandals who broke all the windows in the the establishment undergoing renovation with plans to open in the near future.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Southbridge’s Rogue Regime
Ken O’Brien
John Adams famously observed that a republic is “a government of laws, and not of men.”
This view was subsequently enshrined in the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780. Article XXX of the Bill of Rights states:
“Art. XXX. In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them; the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them; to the end it may be a government of laws, and not of men. “
At January 23rd’s meeting of the Southbridge Town Council, the ruling majority threw this concept out the window
Friday, August 5, 2011
Agendas And FOIA Requests
Kenneth M. O’Brien
Things keep moving quickly in Southbridge these days. First, the agenda is now available for Monday, August 8th’s meeting of the town council.
Most notable is the following (and, oddly enough, once again the last item on the agenda):
Most notable is the following (and, oddly enough, once again the last item on the agenda):
“15. Vote to rescind the precedent created as a result of the ruling of Ex-chairman Lazo on a Point of Order at the Town Council Meeting of Monday, July 19, 2010 whereby Ex-chairman Lazo ruled that “the 2004 by-law creating a five-member Board of Health was null and void”. (Roberts Rules, p.294, line 28) “
Saturday, July 9, 2011
PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC SNAFU?
Kenneth M. O’Brien
Recently there has been a lot of controversy on this site regarding the Southbridge Police Department.
The night of the recent Southbridge Town Election the wife of the police chief appeared on this blog and ridiculed critics of her husband in light of the election results (the second comment).
What was notable was that, as others have commented, there was no attempt to answer or deny the questions that were raised by such prior posts as “Ain’t That A Crime”, or “Liquorboarding The Lazos”.
The night of the recent Southbridge Town Election the wife of the police chief appeared on this blog and ridiculed critics of her husband in light of the election results (the second comment).
What was notable was that, as others have commented, there was no attempt to answer or deny the questions that were raised by such prior posts as “Ain’t That A Crime”, or “Liquorboarding The Lazos”.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Southbridge, MA, here we go again!
By Dennis Martinek
Vote Tuesday, June 28, 2011
8 AM to 8PM
If you need a ride to the polls, call
774-230-7626
or
774-230-1489
The town has been the subject of a Tea Party group from out of town getting involved in a district race for State Representative that resulted in what many call a racist billboard being placed in the heart of town, a heavily Hispanic area of town to boot.
Southbridge has a large population that comes from Puerto Rico, and the two groups involved in "encouraging" voters to show an ID to vote (despite being illegal to ask for an ID, they didn't seem to get the fact that a) in Southbridge, outsiders are not welcome in Southbridge's political process, and b) Puerto Ricans are American citizens, and have been, since 1917.
So, like Sarah Palin before them, the Tea Party Group appears to be growing less significant every time they speak, as they target the wrong people.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Make It Trifecta Tuesday
Kenneth M. O’Brien
Vote Tuesday, June 28, 2011
8 AM to 8PM
If you need a ride to the polls, call
774-230-7626
or
774-230-1489
Fontaine, Lazo, Logan.
Those are the names to vote for in Tuesday’s Southbridge election for town council.
The reasons are crystal clear.
For over ten years two groups have dominated the Southbridge town council. The first time they called themselves the “Restore Confidence Group”. These days they call themselves the “Future Of Southbridge”.
Those are the names to vote for in Tuesday’s Southbridge election for town council.
The reasons are crystal clear.
For over ten years two groups have dominated the Southbridge town council. The first time they called themselves the “Restore Confidence Group”. These days they call themselves the “Future Of Southbridge”.
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