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14 Apr 2013
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Posted by me on the Mariner Facebook page 4/14/13: “After defending your control of the “pool rules”, re: comments to the online articles, in my comment to Peter Wood’s letter, I am disappointed to learn that you have pulled down all comments to your editorial about the police chief position. If you are going to [...]
Peter Wood urges bloggers to use real names
13 Apr 2013
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This letter is being sent to the attention of all bloggers who will not sign their names to the various posts. We all have varying opinions on the issues surrounding this wonderful town we live in, and the various public officials and departments within the town. It is fairly easy to figure out who [...]
Sometimes an outside police chief candidate is called for
13 Apr 2013
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I read the Editorial in the Cohasset Mariner with great interest. While I am no expert, I have managed four towns during my career and before that worked closely with numerous police departments in the commonwealth and federal law enforcements as both an Assistant District Attorney and military prosecutor. During my career I have removed [...]
Bill Burnett drops out of Cohasset selectmen’s race
11 Apr 2013
Cohasset selectman candidate Bill Burnett has dropped out of the Cohasset selectmen’s race scheudled for May 11, according to the Cohasset Town Clerk. This leaves four candidates vying for two seats on the board: Selectman Leland Jenkins, Capital Budget chair, Steve Gaumer, former selectman Karen Quigley and Cohasset Preservation commission chair Russ Bonetti. Cohasset Community [...]
Cohasset Selectmen’s Race
10 Apr 2013
by Tom Callahan I was just re-reading my post of last May celebrating Mrs. Gjesteby’s election to the BOS. Unfortunately, over this past year she was, in fact, isolated, and worse; regretably predictable from two of her colleagues, disappointing and unfortunate from the other two. But now we have another election and the referendum that [...]
Cohasset Selectmen vote 5-0 to set aside Cohasset Police Search
9 Apr 2013
Directly after Cohasset acting town manager Mike Milanoski gave selectmen an update on the Cohasset Police Chief Search, saying 9 persons had applied for the position, Selectman Fred Koed read a prepared statement critiquing the advertisement and the lack of any public placement, convincing his colleagues to set aside the current posting and to begin [...]
Bob Thomas says “Show Me the Plan!
9 Apr 2013
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By Bob Montgomery Thomas In an apparent April Fool joke attempt, Mayor Sue Kay appeared before the Weymouth town council along with the CFO on April 1 to ask for its support of her proposed meals tax increase of .075% (3/4 of 1%), which would bring the effective tax on prepared foods to 7%. That’s [...]
Ted Ford Answers DeCaprio’s April Fool Letter to Selectpeople
8 Apr 2013
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Ted Ford, owner of 559 Jerusalem Road , is attempting to build a home at that location. In spite of his having a legal building permit, the Cohasset Conservation commission will not issue him a storm water drainage permit, not even with conditions. Ford is prepared to go to court over the matter which has [...]
Koed gets 5-0 votes on budget initiatives from his board
7 Apr 2013
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Cohasset’s Acting Town Manager’s police budget is not sitting well with three Cohasset selectmen. Vice Chair Dianne Kennedy, Fred Koed and Martha Gjesteby want to give it some more thought. A final vote on the police budget will be taken at Selectmen’s April 9 meeting that is currently scheduled to be the last meeting before [...]
