Posted by “sharilee” on blog.worcestercountryrepublicanclub.com
It is a tragedy to see anyone lose their home, whether it’s a house or an apartment. But if you didn’t understand the obligations when you took out a mortgage, the government shouldn’t be bailing you out. Before you signed those papers, you knew whether or not you could afford the [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
Blog Log Digital
June 26, 2008
Council, digested
Tuesday’s meeting was so chock full of silly goodness that we wanted to highlight a few of the best (cough, propane blowing up the courthouse, cough) moments:
STREET VENDORS:
STREET RULES: Councilor Phil Palmieri was incredulous at the amount of time being spent on the street vendor/hawker debate. “Quite honestly, spending this amount of time on [...]
June 24, 2008
City Council Blog 6/24/08
9:25: Meeting adjourned.
9:11: Now time for Michael O’Brien: “I want to thank you for your kind words and constructive criticism.”
“We are faced with a range of needs and diminishing resources.” He thanks his staff top to to bottom.
“There’s nothing more that I want than to accomplish it all.”
“What you can expect from me consistently [...]
June 23, 2008
Blog Log Digital
Posted by “Keith” on aleworks.org
Unfortunately, Worcester has plenty of code that prevents virtually anyone from manufacturing virtually anything on residential property that is intended for sale. I spoke to someone at the Code department and was advised that it simply couldn’t be done. I was given an example of a home-based business that [...]
June 20, 2008
End of Week Roundup
What a week. If anything, this week was the week of the regulation: New rules for livery cabs(credit cards only!), potential new ordinances for street hawkers (can’t park on the street for more than five minutes!), and new regulations for a couple clubs(Hey, Alta Cafe: Two cops, even if the crowds aren’t there, OK?).
And next [...]
June 19, 2008
Openings and Closings at the License Commission
It was all about starts and finishes at today’s License Commission Hearing.
First, the closings.
The commission (Peter Lukes, Karon Shea, and an absent Kevin O’Sullivan) heard two hearings for the underground-hipster coffee shop Q Cafe, off Chandler Street: One, an application for an entertainment license; another, a violation hearing for having entertainment without a license.
Police said [...]
June 17, 2008
City Council 6/18/08
10:12: Palmieri reiterates his call – and Petty’s and Rushton’s – that the new chancellor of UMass-Med live in Worcester. He’s also saying it would be great to draw in 10% of the UMass-Med staff of 19,000 downtown. Lukes says “there should be some sort of incentive [for employees] to live in the city.” We’ll [...]
June 17, 2008
Turtle Boy Thursdays
Thursday night in the Canal District is shaping up to be a fun one. And don’t worry about the Celtics…they’re winning tonight.
We’ve got music at the Dive from a veritable Harlem Globetrotters of Worcester music(Duncan, Scott, Troy, Mike T) all the way down to Nick’s (Travis Colby from Roomful of Blues). In between, you’ll find [...]
June 17, 2008
Council Tonight!
It’ll be full of overblown rhetoric, but we’ll be out in enough time for the Celtic’s game. We hope.
Join us at 7 for fun and profit!
June 16, 2008
Is that my good side?
“And in this corner, Ladies and Gentleman, your 2007 Election runner-up. “Running” Rick Ruuuuusssshtoooooooon!”
Seriously, wow.
The Daily Worcesteria was out of town this weekend, so we missed the Irish Festival hijinks over at the Hibernian Center, but if this picture by Wormtown Taxi’s Jeff is any indication, it was a ridiculous time.
