The all politics is local, local edition
The Rube Goldberg Machine that is Worcester politics has been set in motion once again in the wake of yet another interesting, but not so exciting election. With the exception of a Mayoral race which could still be going while the rest of the council is being sworn in, not much happened that couldn’t have been predicted by a handicapped handicapper. So instead of over thinking this proverbial plate of beans, lets quickly run down the results and re-state the obvious, for the record.
The winners…
Gary Rosen: This may be the only mystery for the history books. How on earth do you get 11,000 votes for council, the only candidate to break double digits but still come in third in the Mayoral race? I’ll tell you how, everyone loves Gary, he’s a lovable guy. But lovable guys are not always the best folks to be the first over the hill and into battle.
Konstantina B. Lukes: A good 50% of voters love Konnie, this is not news.
Kate Toomey: I can’t think of anything witty, snarky or even remotely informative to say about Kate this morning.
Frederick C. Rushton: This is where things start to get confusing, Rick makes an impressive showing in the Mayoral race, standing within 100 or so votes of the big chair. Yet he comes in 4th in the at large race. Wha? It’s still an impressive showing for a district to at-large jump. But it’s hard not to label Worcester voters ‘confused’ when this sort of thing happens.
Joseph M. Petty: The quiet guy. Whatever. Thats a silly label and one Joe should shake. Joe is just a great guy with some great ideas that are actually meaningful for the city and he happens to excel at sparing us the usual bullshit. I’m glad he’ll be with us and I hope he finds a way to put his flugelhorn horn to use in Council meetings.
Michael J. Germain: BwaaaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Seriously, whoever released Mikes probate records; as a political operative you suck (unless of course, it was Mike himself who released the records; in that case it was pure genius). I voted for Mike simply because I knew voting for someone convicted of drunk driving would piss off exactly the kind of stick in the mud puritanical douche bags I live to piss off. Thanks for giving me that opportunity, Mike. But now, since I know absolutely nothing about you and you may very well be a closeted neo-nazi who dresses in drag to go shopping at wal-mart; can you try real hard not to be a useless dick? Two years can be a long time.
The losers…
Dennis L. Irish: Dennis lost because he’s great at creating talking points but the follow through is terrible. His casino idea is a perfect example; personally it makes me nauseous to imagine a casino in the Woo, but it’s what Worcester wants. If Dennis became Casino guy, he would probably be Mayor elect. Instead he toed the line and failed to impress either side. Quite a few people are going to say Irish was a victim of the Public Safety unions. That’s a load of horse shit, the unions in Worcester are not a force outside of collective bargaining anymore; fact. They handicap the race at the 11th hour for just that reason, no surprises. That way the 12 people who still vote the union feel like their army means something. 7th may actually be a good place for Dennis. If Germain winds up doing doughnuts on the common the night he’s sworn in; Dennis can pull a repeat of last year and slide in on a council being the good guy.
Grace C. Ross: Whatever. It may have been nice to have a different perspective on the council; but who could really take her seriously? She has a Jewish support page on her website for the love of Yahweh. If you’ve taken the time to piss off the greater Jewish population to a degree where this kind of endorsement makes sense…
My name is Jim Hammerman. I grew up Jewish outside Chicago and now live in Brookline. While I am not a devout Jew, I bake challah and light Shabbat candles; I fast for Yom Kippur and reflect on its promise of repentance and renewal; I delight in playing dreidel and lighting the menorah with my daughters to remember our ancient fight for freedom of religious practice; and I am inspired to work for a better world for everyone by the annual Pesach telling of how our people broke the bonds of slavery in Egypt.
…you suck. The only thing keeping this campaign from turning into a sketch comedy routine was the lack of a Sudanese support page. “Hi, My name is Mukimbe and although both my arms were chopped off when I was two while I watched my mom get gang raped; I support Grace Ross for Council because Hemp clothing is pretty sweet”. Spare me.
John J. Mahoney, Morris A. Bergman, Mike C. Perotto, William Coleman III: Boring. Really guys, thats it. In the pitiful world on which we dwell, where Hanna Montana can sell out the DCU center, your game is going to have to be stepped up a bit. Maybe next time.
For more respectable election coverage, check out our buddies at WoMag, and of course Shaun, Nick and Dianne from the T&G.
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Think they can get Petty to play the National Anthem before Council meetings?
Check the punctuation again dummy. The placement of your semicolons is horrible.
Use more periods.
Did you just call me a dummy? Your choice of insults is horrible. What are you, four?
Move along now before you hurt yourself.
\”What are you, four?\” Should read, \”how old…\” But the punctuation is correct.
Albeit not a particularly complex sentence.
You\’re a poseur. Stick to your day job at Goodwill.
Toodles!
Sue
You seem mostly obsessed with this poseur. Feel free to click some ad’s while you’re here!
And loose the backslash, Sue. It takes the wind out of your grammar lessons. I would suggest cutting back on the cheese burgers; loose the sausage fingers and you wont be hitting those double strokes.
Mmmmm….cheeseburgers and sausage.
Please explain the use of the backslashes, or is it forward slashes, to me. I’ve become obsessed with knowing their meaning.
Is it some kind of ancient typewriter code?
Backslash. I believe it’s a form of code used by middle aged cranks to denote frustration with youngish neo-scumbags.
Congratulations on having attracting your first bona fide crank, Brendan, an achievment that officially marks your arrival as a local pundit of note. Now that your blog is so high profile, it’s important for it to be as stylish as your neo-scumbag self is in person. Remember…
….back-slashin’ /is what/’s hot in/ fall fashions/.
On my WordPress blog, when I edit someone’s comment, and that person uses single or double-quotes, the \” appears. Is this maybe a config issue? “I’ll put this sentence in quotes to check.”
Well I haven’t edited anything, her work is the sort of unintentional genius that can only happen naturally.
I’m sticking with the sausage fingers theory.
Sue voted for grace Ross.
Kate Toomey: I can’t think of anything witty, snarky or even remotely informative to say about Kate this morning.
Brendan, NOTHING?
WOW. A crank , Diane Williamson (probably spelled wrong) and a local politician. This place is like the roof bar at the Standard. How long before us little people have to wait behind the velvet rope?
Sorry Kate, but I have to side with Brendan on this one. I can find something to say about all the other candidates, but I draw a blank when it comes to you, which is not to be taken as an insult-being remarkably unremarkable can certainly bear fruit as you, Dave Mathews and the Bennigan’s chain have proven-but really, would it kill you to get a DUI or to utter some racial slurs now and again?
Well, if I got a DUI, I MIGHT kill someone, so that isn’t a good thing. I don’t think anyone should utter racial slurs. Not a good thing.
Brendan;
once one becomes 45..one becomes very repetitive.so I’ll bellow it out here as I have everywhere else
Is the urban core of the city gonna go anywhere while all the power still sits west of Park Avenue?
No powerful pols living in D4, downtown, Main South, Canal District…
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