I haven't done this since the days of the Cat Lady, but this week was pretty laughable.....

Former selectman Bob Brady, now a board member for the Citizen’s for a Better Wareham, has been a busy fellow lately. He’s introduced a slew of petition articles, all designed to benefit the Citizens for a Better Wareham. He wants to change the process for recall elections to allow a slate of candidates (i.e the CBW board) to be elected to replace any people recalled. He also wants to create "The Donahue Rule," which would force Town Moderator to step down because his wife serves on the Board of Selectmen (FYI, both Donahues were elected to their position by the public). Brady also wants to be able to amend the town budget at any point during Town Meeting, even after budget items have been discussed. Earth to Brady, there’s a Charter Review Committee exploring all aspects of the charter right now. Why the rush? Oh, we know. The Citizens for a Better Wareham want to be in charge right now.

Actually, the rush is probably due to the Charter Review Committee being hand-picked by the Selectmen to "review" it the way the BOS wants it reviewed.  And re-written to suit them.

In Friday's Standard-Times....

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Brady wrote a letter to the editor claiming the decision to fire town accountant Bob Bliss should be abandoned because it’s costing the town more money to fire him than what was lost when Bliss illegally signed off on a huge payout to former town administrator Michael Hartman. The CBW just doesn’t get it. This is more than about just money. It’s about principal. It’s about saying the ways of the past will no longer be tolerated.

Yes,, but with most rational governments, sins of the past are corrected from this point on, not by going back to where it was wrong years ago and fixing it.  Putting people on notice if it happens again makes more sense, rather than being investigated twice.  Speaking of which, wouldn't a recall be correcting errors of the past?

Interestingly, Cynthia Parola made a similar statement to the Courier a few weeks ago, saying it’s costing too much to investigate people. What is the price for justice? How can you measure the cost of scaring future town employees and officials from breaking the law? Some people really do only see the world in terms of money.

If there is no price on justice, why is the police department being asked to take a $90,000 cut?  Why are you complaining about the cost of the attorney in your civil suit?  Hey, there's no price on investigating justice, right Bob?!

It looks like some of the hate bloggers are trying to clean up their act....

Once again, thanks for plugging the competition!

at least for now. Bill Whitehouse is asking his fellow nitwits to ease up on the hateful rhetoric leading up to the election. After the election, apparently all bets are off.

I missed that memo.  Maybe it was on Town letter head and had to go through Sangiunet for approval.  I guess Bob is the proof reader.

Somehow that almost seems dishonest to me. Basically Whitehouse is asking his buddies to pretend not to be disgraceful partisan hacks who make up lies about everybody in order to give their selectman candidate Cara Ann Winslow a better change during the election. Maybe these people should cease their shameless tactics forever. Just a thought.

I'm confused, is Winslow OUR candidate?  I thought Slager said she was the CBW candidate?  Why don't the Selectmen like her Bobby?  What's her problem?  Why should the BOS dislike any candidate?  Did you ask them that?!  Oh, I know the answer.  Because they know she won't play ball. 

The library lobbyists just won’t go away. Now they’re criticizing a group of non-partisan Wareham residents who are trying to raise money for the library.

Hold the phone, hold the phone!  Did you just say they are a non-partisan group?  There's a bold face lie!

Leie Carmody is leading this "non-partisan" group.  She is a member of the Democratic Town Committee.  To borrow a line from you Bobby, "that's a verifiable fact." 

I may not be the smartest person in the world, but I know if you are a member of a political party, that makes you partisan.  Other members of the Democratic Town Committe; Brenda, Bruce, Jane, and John Donahue.  Oh yeah, Carmody is on the Charter review committee. 

IF THAT ISN'T PARTISAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!!!!

Look people, it’s been clearly established that donated money can, in fact, be used to offset the library budget problem. We know the library lobby denied it for months, but at least some of the paddlethon funds were used for that purpose. Even the Friends of the Library have acknowledged that. I just wish these people would stop playing politics.

This whole world is playing politics.  Why should Wareham stop?  This country is about democracy, not supremacy.

A group of non-partisans is now trying to help the situation by putting on performing art shows, with ticket sales gifted to the library. The only reason the library lobby doesn’t like it is because it undermines their goal of making town officials look cold and uncaring. Enough already.

I think my statements above make it pretty clear why the library lobby doesn't like it, and why everyone else shouldn't like it.  Cause it's bullshit!

One partisan blogger is asking how former town accountant Robert Bliss could be fired for signing a payout to former town administrator Michael Hartman when the town has taken no action against Hartman himself. That one is easy. It is illegal to make a payment to a town employee if a quorum of selectmen have not approved the payroll warrant. No one has accused Hartman of breaking the law. Being slimy is not a crime. If it was, all the hate bloggers would be in jail.

The king of slime is call us slimy.  HA!