tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post7290162761153816187..comments2023-06-14T06:23:18.998-04:00Comments on Gladys Kravitz: The Eyes Have It...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-73575358910678211452009-03-05T18:40:00.000-05:002009-03-05T18:40:00.000-05:00Gladys,Since I know the pro casino crowd trolls yo...Gladys,<BR/><BR/>Since I know the pro casino crowd trolls your comments and sometimes spends hours reading, analyzing and ..... aaaahhhh, maybe they're doing more.<BR/><BR/>I thought you should be aware that Ocean State has sunglasses on sale this week.<BR/><BR/>Now I can't speak with any certainty, but maybe they have rose colored glasses since this BOS surely needs them.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-33023494872512288612009-02-20T20:31:00.000-05:002009-02-20T20:31:00.000-05:00I would like to send documentation on the Mashpee ...I would like to send documentation on the Mashpee Wampanoag "Tribe".<BR/><BR/>From research I've found, the Mashpee "Tribe" did not exist until the Mashpee land was deeded by a chief of the Nauset Indians to provide a place where the "praying Indians", who had converted to Christianity, could settle.<BR/>The praying Indians of Mashpee sided with the whites during King Philips War and refused to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-41993684241480658972009-02-20T00:00:00.000-05:002009-02-20T00:00:00.000-05:00I love the idea and have a letter composed to send...I love the idea and have a letter composed to send. My hesitation is that I have sent letters in the past, hand delivered and they have been ignored.<BR/>I'm not sure what's going on within Town Hall. <BR/>The stories about the hauntings may be true. The spirits might be creating havoc with communications with town officials that they are unaware of. And all of those emails that are not receivingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-69395411790570452222009-02-19T19:03:00.000-05:002009-02-19T19:03:00.000-05:00Gladys,I love the analogy, reading glasses for the...Gladys,<BR/>I love the analogy, reading glasses for the BOS, (we might want to include instructions on what you do with them and how to put them on). <BR/><BR/> Come now, we must do this together. The message will be clear, even if there is no mention of receiving these at any of the BOS meetings it still will serve it's purpose and the intent will be known to them. Sometimes that can be more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-90962189335718451242009-02-19T09:03:00.000-05:002009-02-19T09:03:00.000-05:00Smoking Owl, Thanks for your support. And LOL! B...Smoking Owl, Thanks for your support. And LOL! BTW I felt the same way about Jane Lopes when she was posting regularly on the Forum of the Macabre.<BR/><BR/>I think there has been a tendency to over-worry about how public events and demonstrations will be perceived. But conversely, not acting at all sends a perception that nothing is happening.<BR/><BR/>I see nothing wrong with sending a Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-70368831150191631302009-02-19T06:02:00.000-05:002009-02-19T06:02:00.000-05:00Gladys, I think you're right. I get the feeling th...Gladys, I think you're right. I get the feeling that people think the opposition to the casino has petered out. <BR/><BR/>Even new Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell says Middleboro WANTS a casino. Unless people come to this website and read the blogs, the average Middleboro resident has no clue there is still an anti-casino movement. Even Jane Lopes in last week's Gazette more or less wrote that weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-33804190905633233452009-02-18T23:34:00.000-05:002009-02-18T23:34:00.000-05:00Gladys,I believe you are on to something here. It...Gladys,<BR/><BR/>I believe you are on to something here. It is quite obvious those standard issue rose colored glasses are an <I>old</I> prescription. <BR/><BR/>I have the perfect letter in mind....one written by the ConCom of an abutting town...<BR/><BR/>oh, and then there is this fantastic checklist that clearly demonstrates the applications incompleteness and why it will be denied....<BR/><carverchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240111123719145882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-39267151686683419712009-02-18T21:46:00.000-05:002009-02-18T21:46:00.000-05:00Dear No Casino, Agreed!It's been a long haul for m...Dear No Casino, <BR/><BR/>Agreed!<BR/><BR/>It's been a long haul for many of us and I think we all really, REALLY need to see how this Board and future candidates react to discovering the casino opposition is still there.<BR/><BR/>Still there, and wondering why they haven't caught up on current events.<BR/><BR/>Or facts.<BR/><BR/>Or anything.<BR/><BR/>I'm very sick and tired - and completely Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-52100154129103133802009-02-18T21:26:00.000-05:002009-02-18T21:26:00.000-05:00Thanks Anonymous 4:37. Gladys, I agree with you th...Thanks Anonymous 4:37. <BR/><BR/>Gladys, I agree with you that this issue is NOT funny. You are at your best when you use humor to get your point across, like the mailing of glasses to BOS.<BR/><BR/>I hope you undertand that I like you need to add a little humor once in a while to get through this madness. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for all that you do. <BR/><BR/>NO CASINONocasinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883402555641697096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-59451346835515574382009-02-18T17:24:00.000-05:002009-02-18T17:24:00.000-05:00Yes Anon. 4:37, I know it WAS funny - but I also w...Yes Anon. 4:37, I know it WAS funny - but I also wanted people to understand that I take the Board's failure to fully understand potential impacts, not just to <I>their</I> town, but to the entire region extremely seriously. <BR/><BR/>It's going on two years now, the divisive and insufferable Mr. Bond is gone, and we have a new panel of candidates for two elected offices on the Board.<BR/><BR/>Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-41781120719335280912009-02-18T16:37:00.000-05:002009-02-18T16:37:00.000-05:00To Nocasino:I get it! Suggesting the hubble! Too...To Nocasino:<BR/><BR/>I get it! Suggesting the hubble! Too funny. <BR/><BR/>I think Gladys misunderstood your remark. <BR/><BR/>It was meant to be funny, Gladys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-18224556293096787362009-02-17T19:31:00.000-05:002009-02-17T19:31:00.000-05:00Anons. 5:04 and 7:05 - wonderful ideas! We need t...Anons. 5:04 and 7:05 - wonderful ideas! We need to keep stuff like this coming. I might also print out the results of article 3 in EXTRA LARGE FONT!<BR/><BR/>Statements. We need statements!Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-22408709102587038702009-02-17T19:05:00.000-05:002009-02-17T19:05:00.000-05:00OMG! Great idea!Gladys, I'm forever misplacing the...OMG! Great idea!<BR/>Gladys, I'm forever misplacing them, you know, 'senior moments' or whatever. Ocean State Job Lot had them for $1.50 and I bought a few. So, anyone who's interested, check out Ocean State first. Might as well be funny as inexpensively as possible. <BR/>It's too cold to consider washing windows, but since the Town Hall doesn't have a full time custodian, maybe we could considerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-4548993855979919492009-02-17T18:32:00.000-05:002009-02-17T18:32:00.000-05:00These actions are NOT useless.They get attention. ...These actions are NOT useless.<BR/><BR/>They get attention. They demonstrate the fact that elected officials and others AREN'T LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT.<BR/><BR/>These actions demonstrate that citizens have to resort to unusual means to be heard.<BR/><BR/>I just came back from the Independence Mall: Dollar Store, Reading Glasses $2.99 each.<BR/><BR/>(or 2 for $5.00!)Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-51953819701307283292009-02-17T17:04:00.000-05:002009-02-17T17:04:00.000-05:00Great idea Gladys - I'll print out the results of ...Great idea Gladys - I'll print out the results of the TMFH Question #3 , in size 24 font and send it over with the glasses.<BR/><BR/>Smoking Owl - I think "fundamental" is too big a word for them (it's got three syllables).<BR/><BR/>TerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-33013436797637424882009-02-17T15:48:00.000-05:002009-02-17T15:48:00.000-05:00BOS so far out of touch glasses would be useless. ...BOS so far out of touch glasses would be useless. Maybe the Hubble?Nocasinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883402555641697096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-56905481075508892452009-02-17T13:56:00.000-05:002009-02-17T13:56:00.000-05:00...but you've got to admit, it'll be interesting t......but you've got to admit, it'll be interesting to hear how they 'splain receiving all those reading glasses accompanied by information relevant to their casino project.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe the better word would be 'spin'.Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-13876474483512146222009-02-17T13:42:00.000-05:002009-02-17T13:42:00.000-05:00Great idea, Gladys!But if the BOS didn't get that ...Great idea, Gladys!<BR/><BR/>But if the BOS didn't get that their conduct was illegal, you're gonna have to 'xplain the meaning of the reading glasses to them. <BR/><BR/>After all, they had to spend $20K to figure out that the ambulance Tankman so wanted was a loosing proposition. And they're still gonna hang on to that 'rescue truck' they bought and the personnel in preparation for the day, justAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-12118268297387746302009-02-17T12:38:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:38:00.000-05:00...and while that is going on, have that plane fro......and while that is going on, have that plane from the TMFH fly over town trailing a banner that says...<BR/><BR/>Reading is FundamentalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-7154887109938005112009-02-17T12:35:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:35:00.000-05:00Good idea!Let's send the glasses for two weeks - g...Good idea!<BR/><BR/>Let's send the glasses for two weeks - give them a chance to catch up their reading - then plan the public event, after which we can all attend a selectman's meeting with our posterboards and glasses, whereupon Marsha will provide us with yet another priceless gavel beat-down, or classic I'm-just-going-to-ignore-you-and-hope-you'll-go-away moment. <BR/><BR/>Oh wait! Tankman'sGladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-19036824798486208832009-02-17T11:39:00.000-05:002009-02-17T11:39:00.000-05:00ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!I have a better idea. Let's a...ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!<BR/><BR/>I have a better idea. Let's all buy and wear the reading glasses, post all the clippings on poster board, and march outside the town hall during a selectman's meeting<BR/><BR/>- and of course, we'd invite the press to it.Raymond Toloskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299809651469589013noreply@blogger.com