tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post1361313135670183090..comments2023-06-14T06:23:18.998-04:00Comments on Gladys Kravitz: Somebody's Got Some 'Splainin' to do...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-29410713674116248662008-10-29T21:10:00.000-04:002008-10-29T21:10:00.000-04:00I haven't even gone through and read all the comme...I haven't even gone through and read all the comments yet. I got as far as Bumpkin because when I read anon 157 and your answer Gladys, my first thought was - they did this to the Ghost Hunters and good ol' Bumpkin blogged it and reminded us here. <BR/><BR/>good thing we have bloggers who are interested in general town discussions and meetings and blog about it. It serves as a reminder of how carverchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240111123719145882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-23779754583558972972008-10-29T08:11:00.000-04:002008-10-29T08:11:00.000-04:00No Jacquie - I still can't believe it. I guess th...No Jacquie - I still can't believe it. I guess that's why I'm still here. I want people to see this situation for what it is - and not the painting the majority of the media has painted - that this was an endorsement of a casino in Middleboro.<BR/><BR/>And Middleboro Review - thanks so much for sharing your exhuastive knowledge of public information!<BR/><BR/>I believe CFO used the FOIA to Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-87557890038114918832008-10-29T07:01:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:01:00.000-04:00Can you believe this crew is responsible for leadi...Can you believe this crew is responsible for leading a town.... and with Jack Healey at the helm? No wonder Middleboro is in the state it's in. Anyone who still supports these guys is just WHACKED. <BR/><BR/>The deception is over the top. Thank goodness for you Gladys for revealing it all.....you're the best.Raymond Toloskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299809651469589013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-24015254133403379502008-10-28T23:42:00.000-04:002008-10-28T23:42:00.000-04:00Allow me to point out that the pertinent statute i...Allow me to point out that the pertinent statute in the Commonwealth is either the Open Meeting Law or the Public Records Law, both of which are linked on the right side of my blog. The Secretary of the Commonwealth has provided a very simple guide to the complex topic.<BR/>For lack of public interest, I mostly stopped pursuing the issue in February, but <B>ANYONE</B> can request a copy of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-62107391253284928072008-10-28T11:13:00.000-04:002008-10-28T11:13:00.000-04:00Dear Anons. 8:07 and 10:32,Here is a link to Middl...Dear Anons. 8:07 and 10:32,<BR/><BR/>Here is a link to <A HREF="http://www.middleborough.com/Selectmen/Minutes/" REL="nofollow">Middleboro's Selectmen's Meeting Minutes.</A> I read through some of them and it sometimes appears a casino wasn't ever proposed for Middleboro! But then, they <A HREF="http://gladyskravitz.blogspot.com/2007/07/dogstock_25.html" REL="nofollow">did keep public casino Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-25887024300948468592008-10-28T10:32:00.000-04:002008-10-28T10:32:00.000-04:00BOSDon't askDon't tellDoesn't the "Freedom of Info...BOS<BR/>Don't ask<BR/>Don't tell<BR/><BR/>Doesn't the "Freedom of Inforamation Act" allow any Middleboro tax payer to ask for the minutes of the closed meeting? For any meeting? For all meetings?<BR/><BR/>Somebody? Anybody gonna ask??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-37271637180214085902008-10-28T08:07:00.000-04:002008-10-28T08:07:00.000-04:00Good question Anomymous on Oct. 27 @8:43p. I woul...Good question Anomymous on Oct. 27 @8:43p. <BR/>I would also like to know? Come to think of it CasinoFacts.org was doing a FOYA on them.<BR/> Hey, did we ever hear or read anywhere what happened about this??? Did they receive them? and if so was anything amiss???<BR/>Come on CasinoFacts.org, do your business, enquiring minds want to know!!!! Give us the FACTS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-31837389684060691302008-10-27T20:43:00.000-04:002008-10-27T20:43:00.000-04:00Were the minutes of those executive sessions in Ju...Were the minutes of those executive sessions in June and July and July of a year ago ever released?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-89641862574219317532008-10-27T20:02:00.000-04:002008-10-27T20:02:00.000-04:00To add more about our towns BOS, I was told by a c...To add more about our towns BOS, I was told by a current fireman that when one of their own (fireman) was on the board of selectmen, he actually did some town business with other selecmen as they came into the fire station to, well, sort of visit, that's what the selectman called it, "just a stop in to say hi". It wasn't, they could be overheard if you were in their vicinity. <BR/><BR/>This is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-68508512239524266652008-10-27T16:01:00.000-04:002008-10-27T16:01:00.000-04:00One of the ways you can be in violation of open me...One of the ways you can be in violation of open meeting law is to have a majority of the board meeting anywhere and discussing town business.<BR/><BR/>But our BOS would <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utS_bm39qt4" REL="nofollow">never do that</A>.Mark Belangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377845343337691704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-14287749533399162382008-10-27T15:58:00.000-04:002008-10-27T15:58:00.000-04:00Phone coversations with selected members of the bo...Phone coversations with selected members of the board? Oh yeah, that makes me feel SO much better. <BR/><BR/>No matter how you look at it, or how you spin it, the BoS violated the Open Meeting law, and the implied moral code imposed by the citizens which they represent. Or rather, most of the citizens. I think the casino supporters would excuse any illegal behavior if it meant they didn't have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-1186716960628122622008-10-27T15:42:00.000-04:002008-10-27T15:42:00.000-04:00What? Splain themselves and expose themselves pub...What? Splain themselves and expose themselves publicly to more distain from the public whom they are supposed to serve and represent. That is not their cup of tea. I say we throw the tea overboard.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812605123646682115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-38608773584651661382008-10-27T14:28:00.000-04:002008-10-27T14:28:00.000-04:00I don't believe you need a full compliment of Boar...I don't believe you need a full compliment of Board members, merely a percentage. But nevertheless, town business is town business. Why was it being 'conducted' or worse - 'negotiated' - via phone call? This seems even worse and less transparent. The fact that we must try and understand them based on 'rumor and gossip' isn't exactly an endorsement for tranparency.Gladys Kravitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741576874114564124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-46269697062057671022008-10-27T13:57:00.000-04:002008-10-27T13:57:00.000-04:00It is my understanding based on rumor and gossip, ...It is my understanding based on rumor and gossip, that the 'secret meetings' were not conducted in Executive Session with the full compliment of the BOS, but rather phone conversations among the 'players.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com