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Politicians to join in tribute to Auerbach

Senator Ted Kennedy and Gov. Mitt Romney are among those expected to share their memories of the late great Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics tomorrow at a noontime tribute to Auerbach held in Boston City Hall Plaza and hosted by the Celtics.

Also turning out to pay their respects will be former Celtic greats Bob Cousy, Tommy Heinsohn and Jo Jo White, along with Celtics owners and employees.

The event is open to the public and remembrance books will be placed around the plaza for fans to write condolences to Auerbach's survivors and their memories of Auerbach, one of the most successful coaches in the history of sport.

The tribute coincides with the day the Celtics open their 2006-07 season against the New Orleans Oklahoma City Hornets. The game's 7:30 p.m. tip off at the FleetCenter will be preceded with a ceremony honoring Auerbach and a video tribute.

The Celtics plan to establish a scholarship fund in Auerbach's name and will be accepting donations for it from fans.

The first 15,000 fans turning out for tomorrow night's game will receive a commemorative pin honoring Auerbach.

(photo credit, sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

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Same Sex Classes

There is some discussion lately about same sex classrooms as the latest educational panacea.  A few years ago the big issue was making every student wear a uniform to school.  President Clinton sent every principal in the country a book promoting it. The initiative must have failed, because today you don't see many kids in school uniforms and the issue seems to have dropped from the media radar screen.

It is the nature of much so-called educational innovation to capture the imagination  with or without adequate evidence to support claims.  People can intuitively agree that  having same sex classes might help some kids, but when you look at what studies exist to support this, there isn't much.

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it is in academics or athletics. It states:

"No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."

This latest initiative appears to have started when the US Department of Education announced that Title IX restrictions would not apply to experiments in grouping students on the basis of sex.  I can find no reason why federal law is being waived for this except that many feel that Title IX, the gender equity law, applies only to how much money schools should be spending on school sports.

In a Cape Cod Times editorial today they took the position that it was a good idea.  Well, they didn't really stick out their neck; they said it is worth considering. 

My feeling is this: Schools should try single sex groupings it and see who it helps without tooting it all over the place as the answer.  Results, in terms of test scores and emotional output should be studied. Doctoral dissertations should be encouraged to examine it and survey research should be funded to see how much, if at all, it helps. Finally, the question must be asked if it is worth setting aside Title IX and possibly the culture altering woman's movement to do it?

We need to know these things before we get too infatuated with separating boys and girls at school.

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All Hallow's Eve

October 31st, besides being Halloween, is a significant day in a more personal way. You see, back on October 31, 1985 I had my first published article appear in the Barnstable Patriot newspaper at the tender age of 23. For a freelance writer, that's something special - even 21 years and some 500 articles later I still remember the thrill of that first article, to see it in print, with my own byline.

That short article was Halloween-themed, and so I thought it would be appropriate to rerun it here to celebrate the night. (Be kind, I wrote it long ago when I was a much younger person!)

All Hallow's Eve 

Halloween is a night which somehow seems very different from the other 364 nights of the year. On, say, the night of January 23rd or the night of August 12th, witches, ghosts, and goblins are imaginary beings which only lurk, if at all, in the minds of men and women. But on the night of October 31, All Hallow's Eve, or Halloween as it is now called, these creatures come to life. They are, for at least this one night, very much real. On this night, anything is possible.

Over the years the meaning of Halloween, the power of Halloween, has become lost inside of bags of candy and behind plastic masks. The real Halloween lies dormant, hidden beneath the fallen leaves, waiting to surface.

In the past this night received more respect. To our predecessors this eve held more significance. On this night the Druids believed that Saman, the lord of the dead, called his servants to rise from their graves and haunt the earth. In an effort to protect themselves from these spirits, the Druids lit large bonfires. Today, those bonfires have been replaced by meek candlelight. The flame exisits, but the meaning is lost, clouded behind candy bars and lollypops.

Halloween has not truly accomplished its task unless each of us is in some way frightened. It attempts to do this by capitalizing on our primeval fears. In recent years, though, we have set aside our primitive beliefs for we now consider ourselves to be educated beings. But no matter how far we evolve, there will always be something in the far reaches of our educated minds which will bring us back to a time when we feared the moon itself. We cannot escape it, for deep down we are still animals. We will always be haunted. We will always know fear. That is why Halloween "spooks" us.

This particular night frightened our ancestors, and it will continue to frighten their descendants. As soon as the sun sets and All Hallow's Eve is upon us, witches, ghosts, and goblins awaken from their long sleep.

On this night there is no escaping it. We are afraid.

Jack Sheedy

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Another shadowy figure in Worthington case

All about that cell phone call; Updated, 11 p.m...

Eyebrow-raising testimony today -- the cell phone used in 2002 by Jeremy Frazier, the Wellfleet man that Christopher McCowen alleges killed Christa Worthington, was listed in the name of Dave Murphy -- a former Somerville man who spent nine years in state prison on a murder rap and moved to Cape Cod after his release from prison in 2000.

State Police Sgt. William Burke testified today that Frazier and Murphy worked for Magnum Movers, an Outer Cape moving and storage company, as of early 2002 when Worthington died. Also working for Magnum Movers, Burke said, was Shawn Mulvey, who testified last week that Frazier spent the night at his family's house in Eastham on the night of the murder, a claim also made from the stand last week by Frazier.

Burke also testified that Worthington had rented storage space since 1999 with Magnum Movers -- the same business employing Frazier, Mulvey and Murphy.

Defense attorney Robert George also asked Burke today if he was aware that Murphy had been arrested on a charge of assault and battery with a deadly weapon in December 2001 -- the month before Worthington's murder -- after Murphy allegedly assaulted his wife. Burke said he was not aware of the arrest.

The judge in the case has issued a court order for Elaine Gambrazzio, the girlfriend of Mulvey's father, to submit her cell phone and credit card records around the time of the murder.

Gambrazzio, a realtor living in the off-Cape town of Abington 20 miles south of Boston, is being called this week as a witness for the defense in an apparent attempt to refute Frazier's claim that he spent the night of the murder at the Mulvey house in Eastham.

Burke also testified yesterday that McCowen on the day of his arrest initially denied having any physical contact with Worthington, as he had in two prior interviews with police. But when confronted with a DNA report linking him to Worthington, Burke testified, McCowen said "it could have been him."

 A state police DNA expert testified Friday that the odds of the saliva found on Worthington's right breast not coming from McCowen at 1 in 199.8 billion. The DNA expert, Christine Lemire, took the stand again this morning, with George's numerous questions about the chain of custody for DNA swabs an apparent attempt to create doubt about its validity among jurors.

Burke described McCowen as lucid, sober and cooperative during the 5- to 6-hour long interrogation, which McCowen declined to be recorded. McCowen also decided not to call a lawyer, Burke said, and called a girlfriend instead.

Burke testified that he had not heard the name Jeremy Frazier until McCowen mentioned it after McCowen admitted having sex with Worthington. McCowen, Burke said, gave at least seven or eight different versions of Worthington's death after he was arrested.

At one point during the interrogation, Burke said, McCowen appeared on the verge of tears when Burke told McCowen that he believed McCowen had sex with Worthington, as shown by the DNA evidence, but his other claims were not credible.

"I told him the evidence led us to believe there had been a struggle," Burke said. "Trooper (Christopher) Mason told him that grass was found in Christa Worthington's hair and we believed something happened outside."

"He looked at me, I could see his eyes filling with tears, and he said, I do have regrets of f***ing her, I'm sorry she's dead, I don't go around killing people, especially with kids there. He said, if I would have done it, why would I still be on the Cape?"

McCowen described Worthington as being "startled" when they appeared at her door, Burke said, "but that she knew his name and he introduced Jeremy to her. He then said that she got in a struggle outside and maybe Jeremy came back and got turned down for sex."

The last thing McCowen said to police, Burke said, was that "you wouldn't admit it if it were you" charged with murder.

During the search of McCowen's Hyannis apartment after his arrest, a black-and-white, "older type" Polaroid photo of "a female child and an adult female" was found wrapped in a T-shirt inside McCowen's bureau, Burke said. 

McCowen initially denied any knowledge of the photo, Burke said, then after it was shown to him said he had found it working for a moving company. The photo was later shown to Jan Worthington, Christa's cousin and the first EMT to respond after her cousin's body was found, and she said it did not appear to be a Worthington family photo.

Another witness to be called this week by the defense, Truro resident Girard Smith, is expected to describe seeing a black truck speeding from Worthington's driveway on Saturday Jan. 5, 2002, a day before her body was discovered. By then Worthington had been dead 24 to 36 hours, according to the medical examiner, making Jan. 5 the likely day that she was slain.

After Smith told police of the vehicle he saw, police searched motor vehicle records for all black trucks registered on the Cape, then narrowing the search to black trucks between Orleans and Provincetown with the numbers 16, 17 or 18 in the license plate, as Smith told police he saw. Among the dozens of trucks fitting that description was one owned by Matthew Frazier, Jeremy Frazier's uncle.

Testifying this morning, Frazier described the vehicle in question as a black 1988 GMC heavy dump truck, license number H11832, weighing 30,000 pounds and used to sand and plow roads in winter. The truck had a logo reading "M.A. Frazier, Inc., Wellfleet, Massachusetts," and a "caterpillar yellow" plow out front, Frazier said. His business has contracted with the state to plow roads for about 20 years, Frazier said.

Frazier said his nephew Jeremy did not begin working for him until March 2005 and did not have access to the truck in question in January 2002.

"Is it your testimony, sir, that Jeremy Frazier in that time period never operated that vehicle," prosecutor Robert Welsh asked Frazier.

"That is in fact my testimony," Frazier said.

Cross examining Frazier, George asked if he had worked as a police officer in Truro. Frazier said he was a dispatcher and police officer for "approximately two years" and a full-time patrolman for "little over a year" before starting his business in 1990.

Frazier said he began operating his business out of Wellfleet in 1993 and one of three bays he rents at the site was rented in 2002 to his brother, Michael Frazier, Jeremy's brother, and owner of a landscaping business.

His brother kept a dump truck, pickup, Bobcat, trailer and other equipment in the rented bay in 2002, Frazier said. Asked the color of the dump truck and pickup, Frazier said both were black.

Frazier said he was also driving a pickup in 2002, a 1996 Ford F250 with a black cab and a "very bright blue" body on the back with multiple doors, a style of truck often used by electricians.

Any one of your trucks, George asked, "had no business, meaning professional business, up in the area of 40 Depot Road on Jan. 5, 2002, did it?", referring to the house owned by Worthington.

"That is correct," Frazier answered.

"So if it was up there, it shouldn't have been up there because you have no business up that way, right?" George asked.

 "Not at 50 Depot Road," Frazier answered.

Judge Gary Nickerson ended today's session early, at 1 p.m. rather than the usual 4 p.m., to allow jurors with children to prepare for Halloween.

Nickerson has not yet decided on a motion from George for jurors to visit the scene of the crime, a shingled bungalow sold by the Worthington family after the murder.

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Ptown crash; Quiet Halloween; Son charged in alleged baseball bat attack on father; Your chance to become a police officer; Halloween safety

Provincetown crash injures one
PROVINCETOWN - One person was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries after an early morning crash in Provincetown. About 5:15 AM a passing motorist reportedly discovered a pickup truck had gone off Route 6 between Shankpainter Road and Herring Cove Beach into the median and struck this tree. Provincetown Police are investigating the crash. Further details were not immediately available. Posted on 11/01 at 6:30 AM. Photo by Tim Caldwell

Police report relatively calm Halloween
CAPE COD - Police reported no major incidents across the Cape this Halloween. One person was arrested late Tuesday for allegedly egging the Lighthouse Restaurant in Wellfleet. No other siginficant incidents had been reported as of press time. Posted on 11/01 at 6:30 AM. 

Sandwich teen charged with attempted murder in bat attack on father
SANDWICH - A Sandwich teen was arraigned on attempted murder charges Tuesday after allegedly attacking his father with a baseball bat Monday. Police were called to the Pine Terrace home around 2 Pm to find the place trashed. 51-year old Robert Nesom had to be taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment and was then released.  His son 17-year old Alexander Nesom was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to murder, wanton destruction of property and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute as well as possession of marijuana. Posted on 10/31 at 5:00 PM.

Yarmouth police give entry level exam
YARMOUTH - Always wanted to be a police officer? Yarmouth Police are giving you your chance. The department is offering an entry level patrol officer exam on Sunday November 5th. The deadline for registering is this Friday at 4 PM. For further information contact Yarmouth Police at (508) 775-0445 or visit their website. Posted on 10/31 at 2:30 PM.

Yarmouth Police offer Halloween safety tips
YARMOUTH - Yarmouth Police Chief Peter Carnes wants to make sure your children are safe this Halloween. The department is offering these safety tips:

• Children should not to enter the home of a stranger.

• Parents should walk through your neighborhood with others to discourage acts of vandalism and speeding motorists.

• Try to Trick-or-Treat when it is still light outside.

• Wear a costume that makes it easier for you to walk, see and be seen.

• If you must go at night, make sure that your costume is light in color.

• Carry a flashlight with you so you can see and be seen easily.

• Use retro-reflective tape on your costume to be seen easily.

• Use makeup instead of a mask.

• If someone older cannot go with you, Trick-or-Treat with a group.

• Cross only at corners. Never cross between parked vehicles or mid-block.

• Tell your family on which streets you will be Trick-or-Treating.
Posted on 10/31 at 2:30 PM.

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Peake & Maloy: Campaign Finance Reports Similar

Link: //monomoyick.com

The reports were due yesterday (October 30) for candidates for the 4th Barnstable district.  Covering the period after the pre-primary report (September 11, 2006) to just one week before the election next Tuesday, the total numbers show stark differences between the two candidates.  However, a more throrough analysis of the reports for Aaron Maloy and Sarah Peake show similar patterns in where they trace their money.

The best way to access the reports are to go to the Office of Campaign & Political Finance and click on ---> Online campaign finance reports.

You can search either by a candidate's name (Maloy or Peake) or by office sought (House) and District (4th Barnstable).  The morbidly curious can also access the reports for those (un)fortunate enough to have lost in the primaries.

While the law breaks the reports into two pieces, I find it more useful to combine the reports.  This indicates where Peake and Maloy got their money starting January 1st of this year.  For this analysis, we'll stick just to what was raised and perhaps save the topic of what was spent for another time.

Aaron Maloy - Republican

Of Maloy's $19,321.16 raised in itemized contrubutions, slightly over 16% of that ($3,120.00) came from outside the district.  Almost 20% ($3.8781.16) was a contribution from Maloy himself on September 1.

One curious itemized contribution was on June 3 for $20.00 from "annonymous (sic) donor".   Not that one would quibble about a small contribution like that -- after all, amounts less than $50 need not be itemized.  But to itemize it as anonoymous, is not only strange.  It defies the intent of campaign finance disclosure.

And this leads to an even greater question of Maloy's $4,010.00 in unitemized contributions.  His pre-primary report shows no unitemized contributions.  But for the sake of argument, we should count the "annonymous" twenty dollars as an "itemized unitemized contribution."

Since the primary, however, over four thousand dollars comes into his campaign in unitemized contributions.  Adhering to the law that these must be less than $50, this would mean that at least 82  people gave him the maximum amount allowed for these not to be itemized.  At the most charitable, it would be assumed that this amount came all from within the district.

On the other hand, it could be intepreted that none of this came from the district and was delivered in a suitcase.  Just like in the Provincetown primary, when poll workers failed to keep track of which voters took which ballots, there's really no way of knowing. What is known is that Maloy chose to record some of his small contributions and not others.

Sarah Peake - Democrat

Since January 1, Peake raised $55,498.00.  Of that, 36% ($20.128.00) came from outide the district.  Like Maloy, Peake reported unitemized contributions -- $1,670 before the primary, and $350 afterwards -- totalling $2,020 or 4%.  Like Maloy, this could have come from individuals giving less than 50 each, or all at once stuffed into a plain brown envelope.  We just don't know.

This means that Peake can only prove 60% ($33,350.00) of her contributions come from inside the district.

Bottom Line: 

(Note:  If my numbers are incorrect, I would appreciate factual corrections.)

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Historic drop in newspaper circulation nationwide

Newspaper Circulation Falls Sharply Nationwide
On Sunday Boston Globe drops 10%, Cape Cod Times dr0ps 3%

According to a front page Business Section article in today's New York Times the circulation of the nation’s daily newspapers plunged during the latest reporting period in one of the sharpest declines in recent history, according to data released yesterday. The slide continues a decades-long trend and adds to the woes of a mature industry already struggling with layoffs and facing the potential sale of some of its flagships.

The figures appear to be the steepest in any comparable six-month period in at least 15 years. They come after the sale of the Knight Ridder newspapers this year and in the midst of a possible sale of the Tribune Company, whose assets include 11 newspapers. The circulation losses also follow recent sour earnings reports, raising questions about why anyone would want to buy a newspaper now.

The losses have accelerated as the industry tries to adjust to the steady migration of readers and advertisers to the Internet. This online newspaper which didn't exist a decade ago is now being read by over 250,000 individuals each month and growing at double digits monthly. Papers in major metropolitan areas, where more homes are wired for broadband, fared worse than those in smaller markets like the cape, but that will change as the world gets wired.

The most shocking numbers released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations today were:

• Average daily circulation dropped by almost 3% during the the most recent 6-month period compared with the same period last year.
• Sunday newspaper circulation fell by 3.4% nationwide.
• The Cape Cod Times was down 2% daily, 3% sunday.
  
• The Boston Globe average daily circulation declined 7% to 386,000 from 414,000 and on Sunday the drop was 10% from 652,146 to 587,292.
•  The Boston Herald fell 12%, to 203,000 from 230,000 and on Sunday 13%  from 115,214 to 131,833.
  
• MetroWest down 7%.
  
• Worcester Telegram & Gazette was down 11%.
• Patriot Ledger down 4%.
• Bockton Enterprise down 4%.
• Daily News Tribune down 6%.
  
• Daily News Transcript (Watham) down 17%.
  
• Springfield Republican down 3%. 
• The New York Times lost about 3.5% both daily and Sunday.
  
• The Washington Post’s declines were nearly the same.
  
• The Wall Street Journal’s daily paper fell by less than 2% (still not a happy result for Dow Jones), but its Weekend (Saturday) Edition was down 6.7%.
• The Philadelpia Inquirer which has bought last June by local businessmen, lost 7.6% of its daily circulation and 4.5% on Sunday.

Newspapers lose 20 million readers,  30%  in 20 years

As the last reporting period according to ABC, the total circulation for the nation’s dailies had dropped to 43.7 million compared with 63.3 million daily circulation in 1984.

That is 19,600,000 fewer readers than in 1984 while the nation's total population has grown by over 65 million more people during those 22 years. That means that today the "market share" of US consumers has fallen by nearly half in the last two decades (63M of  235M then vs. 43M of 300M today).

Big (wired) city tabloids do better

Perhaps the only bright spot for the nation's daily newspapers was scored by The New York Post, which finally passed its arch rival, The Daily News, by about 10,000 copies and trumpeted the news on a giant billboard in Times Square.

Read the MarketWatch report here.
Read the Globe report here.

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Times to endorse Kerry Healey this week

Yesterday Deval Patrick got the state's three largest newspapers
Today Kerry Healey meets with Cape Cod Times, again

On Monday Lt. Governor Kerry Healey met for the second time with the Editorial Board of our local daily.

Yesterday the Boston Globe, the Worcester Telegram and MetroWest endorsed Deval Patrick. 

This was her second visit to the Times, so look for an endorsment soon. Since their apparent litmus test for candidates is to be against the wind farm, how can the poor girl lose. If the Editorial Board needs ideas for their endorsement, they can use the rationale of the Boston Herald which endorsed MS Healey today:

Times' dichotomy between staff and editors
Newspapers report historic drop in circulation

Like their senior sibling, The Wall Street Journal which is also owned by the Dow Jones Co., the Cape Cod Times has is a deep division between the news reporters and the editorial board responsible for the newspaper's editorials.

Most of the former are young and as liberal as most youths, while the editorial page is controlled by older conservatives who reflect the views of Dow Jones and WSJ. 

This is obvious in reading most edition where the news stories tend to be direct and fair, while the editorial board is as biased as any newspaper in America.

And example of the journalistic excellence of the news staff is today's "Decision 2006" voter's guide which is an 8-page, well documented and written special section on all the candidates and issues facing Cape Cod voters next Tuesday.

The most glaring example of the editorial board's bias is its editorial endless and ridiculous  jihad against the Cape Wind project spanning five years to this past Sunday with the 60th anti-wind farm editorial.

This type of coverage is part of the reasons that people under 40 are not reading newspapers any longer as the NY Times and others reported today, see our report here. 

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Eight Cape students receive MOAA scholarships

Military Officers Association of America also honors Admiral Gurnon

Eight Cape Cod students started college this year with a $1,000 scholarship award  from the Cape Cod Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) to help defray the cost of their college expenses.  The awards were presented at MOAA's annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the historic Coonamessett Inn in Falmouth.  Honored guest speaker was Rear Admiral Richard G. Gurnon, President of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

For the 29^th consecutive year, the Chapter has awarded scholarships to high school seniors from Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Island, totaling over $100,000 to more than 100 students.  The scholarships are completely underwritten by MOAA’s Cape Cod Chapter.

Scholarship eligibility requires that the student have a parent or grandparent who is currently a member of, or retired from, one of the United States Armed Services, Public Health Service, or National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

This year’s scholarships come at an especially critical time, when so many of our men and women are fighting overseas against a foe to whom not only freedom, but education itself, is anathema.

^{Co-Chairman CMDR John McLaughlin presents Certificate of Appreciation to Admiral  Rick Gurnon>>>} 

Scholarship Committee Co-Chairs, COL George Jonic, Jr., USMC-Ret. And CMDR John McLaughlin, USN-Ret., presented the scholarship awards to Alexandra Smrcina of North Falmouth, Mariel Reed of Orleans, Michelle Cubellis of Buzzards Bay, Emma Shields of Sandwich, Nicholas Diego of Chatham, Carly Willmott of Bourne, Ryan Johnson of Mashpee, and Kathryn Fuller of Pocassett.

College majors chosen by the winners range from business studies at Bentley College in Boston, to international studies at Georgetown University, to environmental engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The Cape Cod Chapter has already begun its scholarship drive for 2007, to celebrate its 30^th consecutive year of offering scholarship awards to students of military families on Cape Cod and the Islands.

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Various Musings

I received a very nice email letter from Brewster Selectman, Ed Lewis, declaring his support for the Cleon Turner's re-election.  Besides mentioning the $10 million in increased funding that Cleon spearheaded through the legislature for regional schools, Mr, Lewis goes on to say-
"It is the opinion of many individuals in and around town government that Cleon has been the most committed legislator to ever represent this district.  He has communicated well with the local town administrators and the local boards and kept every promise he has made regarding his ability to get special legislation passed that benefited our area."

Well, too late, Kerry Healey has found out that she did a fantastic job at sending negative perceptions of her into the stratosphere. She'll also find that once you are up there, it is twice as hard to bring that back down. I don't expect Patrick to win by 25 (though pizza on me if he does ), but this does not seem to be a fluid electorate.

 Post facto- turns out the Romney-Healey administration has a lawyer currently working for them that actually served as a defense lawyer for Benjamin LeGuer. How could they entrust public business by employing someone that served as a ... gasp.... defense lawyer </sarcasm>!

If you are a junkie of national politics, my favorite place for updates in PoliticalWire . It also has a great set of links covering both ends of the political spectrum and other outlets.

I can't say I'm in favor of allowing supermarkets to sell wine. My gut tells me (no pun intended) that we really don't need more places to purchase alcohol, and that it would hurt many small local owners.

On a related topic, driving past one liquor store with a sign out front advertising a particular brand of wine. Now, I had heard of Two Buck Chuck, though when I have seen it around here, it ain't two bucks. This store was advertising Three Dollar Paula. True.

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