CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

Let's ask this teacher to give the same class demonstration at the Sandwich Community School. I think alot of the adults in town missed it when they were in middle school, that's why they are so afraid of it.

These aren't rednecks from the south, they're hockey moms from the north. Religious prejudices abound in every region. Baptists in the south, Catholics in the north.

Will someone please point out the obvious. If there is a special election for the open Senate seat, the next US Senator will most likely be a supporter of Cape Wind. 80% of Mass voters support it. If Ted Kennedy gets his way however, the next Senator will not be a supporter of Cape Wind.

Sounds like Ted Kennedy is trying to appoint his own replacement. Change the law, resign from office while he's still alive, get Deval Patrick to apppoint his choice, a Kennedy of course.
As I recall, Kennedy endorsed Tom Rielly for Governor. So no favor there. But he can get the Barack Obama to lean on his friend and future Attorney General Deval Patrick to "Do the Right Thing".

Great job, as usual for the Governor. I wonder what the reception would have been like if the Senate President and the House Speaker were holding town meetings around the state?

Get serious? Grow-up? This from a guy calling himself "licensedtocarry" ?
You must be a friend of Officer VanNess?

Price of ticket at Cape Cinema: $6.50 for Senior Citizens. $8.50 for everyone else.
If you want a younger audiance then you've got it upside down. You always get what you discount!

The DA singling out the 2 Barnstable dectives for their work is comical and a sad commnetary on his adminstration. "The victim was not know to him as a drug dealer." It should have been. Any prosecutor can intimidate a 13 year to confess after the fact. A good prosecutor would insist that the Police Chiefs in his district identify the dealers before they kill each other or innocents. Something any high schooler could do, but obviously not the "resource officer" at BHS.
Charity golf tournaments for Childrens Cove and Police delivering Toys for Tots just isn't doing the job.

OK, now we have a point spread (aka betting line) for school boy sports on Cape Cod?
What's next, the over under on how many will commit suicide during the holidays?
Can we just stick to which team is more likely to win?

Stop slandering used car salesmen. The recession is bad enough for business without comparing them to (war) criminals.

Yesterday, you were glad that Lambros and Bernardo got knocked off. Today it's Atsalis. Anyone else you want to see disposed of so the world can be safe again ... for Len Stewart?

The only reason temporary labor works here is becuase it only requires temporary housing.
Yes, it is a bad thing when young people have to leave because they can't afford to stay.

Those remaining, the rich and the retired, SHOULD pay more for the priviledge of having others work for them as a result. Instead, they seek or condone migrant workers during the time that they want to be here and to hell with anyone who wants to live here yearound.

I agree that no one has the right to be anywhere. But guess what? Employers do not have the right to hire migrant workers either. They only get to because we collectively allow them to. (Try hiring an illegal alien because you want to.)

That's what the H2B debate is all about. Why should we continue to allow businesses to hire foreign migrant workers if it is to our own detriment?

I agree. The Secretary of Probate is an aminstrative position, or a managerial one at best. You don't really have to be a lawyer to do the job. In fact lawyers make the worst managers. Saying you need to be a lawyer is just an excuse to justify the salary, $110K?

This post is too long.

Why doesn't Earthly Delights just post an A on their front door. Who will know the difference?

The CCH Corporation has $200million in debt as a result of this project. This ediface to Steve Abbott's ego will never be needed, preceisely because of its location. Ironically, this project only got built because the Commission was the "regulatory" read approval authority. Barnstable and Yarmouth would have never approved this boondoggle on their own.

Who (cares) is Troy Clarkson ?

Exit 6 Commuter Lot is free, even for overnight. The Tranportation Center Lot costs $6 a day. That's why people park at Exit 6. If Exit 6 charged for overnight parking, then more people would park downtown, freeing up alot of spaces for daily commuters, and negating the need and expense,to expand the Highway Lot.

Don't forget Rupert (FoxNews) Murdoch hates Ted Kennedy. Will the new management group tow the company line?

If only Ted Kennedy had swapped his oldmobile for a land rover.

Now you know how Ted Stevens got the votes to pay for the infamous "bridge to nowhere". Ted Kennedy was just returning the favor for Cape Wind.

There has been an unlawful killing of an immigrant in Yarmouth. The Barnsatble DA and the Yarmouth PD are in full CYA mode. By the time this is over they will have villified the victim and glorified the officer.
The town of Yarmouth will undoubtably pick up the tab as both the victim's family and the officer have to move out of the town.

You're absolutely right Solon. They are theives and we are the willing victims. Moving MSNBC was the most egresious exercise of their masculin muscle. They screwed us good. I'm going switch to Direct TV. That way I can subscribe to Al Jazerra too.

How about Koch-Head?

Lets' be fair. John Klimm can't manipulate a majority of the Town Councils. Can he?
If the town's voters are disgusted with the ZBA antics then they will vote out their Town Councilors. Right?
And then maybe the new Councilors can offer the Town Manager early retirement.
Or maybe it's about time for a new Town Charter.

I think Joe Kennedy already has his renewable energy credentials. Citizens Energy is investing in a wind farm in Canada. Not that we will reap the electricity from it, but he surely will the profits. No wonder you never hear Joe complaining about Cape Wind.

Peter is correct. Citizens Oil a non-profit oil wholesaler. All the profit is taken out by Joe. He pays himself $2 million a year. If he gets a sweet crude oil deal from Venezuela, courtesy of the Hugo Chavez and Bill Delahunt, it makes it possible for him to continue to make millions while still looking like a good guy.

Didn't this lady get a nice settlement from Yarmouth after sueing them for the same thing? Six figures I heard.
This was never about golf. It's not even about discrimination. It's about getting paid.
We know this woman has a father, who apparently approves of her behavior. I'm sure she wouldn't be doing this if she still had a husband.

Peter The doctors who worked at the County Hospital would have been county employees. There would be a record at the Barnstable County Retirement Board (located at Attacks Lane, Hyannis)since many of them would be drawing pensions by now. Good luck getting any information. I think Mary LeClair is Chairman of that Board.

Delahunt knows how lucky he is even being the Congressman from the 1oth District. He won a court challenge to a vote recount to get the job. He would never give up his job as Kennedy's butt boy. He will serve in that capacity for the next Senator Kennedy as well.

I have a better idea, Mopo. Let these guys just "float" these houses on platforms out as sea. We'll call them Blue H houses.

Both gas and food prices continue to go up with the price of oil. Fewer people go out to eat and fewer will come to the Cape this summer.
The one thing that we could do to stave off higher prices is the one thing that these businesses oppose. And every extra nickel Christy gets he gives to the Alliance. What an insult.

Now we know where Hillary got the $5million to loan her campaign!

You go girl. Who's next? Brewster, Barnstable? This is a nice little gig you have going. Join a public course as a woman member ($500), demand that you play in a mens tournament, collect $50,000. I hope your father is very proud. I'm sure your husband isn't.

I think she's East German. Maybe Dennis should use DNA testing to decide who plays in their tournaments. If she can pass the test, she's in!

Is that a 3 handicap from the LADIES tees?
I hope she wins her suit and we get rid of the ladies tees as a result. Then maybe most women will stop playing golf altogether and leave the course to the truly talented or just masocistic of their gender.
Can you imagine the fuss if a man sued to play in a womnen's tournament? Would he still have to play from the MENS tees or could he hit from the shorter ones too?

We get it, Mopo, you're goading us.
Cape Wind is not going to lower gas prices. Nothing will except maybe the wholesale takeover of OPEC by the US Military. But it will offer the morons at the Cape Light Compact the opportunity to buy Cape Wind's electricity at lower than market rates for all the rest of us. But you know this already.
BTW, I thought you said size doesn't matter.

Mopo, Let's see... I'll support another gas station being built on Cape Cod only if Exxon/Mobile substantially lowers the price of its gasoline.

You paid $3/gallon at the pump while Exxon/Mobile made $3 billion dollars in profit last month. I don't hear you complaining about that?

Almost forgotten corner? Most people who come to Cape Cod pass through Woods Hole on their way to Martha's Vineyard and never see the rest of the Cape!

Richardson, not be confused with the landscapers working at Mitt Romney's house for less than minimum wage. That should have been the tip off.

Something like 70% of the voters in Delahunt's own district support Cape Wind. 80% statewide, not to mention the unions. It's Barney Frank's if he wants it. Not only did Barney endorse Cape Wind, but along with Jim McGovern was the first to endorse Deval Patrick. As a matter of fact, if Ted fell off his bar stool tomorrow, the Governor would have appoint one of them to the Senate.
When was the last time Ted annointed anyone? As a matter of fact, the only time he ever endorsed one Democrat over another was Dukakis over King in '82.

H2B visas are killing our economy here on the Cape and in Boston. Far from solving the labor shortages of the tourist industry, the workers that businesses import help them surpress the wages of residents, making it virtually impossible for them to afford housing here. The locals inevitably leave the area, thereby requiring businesses to import even more foreign workers, read cheap labor. The cycle will continue until all we have are temporary customers served by temporary workers. "A cruise ship economy."

Telling picture of Kennedy and Delahunt. Ironic that the one issue that brought them together, Cape Wind, will prevent Delahunt from ever running for the Senate, should Kennedy ever meet his demise.

Very nice seniments sophia. While Delahunt is willing to help you and your family, he is busy screwing the rest of us. btw, anyone who considers this a godforsaken island, probably shouldn't be living here.

Thanks Pat, we'll put St. Andrew's on the walking map of best vantage points to see Cape Wind from shore. Imagine the breathtaking juxtaposition of the Kennedy compound in the foreground with the wind farm on the horizon. The tour buses that curently have to drive past the Compound, can park at the top of the hill and take it all in. Maybe a Surf & Turf package? Combined with with the Hyline's new sighseeing boat, the Chappaquidick, for an up close look at the future.

Wow, that was quick. Todd Jenkins was charged with Motor Vehicle Homocide 24 hours after the accident. If he had gone home and shot his wife, he would still be unindicted.

At least OJ got off after a trial. Does anyone actually know how a Grand Jury works? There is no defense present, only evidence presented by the State. This, therefore would have to be the outcome the DA wanted. "Any prosecutor who wanted to could indict a ham sandwich."

Hi boys, are we having fun yet? Who said, "Any prosecutor who wanted to could indict a ham sandwich." ? This is not a country of laws as much as it is a country of men.
Change the names of the people involved in this case and you have at least an indictment for manslaughter, and a trial.

MDs in Massachusetts are "Mandated Reporters" of abuse. They are trained in what signs to look for. Half the time they error on the side of reporting falsely to cover their own ass. Wouldn't it have been smarter for the Dr. to report abuse and then kill her husband, if she wanted to off him?
I don't think she was abused. I think this was a crime of passion. The husband must have found out about her extra marital activity and went berserk. Too bad for him there isn't such a thing as a "mandated reporter" for infidelity?

Two questions: Why does a gallon of milk cost more than a gallon of gas, and why is the price of milk regulated but not the price of milk?

Let's not forget the real problem; private ownership of public land. I mean of course, the private ownership of the the public's shoreline. Only in Massachusetts can you own the shoreline, to whichever low tide mark. Other east coast states allow ownership only to high tide lines. But on the west coast they have 100 yard set backs. In either case, the public can use the shorelines. Not so in Massachusetts.
Stop being distracted by what's going on in Nantucket Sound. The real theft of property took place a century ago on then beach. I say let's take back the shoreline. Where is Billy Bulger when we need him!
If the waterfronted gentry did not own the shoreline, they wouldn't think that they owned the view either.

I don't think these people are worried that they will suffer a fnanacial loss if their house washes away. They carry flood insurance that will pay them for there loss. What is not guaranteed is whether they will be allowed to rebuild, either by FEMA or by Chatham. Their real cost will be "loss of opportunity".

The manatee is right, we shouldn't be building houses so close to the water. But I'll go you one better. We shouldn't be allowed to own the shore either. It should be open to the public.

Almost forgot the most important Soundkeeper:
Susan Nickerson
Executive Director/Nantucket Soundkeeper

Charles Vinick President and CEO
Audra Parker, Director of Strategic Planning
Dean Bragonier, Martha's Vineyard Program Director
Jim Power, Director of Communications
Heather Rockwell, Program Officer
Kate Dineen, Communications and Development Associate
Sara Anton, Development Associate
Lisa Tacker, Operations Manager
Jules Clark, Outreach Director
Sandy Taylor, Administrative Assistant
Jonathon Peros, Research Assistant

Where have all the Soundkeepers gone?

Is that a Vermont license plate on Margaret Fisher's car? Don't you have to be a resident to reside at Melpet Farms? And doesn't your car have to be registered in Dennis,MASS.

Bill Koch also donated to Mark Foley, the disgraced Congressman from Florida. He resigned from Congress for trying to get into the pants of a male page of the House. I wonder what Congressman Foley was doing for Bill Koch.

I bet Zachary's pub was in the 'hood before you got there. Typical. You moved into the crappy part of town and now you want to gentrify it by taking away it's character and imposing yours. It used to be the Wampanoag side of town before you all started moving in. You've done a pretty good job of squeezing them out. When's it's your turn to go, who will want you? Not those people in New Seabury.

You're right, you're are not a prude, you're just a biggot. If you were gone tomorrow, we wouldn't miss you either.

Mopo, tell your friend to call me. I pay $7000 tuition (including debt service) for each kid for private school. And we're still paying for everyone else's kids through our property taxes. Please have them send us a thank you card.
Any way you cut it private school kids are getting a better education for less money. And Bipr, we're not really getting better citizens from the public schools, and if we are, why does it have to cost $150K per student?

Are these the proverbial jobs that Senator Kennedy keeps referring to as "the ones that Americans are unwilling to do"? Where do I sign up?

Just wait until the Wampanoags assert their aboriginal fishing rights over Horsehoe Shoals. It will give a whole new meaning to the saying "indian giving". Careful what you wish for ladies.

Oh, the hipocracy. The Cape Cod Chamber would never take an ad like this from a legitimate citizens organization like Cape Clean Air.

Unless of course John O'Brien lobbied for them too.

Jack, you've proven your worth to this devate over and over again. Thank you.

How many kilowatts will the Alliance create? How many visitors will the Alliance bring to the Cape? How many jobs will the Alliance create?

John O'Brien, a lobbyist? He gets the Chamber money from the state to bring visitors to the Cape ostensibly to create jobs (at the Chamber). He gets the Alliance to spend their money to keep them both away. The only thing O'Brien lobbies for is himself.

And don't forget he works for the APCC for free to prevent those of us who live here from flushing the toilet.

No wonder he always looks constipated.

It is not a coincidence that neither Romney nor Reilly no longer hold office in Massachusetts. Both of them testified against Cape Wind at at Army Corps hearing in November 2005. Both were chased from office shortly thereafter.

Hello, this article was written for the NY Times. Which church of God do they prey in ?

Politics IS about fear, ignorance and hate. Except in Massachusetss where it's about hope.

The circle is now complete. The weakest kids, ie. the ones that sucked at dodgeball, have now become the school adminstrators that outlawed it. Call it ... revenge of the terds.

What about litmus test endorsements?

The experts you refer to are not.
At best they are making unsubstantiated statements and abusing their position.

If the Steamship Authority is afraid that they will run into a turbine, we all have a bigger problem than we think. They would first run aground, which they are actually prone to do.

The Barnstable Airport Commission warnings not only were not taken seriously by the FAA, but totally disreguarded by Cape Air, the primary carrier affected by the wind farm.

Tell me this, why do these tax credits, which you refer to as tax subsidies, even exist? And why do you approve of their use in every other location except Nantucket Sound?

Were you quoting Bill Koch as an expert? Does it matter to you that he was charged with beating his wife and child, when they were living in Osterville? Never mind.

And by the way, are you an expert when you refer to the Sound as the Jewel of the Cape and Islands. Don't you have to be from the Cape or the Islands to be an expert on that?

The driving force behind the BIG DIG was Ted Kennedy. He not only got the Federal Government to pay $7.5B of US taxpayer money for it, but got the State to pay the other $7.5B from Mass taxpayer dollars, so that friendly unions and relatives of hack politicans could line their pockets.

Do you know how many birds are killed every year by the BIG DIG?

The $1B Cape Wind project will be built with private money. No public dough. No pork. No patronage. It is therefore more likely to work.

Do you care that Christy built his stores with private money? Do you worry that they will create traffic, pollute the goundwater, charge too much for gas or milk, or will fail? Of course not.

Cape Wind will not only be profitable for their investors, but will pay royalties to US taxpayers, provide cheaper rates to their customers, and leave us all with cleaner air to breathe.

And unlike the BIG DIG, it's not likely to kill anyone either.

Now you've done it. Those crazy Muslims will be smashing their computers in protest.

Yes, I'm quite sure. The carwash came before the pizza place. Just look at the two windows in the front. They were the two drive-throughs of the car wash.