EXTRA...

Joe Kennedy leaves door open to run for Congress here; Huge spike in Falmouth suicides last year; Sandwich doctor guilty of tax evasion; "Live" flash map of current energy production

TODAY's quote: "Falmouth had a big spike. Not many communities have as big a spike as Falmouth."
- Elizabeth Albert, Cape and Islands Community Suicide Prevention Coalition co-chairman.

Herald: Joe Kennedy may run for Congress, Bill Keating may change districts

Move over guys, here comes the kid from The Clan. Will Joe Kennedy III (right) seek the Congressional seat now held by Bill Keating (left) or Barney Frank (center), or just Herald hoo-ha?

Congressman Bill Keating assures CapeCodTODAY he will run in the Ninth District

"He looked at the Cape seat. Why wouldn't he take a look at it? If you built a perfect Kennedy, it would be Joe the 3rd. Harvard Law degree, Stanford, speaks fluent Spanish, good looking, nice guy, and he has all the political discipline of his uncle."

The ever-feisty Boston Herald, threw state Democrat pols a curve ball today by suggesting that Joe Kennedy III, late of the Cape & Islands District Attorney's Office, may run for Congress in the new Ninth District which includes much of what is now represented by Representative Bill Keating's soon to disappearing Tenth District.

The newspaper reports that Middlesex assistant prosecutor Joseph P. Kennedy III is leaving the door open to a run for Congress. He left a similar Cape job earlier this year to escape the possible taint of DA O'Keefe's rumored involvement in an alleged Dennis gambling scandal and to move back to his family's political base area.

The newspaper says that one scenario has U.S. Rep. William Keating returning to his old home in Sharon to run in Barney Frank's open Fourth District seat, while Kennedy moves to Cape Cod to compete in that newly created district.

Not so fast Joe 'cause Bill ain't goin' anywhere but to Cape Cod

Congressman Keating's spokeswoman assured Cape Cod Today that Keating would be running in the new 9th Congressional District, which includes Cape Cod, and was very excited to continue to represent Southeastern Massachusetts' new coastal district.

Other local political junkies think the Herald is blowing smoke because if Keating opted to run in the redistricted Fourth District he would be facing a totally new constituency, and Joe III is more likely to move to Coolidge Corner in Brookline where his grand uncle John F. Kennedy was born and run from to enter congress in 1987. His father, Joe II, was also a member of congress for a dozen years starting in 1987 in the former Eighth District.

The negative aspect of the web was evident today as countless other media ran the Herald story as if it were fact, even in the Kennedy homeland of Ireland.

Read the Herald story here. 

"Live" Flash map of current energy production in Denmark

This "live" chart is in real time, so the figures change every few minutes. Bill Griswold sent this from across the pond, and at 8:40 PM last night it showed that wind power was currently generating 93% of electrical demand in Denmark.
      That comes to 2,942 MW versus an electrical demand of 3,168 MW.
      Energy exports to, and imports from, other countries are also shown. Since the chart is largely numeric, it should be self-evident. "Energiforbrug" is energy production. The ship has sailed, and we are not on it.

Ten suicides last year in Falmouth
Six died in a three month period

The Falmouth Enterprise reports that while there are usually about two suicides a year in Falmouth, last year there were ten, and the town wants to address the problem rather than ignore it.

The weekly newspaper reports that according to a report about the suicide spike prepared by Barnstable County Human Services, there were 10 suicides in Falmouth in 2010, most by middle-aged men.

Six of those deaths occurred between September and November. The Falmouth Task Force addressing the problem includes Barnstable County Human Services, Department of Mental Health, Falmouth School District, Falmouth Service Center, Falmouth Human Services, Falmouth Police Department, Falmouth Fire Rescue, Hospice & Palliative Care, the Town of Falmouth, and Samaritans of Cape Cod and the Islands.

Read the Enterprise story here.

Sandwich Doctor guilty of tax evasion, gets five years and a $20,000 fine

The Sandwich Broadsider reports that a local East Sandwich physician, Torrey A. Toltin, was sentenced five years and fined $20,000.

The judge made home confinement for nine months part the five-year period of supervised release, during which time Toltin will be required to cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of assessing and paying his outstanding tax obligation.

Read the Broadsider story here.

Yesterday's Extra:
Great twirling turbines in Beautiful Downtown Orleans;
Cape Cod pigskin heaven;
Speedy pols rush to replace Barney Frank;
Cape couple says dead son's ID was stolen;
Women take over Barnstable Town Council;
Chris Lambton to wed.