Comments on: New Chapter in the DiMasi Story

By: red

red — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:45:39 +0000

I saw this blog-item pulled to the Homepage of Boston.com the other day. I’ve attended Jay Kaufman’s Open Houses in the past and think him an excellent communicator. I do admit, howevre, I never could reconcile his role in nominating Dimasi with his past positions, especially as they related to the pre-Dimasi leadership. I know Jay monitors and posts to blogs (Blue Mass Group–e.g., his (dis)interest in Havern’s vacated seat). Perhaps Jay can take the initail post on this topic head-on and explain his position and motivating factors on these matter. Jay: the floor is yours.

By: dunster

dunster — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:00:06 +0000

MJ, there’s nothing sudden about this post. The proof is right here on this website. Read the posts tagged “Arlington” and read the posts tagged “Massachusetts” and you will see that I’ve been demanding a more ethical government, from Romney to Patrick, Marzilli to Kaufman to Donnelly, ever since I started writing in ‘03. You’re welcome to post your comment here, but your statements are easy to disprove with a couple of clicks.

By: M J. Hanley

M J. Hanley — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:36:55 +0000

This blogger is quite shakey. He is a supporter of many in town crazies from Arlingotn and the Kaufman camp and circle of his supporters. All of the sudden he is “shocked” by the “spanking” rep.’s support for the North End scumbag???
Sounds like my former neighbor is running for cover. This is truely a disengenous blog.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:57:12 +0000

I’m with you on this. I live in Wilmington where Jim Miceli is our rep. He, just like Kaufman, praised Dimasi when re-electing him to speaker. He was quoted in the globe as saying Dimasi had done nothing wrong and people were unfairly trying to link him to corruption. Well Jim it looks like everyone outside of the State House was right and saw the signs. Now you and Kaufman need to explain yourself. I know I wont forget this and when Miceli comes up for re-election I will proudly put his competitors campaign sign on my lawn and talk to my neighbors about why they should not vote for Miceli.

By: Quantum Mechanic

Quantum Mechanic — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:19:06 +0000

No, *you* didn’t imply it. However, MA being MA, I wouldn’t for a second be surprised to find out that the reason Kaufman was being such a staunch DiMasi defender was because he was getting his back scratched by DiMasi somehow. Cui bono, buddy.

The MA Legislature is like Major League Baseball — you’re hopelessly naive if you say “well, *my* guy could never be doing it.”

By: dunster

dunster — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:36:32 +0000

I haven’t seen anything that suggests that Kaufman broke the law (and I hope I didn’t imply that). But I am suggesting that Kaufman was spineless and shameless in his support of DiMasi’s re-election.

By: Quantum Mechanic

Quantum Mechanic — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:24:06 +0000

Hopefully the GJ will put people like Kaufman in its crosshairs.