VOL. 118 - NO. 10 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 7, 2014 $.30 A COPY Hunt Carries Dorchester Seat, Ryan Wins Big in Charlestown by Sal Giarratani primary election to replace both Marty Walsh and Eugene O’Flaherty who gave up their seats to become mayor and Boston corpora- tion counsel respectively. Spring In the 13th district, Dan Hunt a scion of a well-known Dorchester political family defeated second place fin- isher John O’Toole by a two- to-one margin. Hunt’s other Ahead opponents included Liam Dan Hunt Curran, P.J. McCann and Dan Ryan I love politics and have Gene Gorman. City Councilor Roy Be sure to move your clocks since first meeting James The 13th House seat has Avellaneda. Coming in for Michael Curley back in often been a springboard in the bronze was Chris AHEAD one hour 1955 when he was still run- the past for seeking higher Remmes of Charlestown. ning for mayor and I was office. Before Walsh, the Ryan’s victory brings the on Saturday Night March 8, 2014 seven years old. My neigh- seat was held by Jim Brett Second Suffolk House seat borhood growing up was part who ran for mayor in 1993 back to Charlestown. It has of Ward 8 and as politically against Mayor Tom Menino. been 35 years since a as an area could be. My state Further back, in the ’60s Townie Jimmy Collins representative was Charlie Bob Quinn moved from t served as state representa- Iannello who worked for his his House seat to becom- tive in this House district. constituents up on Beacon ing Speaker of the House Voter turnout was low with Hill for 19 years. Charlie was and then state attorney less than 20 percent of vot- News Briefs the consummate Boston pol general. ers making it to the polls. In who practiced Politics 101 In the Second Suffolk Dis- the end, the race turned into by Sal Giarratani 24/7. trict over in Charlestown a get out the vote campaign On Tuesday past, voters and Chelsea, the top vote and the Ryan campaign had Quote To Note in the 2nd and 13th Suffolk getter was Danny Ryan, who the best ground game going House districts went to the garnered a near two-to-one on primary day as did Dan “If you can dream it, you can do it.” polls in yet another special margin win over Chelsea Hunt in the 13th district. — Walt Disney Whatever Happened to Poor Walt? Walt Disney passed away in December 1966 while I was a young airman at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. His family had him frozen Making Connections Kicks Off and sent to the same warehouse that Ted Will- Effort Aims to Better Connect Low-income Seniors iams ended up at. I hear they are pretty close now like in hanging near each other. OUCH! and Persons with Disabilities with Services More than 4,000 seniors Good Old Chief Justice John Roberts and persons with disabilities With his decision on Obamacare, Roberts living in the Boston Housing turned what F.A. Hayek called “The Road to Serf- Authority’s elderly/disabled dom” into a superhighway. Our government all developments will soon be but owns us and can order us to do pretty much getting a knock on their whatever it wants us to do. doors from a volunteer ask- As far as what is happening on the interna- ing them how they are tional level, folks should read “The Gathering doing. Storm” by a guy named Winston Churchill. Our Mayor Martin J. Walsh foreign policy today shows great weakness no joined staff from the BHA matter what part of the globe we are talking and city’s Commission on about. It is looking like the 1930s all over again. the Affairs of the Elderly to- No wonder we are so disillusioned with both day to kick off Making Con- the Democrats and Republicans. They appear to nections, a new initiative to be two sides of the same coin. When it comes to better connect BHA elderly L-R: Bill McGonagle, BHA Administrator; Mayor Martin accusations against one another, those accusa- and disabled residents with Walsh; Felix Arroyo, Chief Human Services; Emily Shea, tions may be the only thing Americans actually needed services, at the Commissioner Affairs of the Elderly; Kristin McCosh, can believe today with a bit of certainty. Torre Unidad development Commissioner for People with Disabilities and Sheila in the South End. Dillon, Chief of Housing. “It’s imperative that we Reid Goes After Koch Brothers lend our seniors and persons want to make sure they can velopments in the city by the The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Harry with disabilities a helpful take advantage of the re- end of July. Trained volun- Reid, recently called both Koch brothers “un- hand and provide them with sources we provide.” teers will ask a series of American” and accused them of “trying to buy the services they need,” said The joint initiative aims to questions to identify the ser- America” without ever mentioning a number of Mayor Martin J. Walsh. survey a resident living in vice needs of the household; (Continued on Page 5) “There are a number of each of the 4,339 house- following the surveys, the valuable services available holds in the BHA’s elderly/ to our residents, and we disabled public housing de- (Continued on Page 6) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, MARCH 7, 2014 Res Publica by David Trumbull Massachusetts GOP Stands for Liberty and Against Oppression and Coercion INTRARE JULIUS CAESAR On Saturday, March 22nd, will assist a woman during Caesar obtained the gov- delegates to the 2014 Repub- a crisis pregnancy. ernorship of a conquered lican State Convention will “We reject all forms of portion of Gaul together gather in Boston to vote on discrimination, intolerance with control of four legions. candidates for public offices and exploitation. We are He became highly skilled and adopt the Massachusetts opposed to modern-day sla- in arms and horsemanship Republican Party 2014 Plat- very and human trafficking and he possessed incredible form. From the readership and respect the inherent powers of endurance. When area of the Post-Gazette I dignity of all human beings on the march, he was always have the names of following and their right to freedom. at the head of his army, delegates from East Boston: We believe the institution both on horseback and on Charles Veiga, Henry A. of traditional marriage foot, in sunshine or in Boyd, Michael Palermo, strengthens our society. rain. He traveled great dis- James Loring, Vincent There should be no infringe- tances with incredible speed, Gioioso, Erik Stivaletta, ment on the rights of the planned his battle strategy Joseph Steffano, Sterling people of Massachusetts to well in advance and struck Sobey and Chris Morton. vote on ballot initiatives. when and where least The Party Platform they “Our Party vocally sup- expected. When victory was will be adopting has already ports religious liberty. As uncertain, he often sent been written by the Massa- a Party, we support the away all of his horses in chusetts Republican State Constitutional guarantee of order to remove any tempta- Committee. The platform is individual religious freedom Julius Caesar leads his troops through Gaul. tion for retreat and to a strong statement in favor and we oppose judicial and impress upon his troops the of individual liberty and legislative attempts to eradi- Gaius Julius Caesar was and earned a civic crown for necessity for holding their against all forms of oppres- cate faith, whether in sym- th born July 12 in the year bravery. He returned to Rome ground. sion and coercion. The plat- bol or practice, from public 102 B.C. into a noble and aris- in 78 B.C. and gained such He referred to his men form “plank” on “values” life. tocratic family that traced its popularity and reputation as comrades and not as sol- deserves to be read, in whole, “We affirm every citizen’s ancestry back to the very through his oratory that he diers, he valued them for and I, accordingly copy it right to apply religious beginning of Roman history. decided to go to the Island of their gallantry and never below. values to public policy and During a one-hundred-year Rhodes to study under attempted to curb them “True to the spirit of we support the right of faith- period from 160 B.C. to the great orator of the day, except in the presence of the Abraham Lincoln and Ronald based organizations to par- 60 B.C., there were several Molo. His trip was inter- enemy. He took no notice of Reagan, Republicans believe ticipate fully in public pro- Caesars who held public rupted when he was cap- conspiracies that were de- that unalienable individual grams without renouncing office and at least four of tured by pirates and held for tected, other than to make rights and the responsibili- their beliefs, symbols or them were honored with the a fifty thousand dollar ran- it known that he was aware ties that go with them are hiring practices. consulship (chief magistrate). som. After being released he of them. He kept a watchful the foundation of freedom.