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VOL. 116 - NO. 50 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 14, 2012 $.30 A COPY St. Agrippina’s East Boston Chamber of Commerce Holds 18th Annual Christmas Program Annual Tree Lighting Parade by Cyn Donnelly (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) St. Agrippina’s membership held its 18th annual Christ- mas Program for North End children on Sunday, Decem- On Sunday, December 2nd, the East Bos- Bell Ringers and the Beverly Richards ber 9th. The program once again, was a huge success! Santa ton Chamber of Commerce brought Christ- Dance Studio. As a special way to start off Claus arrived at St. Agrippina’s Chapel via fire engine. mas festivities to the city with the annual the Christmas season, Santa Claus and There were many families anxiously waiting for his arrival, Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting. Along with some of his elves even made an appear- while holiday music played. With 125 children in atten- the parade and the holiday lights, revelers ance lighting the tree in front of the (Continued on Page 4) enjoyed refreshments and entertainment Ruggiero Family Memorial Home on from the East Boston Central Catholic Saratoga Street. (Additional Photos on Page 7) News Briefs by Sal Giarratani Another Successful Holiday Stroll by Cyn Donnelly Great Quote to Note I read Investor’s Business Daily at least three or four times a week. One of this national conser- vative newspaper’s best commentators is a syn- dicated columnist by the name of Thomas Sowell. He had a great opine recently about the so-called fiscal cliff and his opinion on it. Said Sowell, “Amid all the political and media hoopla about the ‘fis- cal cliff’ crisis, a few facts are worth noting. Rais- ing the tax rates on everybody in the top 2 per- cent will not get enough additional tax revenue to run the government for 10 days. Taxing ‘the rich’ will produce a drop in the bucket when com- pared with the staggering and unprecedented deficits of the Obama administration. Yet politi- cal and media discussions of the financial crisis have focused overwhelmingly on how to get more tax revenue to pay for past and future spending.” Obama’s Cliff Offer Gets Spurned Holiday Stroll participant LIT Boutique. President Obama made an opening bid in talks (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) with Republicans that they couldn’t accept. The th President is seeking a $1.6 trillion tax hike, $50 On Friday, December 7 , the North End chance to win a gift basket filled with billion in infrastructure spending next year and celebrated the sixth annual Buon Natale different gifts and even some gift certificates new power to raise the debt ceiling himself. I Holiday Shopping Stroll. From 7:00 pm to to local businesses. There was a variety of CALL THIS A STEP BACKWARD. All we keep hear- 11:00 pm shoppers were treated to refresh- different businesses involved in the event ing is taxing and spending. Isn’t that how we all ments and discounts at the various neigh- from jewelry stores to boutiques to shoe reached this cliff in the first place? Republicans borhood businesses that participated. stores and spas. Hundreds of residents As a bonus, if you picked up a free pass- turned out for the festivities and made (Continued on Page 14) port to the event and had it stamped at the evening another success for the North all the participating businesses you had a End. (Additional Photos on Page 5) 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, DECEMBER 14, 2012 Res Publica by David Trumbull Massachusetts Conservative Assembly is Born A group of Massachusetts conservatives, fed-up with the THE VIGILS OF OLD ROME PART IV lack of success by the Massachusetts Republican State During these old Roman the public games and emer- which did not get out of the Committee in electing Republicans and finding qualified times, the law required that gency construction carts. area by daybreak were re- candidates to run, have launched the Massachusetts Con- all landlords whose buildings Beyond these, no other day- quired to halt and stand idle servative Assembly. faced on a public street be time traffic was allowed ex- until the next nightfall. According to a press release from the group, shortly after required to clean the side- cept for pedestrians, horse- I suppose that in the midst the November 2012 elections a small group of established walk in front of their prop- men, litters and carrying of all this daily pandemo- conservatives attended the State Committee meeting in erty. It also ordered the chairs. Even the caskets of nium, the traffic, the fires Plymouth. Listening to the excuses and rationalizations Vigiles in each area to be the dead, whether in the the family squabbles, the being told to the Committee and audience, it gave no so- responsible for the enforce- most costly or least expen- neighborhood brawls and lace to ease the pains of what they felt was a great embar- ment of that law, even if it sive funerals, had to be given the problem of every form rassment. There were also no concrete proposals or course required getting bids from their last journey on a simple and description, that some- of action for the future. It was clear from this meeting that private contractors and as- handcart pushed by the where, at sometime, one principles were compromised, antiquated strategies were sessing the cost to the “libitinarius” or undertaker. shopkeeper chased a kid for employed, indiscernible plans had been communicated and delinquent property owner And then came the night- snitching an apple, and then execution at many levels had failed to gain any momen- (sound familiar? That law is fall and along with it came called for the police. If no tum whatsoever. This was evidenced by the election re- almost 2,000 years old). the wagons of every shape, police happened to be in the sults. In all, 81 State Representative and 21 State Senate Because the streets were form and description, carry- vicinity, I wonder if he said seats went unchallenged. so narrow and steep and be- ing wares that stagger the “QUARE QUO INFERNI AGERE According to the founders of the new group, the current cause of the hundreds of imagination. The stalled NOS SOLVERE TIBUTUM” Republican Party is not working for, or in the best inter- thousands of people that con- wagons at the intersections, (What the hell are we pay- ests of, the citizens of Massachusetts. They call for a Con- gested them, the law also the breakdowns, the load- ing taxes for)? I suppose that servative Assembly to be established that represents and provided that between the ing, the unloading and the there also were those toler- includes all conservatives across the state. This core group hours of dawn and dusk, no cussing of the drivers all ant and understanding citi- has recruited Republicans and Independents, as well as transport cart was permitted contributed to a night of bed- zens who said to "Virgil the members of the Liberty Party, Constitution Party and Lib- in the city except the chari- lam which made sleep in any Vigile" ... “ILLEGETIMI NON ertarians. Numerous organizations are also represented ots of the Vestal Virgins, the of the “main line” tene- CARBOR-UNDUM” (Don't let including: Tea Party Patriots; Massachusetts Republican sacred rulers, contestants in ments impossible. Any carts the bastards grind you down). Assembly; Conservative Voter Regulation; Massachusetts NEXT WEEK: Aurum Conservative; National Rifle Association, Massachusetts Against Illegal Immigration; and the Gun Owner Action League. The group has been established and is actively reaching out to all groups, Asian, Hispanic, African American, women, TIMES . veterans, and youth (high school and college) with the in- S imple tention of educating all citizens of Massachusetts on the true meaning of conservatism. Unlike the Massachusetts by Girard A. Plante Republican Party which seems to have forgotten what con- servative values are, the Massachusetts Conservative As- I am pleasantly surprised the Greatest Generation and keeping soldiers’ loved sembly embraces true American conservatism and seeks to have seen the wide- from speaking out or attend- ones upbeat that the war to bring this message back to Massachusetts, through edu- spread media coverage of ing Pearl Harbor ceremonial would soon end and they’d cation, activism and election of true conservatives at all the public ceremonies lo- events. Those of us born return home happy again. levels of government. cally and across America between 1957 and 1962 Most came back to the To learn more about the Massachusetts Conservative during last week’s remem- have happily and peaceably warm embrace of family and Assembly visit www.massachusettsconservativeassembly.com. brance of the ambush on meandered along our unique friends. Too many never Pearl Harbor by Japanese journeys free from recollect- returned home to kinfolk pilots in Hawaii 71 years ing the dodging of bullets or and a country proud of their ago. Despite time, veterans seeking safety from en- service. Italian Christmas Music still recall the singular croaching armies hell-bent The evil forces of Adolf event that thrust the United on crushing entire armies. Hitler’s Nazi regime goose- at the Dante Alighieri Society States into the throes of Yet within our midst since stepped across Europe, in- On Sunday, Decem- World War Two.