Mind your own beeswax and the over regulation of society
By Michael Gaffney Did anyone know bees were so controversial in Worcester? We all know they have been dying out for some reason, but in my three years on Council and the thousands of people [...]
You can’t claim to be “Cutting into the bone” while wasting taxpayer money
By Michael Gaffney I received a message from a concerned constituent advising that the City awarded a bid to a local constable despite the bid being higher from the local constable than the bid from [...]
You can’t get there from here
Speeding is nothing new, but is it worse? Mayor Petty pointed out that a traffic speed monitoring program completed after numerous speeding complaints, showed that speed wasn’t really an issue. The study measuring speed found [...]
Dump it in South Main, Part II The Country Club Revolution
By Michael Gaffney Rassias, the developer and owner of the former Anna Maria Nursing Home in South Main will no longer hold public meetings about the development. Apparently, most of our politicians are in hiding [...]
Fact Checking the Mayor on Safety
Daniel Jackson Jr Recently, current mayor of Worcester, Joseph Petty, has published campaign literature, in hopes of another term. Within the pamphlet our Mayor makes some bold statements regarding his tenure. He claims that crime [...]
Worcester, sanctuary city, and the politics of personal destruction
Michael Gaffney Is Worcester a sanctuary city? According to the Telegram and Gazette, November 15, 2016: Worcester is not a sanctuary city, which is a term coined in the 1980s for a community that shelters [...]
Worcester’s Local Party: You Sir, are NO JFK!
Michael Gaffney I often say that Worcester is a JFK Democrat city. The citizens of Worcester were Democrats because they were champions of the blue-collar workers against the big business class. Jobs, pay, and decent [...]
A renaissance in Worcester and what it means to you, the taxpayer?
By Michael Gaffney As we see new buildings finally going up from the nearly 10 year old City Square Project, we keep hearing about a renaissance in the City. But what does it mean to [...]
The Woo Sox and Political Baseball
By Michael Gaffney Will Worcester land the Boston Red Sox AAA team? All appeared on track to at least get an offer, but then politics got involved when Mayor Joe Petty decided that he would [...]
Just Dump it in South Main
By Michael Gaffney I had heard a rumor that the property at 1398 Main Street was going to become a drug rehab facility and the administration and certain state representatives were well aware of it, [...]