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Congrats to our new Mayor. Just heard that he won every single precinct. That is incredible.

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Now that the election is over, this will be the big issue over the next three months. The philosophy will be how can we expect more money from the Commonwealth when we are $12 million under the tax levy.Council will vote to tap into the last $12 million. Dewey, looks like I will win the UNUM bet which is less then two months away. Double or nothing on this one.

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I would never make is a political pollster. Remember a few months back I wrote that we should just have 11 councilors, all at large, and no district councilors. Well, I am back on that again.First, it is very difficult to beat a sitting district councilor.Second, since there are only 6 at large spots it is pretty hard for someone to break in on a city wide basis. In other words, at most we

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15% voter turn-out today,6:55PM..... Here is my other prediction, I think Casella stands a very good chance of beating Smith.. As far as the other races, I have no clue.

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Click herePut my comment on the Telegram website

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Story in Worcester paper, click here. Small section:With the city struggling to attract new business in a slow economy, the City Council voted last night to continue to tax all property at the same rate. During a public hearing before the vote, City Assessor Dennis Comee told councilors that charging industrial or commercial taxpayers more than residential ones would hamper the city’s economic

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click here Save the DateMonday, November 23, 200911:30 a.m.Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts2 Southbridge StreetWorcester, MA 01608Congressman Jim McGoverninvites you tojoin him when he unveilsthe Worcester Cultural Coalition's new WOO Card.

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Four years ago tomorrow, November 2, 2005, the City of Worcester deeded the former Royal Linen Property (48 Mason Street) to Mason Winfield LLC. 11/2/5 book 37717 page 51 48 Mason Street 66,853 11/2/5 book 37717 page 59 47 Mason Street 43,147Total 110,000Two months later Mason Winfield transferred 48 Mason Street to one of the minority owner stake-holders (Worcester Common Ground, a non

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In a Wall Street Journal article, the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) estimates by the year 2019, 30 million will be insured through the new government run insurance exchange, while 6 million of which will have the public option. There is absolutely no way will this happen, look no further then the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' government insurance exchange, the Connector Authority, who had

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.The new Niagara Falls International Airport terminal has finally landed its first carrier for an inaugural flight to take off in mid-December.Direct Air will fly from the falls to Ft. Myers, Florida .

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Drove by todayNow the Jewel Box--Asian

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By the way thanks Dave for sending me that story in the last post. Just a reminder you have only two months left on our bet.

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How many times did I say we should put the entire airport out to bid??How many times did Councilor Rosen ask the same question??Well here you go, Great piece with the Worcester Business Journal. The key line beingThe city should not expect to make any money on the sale of Worcester Airport to Massport. In fact, the city may find itself putting any proceeds from the sale of the airport right

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Where is the Chamber of Commerce???? When was the last time anyone has heard anything from them?? Seriously anyone, who reads this blog, are you a member of the Chamber of Commerce???In Boston do you have any idea how strong the Chamber of Commerce is? Or for that matter any of the Chambers that surround the City of Worcester, It is, however, tax classification time so we should be getting the

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The Philadelphia Plan is really a very simple plan to initiate in WooTown and it will require some very simple things from it's citizens;have some pride....evah hear someone from Philly say they can't be Pittsburgh?support yer baseball team....even during lean times!elect officials who actually come up with idea's like the "real" Philadelphia Plan......leave the vendor and personal property leash

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Think people all agree that we made a mistake in 1984 when we switched to the dual tax system. Instead of commercial and residential tax-payers working together to come up with an equitable rate, we pit one side against the other.Are we the only municipality in the country to have a dual tax rate? No!!Here is a better question. Has there EVER been a municipality that had a sual tax rate that

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Jahn:Here goes. First you doadmit that the commercial base is leaving the city or worcester and costing residents on their annual taxes, right? Assuming you agree with that, my question is how do we reverse this trend? In other words, what is your plan?Second, for some of your points. The final version of the Philly Plan are not done--obviously. The Citizens for business have targeted what are

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8a.Request City Manager review the Philadelphia Plan and soon provide a recommendation to the City Council on what legal and legislative steps must be taken to implement it in the City of Worcester. The highly successful Philadelphia Plan allows residents and business owners the opportunity to apply for an abatement that freezes for a decade real estate taxes on new industrial and commercial

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A questionnaire from the audience posed a question to Miss Kelly, as in Grace Kelly....

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The Chandler Street Business Association will be sponsoring it's final debate on October 26, 2009 - 7:00 P.M. at the Chandler Community School between District 4 City Councilor Barbara Haller and her challenger Grace Ross...the debate will be moderated by Gary Rosen & Brendan Melican.This Debate is open to the public and all who have a stake in District 4 are encouraged to attend.

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Worcester has too much rental housing. Worcester’s housing stock consists of 40 percent homeowners and 60 percent rentals. This isn’t good. Worcester should have 60 percent homeowners and 40 percent rentals.Every problem Worcester has can be traced to its oversupply of rental housing. Problems like blight, crime, noise pollution, high taxes, no pools, no sidewalk repair and no tax base are the

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The sign is back!!!We rent is out for the day at $25 a pop. Bday wished, political endorsements, etc let me know.

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Still has not changed hands. Remember they bid $1 for the parcel last January and were to suppose to break ground last Spring. Maybe we should not worry about a parcel like this before we question Wyman Gordon and what they do with their property?

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Follow-upI believe Virginia Buckingham, ex Executive Director and CEO, still works for IMG. We are using them as our consultant in negotiations for the sale of ORH?How about hiring a company like airport Jack Randal Poteet and Associates that specialize in airport valuations?

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Great question on the sale of the airport. The airport is transferred whether there is an agreement in place on June 30th of 2010. On our side handling the negotiations City Mgr, the Assistant City Mgr, Tom Z and David Moore with help from IMG. Come again??The same guys who charged us 100,000 of thousands of dollars for a report and successfully recruited one airline are advising us at to

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