“So there we have it. We have another Democratic governor willing to go along with the old boy network running the state university system.”
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The Light on Radio: A look at the 2023 New Bedford election with Jack Spillane
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Townsquare Sunday on Aug. 13 to discuss the upcoming 2023 election with host Jim Phillips.
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It’s all about the at-large races
If anything is going to shake up a New Bedford election system that overwhelmingly favors incumbents, it will be this year’s candidates for at-large City Council seats.
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Anger and finger-pointing after demise of New Bedford ballot question
“His job is not to dispense legal advice. He may have made some suggestions, but at the end of the day, he said, ‘I’m not a lawyer; you should talk to a lawyer.’” — Mayor Jon Mitchell on Election Commissioner Manuel DeBrito.
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New Bedford aiming for ‘dream school’ at Goulart Square
“Our report, our submission to the MSBA was touted as a model of how an education plan should be written.” — Interim Superintendent Andrew O’Leary describing the new DeValles/Congdon plan.
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With the Licensing Board set to vote on a nip ban, Jack Spillane gives his take on The Tim Weisberg Show
They also discuss the upcoming mayoral election and the investigation into a New Bedford police officer who was shot in the South End.
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The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses police officer shooting, sprinklers in rooming houses and more
Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday on July 23 to discuss recent news in New Bedford, including the shooting of a New Bedford Police Department officer, second-chance […]
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Time to stop nips in the bud
The swarms of nip bottles are already in the city. We need to change. We’ve already done something similar by banning the plastic bags, and it has not been the end of the world.
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City and Whaling Museum burned by bad hires
The question is this: If we think of substance abuse and related crime as another illness and societal problem, what level of risk are we willing to accept in giving people a chance?
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Have city government unions turned their backs on low-income taxpayers?
The City Council can face the facts about the cost of government and who is favored and who is not. Or it can continue to make phony cuts like it did Monday — in which it cut $7 million from a fund that covers fixed costs and will just have to be replenished later in the year.
