The neighbors of the Boston Archdiocese and the Town of Brookline’s development at St. Aidan’s are in a lather over the ZBA’s hearing last week that morphed from a public hearing into a public meeting. The distinction being that during a public meeting, the chair does not have to recognize the public for comment [...]
It’s been somewhat surprising to me how often I’ve heard people say I “must really hate Deb Goldberg” by using this site to focus on inconsistencies in her advertising. Thing is, I hardly know Deb Goldberg. Ninety percent of my contact with town officials is by e-mail (keeps us all honest and cheerful).
I [...]
I guess when you’ve been called out on a false claim the best thing to do is to not claim any success at all, as does Deb Goldberg in her latest advertisement focusing on education. As a selectman, given the statutory independence of a school committee, education financing (sans capital expenses) is not entirely [...]
…in today’s Boston Globe defending Deb Goldberg’s chief executive duties as a Brookline Selectman. He worries that Goldberg’s many alleged accomplishments will be given over to Town Administrator Richard Kelliher, saying:
“It is true we are blessed in Brookline with an excellent town administrator, but he serves under the direction and is subject to the [...]
Here is, I guess, what counts for Deb Goldberg’s “extraordinary leadership” as advertised in her recent TV spot. Goldberg says that, “as chair of the Brookline Board of Selectmen she increased the number of firefighters” in Brookline. On August 12, 2003 the Brookline Selectmen filled nine vacancies, as reflected in the excerpt from the [...]
If nothing else can convince you that we should abolish Brookline’s town meeting form of government, this should. I have been asked back to speak to its member’s association (known as the TMMA) on Monday, September 11. The lack of good judgment shown by extending me an invitation proves beyond doubt that members [...]
When it comes to Deb Goldberg’s false claims in her ad “People First”, readers have asked: “Why would Goldberg lie about such a thing?” Here’s the thing. I don’t think she’s lying. As George Costanza told Jerry, “It’s not a lie if you believe it.”
Brookline Town Government is as close to a [...]
Here’s the defense of Deb’s Phantom Fire Brigade, as provided (by the Goldberg Campaign) to the political blog Blue Mass Group:
“Between May 1998 and June 2004, 53 Firefighters were hired by the Town of Brookline while Deb was a Selectman, 28 of them while Deb was Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
After Deb joined [...]
A reader sent this link to Deb Goldberg’s latest campaign advertisement. The spot says that as Chair of the Brookline Board of Selectmen Deb Goldberg “increased the number of firefighters” at a time when other towns were cutting them.
That’s a good one.
Deb Goldberg was Chair of the Brookline Board from 2002 to 2004. [...]
This is just bizarre. At the Massachusetts Democratic Convention, the buzz was over the video former Brookline Selectman Deborah Goldberg used to introduce herself to delegates. It was called condescending and contrived at the time. But I figured how bad could it be? All I had heard was that she was [...]
