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| massdee |
Posted - 10/26/2009 : 10:11:06 AM
For the past few weeks someone has been posting a top ten list over on topix. I thought this one was particularly good, so I am posting it here.
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Here now is this week’s Top Ten List, the Top Ten Unanswered Questions of the DeMaria Administration:
#10. Beauty donators want to know, where are the shrubs, the fountains and the lemons?
#9. Aren’t consolidations supposed to save money?
#8. Again, how do you say “ DeMaria”?
#7. Why is it so hard to get things right the first time?(Rotary, ISD, Budget Director, etc.)
#6. Exactly how much money has been COLLECTED in Code Enforcement fines?
#5. What does Matt Laidlaw do for ECTV that justifies his salary being paid from their budget?
#4. Why is time and money being spend fighting a separation incentive award in court when a city councilor got one, no questions asked, when he resigned from his other city job?
#3. GA’head, explain what happened to the water bills.
#2. What and when is something going to be done to address the $3.4 million cut to Everett’s State Aid for FY10?
And the #1 Unanswered Question of the DeMaria Administration, exactly where have the “Days” supposed to have “Gone”?
"Deb" |
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| massdee |
Posted - 03/15/2010 : 6:40:56 PM
Well said, Cruller. |
| Cruller DaVille |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 12:36:30 PM
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Let's face it. Posting has gone to hell in Everett since the idea that we are allegedly being tracked down was first floated....MassDee
You know Dee, that statement really made my hair stand on end! You are so, SO right! I'm sure we have all heard the rumors that have been flying around like crazy about this one or that one checking up on people who enjoy and practice their personal rights as Americans to exercise their Constitutional rights of free speech and expression.
Dont get me wrong, anyone who threatens or goes beyond good common decency and personally attacks individuals has gone beyond the protection of the law in my opinion. However, what I find exceptionally intriguing is that these same people who "supposedly" are checking up on us are doing so from suspicious venues such as public offices and public buildings. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
National television, radio, and newspaper entities stretch their collective "freedom" legs on a daily basis. As Americans, we are allowed to debate, enjoy the banter, and engage in lively discussion as it concerns issues we either agree or disagree about.
I also find it humorous and hypocritical at the very same time that after three years of pulmating individuals and sometimes going way, way, way over the line as it regards truth, facts and inuendo, we now are questioned because those SAME individuals who took a bat to others dont want that same bat taken to them.
Public forums such as Everett Average Citizen are creative and useful. They make us share, think and above and beyond that, they make public entities accountable. Perhaps if truth , justice, and the American way were actually a way of life instead of a slogan..... the need to share such sentiments wouldn't be so crucial. Alas, it is; however, and we should enjoy our freedoms for when we forfeit freedom we lose ourselves and the American way of life.
Public discussion brings with it responsibility; I think that part of the experience got lost somewhere in the mix. That being said, I believe that giving up our right to express or worst, being intimidated and threatened to give up our liberties is even more dangerous.
I dont post very often; however, when I do, I get the feeling in my belly, I feel compelled to. I would really hate it if I lost my right to share my opinions in an open, intellectual forum.
Just "MY" Humble Opinion...........
"Cruller DaHville"
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| massdee |
Posted - 03/10/2010 : 1:19:06 PM
The latest top ten:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Let's face it. Posting has gone to hell in Everett since the idea that we are allegedly being tracked down was first floated. As a result, it's getting harder and harder for Ol' Evil Dave to come up with new subjects to post about each week. Instead, we had to turn to an old stand-by. So here now is this week's Top Ten List, the latest installment of the Top Ten Unanswered Everett Questions:
#10. Who is Everett's Top Pizza Poster and which shop do they own?
#9. Toupee or Not Toupee? That is the question.
#8. When the city's business leaders are told that people aren't being laid-off by the city, who are the 30 to 40 people receiving all that unemployment money?
#7. Is Sammy the Fly in the Witless Protection Program?
#6. How packed will City Hall be when the School Department comes forward looking for more money to finish the latest round of Parlin School remodeling?
#5. Will the plug get pulled on Charter Review tomorrow night?
#4. Wouldn't you like to have a sweetheart health insurance deal for life too?
#3. How stable is the Stabilization Fund going to be if they start using it as freely as has been proposed?
#2. What the heck is Evil Dave going to find to write about next week?
And the #1 Unanswered Everett Question: What did happen to the first few minutes of the Finance Committee meeting on ECTV last week? |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/24/2010 : 08:47:04 AM
The latest top ten from Evil Dave:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Rumors abound! The city's abuzz! It's the world's worst kept secret! What can it be? You know Ol' Evil Dave loves this type of speculation. He just can't sit on the sidelines and let this one pass him by. So here now is a special Top Ten List, the Top Ten Rumors about the BIG Announcement at tonight's Charter Review Commission Meeting:
#10. The commission is disbanding. Yoko Ono is rumored to be to blame.
#9. Instead of a four year term, how about Mayor-4-Life!(How 'bout not!!)
#8. In a stunning reversal, instead of eliminating the bicameral government, they will calling for a tricameral government. The third level will be made up of all the old political hacks still looking for a payday. Rumor has it that Rav's already on his way back to town.
#7. They are being sued by the Committee to Keep Padding Ranieri's Pension for even daring to consider eliminating the Council Council. When asked for comment, the Commission responded by saying “Signatures!! We don't need no stinkin' signatures!!”
#6. The commission will be adding another seat to make room for another Jason Marc-ASS “relative”.
#5. The commission is planning on taking their summer break early in order to avoid the rush.
#4. They'll be taking orders for egg-on-the-face. I hear that the most popular choice so far is fried.
#3. Jack Nicholson is being flown in to deliver the immortal line “You can't handle the truth!!”
#2. The new city slogan will be....., well, you know. May be very appropriate in this case.
And the #1 Rumor about the BIG Announcement at tonight's Charter Review Commission Meeting: It's official! Emperor Paul Schlosberg!
"Here comes the judge" |
| tetris |
Posted - 02/23/2010 : 12:13:47 PM
I here I thought that Evil Dave might be losing his (their?) fastball. Guess not. |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/23/2010 : 09:34:13 AM
quote:
Originally posted by tetris
Evil Dave can be pretty funny. But what the hell are "Heart Eye Gonads"?
I was wondering the same thing?
Okay, I was just playing around with the letters in #2's "Heart Eye Gonads". If you rearrange them it comes out to, "Gone Are The Days".
Very clever and funny.
"Here comes the judge" |
| tetris |
Posted - 02/23/2010 : 09:30:05 AM
Evil Dave can be pretty funny. But what the hell are "Heart Eye Gonads"? |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/23/2010 : 09:26:17 AM
Latest top ten from Topix:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Oh, what the heck! The Advocate was back on the “Stat” Attack last week. So what about us? Let's do it. Here now is this week's Top Ten List, the Top Ten Everett Political Ailments:
#10. Foot in Mouth Disease
#9. Hydrobillphobia
#8. Self Auditory Abuse by Verbal Diarrhea
#7. Budget Deficit Disorder
#6. Independent Editorialitis
#5. Senate Sign Syndrome
#4. Strep Vacation
#3.“News” Photo Phever
#2. Heart Eye Gonads
And the #1 Everett Political Ailment, Terminal Stupidity
"Here comes the judge" |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/16/2010 : 09:44:17 AM
From Topix:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Well, the number of topics that ol' Evil Dave is allowed to do a Top Ten list about seems to be dwindling. I was going to a Top Ten Things that Really Happened at the Public Safety meeting. Some of those were funnier than anything I could have ever had made up. There just weren't ten of them though. So, let's try this instead. Here now is this week's Top Ten List, the Top Ten Reasons that last Wednesday's Charter Review Committee Meeting didn't happen:
#10. Just enough members of the public attend their meetings so they couldn't just pretend that they had it.
#9. Didn't have enough money to hire a weather consultant to tell them that they should show up.
#8. They put the School Department in charge of whether or not they should hold their meetings.
#7. Nobody but Hanlon understood what a quorum meant.
#6. They were afraid that they'd get towed if they had to park on Broadway.
#5. Decided to go to DiDomenico's time instead. Oh...wait..No?
#4. The flashing blue snow lights were too distracting to hold a meeting.
#3. Jason Marc-ASS was too busy to attend because he was at another City Hall meeting trying to.... well....you know.(And if you don't, YOU SHOULD!)
#2. The Commission members don't understand how many days are already are already gone from their schedule. Their preliminary report is due in little more than a year.
And the #1 Reason that last Wednesday's Charter Review Committee Meeting didn't happen: They've already decided to get rid of the bi-cameral government; what else do they need to do?
"When the cats away the mice will play" |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/12/2010 : 12:21:31 PM
From Topix:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Well, let's try to get back on track, shall we. And let's be a little bit more serious than usual this time too. Don't worry, I got the chops for it. So, here now is the latest installment of an old favorite, the Top Ten Everett Unanswered Questions (or at least the ones that we think we can and should ask):
#10. What should Evil Dave get his blow-up doll for Valentine's Day?(I said a little more serious; don't worry I'll catch up.)
#9. Why is there so much apathy from most average citizens towards many real issues in this city?
#8. If we are assessed with true, actual readings when/if our water meters are replaced, how bad will we all be hurting? At least when you are selling your house, bad as it, you can take it out of the proceeds of the sale.
#7. Will Berkeley's Everett development progress any faster than its stalled Worcester one?
#6. We got updates about the Devens School and the Old High School but not about what's not going on down at the Old City Yards? Oh, I forgot the Independent says that we can't ask these questions. Wonder why that is?
#5. Is it “Councilor” or “Councillor”? The Advocate uses both. One question that The Advocate answered for us last Friday was that you don't write about people that are suing you. Oh well! When did I ever take advice from them?
#4. What's wrong with having your own opinions?
#3. Does a large group of people holding signs for any candidate in the Square on a Saturday morning really affect how you vote?
#2. How many days will it be until the “skunk lines” of salt are gone from the city's sidewalks?
And the #1 Everett Unanswered Question (or at least the one we think we can and should ask), when will the city finally realize that it can no longer operate beyond its own means and make the tough choices it has to, as painful as they may be?
"When the cats away the mice will play" |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 7:36:52 PM
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Well, as a follow-up to last Thursday's special post, it seems like Evil Dave may have to find a new hobby to keep himself busy because of (Name Withheld by Request)'s alleged impending actions. So here now is this week-end's Top Ten List, the Top Ten Suggestions for a new Past Time for Evil Dave:
#10. Learn how to do scrimshaw with used soap-on-a-rope.
#9. Go into the blow-up doll repair business. I now have the needed experience.
#8. Teach the less fortunate the correct usage of “your” and “you're”.
#7. Figure out Everett's real estate situation. For example, find out why the Sachetta Brothers are trying to unload their Everett office buildings.
#6. Become a fact checker/researcher for Billy Cardello. May be the Citizen's site could use a hand too.
#5. Figure out what the Charter Review Commission is up to. Et tu, Walking Eagle?
#4. It's probably a little late but I think I'll look into some of that IP address modification software.
#3. Start interviewing lawyers. Sally, get Dershowitz on the phone!
#2. Track down where all of the posts to the Everett message boards have gone these last few days.
And the #1 Suggestion for a New Past Time for Evil Dave, spend time coming up with a new lame catch phrase
"Peek-a-Boo, I see you" |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 11:22:51 AM
From Topix:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Well, we hear that if “He-Who-Can-No-Longer-Be-Named ” has his way, a lot of us will have to be hanging out our “Going Out of Business” signs in the near future. So, since we're not bunking next to Galluccio...yet (it's OK, he's can take it, he's from Cambridge), here now is a special “Learn from our Mistakes” Top Ten List, the Top Ten Things that the rest of you will still be able to post on the Everett message boards when we're gone:
#10. The flowers are pretty.
#9. The streets and parks are clean.
#8. Vote for Sal. Go Sal, go!
#7. I love my tax bill. And my water bill.
#6. Potholes?! What potholes?
#5. City managers need not apply.
#4. Four more years!!
#3. Why do we need message boards? The city has three excellent newspapers with plenty of pictures in them. What do the message boards have anyways?
#2. Everything's great! Everything!! Really!!!
And the #1 thing that the rest of you will still be able to post on the Everett message boards when we're gone:“Boy, I sure don't miss those old Top Ten Lists”“Why not? Not one dime of city resources were used in the creation of them.”“Really? I didn't know tha...Wait! What about the “Days?””“They don't count, they were already “Gone””. And soon to be retired...I guess.(Sniff, sniff...)
"Peek-a-Boo, I see you" |
| massdee |
Posted - 02/02/2010 : 08:28:18 AM
The latest from Topix:
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Here’s a special commemorative Top Ten List, the Top Ways/Reasons that Everett is celebrating Groundhog's Day this year:
#10. Why do you think the Christmas lights have been up for so long?
#9. It's time for the politicians of this city to wake up from their long winter naps too.
#8. You'll get a reverse 911 call from a city employee named Phil. Better than Marc-ASS in a snow storm anyways.
#7. Celebrate it now before the vicious rodent ordinance gets passed.
#6. Living in Everett is almost like being in the movie. Nothing ever really changes...except the tax rate.
#5. An excuse to run a Rite-Aid booze ad in the Advocate.
#4. Groundhogs can't write Top Ten Lists. But they can spell “you're”.
#3. Another reason for Jabba The Mayah to take the day off.
#2. Six more weeks of ______.(Fill in the blank yourself. I'm busy. My date sprung a leak.)
And the #1 Way/Reason that Everett is celebrating Groundhog's Day this year, Punxsutawney may have the groundhog but we have the “Days”. Did “they” see “their” shadow?
"When is the circus leaving town?" |
| massdee |
Posted - 01/27/2010 : 1:51:43 PM
The persons writing these "top ten" list is very clever and funny. I hope people reading them can see how in tuned the author is with our city.
These lists are the reason I go over and read Topix.
Please keep them coming....we can all use a chuckle now and then.
"Just Clowning Around" |
| Tails |
Posted - 01/26/2010 : 12:00:00 PM
I look forward to carrying over this week’s top ten list from Topix since the entire list is in reference to the infamous…… “Gone are the Days”
- Evil Dave Letterman
…from the home office in Everett, MA. Well, looking for the “Days” at FFF’s house didn’t pan out. So before we waste any more energy running around looking for them, let’s make a list of the Top Ten Leads that we have on where the “Days” may have “Gone”:
#10. They were rumored to be stuffed in the urns down at the rotary. Now, the urns are gone. Coincidence? I think not!
#9. Carnac told me that they’ve been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnall’s front porch with a diseased yak.
#8. Maybe they were buried in the landfill in Newburyport. That’d be another good reason why that place stinks so much.
#7. Jason Marc-ASS may be hiding them down at the MBTA garage. I guess he owes His Honah big time for “Poster Boy” Laidlaw’s Personal Press Secretary job.
#6. We heard they may be spending a LOT of time at the Rec (Hey Sam!) but they’re staying at the Shute Library because it’s hardly ever open.
#5. John Hanlon thinks that he may know where they are (he should!) but he’ll need some money to do a forensic audit to find them. It’ll only cost $45K but he says he needs $60K just to be on the safe side. The other $15K must be for props, ya know, like that big check.
#4. It’s thought that they move around a lot. City Services supposedly found them in a pot hole one morning. Somebody else thought they were in their last water bill. But, right now, rumor has it that they may be hiding where the Christmas lights are usually stored.
#3. Whad’da ya think them 40 Big Belly solar-powered containers are for?
#2. They may be scheduled to be buried in the south end zone when the new turf is installed at the Stadium.
And the #1 Lead that we have on where the “Days” may have “Gone”, the most obvious place of all, nowhere. They’re still roaming the halls of Ol’ Big Blue. |
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