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by Bill Dusty

SARNO LEADS POLITO CHEER:
Intruding Sources have leaked to the Springfield Intruder an interesting episode that occured just prior to last week’s Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade:

Reportedly, while the Springfield Police were staging in preparation of their march, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno joined them. As the group drew near the ABC40/Fox 6 contingent that was also waiting, news anchor/honcho Dave Madsen reportedly began to approach the Mayor. As he did so, the police began shouting, “Bring back Polito! We want Polito!”

Madsen apparently changed course at this point, just as Mayor Sarno himself reportedly turned to the police and began leading his own cheer: “We want Jimmy Clean!” (Polito’s last name means “clean” in Italian, and the Mayor has apparently called him that for the past several years.)

THE ABC40/Fox 6 crew had a decidedly mixed reaction to the cheerleading, depending on alliances.

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CUTLER CONFRONTS DEMOCRAT RIVAL:
In East Longmeadow, the race for an open Selectman’s seat is closing in on the April 8th election day as the candidates make their final stands. Republican candidate Ron Cutler reportedly confronted Democrat Selectmen James Driscoll at a recent candidates forum, challenging him on allegations Driscoll reportedly made against Cutler that have apparently “smeared” the reputation of the Republican candidate. According to a first-hand report, Driscoll repeatedly “lied and distorted” Cutler’s record in an effort to smear the Republican’s reputation. A photo of the exchange between the two is below.

(photo courtesy Committee to Elect Ron Cutler)

Cutler is running for Selectmen against Republican incumbent Selectmen Enrico Villamaino, who won the seat in January 2007, replacing Gary M. DeLisle, who resigned from the post in November of 2006. Villamaino did not show up for the candidates forum.

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THE SOUTH END MC-BLUES:
On the road and in a hurry to get into work on time, intrepid blogger Bill Dusty (aka: me) stopped by the McDonald’s in the South End of Springfield. After a minute or two in line, my turn to order came up…

[ME] “Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal, please.”

[SERVER] “Would you like that with a large drink?”

[ME - hurried] “Ahh – whatever it comes with.”

As I sift through the ones and fives in my hand to pay, the server rings me up and laps a drink cup on the counter. “$6.50 please…” she says. [something like that].

I hand her my money. She gives me my change and then darts off to get my order. I look up at the menu board. The Number 2, Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal is $5.50 (there-abouts).

I look over at the drink cup. It’s a large cup.

Screwed.

No time to argue or complain – got to get to work!

The server hands me my food, and I go over to the drink fountain to fill up my cup before speeding out the door and heading into work.

At work, I lament to my co-workers how I got screwed into buying a large soda. Tough luck for me.

I open my take-out bag, pull out my french fries, then my sandwich.

It’s a Big Mac.

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Finally, a quick link to a column by conservative sweetheart Ann Coulter, who has generously reviewed Senator Barack Obama’s autobiography, “Dreams From My Father“. Some interesting observations.

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Posted by Bill Dusty on Apr 4th, 2008 and filed under Elections, Opinion, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.