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I love this stuff...lmao....you know you must be pretty close to the bone when the powers that be try to write a comment to ATTEMPT to scare a you for the truth you speak, or in the most recent example, a few cartoons and captions under the heading "tongue- planted- firmly- in- cheek" which, in jest, you sarcastically point out a few foibles of Tumbleweed Flanagan's handy work.

This is what I can tell you. The members of the FROED Board of Directors, the Chamber of Commerce, the Redevelopment Authority and, most of all, The Tumbleweedster himself, would like to see this Blog disappear overnight. It's not going to happen. So get used to it. If you clowns, and one clown in particular, spent more time trying to actually fix the administrative and financial problems that have existed in the City of Fall River for decades, instead of flitting around the City at every conceivable photo-op, or his minions every attempt over the course of the last 2 months to intimidate me from publishing the truth about this sad joke of an City administration, the City would be in a much better position.

Instead, the machine behind this bag-boy of a mayor, who has shown absolutely ZERO ability to plan a substantive, pro-active and meaningful change in the way this City is managed, attempts to act like bullies to people who they cannot control. I expect it from these churls because that's how most people originally from Fall River react to such intimidation. Not me. I'm Irish, so it just serves to make my commitment even stronger.

Every couple of days these idiots have sent me threatening comments, and I learned from the last experience simply to edit them from existence. But it has been constant, and now includes substantial personal information. What, you morons think I'm going to out myself by getting upset and publishing your stupid remarks , then answering them in public? You idiots don't realize I can answer them in public without printing your childish taunts, or your lawyer-like threats, like you are sending a dunning letter? BAHAHAHA! You legal beagles just are not as smart as you try to paint yourselves to be. That's been obvious by the legal opinions the City has been none to successful with, such as the "Sewer Fee is illegal" or the "anti-strip joint" missives.

You can always tell the true moral compass of people who try to hamstring free speech or bully those whose opinions they want to stop. And you can also tell the proximity to the truth  things are that you are saying by the "powers that be's" reaction to those opinions. Just look at how the administration reacted to the lone wolf who refused to take an 8% pay cut. He was fired out of hand once the children running the City decided to mete out some payback because they themselves were shamed into accepting a pay cut out of political necessity. So they publicly throttle a man making the whopping sum of $50,000 per year, and who runs their underfunded and antiquated IT operation.  Oh yes, and they haven't STARTED taking the cut yet...they are only PLANNING to take it. But because they have to eventually take the cut, they react like a collection of "MEAN GIRLS" and have an urge to GET EVEN with the very first person who decides enough is enough.

Well, this is an open message to FROED, and the Chamber, to the Redevelopment Authority, to Fiola the Fraud and the entire administration of the glorified, glad handing Grocery Bag-Boy as Mayor. You cannot stop this blog. I will not stop writing this blog. Grow up and start working on this City's real and actual problems and stop being threatened by the truth. You and some  readers of this blog can say you don't like the way things are said from time to time, but none of you can say that what is being said is not true! And beg, borrow and steal a sense of humor. Those picture vignettes are part and parcel of political satire. You are all public figures, so get used to it.

Threaten me with the equivalent of a dunning letter indeed.  Tell you what....why don't you folks reveal this information in public, under your real names, if you feel the things I write are so far off the mark and such a threat to the public? Yeah...thought so.

Nothing will prevent me from informing the public what I believe to be the truth. The current administration is committed to only looking like it's doing something, and to endless photo-ops. It has neither the ability nor the inclination to improve the financial or administrative management of the City of Fall River, and will deal with both issues only when forced to by emergency. The powers that be, the monied and power interests in the City, represented by the Board members of FROED, the RA and the Chamber of Commerce, aided by the control of the two local news outlets, the Herald News and WSAR, are going along for the power ride and making plans to back Tumbleweed Flanagan for some future higher office, what that could be one has to seriously doubt. It's all about the dollar bill.  Follow the money, just follow the money. Search to find out who is getting the development and grant contracts, and who is making campaign contributions to who. Look to see who ends up going to work for the Wampanoags or companies related to the Casino and/or Bio-Park. And most of all, press the Flanagan administration to bring about REAL change in the crime rate, the MCAS scores and graduation rates, in eradicating gangs and drug use, and providing forward looking  and emerging technology based jobs of the future, all of which he pledged to do while running for mayor less than a year ago. Press him about his promises and press him hard. You need to hear the truth from him, not just me.

Do your jobs as citizens of Fall River. Make a difference in your own lives. And push back against the bullies. Today they threaten me. Tomorrow, it will be you. How do I know this? Ask the IT manager!