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Showing posts with label the valley patriot. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, March 8, 2014

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Today Tom and Paul talked about the Valley Patriot's upcoming Tenth Anniversary BASH and the three new columnists joining the Valley Patriot lineup (Dr. Frank MacMillan, Hypnotist Jerry Valley and Former Eagle Tribune publisher Al Getler). Tom Also talked about House Bill 2846 the public records reform bill that will put teeth into the law requiring public officials to turn over public documents. The bill was co sponsored by Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D) Newburyport.

In the Second Hour Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera called in to talk about the Saint Patrick's Day Parade and also talked about the police department, and some of the work he is doing in Lawrence.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, January 5, 2013

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Today Tom spoke with former Lawrence City Councilor Mike Sweeney about the death of Heather Sapienza, the wife of fired DPW worker Tom Sapienza. Tom asked the city of Lawrence MA Mayor Willie Lantigua for time off without pay to care for his wife and was fired. The Student at Methuen High School who planned a Columbine like shooting at the school, was ordered held for an additional ten days while the DA Jon Blodgett dropped the most serious charge of Terrorism threats. Tom also had on Tom Weaver and Ralph Zazula in the second hour about North Andover's new grading system (Everyone gets a trophy) and the state of the American news media, national politics and MORE!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, September 15, 2012


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It was all Lawrence all day as Tom talked about the indictments of Lenny Degnan and Melix Bonilla, two of Mayor Lantigua's top henchman. A two hour rant on the shenanigans of Lantigua, and a history on the greatest fraud perpetrated on the public: the phantom $24.5 million deficit. Dr. Casey McNeil dropped in at the end of the show.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, September 8, 2012


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Today Tom and Paul Murano talked about voter ID, the Democrat convention, State Representative candidate Diana Dizoglio (who beat David Torissi in the primary) called into the show, as did 1st Essex Senate candidate Kathleen O'Connor Ives, who defeated Tim Coco and Bill Manzi. Sam Meas who was not victorious on Thursday called in as well.



Saturday, September 1, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, September 1, 2012


Today Tom Duggan talked about the 1st Essex Senate Debate between Bill Manzi, Tim Coco and Kathleen O'Connor Ives, the recent Verizon outage in The Merrimack Valley, a call from Methuen Attorney Bob LeBlac to talk about the Eagle Tribune, Bill Manzi and John Golnik. In the second hour Bill Manzi called in to talk about his candidacy and talked about voter ID, charter schools, penalties for officials who refuse to comply with FOIA requests, jobs and small business

Saturday, August 25, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, August 25, 2012


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Today Tom Duggan interviewed Jen Cooper of the Lawrence School Committee who resigned this week and moved out of Lawrence saying that the Lawrence Public Schools because of the shenanigans of the State Department of Education and Receiver Riley. 

Tom also played debate clips from the State Senate debate this week sponsored by the Valley Patriot and WCAP radio between Democrat candidates Tim Coco, Kathleen O'Connor Ives and Bill Manzi. The Freedom of Information Law and how Lawrence continues to violate it with impunity, as state officials close to Mayor Lantigua do absolutely nothing to hold him accountable for turning over public documents. Another issue discussed is the 209A restraining order laws as each candidate vowed to fight for men's rights not to be deemed criminals for the rest of their lives because of a restraining order. FASCINATING STUFF. 

We also discussed briefly the 3rd Congressional debate between Tom Weaver and John Golnik and a LOT MORE!!!

Saturday, August 11, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, August 11, 2012

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Busy show today as Tom and Paul talk about why the news media lies about Nazi Jared Laugher by calling him "right wing" when the fact is that Nazi's are left wing. GUESTS: The Valley Patriot's PuppyGirl Kate Whitney called in to talk about her fundraiser for One Tail at a Time dog rescue. Up With People came in to talk about their upcoming show, State Senate Candidate Kathleen O'connor Ives came into the studio to talk about why she should replace Steve Baddour in the Senate and a surprise call in by Congressman John Tierney to talk about how his opponent Richard Tisei is "on board with the Paul Ryan budget".

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, April 14, 2012


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Today Tom and Paul talked about the anti gay movement in the tea party in Massachusetts. Christine Morabito, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party called in to address the issue as well as promote the tea party rally in WORCESTER Sunday. Tom and Paul also talked about Cullen Multrie the cop killer, Lawrence Mayor Lantigua, Sheriff Frank Cousins and more shenanigans in the Essex County Sheriff's department. 

CORRECTION: Tom incorrectly identified Mr. Marks of the Sheriff's Department as being related through marriage to Attorney General Martha Coakley, Tom meant to say Paul Fleming's replacement in the Sheriff's Department Moe Pratt is married into the Coakley Family

Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, April 7, 2012


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Today Tom Duggan talked about the Valley Patriot's April Headline "Lawrence Non-Profits Own 578 MIL in Non Taxable Assets. Also discussed was the pending grand jury indication against Mayor Willie Lantigua, Attorney General Martha Coakley's sham prosecution of former State Treasurer Tim Cahill and why she has YET to indict Lantigua and his crew even though his shenanigans have been going on for more than eight years. Deval Patick's dishonesty about Lawrence Finances (and a great audio clip) and SO MUCH MORE!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, March 31, 2012


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Today Tom had Tennis Lilly and Paul Murano in the studio. Today's Topics: Trevon Martin and the stand your ground law, The fraud that is the environmental movement, North Andover Elections, the tea party, Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua, the superior officers union and so much more. Christine Morabito, president of the Greater Lawrence Tea Party called in with her tea party report.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, March 24, 2012



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The WCAP - Valley Patriot North Andover Town Moderator Debate between Mark DiSalvo, Ramsey Bahrawy, and Frank MacMillan.

Attorney Ramsey Bahrawy participated by phone during the first half of the debate, unfortunately we lost the phone connection and though we tried to contact him were unable to get him back. Please consider how he would have answered some of these issues differently from the other candidates had he been able to stay with us for the second half of the debate. We apologize for whatever mixup happend and as that you keep in mind Mr Ramsey's candidacy as you listen to the other candidates in the second half of the debate.

Candidates DiSalvo and MacMillan discussed the role of the town moderator, the role of partisan politics in local elections and the difference in how they would govern in the second part of this debate.

More information on the Candidates

Attorney Ramsey Bahrawy
Mark DiSalvo
Frank MacMillan

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, March 17, 2012

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The Paying Attention radio program with Tom Duggan on 980AM in Lowell Massachusetts. Today Tom and Paul held their annual St. Patrick's Day Show, in the studio today, North Andover Selectman Bill Gordon called in to talk about his candidacy for reelection to the board. Christine Morabito, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party called in to talk about the April 15, 2012 Tea Party Rally in Worcester.
Tom introduced his daughter for the first time and talked about finding each other after 18 years of not knowing he had a child, how they found each other and a hopeful story for kids thinking about trying to find their real parents. Tom and Paul also talked about the corruption probe in Lawrence of the William Lantigua administration, the Lawrence School Department and the state appointed receiver refuses to hand over public documents pertaining to his expenditures of public dollars. Irish music, live music, Irish jokes. and SO MUCH MORE!

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, March 3, 2012

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Today Tom's Guest co-host was THE Rob Eno from www.redmassgroup.com
Tom, Pennie, and Rob discuss the Valley Patriot's 100th Edition BASH 
They interviewed Chris Sheldon a candidate for Congress, Frank MacMillan candidate for North Andover Moderator called in. Republican presidential politics, Andrew Breitbart and so much more!

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, February 25, 2012

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Today Tom and Paul talked about State Rep. Paul Adams and played an interview with him where he says calls out the Eagle Tribune and particularly reporter Keith Eddings for unfair and biased reporting. Congressional candidate Tom Weaver joined us in the studio tot talk about his run to defeat Congressman Niki Tsongas. (Gas prices, taxes, the constitution). An Interview with Elizabeth Warren, candidate for US Senate (The border, Scott Brown, terrorism, Israel, Wall Street, working families, etc). Breaking news: The Last three chemists at the Lawrence Water treatment plant area all being treated for cancer. Audio from State Rep. candidate Karin Rhoton's fundraiser. and so much more.

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, February 18, 2012

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Today Tom and Paul talked to North Andover School Committeeman Karin Rhoton who is running for State Rep against Dave Torissi, Rob Eno from Red Mass Group joined us in the studio with Alex Veras candidate for State Committeeman. Topics: Frank Cousins, Willie Lantigua, Lawrence, Contraception and the Obama Health Care plan, and so much more!!

Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, February 11, 2012



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Today Tom and Paul talked about the 100th edition of the The Valley Patriot, The Tea Party The Chelmsford Republican Town Committee's Lincoln Reagan Dinner, Sheila Mullins sat in with Tom and Paul, she is a candidate for Republican State Committeeman and talked a lot about the state republican party. Christine Morabito called in from CPAC in Washington DC. Methuen City Councilors Jamie Atkinson and Tom Ciulla called in and so much more! 

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, February 4, 2012







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Today Tom and our resident communist Tennis Lilly (Co-host Paul Murano took the week off) talked about media bias and the yellow journalism behind the gotcha interview with New Gingrich's ex-wife by CBS. Megan from DTS Sports called in to talk about the New Valley Patriot, women's softball team in Groveland. Methuen Superintendent Scannel becomes the latest victim of gotcha journalism by the Eagle Tribune when her daughter held a party in her home while she was on vacation. The Trib decided this was a front page story. Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua moves to fire police officer Daron Fraser. The New receiver for the Lawrence Public Schools refuses to turn over documents on how he is spending state money to run the schools. State Overseer Bob Nunes has no clue what he is doing running the city's finances. A call from Mr. Maali, Mark Gray and Patch. Dan Dubrule calls from Ashburnham to talk about our expansion in the Gardner area. and SO MUCH MORE!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, January 21, 2012

DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1: Yellow Journalism at ABC for their so called "news" story about Newt Gingrich's ex wife making allegations against him. What IS news? What is NOT news? Media bias at it's worst! We discussed it. Tom and Paul also discussed the new receiver of the Lawrence Public School System.

DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2: We discussed the Sober House on Crack Corner in Lawrence run by Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins and our continuing investigation  of the Sheriff's department. An interview with Senator Scott Brown in Methuen this week.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, December 31, 2011

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Outgoing Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi on his LAST day as mayor came in to talk about his time as an elected official. Audio clips from previous shows and a discussion about his accomplishments. Manzi filled in for Paul Murano as Tom Duggan's co-host.

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Outgoing Greater Boston Tea Party President Christen Varley called in to talk about her reign as head of the tea party and Bill Manzi and Tom Duggan finished their discussion of Manzi's 12 years as an elected official in Methuen. 

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, November 26, 201

DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO Hour 1: In the first hour of the show Tom and Paul talked about North Andover Superintendent Hottel tries to charge The Valley Patriot $7,099 for a freedom of information request, The Lawrence School system is being taken over by the State, newly elected School Committeeman Jen Cooper called in as well as Mr. Maali, newly elected City Councilor Tom Ciulla also called in.

DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO Hour 2 In the second hour we played clips of Newt Gingrich and discussed his comprehensive immigration plan. We played clips of Tom's interview with Newt a few weeks ago on the topic as well as playing clips of Michele Bachman and Mitt Romney AGREEING with Newts positions in prior public statements. We wrapped up the show by revisiting the Superintendet Hottel issue of trying to charge the Valley Patriot more than $7,000 for a Freedom of Information Request.