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Today on the The Paying Attention Radio Program we talked about south Park creators and the satanic Muslim terrorists who are threatening their lives for depicting their "prophet" Mohammad in a bear costume. Sam Mease candidate for the republican nomination for the 5th Congressional seat was our guest and talked about his views on immigration, the congress, Deval Patrick etc. We also played audio clips of Charlie Baker's convention speech last week at the Worcester Centrum (DCU center) and then discussed Robert Nunes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue being named "overseer of Lawrence" by Governor Deval Patrick...yes that's right, the same Robert Nunes who certified he Lawrence Budget a balanced in June of 2009!!
The Paying Attention Radio Program airs on WCAP in Lowell Massachusetts on 980AM every saturday afternoon from 10-1pm
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, (April 17, 2010)
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Today on the Paying Attention Radio Program former Lawrence Mayor Mike Sullivan and Michael Sweeney filled in for the first two hours, talking about hte repulbican convention in Worcester and spoke with Tom Duggan via phone from the convention floor where Charlie Baker was nominated as their candidate for governor. Tom Duggan also tracked down Republican candidate Mary Connaughton candidate for Auditor and let Mayor Sullivan interview her about her campaign. In the third hour Paul Murano , Tom's co-host filled in and talked about ... well... you will have to listen for yourself!
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Today on the Paying Attention Radio Program former Lawrence Mayor Mike Sullivan and Michael Sweeney filled in for the first two hours, talking about hte repulbican convention in Worcester and spoke with Tom Duggan via phone from the convention floor where Charlie Baker was nominated as their candidate for governor. Tom Duggan also tracked down Republican candidate Mary Connaughton candidate for Auditor and let Mayor Sullivan interview her about her campaign. In the third hour Paul Murano , Tom's co-host filled in and talked about ... well... you will have to listen for yourself!
The Paying Attention Radio Program airs on WCAP in Lowell Massachusetts on 980AM every Saturday afternoon from 10-1pm
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, (April 10, 2010)
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Michelle the Intern's first show! Today, Tom Duggan talked about The Lawrence school committee firing superintendent Wilfredo Laboy and the white wash that ensued when Laboy was fired for the most minor infractions, most of which could not be sustained. Laboy was fired for having alcohol in his office, using school employee to do personal errands and used the printing press at central office to print menus for his son's pizza shop in Methuen. During the show it was revealed for the first time that current acting superintendent Mary Lou Bergeron also brought alcohol on school property and testimony by Bergeron revealed that some of the alcohol in Laboy's liquor cabinet (which he was fired for having) actually came from Bergeron.
Candidate for state representative Paul Adams joined us and talked about his campaign as well as the involvement of Barry Finegold in the printing scandal.
Tom also talked about the bullying case in south Hadley Mass.
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Michelle the Intern's first show! Today, Tom Duggan talked about The Lawrence school committee firing superintendent Wilfredo Laboy and the white wash that ensued when Laboy was fired for the most minor infractions, most of which could not be sustained. Laboy was fired for having alcohol in his office, using school employee to do personal errands and used the printing press at central office to print menus for his son's pizza shop in Methuen. During the show it was revealed for the first time that current acting superintendent Mary Lou Bergeron also brought alcohol on school property and testimony by Bergeron revealed that some of the alcohol in Laboy's liquor cabinet (which he was fired for having) actually came from Bergeron.
Candidate for state representative Paul Adams joined us and talked about his campaign as well as the involvement of Barry Finegold in the printing scandal.
Tom also talked about the bullying case in south Hadley Mass.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, (Mar. 20, 2010)
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The Paying Attention Radio Program airs on 980AM WCAP in Lowell Massachusetts, from 10AM to 1PM. The first half of today's program focused Methuen's Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon. Audio clips of Guy Glodis (candidate for Massachusetts Auditor) State Senator Steve Baddour, Willie Lantigua (da chief) Bill Manzi and of course John Mollori who steals the show every year with his comedy routine.
In the second hour we talked about how Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua refused to lower the flags to half mast in honor of Lawrence Police Officer Tom Duggan who lost his life in the line of duty on March 16, 1990 and how the city of Lawrence refused to have a service on the anniversary of Officer Duggan's death because of his hatred for Officer Duggan's son, Valley Patriot editor Tom Duggan Jr. (the host of the show).
Tom Also talked about health care and the upcoming state elections. He also played audio of an interview he did with former mayoral candidate Israel REYES back in August prior to his indictments.
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The Paying Attention Radio Program airs on 980AM WCAP in Lowell Massachusetts, from 10AM to 1PM. The first half of today's program focused Methuen's Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon. Audio clips of Guy Glodis (candidate for Massachusetts Auditor) State Senator Steve Baddour, Willie Lantigua (da chief) Bill Manzi and of course John Mollori who steals the show every year with his comedy routine.
In the second hour we talked about how Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua refused to lower the flags to half mast in honor of Lawrence Police Officer Tom Duggan who lost his life in the line of duty on March 16, 1990 and how the city of Lawrence refused to have a service on the anniversary of Officer Duggan's death because of his hatred for Officer Duggan's son, Valley Patriot editor Tom Duggan Jr. (the host of the show).
Tom Also talked about health care and the upcoming state elections. He also played audio of an interview he did with former mayoral candidate Israel REYES back in August prior to his indictments.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Tom Duggan, (Mar. 27, 2010)
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Today, Mr. Maali called in to talk about Wilfredo Laboy, comedian Bob Siebel called in to promote some upcoming shows and Tom Saab called in to talk about the Christian Film Festival. We also talked about Charlie Baker, Republican candidate for governor and how he is not hitting certain issues hard enough and is trying too hard to be a nice guy. Eileen Donahue is running for State Senate to replace Steve Panagiotokos, Marcos Devers makes his official announcement for State Rep., Tom attacks the striking Shaws workers in Methuen for picketing and not working while others have no jobs.
Tom and Paul also talked about why Tom is supporting Marcos Devers for State Rep. in Lawrence.
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Today, Mr. Maali called in to talk about Wilfredo Laboy, comedian Bob Siebel called in to promote some upcoming shows and Tom Saab called in to talk about the Christian Film Festival. We also talked about Charlie Baker, Republican candidate for governor and how he is not hitting certain issues hard enough and is trying too hard to be a nice guy. Eileen Donahue is running for State Senate to replace Steve Panagiotokos, Marcos Devers makes his official announcement for State Rep., Tom attacks the striking Shaws workers in Methuen for picketing and not working while others have no jobs.
Tom and Paul also talked about why Tom is supporting Marcos Devers for State Rep. in Lawrence.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Appeals Court Rules in favor of The Valley Patriot
Appeals Court Rules in
favor of The Valley Patriot
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has dealt another devastating defeat to Kevin Thompson of Methuen who unsuccessfully sued The Valley Patriot newspaper for libel and defamation of character stemming from an opinion piece published in 2006 (Father’s Priorities are out of Whack). The Valley Patriot is a monthly publication headquartered in North Andover and was established in 2004.
Thompson filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper a
nd it’s owners individually, first claiming that Valley Patriot owner/editor Tom Duggan was the author of the piece credited to freelance writer Tom Dunham. But, after weeks of harassing Duggan by phone and sending crass and abusive emails, Thompson then changed his story and blamed Valley Patriot co-owner Paula Porten when he learned that Porten was also an attorney who has cases in family court.
A Public Figure
Thompson wrote a book claiming he was a victim of conspiracies in the family court, the book was banned by Judge Manzi during his custody battle with his ex-wife. The ban further fueled his conspiracy theories which he used to gain sympathy from local fathers who also felt (some legitimately) that they had been treated unfairly by the family court.
Thompson began to engage in long, rambling rants on his website and on local blogs accusing Porten and Duggan of being part of the “conspiracy” with Judge Manzi, his ex-wife and others to deny him custody of his child and cover up the conspiracy against him in the family court.
He also accused dozens of bloggers (who ridiculed him) of “being Duggan” or “his douche bag family court girlfriend Paula Porten”.
Neither Porten nor Duggan had anything to do with Thompson’s custody case, were not present during the proceedings and were in no way affiliated with Thompson’s failures to convince the court he was a fit father.
Porten and Duggan contended all along that Kevin Thompson had a history of frivolous lawsuits and was looking for a quick payday “because he had always enjoyed positive press before we came along and he just couldn’t handle it when one of our writers took him to task,” Duggan said.
The Valley Patriot had previously given Thompson and his friends in the “Fatherhood Coalition” positive, free publicity including an “interview” that editors later found out Thompson had written himself and conspired to publish under someone else’s name.
Judge Marita Hopkins said in her initial ruling: "One cannot be so prominent and vocal a partisan in a public debate, particularly when one has had a hand in creating the debate in the first place, and then cry foul at the rough and tumble of the merketplace of ideas. Thompson cannot establish that any of the claims in the op-ed are anything other than opinion or, if they are fact, that they are false. Therefore, he cannot, a fortiori, prove that they were made with “actual malice." Consequently his claim must be dismissed." – Judge Merita Hopkins, Justice of the Superior Court.
(FULL RULING HERE)
Judge Hopkins also ruled that Thompson he had to pay legal and attorney’s fees to Paula Porten, Tom Duggan and The Valley Patriot.
Valley Patriot editors estimate that they have shelled out more than $11,000 defending against Thompson’s “frivolous suit”, an amount they say will take them years to recover. As he did in his failed attempt to gain custody of his son, Kevin Thompson represented himself in the initial lawsuit against the Valley Patriot as well as the numerous failed appeals that followed.
After losing in Lawrence Superior Court in January of 2009, Kevin Thompson appealed Judge Hopkins’ ruling, attacking her on his website and adding her to the long list of alleged conspirators he claims are “out to get” him.
In court paper the disgruntled father accused Judge Hopkins of conspiring with the Valley Patriot, his ex wife, her lawyer, judges and members of the press. Thompson even personally attacked Judge Hopkins on his website (HYSTERICAL RANTINGS AGAINST JUDGE HOPKINS). He also has a list of judges on his site whom he claims have committed "crimes" against him. (LINK)
“Clearly we are dealing with someone who has some personality and social issues,” said Valley Patriot owner/editor Tom Duggan.
“I feel bad for Mr. Thompson, I pity him really. He has lost his kid, his wife, his job, his election and every lawsuit he has ever filed. If you think about it, the poor guy has convinced himself that I, Paula Porten, judges, lawyers, the entire Methuen School System, the teachers union, court clerks, police officers, members of the press, and anyone in his line of sight are all part of some secret plot against him. I hope he gets the help he needs.”
A History of Failed and Frivolous Lawsuits
After being warned several times not to discuss his book or his personal issues concerning his ex-wife and son, Thompson repeatedly discussed his personal issues with students at Methuen High School and after disciplinary actions failed to stop his behavior he was fired.
Thompson sued the City of Methuen, the superintendent, members of the school committee the principal, his superiors and the teachers union for failing to defend his actions. Thompson lost each of those lawsuits after he had admitted on CNN’s Tucker Carlson that he spoke to his students about his book and his custody battles with the court.
Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Laboy brought Thompson on board to teach science at Lawrence High School two years ago. He is still employed by the Lawrence Public Schools.
Thompson ran for Mayor of Methuen in 2009 but finished third out of three candidates in the primary. He was called a “loon” by fellow candidates and ostracized by political activists for his outrageous behavior on the campaign trail and his bombastic, angry and sometimes incoherent blog postings on the Eagle~Tribune website.
The Valley Patriot is represented by Andover Attorney, Peter Carusso of Divine Millimet. "We are quite confident that, if Mr. Thompson decides to appeal this to the Surpeme Court the result will be the same," Carusso said.
“We never took this guy seriously,” Duggan added. “He’s just a disgruntled father who was trying to blame his numerous failures in life on everyone else but himself. I know he’s looking for some kind of redemption after losing his kid but he’s not going to use us to get it. There was never any doubt that Mr. Thompson would lose at every stage of this charade, and we’re just glad we can now see light at the end of the tunnel,” Duggan concluded.
2nd Suit Pending
The Valley Patriot still faces a lawsuit by Attorney William DiAdamo who was fired by the City of Lawrence after losing the Andrea Traficanti worker's compensation case.
DiAdamo is suing the newspaper in an attempt to force Valey Patriot President, Tom Duggan to reveal his sources on the story of his firing.
RELATED STORY NUMBER 1:
Fired attorney's firm member made millions on taxpayers: Andrea Traficanti files for permanent disability
RELATED STORY NUMBER 2: Defending the First Amendment and protecting confidential sources - Lawrence Attorney was confidential source
favor of The Valley Patriot
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has dealt another devastating defeat to Kevin Thompson of Methuen who unsuccessfully sued The Valley Patriot newspaper for libel and defamation of character stemming from an opinion piece published in 2006 (Father’s Priorities are out of Whack). The Valley Patriot is a monthly publication headquartered in North Andover and was established in 2004.
Thompson filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper a
nd it’s owners individually, first claiming that Valley Patriot owner/editor Tom Duggan was the author of the piece credited to freelance writer Tom Dunham. But, after weeks of harassing Duggan by phone and sending crass and abusive emails, Thompson then changed his story and blamed Valley Patriot co-owner Paula Porten when he learned that Porten was also an attorney who has cases in family court.A Public Figure
Thompson wrote a book claiming he was a victim of conspiracies in the family court, the book was banned by Judge Manzi during his custody battle with his ex-wife. The ban further fueled his conspiracy theories which he used to gain sympathy from local fathers who also felt (some legitimately) that they had been treated unfairly by the family court.
Thompson began to engage in long, rambling rants on his website and on local blogs accusing Porten and Duggan of being part of the “conspiracy” with Judge Manzi, his ex-wife and others to deny him custody of his child and cover up the conspiracy against him in the family court.
He also accused dozens of bloggers (who ridiculed him) of “being Duggan” or “his douche bag family court girlfriend Paula Porten”.
Neither Porten nor Duggan had anything to do with Thompson’s custody case, were not present during the proceedings and were in no way affiliated with Thompson’s failures to convince the court he was a fit father.
Porten and Duggan contended all along that Kevin Thompson had a history of frivolous lawsuits and was looking for a quick payday “because he had always enjoyed positive press before we came along and he just couldn’t handle it when one of our writers took him to task,” Duggan said.
The Valley Patriot had previously given Thompson and his friends in the “Fatherhood Coalition” positive, free publicity including an “interview” that editors later found out Thompson had written himself and conspired to publish under someone else’s name.
Judge Marita Hopkins said in her initial ruling: "One cannot be so prominent and vocal a partisan in a public debate, particularly when one has had a hand in creating the debate in the first place, and then cry foul at the rough and tumble of the merketplace of ideas. Thompson cannot establish that any of the claims in the op-ed are anything other than opinion or, if they are fact, that they are false. Therefore, he cannot, a fortiori, prove that they were made with “actual malice." Consequently his claim must be dismissed." – Judge Merita Hopkins, Justice of the Superior Court.
(FULL RULING HERE)
Judge Hopkins also ruled that Thompson he had to pay legal and attorney’s fees to Paula Porten, Tom Duggan and The Valley Patriot.
Valley Patriot editors estimate that they have shelled out more than $11,000 defending against Thompson’s “frivolous suit”, an amount they say will take them years to recover. As he did in his failed attempt to gain custody of his son, Kevin Thompson represented himself in the initial lawsuit against the Valley Patriot as well as the numerous failed appeals that followed.
After losing in Lawrence Superior Court in January of 2009, Kevin Thompson appealed Judge Hopkins’ ruling, attacking her on his website and adding her to the long list of alleged conspirators he claims are “out to get” him.
In court paper the disgruntled father accused Judge Hopkins of conspiring with the Valley Patriot, his ex wife, her lawyer, judges and members of the press. Thompson even personally attacked Judge Hopkins on his website (HYSTERICAL RANTINGS AGAINST JUDGE HOPKINS). He also has a list of judges on his site whom he claims have committed "crimes" against him. (LINK)
“Clearly we are dealing with someone who has some personality and social issues,” said Valley Patriot owner/editor Tom Duggan.
“I feel bad for Mr. Thompson, I pity him really. He has lost his kid, his wife, his job, his election and every lawsuit he has ever filed. If you think about it, the poor guy has convinced himself that I, Paula Porten, judges, lawyers, the entire Methuen School System, the teachers union, court clerks, police officers, members of the press, and anyone in his line of sight are all part of some secret plot against him. I hope he gets the help he needs.”
A History of Failed and Frivolous Lawsuits
After being warned several times not to discuss his book or his personal issues concerning his ex-wife and son, Thompson repeatedly discussed his personal issues with students at Methuen High School and after disciplinary actions failed to stop his behavior he was fired.
Thompson sued the City of Methuen, the superintendent, members of the school committee the principal, his superiors and the teachers union for failing to defend his actions. Thompson lost each of those lawsuits after he had admitted on CNN’s Tucker Carlson that he spoke to his students about his book and his custody battles with the court.
Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Laboy brought Thompson on board to teach science at Lawrence High School two years ago. He is still employed by the Lawrence Public Schools.
Thompson ran for Mayor of Methuen in 2009 but finished third out of three candidates in the primary. He was called a “loon” by fellow candidates and ostracized by political activists for his outrageous behavior on the campaign trail and his bombastic, angry and sometimes incoherent blog postings on the Eagle~Tribune website.
The Valley Patriot is represented by Andover Attorney, Peter Carusso of Divine Millimet. "We are quite confident that, if Mr. Thompson decides to appeal this to the Surpeme Court the result will be the same," Carusso said.
“We never took this guy seriously,” Duggan added. “He’s just a disgruntled father who was trying to blame his numerous failures in life on everyone else but himself. I know he’s looking for some kind of redemption after losing his kid but he’s not going to use us to get it. There was never any doubt that Mr. Thompson would lose at every stage of this charade, and we’re just glad we can now see light at the end of the tunnel,” Duggan concluded.
2nd Suit Pending
The Valley Patriot still faces a lawsuit by Attorney William DiAdamo who was fired by the City of Lawrence after losing the Andrea Traficanti worker's compensation case.
DiAdamo is suing the newspaper in an attempt to force Valey Patriot President, Tom Duggan to reveal his sources on the story of his firing.
RELATED STORY NUMBER 1:
Fired attorney's firm member made millions on taxpayers: Andrea Traficanti files for permanent disability
RELATED STORY NUMBER 2: Defending the First Amendment and protecting confidential sources - Lawrence Attorney was confidential source
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