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Skip to comments.Howie Carr Thread Apr 1-15, 2013
Posted on 04/01/2013 5:53:18 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Howie thread for the first half of April
List ping for first half of April.
http://www.howiecarrshow.com is supposed to go into full content today (for now it's just a plug for his book, but it's still early)
Radio-TV hoaxes on Apr 1:
==1980: WNAC-TV 7 bogus news report of volcano at Great Blue
Hill erupting. News producer was fired.
—forget year: soul station WILD AM changes to country...
for a few hours.
—1998: WAAF fires Opie and Anthony after bogus report of Mayor Menino dying in a car crash in Florida "while transporting a Haitian prostitute". The clip is on
youtube (and starts with them calling Howie fat etc.
Sorry folks, but if you're depending on two goofy
talk host/DJs on a rock station for your only source of
baseball season again and you may get Howie pre-emptions for day games (like today) on the following stations:
WCRN 830 Worcester—Red Sox Network
WEGP 1390 Presque Isle ME (not sure; RKO site says they're
not on the Howie network but supposedly they are acc to
their site)—Red Sox Network
WVMT 620 Burl VT—Yankees Network
Carr: Win this one for all of the double-dippers
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By: Howie Carr
Double-dipper few other things drive voters into such a frenzy as the thought of some payroll patriot collecting not one, but two paychecks, at least one of them from the taxpayers themselves.
I mean, its one thing to feed at the public trough. Its something else altogether to lick the plate.
It looked like we were going to have two double-dippers in the Boston mayors race. But now state Rep. Marty Walsh says he is giving up his $167,911-a-year job as secretary/treasurer of the Boston Building and Construction Trades Council within the next 10 days.
And how about the $38,750 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee that your fellow pinky-rings gave you?
Thats going, too, he said. Everything with the job, gone. Im going to have to buy a car Ive owned one before, I just dont have one of my own right now.
Good Lord, it sounds like hes trying to channel Ray Flynn circa 1983.
What color was that station wagon of his, red?
I seem to remember it as being brown rust brown. Mostly rust, not so much brown.
Of course, Walsh didnt have much choice in the matter if he wanted to run. Last year, the Heralds Joe Battenfeld called him out on his work for Granny Warren while collecting both the union salary and his House chairmans pay of $67,000.
Im not part of that 1 percent, Walsh said then.
No, Marty, you were more like part of that one-half of 1 percent. At least then.
Then there is Jim Rooney, boss of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. Word is that hes been calling around to the business community, whatever that means in Boston these days. His current pay is $257,500 a year. He also collects a pension from the MBTA. His flack didnt get back to me with the current number on that one, but in 2001 the T kiss in the mail was $68,000 a year.
At the age of 43.
Between the MBTA, the MCCA and chief of staff for Mumbles at City Hall, it would seem that Rooney has spent a lot more time in the hackerama than in the Dreaded Private Sector. And by the way, his current salary is down from what he made in 2011 $377,000, including $114,000 in bonuses from 2009 and 2010. Gotta love those public-sector bonuses.
But I rather doubt Rooneys going to run. I left him a message asking the question, and repeated the request to his flack, who said, I passed on your request to Jim. When the phone didnt ring, I knew it was Rooney.
Oh well, so it looks like no double-dippers in the fight. Thats OK, Ill find other things to write about. Anyone know exactly how tall Rob Consalvo is?
Where do I sign up? Seriously, where/how do I get on this gravy train? EBT? SSDI? How do I get on board.
Not the Spotlight they sought
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Howie Carr
For once, I have to agree with Mumbles. The latest Globe Spotlight series about Boston cabs was too long, and I didnt read it either.
Which is why I didnt know until yesterday that the undercover Globe reporter/taxi driver got into a big smashup at Stuart and Clarendon streets last November. Even more damning, before the scribe and his two passengers were transported to the hospital, he gave the cops a story that he later had to, ahem, correct a factual flaw in.
Is correcting a factual flaw anything like changing your story?
And now these crack journalists have neglected to print the other side of the story, from the other driver. Not giving both sides of the story what did the Globe think, that it was still misreporting on Granny Warrens alleged Indian heritage?
But the bow-tied bumkissers should look on the bright side of this fiasco. At least this one Globe story wasnt made up, or plagiarized. The accident really happened, believe it or not.
What you have to understand about this Spotlight series is that the Globe was trolling, once more, for a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. As Alexander Cockburn (a noted lefty) once observed, these awards invariably go to stories you havent read, about issues you dont care about.
This is where the length comes in handy, no matter what Mumbles thinks. These interminable series are delivered to the Pulitzer judges doorsteps in wheelbarrows, and the judges spirits sink as they contemplate actually having to read volumes of such dreck. The only alternative is to just give them the damn prize. That way no one will call you on not reading it. In addition to being long and boring, the winning Pulitzer Public Service entry must be Politically Correct. God forbid the Globe should try to shine its nickel-and-dime flashlight on, say, EBT-card abuse. Too mean-spirited.
From a PC viewpoint, the great thing about Boston cabbies is that most of the drivers are immigrants. Thanks for pointing that out, Globe, we never would have known otherwise.
The Globe said the reporter/hack revealed his identity to his passengers. Did he really have to? Im guessing his ascot gave him away, or when he first asked them, Where to, old chaps?
The CEO of Boston Cab asked a good question: Who knows what hes doing while hes out there, hes not a professional cab driver.
Or working on his resume? You do understand that on Morrissey Boulevard, the end is near. The Globe theme song is, Any day now.
As of yesterday, the throne-sniffers hadnt deigned to print a correction, or even a clarification, admitting that the other guy is blaming the Globe reporters Ted Kennedy-esque driving.
They cant, because if the Pulitzer judges see that, they wont have to even pretend to read
the series before they dismiss it.
83 or so, Ch 2 followed around Tom Menino as he campaigned for city council. Youngah, thinnah, and at times you could almost understand him. That's him standing behind a TV set as he practices his speech
Carr: Pols tax battle
not free for all
Friday, April 5, 2013
Howie Carr
Finally, some good news out of the State House the Democratic Legislature and the Democratic governor are throwing roundhouses at one another.
As they used to say about the Iran-Iraq war, Isnt there some way they can both lose?
Unfortunately, no. Heres the dispute in a nutshell: Gov. Deval Patrick wants to extract $1.9 billion from the working classes. The legislative leadership says only $500 million will suffice. For now.
As the governor said yesterday of the general courts tax hike: Everybody pays more and gets less.
Devals plan is that everybody pays more and more and more and gets less.
The governor and his hackerama are so desperate for more money that Deval immediately issued an empty threat to veto the legislation. Ask Mitt Romney how those work out.
Republican lawmakers proposed a no-new-taxes bailout of the transportation system. But the GOP plan has three chances slim, fat and none.
Todays events on Beacon Hill, said state Sen. Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester), clearly illustrate the situation were in.
Yes, they do. In 12-step terms, Speaker DeLeo is a problem taxer. Deval is a full-blown taxaholic. Both of them need to go on the wagon.
This fight has been brewing for a while now, since DeLeo reportedly described Devals tax-em-back-to-the-Stone-Age scheme as fantasyland. Id say hallucination-land is more like it.
Among other things, Deval wants billions for worthless new rail lines, from Boston to Fall River and New Bedford and from Pittsfield to New York (you cant make this stuff up).
Plus $350 million more for the department formerly run by a moonlighting, $200,000-a-year hack from New Haven whose minions couldnt be bothered to check if sex offenders were living at the same addresses as day-care centers.
Deval immediately dusted off his pal Obamas sequester playbook. The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Take hostages! Obama says, Give me the money or the cancer patients get it! Deval says, Give me the money or the T gets it!
DeLeo said, Our plan is more responsive to the needs of the middle class.
Thats exactly the problem, as far as Deval is concerned. He wants to raise the income tax, which is a burden on people who work, in order to cut the sales tax, which is paid even by Devals EBT-cardholders.
Three days ago, a Republican was elected to the House from Peabody for the first time since 1990. Leah Cole, a 24-year-old nurse, knocked on 3,000 doors in her campaign. I asked her what the No. 1 issue was among the voters she talked to.
Taxes, she said.
But thats Peabody. Beacon Hill isnt in Peabody, its in Boston.
Cruel founding fathers
This 8th amendment twist is a bit unusual Sun Apr 7, 2013...by Howie Carr
Add the name of Michelle Lynne (ne Robert) Kosilek to the list of modern phenomena the Founding Fathers would definitely not appreciate being blamed for.
Little did they know what havoc they would someday wreak by adding the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution to prohibit cruel and unusual punishment.
Now comes Kosilek, a convicted wife murderer doing life without parole. He/she is claiming that it would be cruel and unusual punishment to deny him/her a sex-change operation excuse me, gender-reassignment surgery.
Not to get too graphic, but Kosilek is begging for elective amputation of a body part. Yes, that body part. Remember, the Eighth Amendment prohibits inflicting cruel and unusual punishment. An infliction is exactly the right word for what he/she is petitioning the court for.
As a lawyer for the state said last week, This expands the Eighth Amendment to new heights.
New heights? Surely he meant to say, new depths.
And it gets even more bizarre. A federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan has signed off on this infliction, and ordered payment of $724,000 to Kosileks pro-bono lawyers.
Odder still, the legal team desperately fighting to stop this latest slap in the face to common sense and the taxpayers works for a moonbat Democrat governor who began his own legal career filing frivolous lawsuits against prison officials in Maryland.
But it appears that Michelle Lynne Kosilek is a bridge too far even for ultra-Politically Correct Deval Patrick.
You may recall that back in the 90s, wife-strangler Kosilek was diagnosed with a trendy new malady called gender identity disorder. Knowing full well the type of bleeding-heart crackpots who sit on the bench in Massachusetts, the Department of Correction signed off on psychotherapy, female hormone treatments, laser hair removal, etc.
Just not the ultimate cruel and unusual punishment. So Kosilek sued and prevailed in federal district court. Now the state is appealing to the First Circuit.
By the way, despite Kosileks alleged anguish and suffering, he/she has not tried to commit suicide.
Here is what Judge Mark Wolf wrote when ordering the sex-change operation, and if Ronald Reagan could read what his appointee wrote, James Madison wouldnt be the only one turning over in his grave.
There is no less intrusive means to correct the prolonged violation of Kosileks Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care.
After Kosilek gets the sex change, whats to stop her (what other word can you use at that point?) from turning around and re-suing the DOC for violating her Eighth Amendment rights by allowing the operation? After all, didnt the ACLU et al. go bonkers in Kansas when the legislature merely tried to impose chemical castration on convicted sex-offenders?
To top it all off, Judge Wolf issued a not-so-veiled threat to the state and Deval:
Resistance at all costs could end up costing the taxpayers quite a lot. The defendant, up to the governor, should consider whether its in the publics interest to do that.
In other words, resistance is futile. And behind Kosilek a queue of other DOC inmates are reportedly lining up for their own one-way gender reassignments to MCI-Framingham. Thanks a lot, President Madison.
Rifleman: Flemmi thought about killing his pal Whitey
Victims of gangsters bloody reign Monday, April 8, 2013 By: Howie Carr
First of three excerpts from Howie Carrs new book, Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulgers Partner.
Gangster Stevie the Rifleman Flemmi will return to Boston for one final cameo in June, for his longtime underworld partner Whitey Bulgers murder trial in federal court. Theres no love lost between these two, and in todays excerpt, Flemmi claims he thought about killing Whitey.
Testifying against Bulger will have to do. Prosecutors will want Flemmi to hang a string of murders including his two girlfriends, Debbie Davis and Debra Hussey on Whitey. The defense will try to pin them on Flemmi alone.
At age 78, Flemmi is doing life at an undisclosed prison after confessing to 10 murders, and taking the Fifth on 10 others.
After his 2003 conviction, Stevie detailed his 40-year criminal career to feds and cops from three states. That document is the basis of Howie Carrs Rifleman. What follows is a partial list of Flemmis explanations or rationalizations for why he, Whitey and other Boston mobsters killed:
Debbie Davis, 26, Flemmis longtime girlfriend, strangled by Whitey in 1981:
Flemmi had met Davis shortly after his return from the lam in 1974. Flemmi and Davis lived together, but over the years their relationship deteriorated, as Flemmi began sexually abusing Davis 14-year-old sister Melissa.
To patch things up, one night Stevie took Davis to the Bay Tower Room on State Street. But he was called away and Davis, suspicious that he was going to see another woman, asked him why he had to leave so suddenly.
He admitted out of frustration that he was going to see an FBI agent (John CONNOLLY), who was a friend of BULGERs. BULGER was very angry when he learned from FLEMMI that Ms. DAVIS was now aware of their relationship with Connolly.
FLEMMI stated the problems with Ms. Davis were also affecting his relationship with BULGER. FLEMMI said that BULGER didnt like Ms. DAVIS, and wasnt very skilled in his relationships with women. As FLEMMIs romance with Ms. DAVIS cooled, BULGER insisted that Ms. DAVIS had to be eliminated because of her knowledge.
FLEMMI said that he finally assented to BULGERs demands and allowed BULGER to plan the murder. Flemmi says he was under a great deal of stress when he lured her to his parents house across a courtyard from Senate President Billy Bulgers home. Whitey was waiting inside, on the Flemmis sun porch, to murder her. Strangling the beauty was a pleasure for Whitey, Flemmi says, and while she was being buried on Tenean Beach, Flemmi claimed, he contemplated killing BULGER.
Later Flemmi told hitman Johnny Martorano that he himself had accidentally strangled Davis a statement Flemmi denied making in his confession.
Debra Hussey, 26, Flemmis common-law stepdaughter with whom he had been having sex since she was 14, strangled by Whitey in 1985:
This was another very difficult and emotionally draining murder for Flemmi. But like Davis, Hussey was often disrespectful to BULGER. And, Flemmi added, she was doing a lot of things which I didnt approve of.
Hussey was using heroin, turning tricks and sometimes even brought home black male prostitution clients to the familys residence (in Milton), which caused FLEMMI additional embarrassment.
Flemmis confession continues: Eventually he and BULGER had had enough and decided to kill her.
Flemmi said the actual strangulation was committed by Whitey, although he (Flemmi) may have twisted her light beige sweater around her neck, while stripping her body and also pulling out her teeth, to prevent future identification.
Later, when the gang had to dig up three bodies theyd buried in a small house in South Boston, the observant Flemmi noticed that Ms. HUSSEYs corpse had some flesh clinging to the bones after it was exhumed.
Harold Hannon and Wilfred Delaney, gangsters strangled by the Winter Hill Gang in 1964:
Flemmi says they werent tortured with acetylene torches, and were in fact given drugs a humane method intended to reduce the doomed pairs suffering.
Wimpy Bennett, Stevies first underworld boss, was murdered in 1967 because (Mafia underboss) Larry BAIONE had a particular dislike for BENNETT and these feelings were mutual.
Walter Bennett, Wimpys older brother, was murdered three months later. After his brothers murder Walter no longer trusted FLEMMI. It was decided that Walter must also be eliminated.
Billy Bennett began vocalizing his belief that Flemmi had murdered both his brothers. Flemmi reluctantly decided Billy had to go, too.
Richie Grasso, who helped kill Billy Bennett, was shot in the head the same night in December 1967 because of the panic he had exhibited at the murder scene.
Peter Poulos, a witness to the Bennett murders, was murdered by Flemmi in the Nevada desert in 1969 because FLEMMI became concerned that POULOS will was weakening.
Paul McGonagle, part of Southies Mullens Gang, was murdered by Whitey in 1974 because BULGER still considered him a threat, not least because BULGER had murdered his brother by mistake years earlier.
Roger Wheeler, the millionaire owner of World Jai Alai, was murdered in Tulsa in 1981 because he was being exceptionally difficult to deal with.
Brian Halloran, murdered on Northern Avenue in 1982, was a potential witness against Whitey. Flemmi was fine with it: I thought he was a bully he killed a guys horse. I thought that was a despicable act.
Tomorrow: Whitey Bulger claims five murders he didnt commit, to intimidate a shakedown target. Wednesday: Flemmi says FBI agent H. Paul Rico asked him for a throwdown gun to kill a gangster but failed to go through with it. To preorder Howies new book, Rifleman, go to howiecarrshow.com.
(Note: Lehr & O'Neil's book Whitey begins with the Davis murder--I have the audiobook version. There won't be an audiobook version of "Rifleman" but I ordered a copy of the book...--rr)
Sounds like another good book from Howie!
...Death pool? Thatcher RIP
Annette Funicello has also passed away.
GOP debate (minus Winslow) on Howie's show today at 5.
One of the candidates is named Gomez; speaking of Gomez...
Gomez the Politician! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM16uYI_nuY
I heard the 'man up' debate...Gomez sounded like a weasel. I'll pull the lever for any republican in the race but I truly hope the primary voters find Sullivan to be the right guy to put up.
'Rifleman': Whitey, Stevie were kings of the scam
Blackfriars massacre shocked the city in 78
Second of three excerpts from Howie Carrs new book, Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulgers Partner.
by Howie Carr/Bostonb Herald 4/9/13
Gangster Stevie the Rifleman Flemmi is due back in Boston in June to testify in his longtime underworld partner Whitey Bulgers federal murder trial. In todays excerpt from my new book, Rifleman, based on Flemmis 2003 confessions, he details some of Whiteys scams:
In June 1978 Whitey pulled off one of his boldest scams, after five men were murdered in a Summer Street cocaine den known as Blackfriars.
Flemmi had ties to the place through its owner, Vincent Solmonte. Flemmi had even gotten one of his girlfriends, Marilyn DiSilva, a job there. The night of the murders, he and DiSilva stopped by Blackfriars. But then Flemmi saw BARBOZA associate Nick FEMIA in the club, and had gotten a sense that something was amiss. FLEMMI convinced DISILVA to leave the club with him, probably saving her life.
(DiSilva, on the other hand, has told reporters that Stevie called her that night and told her not to go to the club one of many instances in Flemmis debriefings where his testimony is contradicted by other witnesses.)
The next morning the city awoke to the news of the slayings of five men in Blackfriars, among them owner Solmonte and former Ch. 7 reporter Jack Kelly.
Whitey called his own personal FBI agent Zip Connolly, now serving 40 years for murder, to get the BPDs crime-scene photos.
BULGER wanted the photos both for his own curiosity, and to be used on a scam to be perpetrated on (a Boston businessman) whom Whitey knew had owed $60,000 to the deceased Blackfriars owner.
That afternoon, Whitey went to the businessmans office, announced that he did the Blackfriars murders, and said the businessman now owed him the $60,000. When the businessman balked, Whitey laid out the crime-scene photos on the mans desk, saying he had taken them himself. Terrified, (the businessman) promptly paid the money.
It was a brazen grift. But then, as Richie Castucci told the FBI a few months before he was killed in 1976, he is a vicious animal who will not take no for an answer.
Although Bulger was convicted of robbing only four banks in the 1950s, he bragged to Flemmi that he had actually held up 17 banks during his 1955 crime spree, and that he was still spending some of that stolen loot well into the 1970s.
Both the Rifleman and Whitey were known as extreme cheapskates. Frank Salemme, an early partner of Flemmi, called the pair squirrels. He also called them jackals, for the way they bullied others.
Some cons the gang ran repeatedly, Flemmi said. One was to summon someone operating on the fringes of the law, say a shady businessman or a drug dealer, to the second floor of their Lower End bar, Triple Os the word was out they had committed murders there. The dodgy character would be told that some unnamed party had given the gang a contract on him. But it could be straightened out, for, oh, $50,000.
Another scam was to fire shots at the home of a bookie late at night. The next morning, Stevie or Whitey would call the bookie to commiserate, and ask if he needed protection. Those cons might be worth a $25,000 down payment, and $300 a month from then on.
Four years after Blackfriars, the gang murdered a businessman wannabe named John Callahan, the last of the gangs four World Jai Alai murders. Soon after Callahans body was found, the gang learned Callahan had secret bank accounts in Switzerland worth up to $600,000.
Callahans business partner was brought to the second floor of Triple Os.
FLEMMI and BULGER demanded money that they claimed Winter Hill had invested with CALLAHAN. (It was a lie.) FLEMMI said that (the businessman) was threatened with a replica Thompson machine gun and was clearly frightened.
He flew to Switzerland and emptied out Callahans accounts. He then gave the cash to the gang, who split it up, each one getting $60,000 cash.
However, the businessman was soon subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury investigating the World Jai Alai murders. He knew he would have to answer questions about his furtive trips to the Swiss banks.
FLEMMI stated that (the businessman) was instructed to tell the grand jury that Bucky BARRETT had been the one who had gotten money from CALLAHANs bank accounts.
Bucky Barrett was a burglar Whitey and Stevie had murdered a few months earlier, after stealing more than $100,000 from him. At the time Barrett was officially missing, although he was already dead and buried in the basement of a small house on East Third Street in Southie.
FLEMMI also confirmed that (the businessman) was shown a picture of Barrett so that he could intelligently describe BARRETT. FLEMMI ... believed that the picture came from BULGER.
One thing Stevie always wanted the cops to know: BULGER was in control. He made all the decisions. And why, Stevie was asked, did he take over the gang?
Because of his management abilities.
Tomorrow: Stevie Flemmi and H. Paul Rico, the most corrupt agent in FBI history.
Rifleman: Agent Rico and Stevie like blood brothers
FBI always had a place for the thug
By Howie Carr April 10, 2013
The final excerpt from Howie Carrs new book, Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulgers Partner.
Gangster Stevie the Rifleman Flemmi is due in Boston in June to testify in his longtime underworld partner Whitey Bulgers federal murder trial. In todays excerpt from my new book, Rifleman, based on Flemmis 2003 confession, he details some of his dealings with corrupt FBI agent H. Paul Rico:
When they first met in 1958, Rico was a young FBI agent and Flemmi was an up-and-coming hoodlum. Pretty soon they were, you might say, thick as thieves.
Rico is best-known for the congressional testimony he gave in 1997 about the FBIs 1968 framing of four Boston underworld figures for a murder they did not commit. All four served more than 30 years in prison. Two died there.
Whaddaya want from me, tears? Rico told a congressman.
But that was just one facet of his incredibly corrupt career, much of which involved Flemmi.
Rico hated the McLaughlin gang of Charlestown. In the early 1960s, the FBI had tapped their phones, and picked up disparaging comments about the alleged sexual practices of Rico and his bosses, J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. Edward Punchy McLaughlin had also threatened the brother of Dennis Condon, Ricos partner in the FBI.
George McLaughlin in 1965 was a fugitive, on the FBIs Most Wanted List for the murder of a Roxbury bank teller. Flemmi picks up the story:
Just prior to George MCLAUGHLINs arrest RICO asked FLEMMI for a throwdown handgun. Rico explained that the agents were about to arrest MCLAUGHLIN (and were) planning on shooting MCLAUGHLIN as they took him into custody. The agents were going to plant the gun on a dresser next to MCLAUGHLIN and claim that he had reached for the weapon (and they had fired back) in self-defense.
Flemmi gave Rico an untraceable .38 caliber revolver. The next day, McLaughlin was arrested, without any fanfare. Flemmi was puzzled.
RICO explained to FLEMMI that there were five agents involved in the arrest, but that while four were in agreement to kill MCLAUGHLIN, the group was uncertain about a fifth agent ... and the plan was dropped. FLEMMI added that RICO never returned the firearm to him.
Another time, Rico gave the Dorchester address of two McLaughlin hoodlums to Buddy McLeans Winter Hill gang.
FLEMMI noted that this information was of a particular interest to the MCLEAN group because the Dorchester neighborhood was unknown territory for the (Somerville) gang, which would have made surveillance on these two MCLAUGHLIN associates very difficult.
Armed with Ricos information, the Hill quickly rubbed out the two McLaughlin gunsels.
Perhaps Ricos greatest assistance came in Flemmis 1965 murder of Punchy McLaughlin, the leader of the Charlestown crew. He had already been shot several times, and one of his hands had been amputated after an ambush in Canton. He could no longer drive, but his girlfriend took him every morning to the Spring Street MBTA station in West Roxbury, to catch a bus to his brother Georges murder trial downtown.
Rico passed this on to Flemmi. RICO then said that he wouldnt be working the following day, and was going golfing. FLEMMI recalled that RICO then took a make-believe golf swing. Flemmi murdered Punchy the next day as he boarded the bus.
FLEMMI added that when next he saw RICO, the FBI agent made the comment, Good shooting or Nice shooting.
Thirty-two years later, Chairman Dan Burton (R-IN) asked Rico about Flemmi.
Burton: Did you know he was a killer?
Rico: No.
Rico retired and went to work for World Jai Alai in Miami. Soon he was conspiring to kill his boss, Roger Wheeler. He recruited Flemmi and Whitey Bulger, as well as Johnny Martorano and Joe McDonald, two Winter Hill fugitives also living in Florida.
McDonald agreed to participate, because 20 years earlier, Rico had helped his late partner, Buddy McLean, set up yet another gangster who had been trying to kill McLean. After the murder, Rico had allowed McLean to hide in his home in Belmont for several days. Now Rico, the FBI agent, was calling in the 20-year-old chit.
After Wheelers murder, Tulsa Police Detective Mike Huff flew to Miami to interview Rico.
I went down there expecting to sit down with a fellow law-enforcement professional, he recalled later. I find myself sitting across the table from The Godfather.
A few months after Rico orchestrated the World Jai Alai murders, the FBI had a job for him. They needed an agent who could pass himself off as a gangster. Rico was their guy. As a result, a federal judge in Florida was impeached in the House and convicted in the U.S. Senate. Rico received a citation.
But by 2003, both Martorano and Flemmi had pleaded guilty to Wheelers murder, and testified against Rico. Huff had the honor of making the arrest. When the police first appeared at his posh lakefront condo, Rico was dressed in madras pants and a cardigan World Jai Alai sweater. When Huff produced the handcuffs, Ricos jaw dropped and he soiled his pants in terror. He was dead a few weeks later in a prison hospital in Tulsa, under guard, alone. He was 78.
Hacks never too old for taxpayer kisses
Thursday, April 11, 2013
By: Howie Carr
Sure, its impressive at some level, these state hacks hanging on until well into their 90s, but the hero of the hackerama is still John Flaherty, late clerk of the South Boston District Court.
A former truck driver, Flaherty served three terms as a state rep and was appointed clerk in 1945 at age 35. He was still at the public trough 58 years later when he stopped coming down for breakfast in 2004.
Pension? He didnt need no stinkin pension.
When Flaherty finally croaked, he was succeeded by none other than another person named Flaherty Peggy Flaherty Albertson. How South Boston is that?
Peg was no relation to Jack, but she is the daughter of ex-state rep and judge Michael Flats Flaherty, cousin of the late double-dipper Jimmy Flaherty, and sister of ex-City Councilor Baby Flats, who is running again this year because he wants to serve, i.e., run up his pension, reclaim his parking space at City Hall and maybe make another run at getting his wife on the BPD, thus setting her up for yet another pension for the Flahertys, the tinkers of Ward 6.
This is what its all about. When hacks say public service, theyre talking about the kiss in the mail. Nobody, and I mean nobody, in the Dreaded Private Sector gets a pension anymore. Everybody, and I do mean everybody, in the hackerama does.
Check out the new state pension list on our website. And remember, we dont have the MBTA pension list. State Rep. Shaunna OConnell (R-Taunton) tried to attach an amendment to the tax increases earlier this week making the T pensions public, but it was ruled beyond the scope of the bill.
I went down the pension list, by ages, and once again the old saying about retired payroll patriots comes to mind: Forgotten, but not gone.
Come on down, Eugene Brune, former Southern Middlesex register of deeds. Former mayor of Somerville. Retired in January at age 83, now grabbing $82,006.80 a year.
Ex-Rep. Alice Wolf of Cambridge, a moonbats moonbat. Also retired in January, at age 79, making $55,070.28.
Never leave until you have to. Just ask Ron Pina, the ex-DA of Bristol County. He left in 1991 and collects a mere $34,446. He was succeeded by Paul Walsh, who lasted until 2007. He gets $74,746.44.
I see one elected official emeritus who, when first elected, blurted out, Five hundred bucks a week for the rest of my life! Little did he know! Hes now 66, and his pension is ... $89,286.48 a year.
I know youre thinking exactly what Im thinking. Why didnt we become hacks too?
Carr: Support Liz Warrens bro so she wont have to
Friday, April 12, 2013 Howie Carr
What is it with these moonbats who want to raise the taxes on everybody else but wouldnt personally pay a nickel to see a volcano?
Whatever happened to the old saying, charity begins at home?
This mornings Exhibit A comes from U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Granny Warren, the fake Indian. You may recall her childhood on the jagged edge of the middle class.
Now shes crying the buckets again, sending out what appears to be a fundraising email about her hero Obamas alleged cuts in Social Security.
Last year she threw most of her family under the bus during the Senate campaign against Scott Brown. (Remember how her racist grandparents forced her parents to elope, after which they returned home that evening for a reception?)
Now its her brother Davids turn to take a bullet for the team, the Cleveland Indians, or maybe the Atlanta Braves, or the Washington Redskins.
Today my brother lives on his Social Security, she says. Thats about $1,100 a month, $13,200 a year.
You can almost hear Granny dropping her voice to deliver some bad news. Somebody cue the violins.
I can almost guarantee that you know someone a family member, friend or neighbor who counts on Social Security checks to get by, she hyperventilates. We cannot allow it (Social Security) to be dismantled inch by inch.
Hey Granny, did it ever occur to you that maybe you could just do the right thing by brother Dave? Youre worth well over $10 million, according to your financial disclosure statements. I know, you dont own any stocks just mutual funds, as you explained to a Kool-Aid drinker on MSNBC last year. If you dont have it already, youll soon be cashing a big book-advance check for your new tome, Faked, I mean, Rigged.
By your own account, you provided the intellectual foundations for the now-almost-forgotten Occupy Wall Street movement. Those smelly hippies were opposed to greed, remember? Granny, isnt it greedy for you not to pay your fair share for brother Dave? Think of it as an investment in the future. Its not money, its just revenues.
Why dont you just call Dave down in the Indian Territory and tell him, no problem bro, you can just move to my mansion in Cambridge and crash there until we get rid of this evil Republican president er, never mind.
But this is the moonbat m.o. She wants to raise your taxes, not hers. Shell give you the shirt off your back. Same thing with her ex-pal Obama. What about his brother George, living in a box in Nairobi? If Obama sent him a double-sawbuck, hed double his annual income. But like Granny, Obama throws around quarters like manhole covers. He let Massachusetts taxpayers support his beloved Auntie Zeituni while she was here illegally, not working, collecting welfare.
btw "zombie radio" update (Entercom WEEI/WRKO etc.) is that last night longtime host Pete Sheppard of WEEI quit--right on the air (nobody seems to have audio; a friend did hear it but didn't record). WEEI has been stumbling and, like RKO, is subject to layoffs and salary reductions. After they canned Glenn Ordway they told Red Sox pregame/postgame/fill in John Rish he'd have to take a 30 per cent pay cut. He told them to screw--resigned. On Fri. company CEO David Field (his dad founded Entercom) had a morale-boosting meeting at the sneaker building HQ in Brighton and now Sheppard wound up resigning, right on the air...he doesn't blame prog dir Jason Wolfe, instead the bigwigs. Since many have compared WEEI and WRKO to a sinking ship I thought of that line from Creedence's "Up Around the Bend": "Come away come away if you're going, leave the sinking ship behind."--raccoonradio
Justice a foreign word for judge
Sunday, April 14, 2013
By: Howie Carr
For once, Gov. Deval Patrick was right about something. Back in 2011, he promised that the illegal immigrant from Ecuador accused of running over and killing an American citizen in Milford would have the book thrown at him.
Go to column page linked above to listen to Audio of Gov. Patrick
How correct Deval was politically correct. Nicholas Dutan Guaman is having a book thrown at him all right a comic book.
Guaman cant be tried, at least not right now wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
This man, the judge says, has a unique cultural and linguistic background. Despite living here since 2002, Guaman claims hes illiterate, cant speak English and can barely speak Spanish. His native tongue is an Indian dialect known as Quecha.
The judge is a Deval appointee named Janet Kenton-Walker. Last week she ordered Guamans court-appointed lawyer to spend yet more taxpayer money to hire a Quecha interpreter because Guaman has no understanding of the legal system.
Odd, because he was arrested in 2008 on charges of assault and battery on a police officer and breaking and entering, and somehow those cases went away. Ditto, the customary driving-without-a-license charges.
I guess the foreman on Guamans construction jobs spoke Quecha. Ditto, the guy who sold him his false papers, as the judge puts it. Another apparent Quecha speaker was the clerk at the package store where he purchased the numerous beer cans the cops say they found in his brothers truck the day Guaman allegedly ran over and killed Matthew Denice, a 23-year-old graduate of Framingham State who was riding his motorcycle.
The charges include second-degree murder because, after Guaman allegedly hit the motorcycle and pinned Denice under his truck, he kept driving for a quarter-mile, according to police. The cops say he didnt stop, even though Denice was screaming and pedestrian passersby were pounding on the window of the trucks cab, yelling at him in English. If only theyd taken the trouble to learn Quecha. Finally, according to police, Guaman drove up on a sidewalk, then backed up over Denice, killing him.
Told by the police that hed killed someone, Guaman shrugged, cops say.
Most of this is from Milford police reports, because the judge mentioned only the barest details of this atrocious crime. She seems to think the real victim here is the illegal immigrant.
The judge writes that Guaman grew up poor. When he married, his family was extremely poor and they lived in a tent made of plastic sheeting.
Lets get back to Deval.
Deval issued a statement on Guaman after days of stories in all the newspapers. You can listen to his comments (and read the judges decision) at boston herald.com.
You know, he says, illegal immigration didnt kill he pauses here, trying to recall Matthews name before finally giving up this person. A drunk driver killed this person and uh, um, we have laws about this and I expect the book to be thrown at this person. He deserves it.
The judge scheduled the next hearing in 60 days. How much do you want to bet Guamans trial will be continued again and again and again?
If I ever get jammed up, I ask for no special treatment. Just treat me like
this person.
list ping—as you may know by now two explosions at Marathon finish line, coverage on the usual TV and radio outlets
police scanner: found a device
ch 7 has video of explosion
some say 3 dead
A couple threads here on FR and check twitter, facebook, TV-radio-paper sites. Herald and Globe sites overloaded though
and I know the Herald has an error message on there now.
This is kind of trivial in relation to the event and it's a shame it took this to get him there, but Howie is now on FM in Boston for the first time. The entire WEEI network, flagship WEEI-FM 93.7, is simulcasting Howie at the moment...
Thanks for the news...
wow, good to know!
The little I heard of Kuhner's show tonight was wonderful... does he have a regular show?
I hope you and yours are safe and unharmed tonight, raccoonradio... hope no loved ones of yours were anywhere near that horrific scene in Boston today.
am safe...I live and work about 20-25 miles away
Kuhner is on WRKO 6-9 am and 11 am-noon. You can hear him via TuneIn or WRKO site. This was a special show and it was said reg Howie affiliates could run it if they wanted. Avi Nelson did 9-mid. and also will do 12-3 p today on RKO only
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Implements the extensions to the Time class that are described in the documentation for the time.rb library.
date as HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616 and converts it
to a Time object.
ArgumentError is raised if
date is not compliant with RFC 2616
or Time class cannot represent specified date.
See httpdate for more information on this format.
# File time.rb, line 310 def httpdate(date) if /\A\s* (?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun),\x20 (\d{2})\x20 (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\x20 (\d{4})\x20 (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\x20 GMT \s*\z/ix =~ date self.rfc2822(date) elsif /\A\s* (?:Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday),\x20 (\d\d)-(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)-(\d\d)\x20 (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\x20 GMT \s*\z/ix =~ date self.parse(date) elsif /\A\s* (?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun)\x20 (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\x20 (\d\d|\x20\d)\x20 (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\x20 (\d{4}) \s*\z/ix =~ date self.utc($6.to_i, MonthValue[$1.upcase], $2.to_i, $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i) else raise ArgumentError.new("not RFC 2616 compliant date: #{date.inspect}") end end
date using Date._parse and converts it to a Time object.
If a block is given, the year described in
date is converted
by the block. For example:
Time.parse(...) {|y| y < 100 ? (y >= 69 ? y + 1900 : y + 2000) : y}
If the upper components of the given time are broken or missing, they are
supplied with those of
now. For the lower components, the
minimum values (1 or 0) are assumed if broken or missing. For example:
# Suppose it is "Thu Nov 29 14:33:20 GMT 2001" now and # your timezone is GMT: Time.parse("16:30") #=> Thu Nov 29 16:30:00 GMT 2001 Time.parse("7/23") #=> Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 GMT 2001 Time.parse("Aug 31") #=> Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 GMT 2001
Since there are numerous conflicts among locally defined timezone abbreviations all over the world, this method is not made to understand all of them. For example, the abbreviation "CST" is used variously as:
-06:00 in America/Chicago, -05:00 in America/Havana, +08:00 in Asia/Harbin, +09:30 in Australia/Darwin, +10:30 in Australia/Adelaide, etc.
Based on the fact, this method only understands the timezone abbreviations
described in RFC 822 and the system timezone, in the order named. (i.e. a
definition in RFC 822 overrides the system timezone definition.) The
system timezone is taken from
Time.local(year, 1, 1).zone and
Time.local(year, 7, 1).zone. If the extracted timezone
abbreviation does not match any of them, it is ignored and the given time
is regarded as a local time.
ArgumentError is raised if Date._parse cannot extract information from
date or Time class cannot represent
specified date.
This method can be used as fail-safe for other parsing methods as:
Time.rfc2822(date) rescue Time.parse(date) Time.httpdate(date) rescue Time.parse(date) Time.xmlschema(date) rescue Time.parse(date)
A failure for ::parse should be checked, though.
# File time.rb, line 239 def parse(date, now=self.now) d = Date._parse(date, false) year = d[:year] year = yield(year) if year && block_given? make_time(year, d[:mon], d[:mday], d[:hour], d[:min], d[:sec], d[:sec_fraction], d[:zone], now) end
date as date-time defined by RFC 2822 and converts it
to a Time object. The format is identical to the
date format defined by RFC 822 and updated by RFC 1123.
ArgumentError is raised if
date is not compliant with RFC 2822
or Time class cannot represent specified date.
See rfc2822 for more information on this format.
# File time.rb, line 261 def rfc2822(date) if /\A\s* (?:(?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun)\s*,\s*)? (\d{1,2})\s+ (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s+ (\d{2,})\s+ (\d{2})\s* :\s*(\d{2})\s* (?::\s*(\d{2}))?\s+ ([+-]\d{4}| UT|GMT|EST|EDT|CST|CDT|MST|MDT|PST|PDT|[A-IK-Z])/ix =~ date # Since RFC 2822 permit comments, the regexp has no right anchor. day = $1.to_i mon = MonthValue[$2.upcase] year = $3.to_i hour = $4.to_i min = $5.to_i sec = $6 ? $6.to_i : 0 zone = $7 # following year completion is compliant with RFC 2822. year = if year < 50 2000 + year elsif year < 1000 1900 + year else year end year, mon, day, hour, min, sec = apply_offset(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, zone_offset(zone)) t = self.utc(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec) t.localtime if !zone_utc?(zone) t else raise ArgumentError.new("not RFC 2822 compliant date: #{date.inspect}") end end
date as dateTime defined by XML Schema and converts it
to a Time object. The format is restricted version
of the format defined by ISO 8601.
ArgumentError is raised if
date is not compliant with the
format or Time class cannot represent specified
See xmlschema for more information on this format.
# File time.rb, line 351 def xmlschema(date) if /\A\s* (-?\d+)-(\d\d)-(\d\d) T (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d) (\.\d*)? (Z|[+-]\d\d:\d\d)? \s*\z/ix =~ date year = $1.to_i mon = $2.to_i day = $3.to_i hour = $4.to_i min = $5.to_i sec = $6.to_i usec = 0 usec = ($7[1..-1] + '000000')[0,6].to_i if $7 if $8 zone = $8 year, mon, day, hour, min, sec = apply_offset(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, zone_offset(zone)) self.utc(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, usec) else self.local(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, usec) end else raise ArgumentError.new("invalid date: #{date.inspect}") end end
# File time.rb, line 69 def zone_offset(zone, year=self.now.year) off = nil zone = zone.upcase if /\A([+-])(\d\d):?(\d\d)\z/ =~ zone off = ($1 == '-' ? -1 : 1) * ($2.to_i * 60 + $3.to_i) * 60 elsif /\A[+-]\d\d\z/ =~ zone off = zone.to_i * 3600 elsif ZoneOffset.include?(zone) off = ZoneOffset[zone] * 3600 elsif ((t = self.local(year, 1, 1)).zone.upcase == zone rescue false) off = t.utc_offset elsif ((t = self.local(year, 7, 1)).zone.upcase == zone rescue false) off = t.utc_offset end off end
Returns a string which represents the time as rfc1123-date of HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616:
day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss GMT
Note that the result is always UTC (GMT).
# File time.rb, line 422 def httpdate t = dup.utc sprintf('%s, %02d %s %d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT', RFC2822_DAY_NAME[t.wday], t.day, RFC2822_MONTH_NAME[t.mon-1], t.year, t.hour, t.min, t.sec) end
Returns a string which represents the time as date-time defined by RFC 2822:
day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss zone
where zone is [+-]hhmm.
self is a UTC time, -0000 is used as zone.
# File time.rb, line 391 def rfc2822 sprintf('%s, %02d %s %d %02d:%02d:%02d ', RFC2822_DAY_NAME[wday], day, RFC2822_MONTH_NAME[mon-1], year, hour, min, sec) + if utc? '-0000' else off = utc_offset sign = off < 0 ? '-' : '+' sprintf('%s%02d%02d', sign, *(off.abs / 60).divmod(60)) end end
Returns a string which represents the time as dateTime defined by XML Schema:
CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssTZD
where TZD is Z or [+-]hh:mm.
If self is a UTC time, Z is used as TZD. [+-]hh:mm is used otherwise.
fractional_seconds specifies a number of digits of fractional
seconds. Its default value is 0.
# File time.rb, line 444 def xmlschema(fraction_digits=0) sprintf('%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d', year, mon, day, hour, min, sec) + if fraction_digits == 0 '' elsif fraction_digits <= 6 '.' + sprintf('%06d', usec)[0, fraction_digits] else '.' + sprintf('%06d', usec) + '0' * (fraction_digits - 6) end + if utc? 'Z' else off = utc_offset sign = off < 0 ? '-' : '+' sprintf('%s%02d:%02d', sign, *(off.abs / 60).divmod(60)) end end
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Average Customer Review: 4.66 out of 5 (6 Reviews)
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Reviewer: Marisa Fadavi (Mississauga, Ontario) 6/13/2014
A perfect dress!
I love to wear lace so I was eager to buy this dress. It does wonders for my pear shaped body as it is so flattering! I have 5 Kiyonna dresses and they all fit as though they were made just for me!
Reviewer: Marie (, NJ) 5/15/2014
Perfect for Pear-shaped bodies
I desperately wanted to make this dress work with my body type. It's truly a gorgeous design and the only one I fell in love with out of the 3 dresses I ordered for an upcoming formal event. I have an apple-shaped body with a pronounced abdomen and what I think is a long-ish torso. I measured myself according to the size chart and ordered the 1x. It was a perfect fit, except the abdomen was a little tight. The narrow band that gives the dress shape is flattering if your bust is significantly bigger than your abdomen. It doesn't show in the model and real curves pictures, but, from a side view, it will highlight the swell of your abdomen. I looked pregnant. PROS: Beautiful dress, gorgeous color, does not look cheaply made; elastic material. Very comfortable to wear, design makes you feel and look elegant; easy to accessorize and hides upper arm problem areas CONS: Empire waist design has the tendency to make you look pregnant if you are an apple-shape body type I ordered the 1x and 2x both in teal and it really sucks that I will be returning both. This is one dress that I want to try on again after I trim some more belly fat.
Reviewer: Robin Kassner (New York, NY) 12/21/2013
Best Dress Ever!
I bought this dress over a year ago and I've worn it about 10 times! It's so flattering and it gives the bustline a really nice v-shape. It goes in at the waist and flows over the bottom half. This and the Desert Rain Maxi are the two most flattering dresses I've ever bought from Kiyonna. I am buying them up in every color I can find! I've never bought dresses off the rack that fit, flatter and look as sexy as these dresses.
Reviewer: Sarah LaRue (Arlington, VA) 10/29/2013
Makes a great maternity dress
I'm 8 months pregnant and needed a dress to wear to a wedding. Finding plus size maternity formal wear is not so easy. This dress looks and feels really great. I was so comfortable and didn't find it necessary to wear any body shapers underneath. The drape and fabric of the dress is really flattering.
Reviewer: reiko (los gatos, ca) 7/19/2013
Beautiful Dress Becoming to Many Sizes
The description of this dress says that it is becoming to any shape and I have to agree. It's a remarkably comfortable dress that will accommodate you amazingly. For example, I don't have to wear a body shaper unless I want a smoother profile; the dress fits just fine either way. The lace is nice, but it is the color beneath that makes it most interesting. Do NOT size up on this dress; too much fabric makes the lace bunch up over the lining so you cannot see it and turns the dress into something very dark and bulky. I, also, needed to wear a black bra that worked with the low v-neck, but did not need to wear a slip. This is a beautiful dress, but the amount of lace makes it sort of bulky to pack for travel unless you squash it down.
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Imagine waking up one morning to find a flood under your driveway. You have a broken pipe but there was no way to see it before it became a big leak. What kind of coverage do you have for this? It's one of the things you need to keep in mind when you solicit Michigan home insurance quotes and something in any policy that you should have working familiarity with. Repairs can be expensive and you want to be sure you have enough coverage for any kind of leak.
Most leaks are covered under standard policies, except for floods, which require you to buy supplemental coverage. The kind of water damage normally handled by a standard policy is "internally caused". That means a water heater leak, a break in your pipe, a roof leak or a leaky appliance.
The thing about leaks is that you sometimes don't notice they're happening until damage occurs and sometimes mold has had a chance to set in, or its predecessor, mildew. Mold can be hard to remediate and your policy may or may not cover it. You should know this in advance, because mold can present health problems and also devalue your house when you want to sell it.
Pay attention if your water bill makes a big jump from month to month. It may be a real indication that you have a leak. Savvy residents take a look at their appliance hoses and other parts at least annually, looking for wear and damage.
You may not know that simply turning off your main water connector and then checking your meter can be a clue to a leak. If you turn off the water and the meter is still running, there is water somewhere and you'd better find it.
It is common to have a roof leak or broken water pipe. Be sure to clean up any standing water instantly so that you don't have bigger problems. Another common but invisible leak can be when a refrigerator drip pan overflows. Empty it regularly!
Negligence is always a question with carriers so be sure you are doing appropriate maintenance on your roof and other places where leaks can spring up. Insurers do not like to cover leaks caused by owner negligence. Read your policy carefully.
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Donations sought for victim of snowmobile accident
NIAGARA, Wis. – Jacob London, 23, formally of Niagara was in a snowmobile accident on Dec. 26, 2012.
His parents, Tim and Laura London are from Niagara.
After he was stabilized at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain, he was air lifted to St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis.
As a result of the accident, he broke his jaw, cracked and lost teeth, broke his chest bone, broke his left collar bone, broke and chipped his left shoulder blade, broke and fractured ribs, punctured his lungs, had a collapsed left lung, bruised his heart, and broke two vertebrae (T6 and 7), which caused him to be paralyzed below the chest.
He since has been transferred to Craig's Hospital in Englewood, Colo., for rehab. During rehab, Jacob is working hard to regain strength of his left arm and hand. He is learning how to adapt to life with a spinal cord injury and get around using a wheel chair. He should be released from Craig's in April.
Once Jacob is released, he needs to set up an apartment that is wheel chair accessible, work out driving issues, such as a car with hand control modifications, get his teeth corrected, and return to work. Jacob also needs to pay for medical expenses not covered by insurance along with ongoing medical expenses.
If you would like to make a donation, please send it to:
River Valley Bank
101 West B St.
Iron Mountain, MI 49801
Attn: Samantha
Checks should be made out to Tim London in reference to "Jacob London Fund."
Also people may make donations on his Caring Bridge site and receive updates. The site is: http//www.caringbridge.org/visit/Jacob_london/journal.
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Is moral enhancement of the entrepreneur possible? That's the question Michael Severance, operations manager for Istituto Acton (the Acton Institute's Rome office) recently posed to Dr. Adriana Gini, a neuroradiologist at San Camillo-Forlanini Medical Centre in Rome and an expert bioethicist at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. Dr. Gini recently led Istituto Acton's monthly Campus Martius seminar "Moral Enhancement: Back to the Future" and offers some further insight on her topic. An audio recording of her seminar is available on the Istituto Acton home page.
Michael Severance: Dr. Gini, thank you for taking time to explain your views on the fascinating subject of moral enhancement. Most of us have heard of various forms of "physical" enhancement, as with genetic splicing for disease prevention, pre-selection of human embryos to produce "savior siblings" and mixing chemical cocktails to improve the physical endurance of our organs…In what way are the two types of enhancement – physical and moral – related, if at all? Or is this just a play on words?
Adriana Gini: The association between the word "moral" to the type of life we live, the decisions we make, our efforts and struggles to improve society and ourselves is perfectly natural. In fact, morality depends on our acts and our acts are the expression of what we are as human beings. Our behavior, as moral agents, is quite complex and, no doubt, involves our physicality. Nonetheless, a pure physical/neuronal explanation of morality -with no reference to a more comprehensive knowledge of the human person- is rather hazardous. As such, the term "moral enhancement" does not have an immediate, direct connection to some forms of genetic, pharmacological or biotechnological enhancement, unlike the ones targeted at cognitive enhancement.
MS: From an Acton perspective, it is interesting to know if there is some type of "competition" or "economic" factor driving neurological science in the direction of improving the human moral condition. What is at the bottom of all this? For example, is the real inspiration to improve human action found in creating a competitive edge in intelligence within the marketplace? Some might find it hard to believe that secular science is really interested in fostering moral excellence for its own sake in its laboratories. Much less so in its lab rats and guinea pigs!
AG: According to some authors, as with Julian Savulescu, director of the Oxford Centre for Practical Ethics and head of the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, contemporary research aimed at enhancing human cognition will result in an economic improvement (cf. Chap. 1.4 of Enhancing Human Capacities edited by Dr. Savulescu). In other words, better people make for better jobs, and in the end, better, more productive societies – in an economic sense. However, Savulescu's claim is that such enhancement might also lead to a greater world of evil action. For example, we can use drugs or other biotechnological means to improve our mental abilities, but sometimes also to our detriment: smarter terrorists mean fiercer terrorist attacks with the mental enhancement to fabricate more powerful, more intelligent weapons of mass destruction. Therefore, in Savulescu's opinion, any means to morally enhance the human species in terms of cognitive enhancement should only progress alongside research on moral enhancement. No one really knows, however, how to improve the human species morally by biotechnological means alone, since morality is not purely "biological"…, although there are certainly biological correlations to human moral behavior. (more…)


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Debates of April 17th, 2002
House of Commons Hansard #170 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was military.
- National Horse of Canada
- Tourism Industry
- Grands Prix du tourisme
- Tourism Industry
- Grantham Lions Club
- Norm Ovenden
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- The Constitution
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Child Pornography
- Human Rights
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- The Constitution
- The Prime Minister
- Softwood Lumber
- International Development
- National Defence
- The Constitution
- National Defence
- Government Expenditures
- The Constitution
- Auditor General's Report
- Young Offenders
- National Defence
- Foreign Affairs
- Auditor General's Report
- Health
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Health
- Taxation
- Health
- The Environment
- Airline Industry
- The Constitution
- Trade
- Presence in Gallery
- Chief Electoral Officer
- Order in Council Appointments
- Government Response to Petitions
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Committees of the House
- Contraventions Act
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Code of Ethics for Ministers Act
2 p.m.
The Speaker
As is our practice on Wednesday we will now sing O Canada, and we will be led by the hon. member for Nanaimo--Cowichan.
[Editor's Note: Members sang the national anthem]
National Horse of Canada
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Murray Calder Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, ON
Mr. Speaker, as you know, the House is reviewing a bill that aims to recognize the Canadien Horse as Canada's national horse.
The Canadien Horse is a perfect symbol for Canadians. It is tough. It has infinite stamina for its small size but is very gentle by nature. Like all immigrants to this great land, throughout its long history in Canada it has adapted to Canadian conditions.
I understand that many of our colleagues have not had the opportunity to meet an example of this little iron breed of horse. I am pleased to announce that outside Centre Block this afternoon Canadien Horse carriage rides are being offered to all interested parliamentarians and their staff. All are welcome to join me for "Canadiens on the Hill" and come out and see this fine breed of Canadian horse.
Tourism Industry
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
James Rajotte Edmonton Southwest, AB
Mr. Speaker, for many years now Canada has been experiencing a growth in its economy and an increase in the number of working Canadians. Much of this success is a direct result of the significant work of the Canadian tourism industry and its 159,000 businesses.
Currently 99% of tourism businesses meet the Statistics Canada definition of a small or medium sized enterprise. A full 97% of these are small companies. The Canadian tourism industry is a major pillar of the national economy, outperforming the general economy both in terms of revenue generated and employment growth over the past decade, an impressive record.
I congratulate the tourism industry on its contribution to the Canadian economy and commend the tourism representatives present here in the House today for their dedication to the viability and sustainability of this dynamic industry.
Grands Prix du tourisme
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Diane St-Jacques Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, last week marked the Grands Prix du tourisme de la Montérégie, and the city of Rougemont in my riding of Shefford did very well for itself. The Cidrerie Michel Jodoin and the Théâtre de Rougemont both came away with awards in the tourist attraction category.
The cider makers, Cidrerie Michel Jodoin, added one more award to the many they have collected over the years for their work, their quality products and the touristic visibility they bring to the region.
As for the Théâtre de Rougemont, they have brought us six years of entertainment with the top quality plays they stage, and their audiences are constantly growing.
I would suggest a trip to our area along the cider route, with a visit to the Cidrerie to taste their delicious nectar, followed by one of the productions of the Théâtre de Rougemont.
In closing, my sincere congratulations to the award winners. I also wish them good luck in Hull on May 10, when they will be competing in the Grands Prix du tourisme for all of Quebec.
Tourism Industry
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Stan Keyes Hamilton West, ON
Mr. Speaker, the tourism industry has a significant impact on the Canadian economy. Last year tourism spending, despite having the worst quarterly decline in 15 years due to the tragic events of September 11, continued to grow from the previous year and totalled $54.6 billion.
The tourism industry employs more that 500,000 Canadians directly. In fact, from a government perspective the tourism industry produces estimated revenues of almost $17 billion in taxes.
Today the Tourism Industry Association of Canada is hosting a Talking Tourism Symposium whereby tourism representatives from coast to coast to coast have come to Ottawa to discuss their dynamic industry. As a member of parliament who recognizes the positive effects of tourism in my riding of Hamilton West and across the whole country, I welcome the tourism industry to Ottawa and encourage it to keep up the great work.
Grantham Lions Club
Statements By Members
April 17th, 2002 / 2:05 p.m.
Walt Lastewka St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House of Commons today to acknowledge the Grantham Lions Club of St. Catharines which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding on Saturday, May 4, 2002.
The Grantham Lions Club has always accepted the challenge of turning concern for others into active assistance. Since its inception in 1952 hundreds of volunteer members of the Lions Club have given unselfishly of their time and talents to such worthwhile programs as Camp Trillium for children with cancer, Camp Dorset for dialysis patients, Lake Joseph Camp for the blind as well as numerous sports programs at the Grantham Lions Sports Park.
On behalf of all members of the House I congratulate the Grantham Lions on their 50 years of tremendous work within the St. Catharines community, and may their spirit of caring and commitment continue for another 50 years.
Norm Ovenden
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Peter Goldring Edmonton Centre-East, AB
Mr. Speaker, the Edmonton Journal 's long serving Ottawa scribe, Norm Ovenden, bids us farewell.
Fifteen years lathering in the Journal 's editorial harness, still unbroken of spirit, back yet unswayed and relatively unscathed by the ravages of the shrill Hill drill, now the seaways of our nation beckon as Norm Ovenden slips the surly bonds of Parliament Hill.
Unfettered, newly unbuckled of a media mogul's tack, embarking on a new voyage of discovery and conquest, trading national broadsheet news for fisheries and oceans muse, Norm now sets sail for an oceanic career, ready to reel in new whoppers, board new challenges, plug new lines and set new barbs, all to troll for Canada's aquatic gain.
I say bon voyage to Norm. May the seas be calm, the winds be true and the rewards be bountiful. Maybe now at long last I will get some decent ink in Edmonton.
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Gérard Binet Frontenac—Mégantic, QC
Mr. Speaker, today marks the anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The last two decades have been an exciting time for Canada; it has come of age.
The charter, which is displayed on the walls of our homes, schools and offices, sets out our rights and our freedoms, our responsibilities and our democracy. It has contributed to defining who we Canadians are, and is the means for expressing our identity, our shared convictions and the values we hold dear.
Every day, parliament and the various legislative assemblies and courts fine tune its meaning and its effects on us as individuals and as members of society.
As we mark these 20 years under the charter's protection, we need to pause a moment, reflect on its influence and celebrate together one of the greatest of Canadian achievements.
The Constitution
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold Jonquière, QC
Mr. Speaker, on April 17, 1982, the Government of Canada patriated the Canadian Constitution unilaterally, excluding Quebec.
Twenty years later, the consequences of this patriation, and particularly Quebec's exclusion, are still being felt. What is worse is that ,based on this constitution, Canada—mostly the Liberal government—has since disregarded Quebec consensus on numerous occasions.
Canada has decided to build itself by ignoring the aspirations of the Quebec nation, by creating a strong central government and by refusing to recognize Quebec as a nation.
This is why no political party recognized in the National Assembly, no Quebec government, regardless of its political stripes, has wanted to sign this constitution.
Quebec is a nation. It respects other nations and their citizens. We would ask for the mutual respect of Canadians in turn.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Carolyn Bennett St. Paul's, ON
Mr. Speaker, today marks a very significant anniversary. Twenty years ago the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a piece of paper that enshrined our fundamental rights as Canadians, became a reality but not many Canadians realize the battle women and men of our nation had to fight in order to ensure equality for all.
After one long week of negotiations with provincial leaders, women's organizations and Canadians, section 28 guaranteeing that rights and freedoms apply equally to male and female persons was included in the charter in 1982. It took three years, thousands of petitions from Canadian women and a group of female politicians who crossed party lines to ensure these rights were guaranteed to all Canadians regardless of their race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, mental or physical disability, or sex.
It is because of this battle that the Government of Canada remains committed to the principles stated in the charter relating to equality for women. Canadians should celebrate not only the inclusion of this section in the charter but also the power of all Canadians to make an impact on their nation in a very positive way.
Child Pornography
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Chuck Cadman Surrey North, BC
Mr. Speaker, last night some 30 members of parliament from across party lines met with representatives of law enforcement. The reason was to discuss the fallout from the recent B.C. Supreme Court decision which acquitted John Robin Sharpe of possession of child pornography. The court found that Sharpe's writings of violent sexual fantasies involving children, although repugnant, did not counsel offences against children and had some artistic merit.
Participants in the roundtable discussion were shown a very short but extremely graphic slide show of young children including infants being subjected to the most degrading acts of perversion imaginable. Experts in the field maintained that writings such as Sharpe's, far from being artistic, actually contribute to the sexual abuse of children.
Many of us in this place anticipated this decision immediately following the initial ruling in January, 1999 and have fought since then for change. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice attended last night. Perhaps he can convince his boss that Canada's children need our protection now.
Human Rights
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, today marks a rather remarkable historic convergence. It is the 54th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel and the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Each have generated their own revolutions: the founding of the state of Israel as a revolutionary event in Jewish and human history with the reconstitution of the ancient Jewish people in their aboriginal homeland; and the Canadian charter of rights with its revolutionary impact on the promotion and protection of human rights in this country and its rayonnement internationally.
Indeed, there is one generic right in the charter, article 7 which speaks of the right to life, liberty and security of the person, that also underpins the right of the Jewish people to self determination, a foundational international human right, and to individual and collective security. It underpins the corresponding right of the state of Israel to live within secure and recognized boundaries free from any threats or acts of force, at peace with her neighbours.
In Hebrew numerology the number 18, chai , means life. The number 54, connoting the 54th anniversary of the state of Israel, means life as a threefold blessing. May the right to life, liberty and human security in charter law and international human rights law resonate as a blessing for Canada, Israel and peoples everywhere, and may the prayer for peace so urgently yearned for be realized.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bill Blaikie Winnipeg—Transcona, MB
Mr. Speaker, today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Throughout this period of reflection around the 20th anniversary much will be said about former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and rightly so.
As he himself was not unwilling to acknowledge, one of his formative influences was Frank Scott, a McGill University law professor and one of the founding members of the CCF, the predecessor of the NDP. Indeed, a constitutional charter of rights was a continuing demand of the CCF and the NDP in the decades leading up to the adoption of the charter.
As one who was in parliament 20 years ago and who was privy to much of the dialogue between the NDP and the Liberals at that time as the charter proceeded from draft to reality, I give credit to my leader at that time, Ed Broadbent, and to the NDP caucus of that parliament.
The political fact of the matter, as you may recall, Mr. Speaker, was that Prime Minister Trudeau wanted our support and was prepared to make changes in his proposals to get that support and keep it. As I remember it, the NDP among other things wanted changes to the charter including stronger language with respect to equality of women and recognition of aboriginal rights.
In any event, the charter is with us and the supreme court has delivered an interesting variety of judgments on it. Canadians it seems are attached to the charter.
The Constitution
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, while the federal government is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, for most Quebecers, April 17 is the sad anniversary of the unilateral patriation of the Canadian constitution.
This patriation struck a blow to Quebec, weakening its rights and sapping the powers of its government and its National Assembly, and propelling it into a constitutional system to which it never agreed, nor will it ever agree.
The federal government knows all this and that is why it is omitting any mention of the unilateral patriation of the Constitution without Quebec's consent during the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the charter. This is a black mark on the history of Canada.
From two founding peoples, Canada became one Canadian nation, based on the principle of equality of the provinces, yet Quebec has never been a province like the others, but a nation with its own unique cultural, economic, and political heritage.
The Prime Minister
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, last night the Prime Minister was awarded the 2002 Statesman of the Year Award by the prestigious East-West Institute.
From time to time, we realize that the international community holds Canada and Canadian values in great respect. The Prime Minister provided us with a fine example.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said "By honouring me tonight you are really honouring Canada. [I have used] my office to put forward on the international stage values that are profoundly held by all Canadians: tolerance, democracy, internationalism, peace-building, respect for human rights and the rule of law".
All Canadians can feel justifiably proud about the progressive role that we play internationally. I congratulate the Prime Minister for projecting our unique voice and values on the world stage.


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UPDATE: Specifications of the GeForce GTX 480 originally posted in the news-story appeared to be incorrect. The GeForce GTX 480 will only have 480 stream processors.
Although much is known about Nvidia Corp.'s next-generation architecture code-named Fermi, there are still a few pieces missing from the puzzle, including performance of GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 graphics cards, their pricing and their specifications. A web-site claims that it has obtained information about pricing and specifications of the forthcoming products.
Rather surprisingly,, the GeForce GTX 480 graphics board will carry the GF100 graphics chip clocked at 700MHz with only 480 stream processors (down from 512 originally promised by Nvidia) operating at 1400MHz, will carry 1536MB of GDDR5 memory connected using 384-bit bus and will have 295W thermal design power (TDP). The more affordable version of Fermi – the GeForce GTX 470 – will feature graphics processing unit (GPU) with 448 stream processors (607MHz/1215MHz), will feature 1280MB of GDDR5 memory connected using 320-bit memory bus and will also sport 225W thermal envelope.
According to VR-Zone web-site, the GeForce GTX 480 will have manufacturer suggested retail price of $499, whereas the GeForce GTX 470 will cost $349.
It is a huge surprise that Nvidia decided to install a cut-down version of the code-named GF100 chip (NV60, GT300, G300) onto its flagship GeForce GTX 480 graphics board. Nvidia has been claiming that its high-end Fermi chip has 512 stream processors for about half a year now, but it looks like such chip appears to be very hard to manufacture and power hungry. Late last year Nvidia cut-down the amount of stream processors on Tesla C2050 and S2070 computing processor boards to 448, which was the first official indicator that there are issues with fully fledged GF100 chips with 512 stream processors.
Performance of the new GeForce GTX 400-series graphics cards is not known. However, TDPs of the novelties seem to be rather mind-blowing: the higher-performance graphics card has thermal envelope similar to that of dual-chip ATI Radeon HD 5970, whereas the more affordable board consumes 37W more power than the ATI Radeon HD 5870. For the sake of truth it should be noted that the model GTX 470 is much shorter than the model HD 5870, hence, it will fit into smaller systems.
Nvidia does not comment on unreleased products. The specs come from unofficial source, so, they are subject to change.


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A veteran producer of the troubled morning show, Don Nash, will replace executive producer Jim Bell.
NBC's Today, struggling to regain its status as the top-ranked morning show, is making changes behind the scenes.
The game plan? "To be bold, to be fresh and to push the envelope a little bit," says Don Nash, a 23-year veteran of the show who was named executive producer of the four-hour weekday telecast on Wednesday. He replaces Jim Bell, executive producer since 2005, who is returning to NBC Sports as lead producer of its Olympics coverage, a role he filled for last summer's London Games.
The show, a huge profit center for NBC, has had its share of troubles: Ratings are down 17% this season, and starting last April ABC's Good Morning America began besting Today in the ratings, a run interrupted only during NBC's two-week Summer Olympics coverage.
And a poorly executed handoff from Ann Curry to Savannah Guthrie last June, a year after Curry had replaced co-host Meredith Vieira, angered longtime Curry supporters, accelerating Today's decline.
GMA has benefited from a larger focus on entertainment, synergy with Dancing With the Stars and sympathy for co-anchor Robin Roberts' health problems, says Andrew Tyndall, who monitors network news for The Tyndall Report. Today producers "have always been really good at seeing what GMA is doing and counter-punching and keeping the lead, but that hasn't worked."
"There was a change in the anchor desk, and we saw viewers go away after that," says Nash, who started as an NBC page in Burbank, Calif., and has worked at Today for the remainder of his career. "But my sense is slowly, people are seeing the new team and they're starting to get it," he says.
Guthrie, a lawyer and former White House correspondent who co-anchored NBC's election coverage, has "brought life and sparkle to the show. I am convinced this is the right team."
And, Nash adds, "there's no plan to go, quote, more entertainment" in response to GMA.
For the TV season to date, GMA, up 3% over last year, leads Today by nearly 600,000 viewers, though in recent weeks that gap has narrowed. For the week of Oct. 29, GMA led by a still-significant 231,000.
Alexandra Wallace, the chief deputy to NBC News chief Steve Capus, was also named executive in charge of Today, suggesting a turnaround is a top priority. Capus says recent coverage of the election and Hurricane Sandy is steering Today in the right direction. "The news cycle has played in our favor, and it's not a coincidence that our ratings have tightened."
And while Wallace will provide an "extra set of eyes" to set the tone for Today and troubleshoot, Capus says Nash, offered the job Tuesday, will run the day-to-day broadcast as of Dec. 3. After looking elsewhere, "We turned to the guy that was Jim's No. 2 as an indicator that this is a very strong broadcast," he says.


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Weather causes weed problems in Chautauqua Lake
Whether Chautauqua Lake is going to encounter as many weed problems as last year is anyone's guess at this point in the year.
Last year, weed growth in the lake sparked many discussions on the best way to get rid of the problem. Additionally, the lake saw blue-green algae, which closed several beaches around the lake over the summer. And, in July, water chestnuts, another invasive species, were found in Chautauqua Lake.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, last year the most severe and extensive drought in at least 25 years hit much of the nation. In Chautauqua County, temperatures were above average during the winter months, causing far less ice, snowpack and snow melt on the lake. Due to this, Chautauqua Lake experienced lower water levels.
"The lower the water during the season allows for the plants to grow," said Jeff Diers, county watershed coordinator.
Diers explained that the lower water levels meant that plants were getting more sunlight, causing them to grow. Additionally, because there was little ice last year, plants closer to the shoreline that would have normally been frozen by the ice were able to grow.
On Jan. 31, 2012, Diers said the lake level was at 1,308.8 feet. Yesterday, the lake level was at 1,309.12 feet. Comparatively, on Nov. 2, 2012, the level was 1,309 feet.
"It's not significantly different from last year," Diers said. "Looking at today, with the way it has been so far this winter season, we have had really warm events, we've had cold events, we've had rain. As of now, we look in pretty good shape."
Last year, people did not realize that the lake was going to present a problem until March, Diers said.
"It is too early to predict precipitation rates throughout the winter months and make a determination of how the lake is going to be in the spring, throughout the summer," he said. "But, with the early snow pack and ice, plus the recent rains, we hope that the lake will maintain sufficient levels of water for recreation throughout the summer. We also hope that the ice pack will be enough to prevent light to reach plants and allow them to grow."
Diers said that the Chautauqua County Department Planning & Economic Development routinely checks on the water levels of the lake. However, he said right now there is nothing of concern to note for this summer.
"All we can hope for is that we have a typical Chautauqua County winter this year, to ensure that lake levels are optimal for lake recreation during the season," he said.