I got this email today from John Sloan at Dunkin Donuts. They are intersted in sponsoring clean up efforts. Here 's what he had to say.
William,
Was happy to speak with you on the phone. Just wanted to get the word out to you and your colleagues that eleven locally owned Dunkin Donuts in Dartmouth ,Westport and some stores in fall river are doing a month long recycling effort in our local community to celebrate earth day. We are looking for groups to do neighborhood clean ups and we want to be a sponsor for these events all month long. We can supply donuts and coffee ...
...and even have a relationship and agreement with Papa Johns pizza to supply free pizza for volunteers. We are doing a big push selling travel mugs and drink koozies at cost to reduce waste and even giving out free drinks on earth day. Wow! That will be interesting! We want the community to know we as a company care about the community we do business in and we want to sponsor any clean ups or recycling activities. So please put the word out and feel free to contact myself at any time or give out my number to interested parties and remember
" A Clean America Runs On Dunkin "
Have a Dunkerriffic day!
John Sloan
District Manager Dunkin Donuts
1-508-989-3505
mrdunkindonut@comcast.net
As I pointed out in this post,the Dartmouth DPW is sponsoring a clean up day on April 26th. If your group is going to go out and clean up, contact Mr. Sloan and get everyone started with some coffee.
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A lot of trash in our neighborhood is from Dunkin Donuts Dartmouth Street.
Well isn't it nice that they are taking some responsibility for their irresponsible clients?
how ironic. Dunkin donuts sponsers picking up dunkin donuts trash
It is funny! But glad they will help, in a cpitalistic society...or any other...can't count on help...Hey, did Sunrise say they'd help. I hope Sunrise loses the trans-fats. Sunrise donuts are better! Sunrise help with the trash...start with your own parking lot!
On Feb. 4, it was reported in The Standard-Times that Ed Iacaponi had been offered the position of interim executive administrator by Select Board Chairman Joe Michaud and Select Board member Diane Gilbert. The decision to offer Mr. Iacaponi the position had never been discussed or voted upon by the entire Select Board at that time.
Besides what I feel is a clear violation of the state’s Open Meeting Law, what I found to be the most appalling is that Gilbert publicly reprimanded Michaud for making this information public by calling the Standard Times.
She conveniently forgot to mention publicly that she also participated in this meeting to offer the interim position to Mr. Iacaponi.
It is interesting that she is currently running for re-election to the Select Board on a transparent and open government platform, yet she remains publicly silent regarding what I feel is a violation. An elected official, especially one who is running on a transparent and open government platform, she cannot pick and choose when to publicly expose an issue regarding transparency.
But no one should be surprised by Gilbert’s actions. They are not unprecedented.
Back in early 2008 during the much debated issue regarding a split tax rate -- an issue vehemently opposed by Diane Gilbert -- she wrote a letter to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue without first notifying her fellow Select Board members. In her complaint, she criticized the Select Board’s behavior and the manner in which they handled the debate by allowing the public to have a voice in the decision.
Think about this for a moment, we the taxpaying citizens according to Gilbert should not have been allowed to have our opinion heard in a public forum on how we should be taxed. There is something inherently wrong with this philosophy and tactic.
What this illustrates is Gilbert’s propensity to pick and choose when transparency is appropriate. Transparency must always be appropriate whether it works for you or against you.
Gilbert has had a lot to say regarding transparency in Dartmouth politics, and it has been illustrated that she has an incredible ability to turn a blind eye to transparency when it suits her needs.
The time for this double standard must come to an end in Dartmouth. We must as a community move forward by electing the right people to the Select Board to bring back transparency and collaboration back to our community, for that is what is needed most in these trying times.
We, the voting citizens of Dartmouth, now have our chance to decide how our community will tackle the issues we face. Will it be one of transparency and collaboration or selective transparency and divisiveness? The choice is yours at the polls on April 7th.
This comment is complete nonsense. Ms. Gilbert has been a consistent and unwavering advocate for the public's right to know. Citing the Open Meeting law regarding the interaction of two members of the Select Board and the Budget Director is just factually incorrect. There can be no meeting of the Select Board without a quorum of three members present. There was no Select Board quorum, hence no violation is possible. After the two met with Mr. Iacaponi and reported back to the Select Board that he was amenable to taking on the task, there was a open meeting and debate on his appointment. Ms. Gilbert's contact with the DOR was an inquiry about the propriety of public statements by Select Board members in advance of a public hearing about the split tax. Her concern there was once again that all sides be heard. It was not an attempt to quell debate but to postpone it to an appropriate forum. No group has been more divisive than those who are opposing. I conclude that their agenda is to get a property tax override passed since they have little other policy difference with Ms. Gilbert. They will not come out and say so,instead citing a broader perspective on fiscal responsibilty or other vague language.
Thanks Bill, That ridiculous attack against Gilbert has got Jim Mathes' fingerprints all over it. You know, the guy that spoke against the split tax while with the chamber of commerce then flipped when his bread got buttered with grant money. He tried the exact same type of attack in another forum and got his butt whipped in that debate also.
Jim Mathes would never stoop low to post anonymously on a blog such as this. In fact, Mr. Mathes has always signed his own name to anything he posted on the ST blog.
When I saw the smear post that Mathes signed his name to then subsequently got made to look like a fool about, I knew he would rear his ugly head somewhere else.
Hey Mathes, I see you have changed your concerns, what happened to your last argument? You got your ass kicked. That's what happened. Your problem can be described by the old saying "some people learn the hard way, some like you aren't smart enough to learn.'
People like Jim Mathes, with his $100k grant money job, who is now engaging in smear campaign tactics, are precisely the reason that I will be voting for Diane Gilbert. Send political hacks like Mathes a message. The people are taking back the government of this town and Gilbert is leading the way.
wow jealosy smells exactly like what my dog leaves outside in the morning :)
No jealosy at all, just pointing out Mathes' motivation. He is a political hack engaging in smear politics.
No wonder Mathes went anonymous. He reminds me of a really good lawyer trying to defend the guy that got caught robbing the liquor store. Only problem is that there is a clear picture of the whole robbery on the security camera. We all see through Jim Mathes and his smear campaign.
who is Jim Mathes? was he in on the secret meetings with John George or the bribery with Manny Cordeiro. maybe the owner of the shawmut diner? mike watson's neighbor? did greg jones design something for him? did his kid play in the band? did bob carney sign his life time contract? did he work at poloroid? or did he payoff all the town meeting members in district three not to run? I want to connect ALL the dots. you guys should be in the funny papers. running around accusing everyone of everything.
Mathes must continue to get hammered for his lack of integrity!!!
It its lack of integrity we can hammer Diane or Joe :) oh wait diane's for lying, joe's the one with no integrity
Jim Mathes is nothing more than an old boy on the dole who thinks he has credibility. Jim Mathes has no credibility since he chose to engage in gutter politics.
I agree Jim Mathes chose his own fate. Total lack of credibility.
who in hell is Jim Mathes?
Jim Mathes is a man that has served his community for years through action and deed. Sometihng very foreign to many who post here.
Jim Mathes is the ex-director of the chamber of commerce. He is now the director of Smiles, which is a well meaning mentoring program. Mathes does a diservice to SMILES when he engages in gutter politics as he has been doing lately. By the way, Jim makes over $100k as director of SMILES which is why people have been calling him a special interest political hack. He has embarrased himself and the organization WHALE with his divisive political actions on previous posts. Because he attempted smear tactics and was made to look like a fool in another forum while posting under his actual name, he decided it was not in his personal best interest to continue out in the open. Hence the posts that appeared in this blog under an anonymous title. Thanks to the good conscience of one of his friends, it is a known fact that he has been spreading his venom anonymously on this blog. Jim Mathes is a high profile community member who is acting like a Saul Raposo. Shame on him.
Bill - why do you allow these attacks on this man? he has not posted here and is not running for office. Running to serve the town seems to make one fair game in Dartmouth but tho allow these sladerous posts to continue demeans you and does not serve what you stated the purpose of this blog was. It is disgraceful plain and simple.
Mathes is a well paid political hack who has been engaging in gutter politics. He deserves everything he gets.
I am glad that Jim Mathes has been exposed for what he is. He should be ashamed of himself.
Jim Mathes exposed himself? he should go to jail.
8:02/8:11/8:30 - are you using the same standards for Gilbert? Seems not.
who the hell is Jim mathes?
Jim Mathes is Saul Raposo's mentor.
saul reposo? Jim Mathes? We have to put numbers on peoples backs or something I cant keep track of all the conspiracy's here. Was saul reposo in the secret meetings with John george or the bribery with the buses?
Mathes and Raposo, two birds of a feather.
oh they work for audobon society as bird watchers. they probably get blamed when a seagull craps on your car too
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