The SouthCoast Alliance will host a U.S. Senate Democratic primary forum on Saturday, December 5 at 10 a.m. at the Main Auditorium on the UMass Dartmouth campus.
This link will take you to the press release.
The primary will be held on December 8th. More after the jump
Contact Raymond M Medeiros, Jr., Chairman of the Dartmouth Democratic Town Committee
at 1-774-328-2400 if you are interested.
I like Representative Capuano although I have no problem with either Ms. Coakley or Mr Khazei.
Mr Pagliuca has not been supportive of Democratic candidates or initiatives in the past and I can not support him.
Who do you like and why?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Democratic Senate candidates to debate at UMass Dartmouth
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I am going to ask Attorney General Martha Coakley why all of the 160 people who lost money on wind turbines never got their money back .
October 9,2009 has come and gone! What is the outcome?
Contact:
Amie Breton
(617) 727-2543
MARTHA COAKLEY
ATTORNEY GENERAL
October 09, 2008 - For immediate release:
Attorney General Martha Coakley Reaches Settlement with Defective Wind Turbine Company
FALL RIVER - Today, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office obtained a consent judgment against Mark Howland, of East Freetown and his company WindTech-Co, resolving allegations that he violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act by misleading consumers, many in Southeastern Massachusetts, by making false and misleading representations in promoting the sale of wind turbines, failing to install turbines paid for by consumers and providing unsafe wind turbine installations. Under today’s agreement, which was filed in Fall River Superior Court, Howland will have one year to repay $488,000 in restitution. If he fails to make that payment within one year Howland will be responsible for a payment of $638,000.
“Now more than ever, it is crucial that consumers seek out clean and sustainable alternative energy sources,” said Attorney General Coakley. “This settlement will help ensure that consumers need not fear for their safety or that they are being taken advantage of as a result of contributing to environmentally-sound solutions.”
In March 2007, the Attorney General’s Office filed a complaint and obtained an emergency court order in Bristol Superior Court to shut down Howland’s Freetown company and to place a freeze on his bank accounts. The Attorney General’s Office identified over 160 consumers affected by the faulty wind turbines.
The complaint alleged that Howland misrepresented the power generation capabilities of the turbine systems, and did not disclose to consumers that certain local permitting was necessary for the installation of the turbines. In many instances, local building inspectors notified consumers that construction of the turbines would need to be halted and that systems already installed violated zoning laws. The complaint further alleged that of the systems that Howland and WindTech-Co. installed, most if not all were installed in an unsafe and ineffective manner. Specifically, most installations did not meet the specifications of the turbines’ manufacturer, which posed a safety threat and also failed
to generate the intended energy capacity.
Additionally, the complaint alleges that Howland made false representations to consumers in order to sell wind turbine systems. Specifically, Howland misrepresented to consumers that the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) would reimburse consumers for a large portion of the purchase of the turbine systems. The MTC is a quasi-state agency which runs a renewable energy grant program that encourages private homeowners to install wind or solar systems to power their homes or businesses. The program partially reimburses homeowners for the installation of these systems upon completion. Howland misrepresented that the reimbursement was automatic. The MTC sets a cap on the amount of pending projects by a single contractor that may seek reimbursement, and WindTech-Co. surpassed that cap, leaving some consumers disqualified from the reimbursement program. MTC referred the matter to the Attorney General in January 2007 after receiving numerous complaints from Howland’s consumers.
Under today’s agreement, Howland is permanently prohibited from operating a business involved in the sale and installation of alternative energy systems, specifically, wind turbine and hybrid wind turbine/photo-voltaic systems.
This matter was handled by Assistant Attorneys General Margret Cooke and David Monahan of Attorney General Coakley’s Consumer Protection Division. Quinton Dale, Director of Attorney General Coakley’s Investigations Division and the staff of the Investigations Division also assisted in this case.
I just read that Ray Medeiros wants to run for State Rep. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
and that's funny why?? Under what premise do you believe Ray is not qualified to do such a job?
Under what premise do you think he is qualified? What are his qualifications? Education??? Political experience??? Ability to comprehend???
It's not that I have a problem with inexperienced, uneducated people serving. You don't have to be educated to be intelligent and common sense goes a long way but Ray has not shown that he possesses either.
examples please?
Do you know his educational background? I don't care if he is inexperienced politically...does he have good ideas and policies? Does he possess commonsense?
Ray Medeiros ran for park board and couldn't get elected. He has also proven that he cannot comprehend simple legislation. The recall effort he stood behind was language taken from another town and he was unable to figure out that the math was wrong. I think someone running for state rep should at least be able to read legislation and actually understand it. As demonstrated by his past posts regarding the recall failure, he is unable to take a loss and move on. He continued to argue the virtues of the effort weeks after it had failed. Those are a few examples. If you would like more, I can easily accommodate you.
accomodate away...if I remember correctely HE had nothing to do with the recall writting or the math or anything...I believe he stood up for the principle of it and not the political end of it...and I also believe YOU are still sore about it....not him.
One thing I know...He wrote the by-law pertaining to the flags. Would you like to explain THST piece of legislation...or were you not for it...explain please
People are sill sore about the recall? WOW...people really hold a grudge in this town....sad...soooo sad.
I find it funny that Ray was not the leading voice,but yet receives the most flack for it. I believe Carney started this...not Ray...I believe Carney wrote it...not Ray...I believe Carney did the math....not Ray....so to blame Ray, just shows that you have a grudge against him....as for him not winning the park board...who cares....Horan Maclean lost he bid for re eletion to SB...but she is a viable candidate for rep...Michaud may lose his bid for re-election too...Ray seems to be a political outsider otherthan the democratic party. So, if your going to go after Ray, go after him with something of substance.
your examples are horrendous
This blog here, sounds just like Dartmouth did last year regarding the EA Gagne. Good Luck Cressman...history will repeat itself here. We have a ton of monday morning quarterbacks in this town
http://www.topix.com/forum/source/lowell-sun/TFVQGOS6MNRKQVEDP
Ray seems to be very proactive I hear him on AM1420 once in awhile as a guest, talking about state and national policies.
If he didn't have a handle on the issues I don't believe WBSM would have him on, but he has been on quite a bit.
For those of you who are wondering who supported the recall....here is a blog entry from 2008...
Bill Trimble said...
I am not opposed to having some ability to recall elected officials. I think that the provision for recall needs to be carefully crafted to avoid its use except in those cases where an official is incapacitated and cannot serve, has been convicted of a felony crime, or for conduct unbecoming the office. I would not support a recall provision that did not include a definition of what actions are grounds. I also feel that present measure needs to add that some percentage of the voters need to vote in the recall election for that election to be valid. At least 30% of the voters should have to come out for a recall action to be valid.
December 24, 2008 8:35 AM
and there were many more. Ray was in favor of a recall in principle, not in the political realm, just like Bill
Why the recall (or failure thereof) discussion? It was an obvious attempt to bypass the democratic processes to which the SB is held to. I think it is an obvious embarrassment to anyone who will still admit that they supported it. Let's move on please.
So what you are saying is Ray supported the recall but didn't write it. Did he read it before he supported it? Or did he just support the principle regardless of the language? If he did read it, he still supported it even though it was flawed. Either scenario is very dangerous for someone who wishes to be a state rep. If you don't understand the importance of the actual language in a bill or bylaw, you do not belong in this position.
Ray didn't write it,but he supported the principle of a recall in our charter. Just think if the President of the USA didnt believe the impeachment process was good.
that is what some on here believe. The excuse was we have election every year so the composition changes....hmmm that may be true but the alleged corrupt one is there for three years....this is what Ray has said on this blog.
The pure principle is good for the voters, he was in support of giving more power to the voters, I like the idea. Keeps our politicians accountable. Who ever heard of politicians EVER giving more power to the people....they usually try to strip it away.
TM could have added and deleted pieces that night, to how they saw fit. Ray supported a pure and basic principle or recalling an elected official...it could have been amended at TM...but it was tabled.
I also havent heard your position on HIS flag by-law....was that written to YOU specifications? HE WROTE that bylaw...and there weren'tany flaws in it.
So if your going to knit pick...pick apart as piece of legislation he wrote. I can't because i supported but maybe you can...
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