tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post4205281762045347737..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: DUI Dishonor RollLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-59254427936265506482013-04-24T18:20:48.292-04:002013-04-24T18:20:48.292-04:00My tax dollars do not subsidize a private restaura...<i>My tax dollars do not subsidize a private restaurant in downtown Amherst.</i><br /><br />Are you sure?<br /><br />First, there are a variety of tax incentive programs available to businesses, those are taxpayer subsidies for everything from hiring the retarded kid to wash dishes to using solar electric power. <br /><br />Second, are you absolutely sure that none of the restaurant's customers are spending public assistance dollars there? Remember the woman who made the national news when she refused to accept EBT cards a year or so back?<br /><br />Third, if this restaurant participates in the "Taste of Amherst" -- which I believe is supported in part by taxpayer dollars -- then yes, Virginia, there are taxpayer dollars going to this restaurant.....<br /> Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-68240367937980457252013-04-22T16:20:48.485-04:002013-04-22T16:20:48.485-04:00Both of them I suppose.Both of them I suppose.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66705568353364943422013-04-22T16:14:55.275-04:002013-04-22T16:14:55.275-04:00But didn't it subsidize the degree they stupid...But didn't it subsidize the degree they stupidly gave youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-15352823214761328112013-04-22T15:51:59.769-04:002013-04-22T15:51:59.769-04:00My tax dollars do not subsidize a private restaur...My tax dollars do not subsidize a private restaurant in downtown Amherst.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-48769377148507508202013-04-22T15:27:35.733-04:002013-04-22T15:27:35.733-04:00You know Larry, much as you pressure UMass to puni...You know Larry, much as you pressure UMass to punish the UM kids, you ought to have posted the name and contact information of the "Businessman's" employer along with a demand that equal public pressure be made upon the latter to fire him.<br /><br />Fair is fair, is it not? And much as you organize pressure on UM to punish their students who do things, ought you not equally organize pressure on other employers to do likewise?Dr. EDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-88748159729597302472013-04-22T13:23:36.712-04:002013-04-22T13:23:36.712-04:00Didn't used to be innocent until PROVEN guilty...Didn't used to be innocent until PROVEN guilty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66438561492563950262013-04-22T12:10:52.675-04:002013-04-22T12:10:52.675-04:00since when is a chef a businessman?
this kind of ...since when is a chef a businessman?<br /><br />this kind of mudslinging is what makes this blog a laughingstock. if i were mr. proust, i would definitely be upset.<br /><br />but you won't post this, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61948262085137955422013-04-22T11:28:03.110-04:002013-04-22T11:28:03.110-04:00Yeah, that has become one of my quirks. Just like...Yeah, that has become one of my quirks. Just like Barny Blowout instead of the correct "Blarney Blowout".<br /><br />Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-16929499486926135232013-04-22T11:23:31.258-04:002013-04-22T11:23:31.258-04:00Spelling error again in title of this post: you me...Spelling error again in title of this post: you mean "Dishonor Roll".<br /><br />Nice to see the mainstream media following up on your work with the story on Amherst landlords!DaveMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779581893863396042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55084710464616527702013-04-22T11:23:05.382-04:002013-04-22T11:23:05.382-04:00You don't have to own a business in order to b...You don't have to own a business in order to be considered a local businessman.<br /><br />Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-78079613536394072432013-04-22T11:16:42.852-04:002013-04-22T11:16:42.852-04:00what business does the guy own?what business does the guy own?samuel waumbergnoreply@blogger.com