tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post7912962272395523743..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Amherst reinforces reputationLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-49608515972724259662010-11-12T18:40:34.319-05:002010-11-12T18:40:34.319-05:00"Ed...Most importantly, why are people afraid...<i>"Ed...Most importantly, why are people afraid to talk about the problem openly?"</i><br /><br />Well, in my case I might have to explain to the US Department of Education why UMass won't even admit that it knows me (wait, I am writing that letter this weekend...)<br /><br />There are a lot of things 'breaking to bottom' right now and wonder how much longer it will be before everything in Amherst falls apart. <br /><br />Am I the only one wondering what will happen with the first snowstorm -- if the undergrads are openly wandering around with booze the way they have been all fall, what happens when the cops can't even scare them anymore?<br /><br />The very social order is breaking down.... When I say "please be quiet, my neighbors have small children who are asleep -- it works <b>well</b> but the larger concept of how it is "unladylike" to urinate on a fire hydrant is missing...Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-49833702161580052202010-11-12T14:20:43.242-05:002010-11-12T14:20:43.242-05:00"November 11, 2010 3:39 PM
Disgruntled ex-em..."November 11, 2010 3:39 PM<br /><br />Disgruntled ex-employee with a thorn in his foot?"<br /><br /><br />When Ron Bohonowicz keeps Karl Richardson on (after repeated, forceful complaints from a maint. department head), a person who for years got paid a tax payer funded salary to do illegal plumbing work for the town (i.e. unlicensed), over whom the state sent agents (based on another schools' now ex-employee's complaint) and opened an investigation and established an ongoing case against Bohonowicz (including threatening him with legal action), one has to ask WHY. <br /><br />Even more disturbing is Bohonowicz's keeping Richardson on until January 2011, Richardson's first year of retirement benefits eligibility... when he should've been fired on the spot 9 months ago! <br /><br />Now ask yourselves, what the hell is going on here?<br /><br />Or do we need to spell it out letter by letter? <br /><br />How long are we going to allow criminals in our system to use our money to help their "friends"?<br /><br />How long?I want my money back!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-14964039038416222382010-11-12T12:08:11.529-05:002010-11-12T12:08:11.529-05:00November 11, 2010 3:39 PM
Disgruntled ex-employee...November 11, 2010 3:39 PM<br /><br />Disgruntled ex-employee with a thorn in his foot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-53580304490627247392010-11-12T09:57:05.580-05:002010-11-12T09:57:05.580-05:00In Amherst, all we have to fear is...........zonin...In Amherst, all we have to fear is...........zoning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66778743580276754772010-11-12T02:12:08.349-05:002010-11-12T02:12:08.349-05:00What obvious to anyone who can read is that a &quo...What obvious to anyone who can read is that a "Bring the war dollars home" resolution is an explicit judgment on the rationale of waging this(these) wars and clear message that the petitioners want to use war funding resources for domestic priorities rather than waging war with them. <br /><br />It really has absolutely nothing to do one way or the other about whether the people who support the petition support our soldiers. <br /><br />In fact, the petition is exactly the type of expression our soldiers fight for. <br /><br />Next time create a straw man with a cute puppy. The petition means war opponents hate cute puppies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-30338634290872661922010-11-12T02:04:43.352-05:002010-11-12T02:04:43.352-05:00If Shaffer is job hunting now, then it wasn't ...If Shaffer is job hunting now, then it wasn't his idea to leave. <br /><br />We got Kabuke theater. The town got a new manager and Shaffer got 4 months pay and his reputation (not having to explain why he was fired.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-8289365237616806232010-11-12T01:40:24.803-05:002010-11-12T01:40:24.803-05:00Amherst, MA= 80% UMass Amherst + 10% Amherst Colle...Amherst, MA= 80% UMass Amherst + 10% Amherst College + 10% other. The bad things brought by UM is far less then the good, yet people seem to want to bite the hand that feeds them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-36374326382842137552010-11-12T00:31:21.317-05:002010-11-12T00:31:21.317-05:00fck amherst and harry shafter
they should have pai...fck amherst and harry shafter<br />they should have paid me, not given him 4 months severance. that is bs, plain and simple<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=156763367699112&set=a.156762554365860.28405.156650237710425zohnnybach fine arthttp://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=156650237710425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76793018803647314392010-11-11T20:06:08.857-05:002010-11-11T20:06:08.857-05:00Because they get fired.
Any questions?Because they get fired. <br /><br /><br />Any questions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-4214641278184884272010-11-11T19:20:12.962-05:002010-11-11T19:20:12.962-05:00Ed, when Alberto Rodriguez described Amherst's...Ed, when Alberto Rodriguez described Amherst's school system in these terms:<br /><br /><br />"A pervasive sense of complacency fueled by a culture of nepotism and cronyism."<br /><br /><br />http://media.gazettenet.com/pdf/rodriguez_letter.pdf<br /><br />What do you think he was talking about?<br /><br />Most importantly, why are people afraid to talk about the problem openly?You betchanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-27708985160139470822010-11-11T18:48:49.111-05:002010-11-11T18:48:49.111-05:00Amherst Massachusetts and its' compatriots re-...Amherst Massachusetts and its' compatriots re-acting to the events of 9/11/01: <br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vOJCQr1Now<br /><br /> <br />Now town meeting radicals are stabbing at the heart of the town that gave birth to them!<br /><br />Priceless.Crush the roachesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-4939776155244704542010-11-11T17:11:52.614-05:002010-11-11T17:11:52.614-05:00Well what the Hell, it worked for Alberto Rodrigue...Well what the Hell, it worked for Alberto Rodriguez and he was making a L-O-T more than Mr. Shaffer.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-11588874903852391232010-11-11T15:51:07.766-05:002010-11-11T15:51:07.766-05:00> leave his post prior to the
> expiration o...> leave his post prior to the<br />> expiration of his contract <br /><br />> The Select Board... met in<br />> executive session<br /><br />> voted that he would receive <br />> the equivalent of four months<br />> pay <br /><br />Odd that they would hold a secret meeting, and then pay him extra...<br /><br />I thought if you break a contract, *you* had to pay.<br /><br />Terry FranklinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-49319079632123862012010-11-11T15:39:07.540-05:002010-11-11T15:39:07.540-05:00Sure does pay (thousands) to be in with the Amhers...Sure does pay (thousands) to be in with the Amherst shadow government, eh?<br /><br /><br />"AMHERST - Only a month into his retirement, former Town Manager Larry Shaffer is seeking new employment - in the state of Michigan.<br /><br />Shaffer is listed as one of five finalists for the position of city manager in Essexville, Mich., a community of less than 4,000 residents that calls itself "The Gateway to the Saginaw Bay."<br /><br />Shaffer departed Amherst Oct. 1 after announcing in August that he would leave his post prior to the expiration of his contract at the end of June 2013. The Select Board agreed to accept his retirement, met in executive session with him and voted that he would receive the equivalent of four months pay on his final date of employment.<br /><br />At the time, Shaffer said he was retiring because he had worked 34 years straight and believed that once one begins thinking of retiring, one should actually retire.<br /><br />"In a week's time I'll be 62 years old and indeed I have been thinking of retirement," Shaffer said..."<br /><br /><br />I mean lookit George Reed, the schools' so called "mechanic" the town paid $15,000 to "retire" after he was outed on this blog... for not having a single hour of formal training whatsoever, save fixing hot water heaters and lawn mowers in his garage.<br /><br />Amazingly, Ron Bohonowicz just quietly hired him back from his "retirement"!<br /><br />Hmm, wonder why he did that?<br /><br />Is anyone asking WTF is going on in this town? <br /><br />Anyone???Liberal, with our tax dollarsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61998406028329453072010-11-11T15:35:07.203-05:002010-11-11T15:35:07.203-05:00Amherst Town Meeting voted to pull the rug out fro...Amherst Town Meeting voted to pull the rug out from underneath our military in the field last night by supporting a "Bring the war dollars home" resolution,<br /><br />Hey, if I thought it would bring the troops home from Larry's war, I'd be all for it if I lived in the Peoples' Republic.<br /><br />The rug was pulled when they were sent there.Richard Morchoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884103775820347526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-32366624921516958012010-11-11T12:31:03.288-05:002010-11-11T12:31:03.288-05:00Gateway property is owned by the state. State ove...Gateway property is owned by the state. State overrides town authority, state can tell Amherst to go to h*ll with impunity and build any thing it damn well pleases there.<br /><br />State contracts the private developer to build what the private developer wants to build there, and then gives the lease instead of payment. <br /><br />Amherst holds another sputter and spitfest but has lost. Checkmate.<br /><br />Better yet, it becomes a 40B project, low income housing for UM Students and instead of input, the town is stuck with a second Southwest, towers & all (geologically, Southwest ought to have been built *there* and not where it was, in the swampland..)Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76228644341879478242010-11-11T12:19:12.151-05:002010-11-11T12:19:12.151-05:00So they did get to that last item. They must have ...So they did get to that last item. They must have finished the meeting in that case.<br /><br />I left early. So did most other people. I was sorely tempted to stay, and call for a quorum count, as a tactical maneuver.<br /><br />Miss having you there in person.<br /><br />Terry FranklinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com