What’s Up South of Boston
13 May 2013
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A listing of what people are doing in the towns of Hingham, Weymouth, Hull, Scituate, and Cohasset.
The story behind the emails and the dirty trick signs…
19 May 2013
When Cohasset citizen Chris Allen forked over $1,000 to acting town manager on May 3rd he was expecting to receive 783 juicy emails to and fro Selectman Martha Gjesteby, Ronnie McMorris, Karen Quigley, Mike Coughlin and myself. Allen ended up with 11 emails, mainly from me, several of which were old drafts of the new [...]
“Forward Ho,” that’s Select Chair Fred Koed’s direction
14 May 2013
Cohasset Selectman Fred Koed was elected chair of board at its reorganizational meeting tonight (May 14). Selectman Martha Gjesteby made the motion and the board voted 5-0 to support Koed. Selectman Diane Kennedy will remain as vice chair of the board and Selectman Martha Gjesteby was named secretary – Kennedy and Gjesteby received 5-0 votes. [...]
May 15, 2013
13 May 2013
Cohasset chooses Steve Gaumer & Karen Quigley Selectmen
11 May 2013
Just under 30% of Cohasset voter (5814) went to the polls and cast 1740 votes May 11. Every other race in town was uncontested.
Karen Quigley, candidate for Cohasset Selectman, victim of dirty tricks
10 May 2013
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This is a message Cohasset Selectman candidate Karen Quigley sent to supporters Friday afternoon. Dear Friends, I regret the necessity for this email but this morning my campaign was the victim of Dirty Tricks. This is just another example of why I am running for selectman. These signs mysteriously appeared around town this morning as [...]
Selectman Martha Gjesteby says town manager’s actions “chilling”
8 May 2013
Selectman Martha Gjesteby read the following prepared statement to her board at its May 7th meeting. Following discussion and debate, selectmen voted 5-0 to discuss with town counsel the town manager’s recent action of entering Selectman Gjesteby’s town email account without her knowledge and then telling her she had to provide him with correspondence from [...]
Selectmen to confer with counsel over anonymous posters
8 May 2013
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Cohasset Selectman Chair Carlson said the question continues to be: does the town have standing in the matter? Ultimately, selectmen voted to have town counsel meet with the board to discuss the board’s options. Selectman Fred Koed says he felt it did rise to that level because sensitive information about union negotiations had been released [...]
Cohasset Acting Town Manager wants Gjesteby’s personal e-mails – LOL
7 May 2013
Late Monday afternoon (May 6) I accompanied Selectman Martha Gjesteby and her husband, Arne to the selectmen’s chambers where Martha was permitted to see the emails from her public account that had been given to citizen Chris Allen on a public documents request dated April 25. Allen told acting town manager Mike Milanoski he wanted [...]
Cohasset elders to scrutinize Selectman candidates
5 May 2013
Tinytown Unleashed got a hold of some of the questions candidates (who were given the questions in advance) are going to be asked tomorrow morning at a special debate. Tana Carlson, wife of Cohasset Select Chair Paul Carlson, is the moderator. And she will do a fine job. We think the candidates are up to [...]
