Meet Joe O'Brien (11/30/09)

Senior Center Meeting 11-30-09

Lights, Camera, Action

It's great to see that the Colleges of Worcester Consortium is rolling out a contest to get the students of Worcester involved in marketing the City, and not just "taking up space" as I overhead one lady refer to college students while talking loudly at PriceChopper.

This should be very interesting and if it were up to me, I'd make sure to include 'Da Face & the New Guy in a my video. Hmmmmmm.

'Da Face' of Worcester No More

Well, looky here! Affectionately known as 'Da Face to us here at WIM, Konstantina Lukes will have to turn over her gavel to Mayor Joe O'Brien in the very near future.

While Konnie remains on the City Council as the #2, Joe O'Brien can claim that, "He's #1 in the #2 business."

Not that I had a personal issue with Mayor Lukes, but I always thought she took the Mayoral job as a "window dressing-like" job to the extreme. In the same token, I have to admit that I would laugh-out-loud when I would see her throw a glare towards a Councilor who either was talking just talk, or struggled to figure out where she/he was going with their tirade.

'Da Face was so good at it that our own Governor Patrick got in her grill at a meeting in January earlier this year.

WIM post January 27, 2009:

Well, I guess I'm not the only one that notices 'da face, because it appears that Governor Patrick, got 'da face at the recent Massachusetts Municipal Association meeting and had to go 'hard body' and call Mayor Lukes on the snicker a/k/a/ grimace a/k/a/ pucker that she hit the Governor with.

Now that Mayor O'Brien is going to take over the reigns, I can't wait to see how he and Konnie look at each other, and the other Councilors at upcoming City Council meetings? Only time will tell. (Bell rings.)

Politics: Candidate Meet & Greet

Coming on the heels of my previous post, I received this email from Stand for Children inviting me to RSVP and attend a Mayoral candidate forum taking place on Monday, October 19, 2009, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at The Beechwood Hotel.

I will say to act quickly because I know the space is limited and I'm sure alot of folks will want to hear what the candidates have to say.

Politics: What You Don't know May Hurt You

What do we know about the candidates running for City Council? A few
have become masters of deception, and a few bank on the fact that the
less they talk or 'reveal' about themselves, the better their chances
are for being elected once again.

So, what do we know about those running?