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Hope Springs Eternal - Purple for Brown: SEIU Member Supports Republican

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 just wow.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-01-16 00:11|| 2010-01-16 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 That bad, eh?

Posted by gorb 2010-01-16 02:38|| 2010-01-16 02:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually it was pretty good weather for Worcester this time of year. Temps hit 40 during the day and didn't break freezing till 8 or 9, no breeze, all in all downright balmy.

If I'd known this was on I would have been 76 as I live only 15 miles from WPI.

Posted by AlanC 2010-01-16 08:28|| 2010-01-16 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 SEIU Member supports Republican

In workplaces where you have to be a union member to work, there are a lot of people who can't stomach the union leadership. Union leadership in just about every field has very little in common with rank-and-file.

Posted by mom 2010-01-16 10:58|| 2010-01-16 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Tuesday weather from the NWS: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.

I've got a big family and a larger extended one. A lotta union members. Firefighter, IBEW, teachers union, Teamster, plumber, carpenter, an iron worker and probably some I forget. And they're all voting Brown.

Posted by tu3031 2010-01-16 11:19|| 2010-01-16 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Coakley's husband is a retired Cambridge Policeman. They endorsed Scott Brown.

Posted by Tom- Pa 2010-01-16 11:39|| 2010-01-16 11:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes, some famous guy would say they're acting "stupidly"...

In dig at Coakley, Cambridge Police Patrol Officers union endorses Republican Brown in Senate race

Cambridge .In a dig at U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley's Cambridge Police ties -- Democrat Coakley's husband is a retired Cambridge police officer-- the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association endorsed her Republican opponent, Scott Brown.

"Ms. Coakley along with some of her campaign workers have talked publicly about how her husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer, giving appearances that she is being endorsed by the Cambridge Police," the endorsement reads in part.

The move to endorse Coakley might have another subtext entirely. After President Obama said Cambridge "acted stupidly" in the summer arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, a few officers said they would never vote for Obama again. Obama, who's shoring up sagging support in more than a few Democratic races around the country, will be joining Coakley Sunday on the campaign trail.

The endorsement appears on the Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition Web site:

The 212 member Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown for United States Senator in next Tuesday's election against Attorney General Martha Coakley. CPSOA's President released the following letter today:
All Members,

Members of our Association have inquired and requested that we endorse Scott Brown in the upcoming election against Martha Coakley. Ms. Coakley along with some of her campaign workers have talked publicly about how her husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer, giving appearances that she is being endorsed by the Cambridge Police. This may be an innocent insinuation but most do take this as our giving her our support and endorsement. Yesterday, the CPPOA Executive Board voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown in the upcoming election for US Senate. In an 11 to 2 vote, the Executive Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the endorsement. We do not endorse anyone who advocates changes in the health care that take away any bargaining rights or increases our cost along with our contributions. Senator Brown does not support the Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Bill and promises to be the 41st vote to ensure its defeat. The current leadership at the state house, as we all know and have seen over the past two years, have an agenda to dismantle all of our hard earned bargained benefits and they will continue to dismantle these until there is a complete change from the top down. Martha Coakley is part of this Massachusetts leadership and she will continue with this agenda, only now it will be at the capital level and we need to stop it. So today, we the members of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association endorse Scott Brown for the senate seat vacated by Senator Kennedy.

Yeah, payback is a mutha...

Posted by tu3031 2010-01-16 11:54|| 2010-01-16 11:54|| Front Page Top

#8 I enjoyed working in Cambridge even though I got thrown out of the MIT Pub. The Cambridge Brewing Company was my favorite eatery. The Cambridge Police were always polite.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-01-16 18:41|| 2010-01-16 18:41|| Front Page Top

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