Please be advised that Governor Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in honor of Officer Dennis O. Simmonds, Boston Police Department, of Hyde Park, who died on April 10, 2014. This gubernatorial order applies to:1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls. 2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings. 3. All state military installations.
I would really like to know who the person is that debates some of the comments made in the pulseline. When someone comments about the closing of a business that has been in Westfield for a 100 years and says that it is a private business and politicians have no say is really ignorant. Politician have the power to change every aspect of our private lives. Lets consider Westfield for example how many people in Westfield will feel the effect of the executive orders made by Barrack Obama. How’s your healthcare doing? I just lost mine. How about small business in Westfield that’s affected by lets say red tape to open a new business. Or the taking away of parking spaces near Walgreens for the business across the street with this gaudy traffic system we have. Did politicians have any input in those decisions. How about no foot traffic downtown. Well lets see during the day we have Free street and all that clientele has to offer. Nice park for whom. At night some excellent decisions about college students living downtown has turned Westfield into a riot zone. Whose tax dollars are being used to control this big mess. Did a politician have any hand in this. how about the school budget coning up short. Well the last time I checked the apartment complexes on Union St. are full of non tax paying non English speaking children whose parents don’t pay taxes. Did any politicians have say about that. Maybe not so much at the local level but certainly at the state & federal level. Ya now section 8. Oh yeah hey Duval where’s my piece of the 8 million dollars were are going to waste on inner city kids standing around this summer getting another handout for our politicians. So please don’t say that private business and politicians don’t mix. According to that idiot Obama you as a business owner couldn’t have gotten were you are without government. So where is this government when we need it to save this company. Huh Don Humason Huh John Velis and especially Mr Knapik.
