Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron has been in the area and interviewed all four Congressional Candidates. I've been notified that the piece will air between 6-7 pm tonight.
Stay safe and dry tonight,
Ray Kasperowicz
Ray K for Congress
www.ray2010.com
SANDWICH - The Jeff Perry for Congress campaign announced today that Jeff Perry has shattered fundraising expectations in the Tenth Congressional District race by raising a campaign total of $511,368.85 as of August 25.
Details about Perry's fundraising will be set forth in papers the campaign is filing with the Federal Election Commission.
"I appreciate the generosity of all the people who who have donated to our campaign," said Perry. "Our campaign needs access to resources in order to win, and the strength of our fundraising and grassroots efforts show we have the momentum we need to be successful. And with only a few weeks left until the Republican primary, I think it's important for our campaign to demonstrate strength."
Perry's strength at raising money was on display recently when his campaign sponsored a major fundraising initiative that shattered expectations. The initiative, dubbed a "5K Challenge" by the campaign, encouraged donors to contribute money online toward a goal of raising $5,000 for Perry in one day. Not only did the challenge work, it far exceeded expectations as the campaign netted about $8,250 in online contributions that day.
(edited to embed video. - promoted by Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie)
As we get into Labor Day, our campaign has launched a new television ad featuring YOU - the people who have had enough of the higher taxes, reckless spending and job losses under Governor Patrick and Treasurer Cahill. You've all been here - you understand what it's been like, and we have to take Massachusetts in a new direction if we're going to get people back to work and make Massachusetts more affordable for families and businesses.
Today also brought news of a new poll from Rasmussen Reports, showing the race within two points between myself and Governor Patrick, at 42% to 44%, respectively, with Treasurer Cahill earning just 8% of the vote.
More support for Jeff Perry, this time from The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund:
JEFF PERRY FOR CONGRESS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2010
NRA Political Victory Fund Supports Jeff Perry for Congress
Endorsement signifies recognition of Perry's record of voting for 2nd Amendment issues
SANDWICH - The Jeff Perry for Congress campaign announced today that The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is endorsing Jeff Perry for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the September 14 Republican Primary.
"Jeff Perry's strong commitment to preserving our hunting and shooting heritage has earned him the NRA-PVF's endorsement," said Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA-PVF. "Jeff was a proven leader on gun owners' and sportsmen's rights in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and I know he will continue to fight for and protect the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding gun owners at the federal level."
Howie Carr is calling for Tim Cahill to drop out of the Governor's race.
So Tim Cahill, let me be blunt. How can we miss you if you won't go away?
Tim, exactly how much do-re-mi will it take to get you out of this fight? I've asked you this on the air, and you laughed, as if I were kidding. I wasn't. You said neither Deval nor President Obama have offered you anything to continue your kamikaze campaign for governor, so I think you're available at what they used to call popular prices.
Sometimes we forget just how far to the left Deval really is. Fortunately he always reminds us, most recently on the radio Wednesday. He repeatedly refused to commit to enforcing the proposed cutback of the sales tax, via referendum, from 6.25 percent to 3 percent.
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I saw this as a Facebook status for one of our Cape Cod candidates - Patrick Foran
Simply - "Please bring in any political signs you have on your property until Earl passes through. They will not withstand the predicted winds. Speaking for myself, I would assume all candidates would appreciate your help, I know I do. Thanks!"
Candidates - you do NOT want your mangled sign and wire in the photos of avoidable damage!
Another strong showing for Jeff Perry in tonight's Plymouth County GOP Straw Poll:
Perry wins Plymouth County GOP straw poll Adds to string of positive endorsements and other success
SANDWICH - Jeff Perry continued his impressive streak of straw poll victories tonight, as an overwhelming majority of those at Wednesday's Plymouth County GOP straw poll placed their confidence in Perry as their candidate of choice for the 10th Congressional District.
Perry received 146 votes (70%), compared to 31 votes for Joseph Malone, 23 votes for Ray Kasperowicz, and 9 votes for Robert E. Hayden, III.
Fresh off revelations that Independent candidate for Governor Tim Cahill's campaign had not paid $15,000 in state taxes over 8 years on CD interest in their campaign accounts come similar revelations that the campaigns of Lt. Governor Murray and Worcester County Sheriff and State Auditor candidate Glodis also did not pay state taxes on their interest earnings.
Great story from the Globe, as much as it pains me to say that, which brings out three interesting subtexts for this campaign and lessons that should be learned by any campaign that actually has enough money to invest in CDs.
(Poor Deval Patrick, he told us he tightened the belt. Who are we to believe? - promoted by Rob "EaBo Clipper" Eno)
Charlie Baker has been talking about the growth in state employment under Deval Patrick. Well the numbers are in and Charlie seems right on the mark in this one.
The Nelson Rockefeller Institute at the University of Albany (formerly SUNY-Albany) crunched the numbers. Massachusetts ranks #1 (tied with North Carolina) for growth in state employment over the past year.
The Institute reports that state employment in Massachusetts grew by 3.5 percent in the period from April-June 2009 to April-June 2010.
I have been a constant critic of the so called "jobs numbers" coming out of the Bureau of Labor statistics. The numbers have not jived with what my experience on the ground has stated. I have had long threads on twitter with John Walsh and Doug Rubin about the job's numbers and how they don't seem real. Every time that happens I am accused of John Walsh and Doug Rubin of "wishing for the worst" so that Charlie Baker could win.
It seems as though my skepticism has been vindicated. Today Auditor Joe Denucci said that the Massachusetts Technology Development Board is overstating job numbers. They are purposely fudging the books to make it seem like more jobs are being created than actually are in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts State Auditor Joe DeNucci is taking on the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) over job creation, saying the quasi-public agency that aids startup technology firms overstated the number of jobs it has helped to create.
DeNucci said in a press release that the MTDC's job creation numbers are supposed to reflect jobs in Massachusetts, but that the agency's numbers actually include both Massachusetts and out-of-state jobs. DeNucci, who has announced his retirement, said the MTDC compiled its figures from questionnaires sent to companies that received investment assistance from MTDC. According to DeNucci, the 18 companies tracked by MTDC in 2008 reported that 575 jobs were created, but he said 124 of those were out-of-state.
Where there is smoke there is usually fire. What other agencies have over-reported job growth? Is it a systematic policy of the Patrick Administration?
In January of this year Deval Patrick, upon Suzanne Bump's resignation, appointed a new Secretary of Labor, Joanne F. Goldstein. We already know that one of Secretary Goldstein's first actions was to hire the person at the center of an ethics violation in Ohio as her unemployment compensation director. This fact calls into question her judgement in my eyes.
January is also the time of year that the Massachusetts job's numbers deviated from their previous trend and started to look extremely good. The question that should be asked by the auditor and the press is this, "is there a concerted effort under the direction of Joanne Goldstein to inflate the jobs numbers reported to the bureau of labor statistics from Massachusetts?"
Lost in the debate about illegal immigration is the fact that Mexican drug cartels now control land in Arizona. They are an invading army and should be dealt as such. Will Barack Obama take this threat seriously and reclaim the land gained by the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? or will he continue to allow this invasion to stand? The question is that stark.
A story in yesterday's Washington Times states that the Federal Government has put warnings up 100 miles inland from the border that Mexican drug cartels are operating in this area. In addition an Arizonan Sheriff has stated that the cartels in fact "control" parts of Arizona.
The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state.
The signs were posted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend, a major east-west corridor linking Tucson and Phoenix with San Diego.
They warn travelers that they are entering an "active drug and human smuggling area" and they may encounter "armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high rates of speed." Beginning less than 50 miles south of Phoenix, the signs encourage travelers to "use public lands north of Interstate 8" and to call 911 if they "see suspicious activity."
Jeff Perry issued the following statement to the press this evening:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2010
Statement of Jeff Perry on Remarks by President Obama
Jeff Perry, Republican candidate for Congress in the Massachusetts Tenth Congressional District, issued the following statement on remarks delivered by President Obama from the Oval Office this evening:
"As an American, I share our President's desire to help millions of unemployed citizens get back to work. But President Obama's call to 'turn the page' on a decade of foreign conflict and to focus instead on domestic issues is a false choice. America's future depends on finding success on both fronts. Our national security relies equally on having a robust economy and successfully resolving the extreme perils in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other regions where freedom remains under attack. And wherever our troops remain in harm's way, they deserve adequate resources and a clearly-defined mission and rules of engagement to support them."
Tim Cahill has been running an ad stating that he runs a scandal free lottery. Frank Philips of the Boston Globe takes him to task over the ad.
Cahill, in his management of the lottery, has faced serious allegations that he engaged in a so-called pay-to-play scheme.
His decision in 2004 to extend the $21 million contract of Scientific Games International to provide 80 percent of the lottery's scratch tickets drew criticism that the selection was an insider deal.
One of his closest friends and political associates, Thomas F. Kelly, was secretly on the Scientific Games payroll, drawing in excess of $132,000 in consulting fees over four years, to look after the giant gaming firm's interest at the lottery. In that time, the lottery gave Scientific Games three one-year extensions worth more than $30 million.
With the 2004 contract decision pending, Kelly, one of Cahill's chief fund-raisers, was also pushing the company's executives to donate to the treasurer's political committee. Top aides in Cahill's office at the time were urging that Scientific Games's share of the scratch ticket work be reduced. Cahill rejected the advice.
I thought as well that was an odd statement to be making in a television advertisement.
Tim Cahill admitted to the Boston Globe yesterday that his campaign failed to pay $15,000 in state income taxes for employees over the past ten years.
State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill acknowledged last night that his campaign committee failed to pay an estimated $15,000 in state income taxes over the past decade, as required by law.
Cahill's campaign made the admission in an unusual written statement following a Globe inquiry yesterday afternoon about why there was no record of checks to the state to cover taxes on interest the campaign committee's account has earned from investments it made in certificates of deposit.
Cahill, who was evidently caught off-guard by the lapse, vowed to pay the taxes immediately. But the delinquency is a source of embarrassment for the two-term treasurer, who has sought to promote an image as a prudent watchdog of public dollars and guardian of the public Treasury.
On November 2, when you head out to the polls to cast your ballot in this year’s gubernatorial election, don’t forget to take your anger into the voting booth.
There’s noting wrong with voting based on anger, especially when there’s so much to be angry about. How could one not be furious, after four years of this State House madhouse?
When you go to vote, remember what happened the last time we had a gubernatorial election in this state. You remember that race, don’t you? Remember the competent, underrated Republican in that race, the one who vowed to be responsible with our money and to combat the entrenched arrogance in the state legislature? Remember the slogan-spewing Democrat in that race, the one whose minions kept mumbling “No Ordinary Leader,” the one who was best known for a scandal-scarred tenure in the Clinton Justice Department?
How could one forget what happened the last time we had a gubernatorial race—how so many pundits became fascinated by the Democrat’s admittedly inspiring Horatio Alger tale, and began to promote obvious nonsense about how skilled and effective that Democrat would be in office? How could one forget the so-called “progressives” who smeared those who disagreed with that Democrat as hidebound bigots? How could one forget the moronic folks who called talk radio stations on a seemingly daily basis that fall to accuse the anti-Patrick hosts of barely disguised racism?
As we all remember, Deval Patrick pledged to cut property taxes in 2006. Tim Cahill endorsed him, and under the Patrick-Cahill Administration property taxes have gone up by 11%! They think the only way to cut taxes is to raise them. Check out our new web video highlighting what Patrick said back then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
A police report obtained by The Associated Press says Jon Golnik, a Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, was arrested in 2001 for operating under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Golnik's license was suspended. The driving under the influence of alcohol charge was continued without a finding, which allows defendants to avoid jail if they stay out of trouble. The drug charge was dismissed.
The police report says Golnik was on his way home from an AC/DC concert in 2001 when an officer saw him driving in Arlington with a flat tire.
The drug charge was dismissed and Golnik says he did not smoke marijuana that night. This seems to be the only incident of this. It does not seem to be a pattern. - promoted by Rob "EaBo Clipper" Eno)
Im just passing the latest along without comment:
Jon Golnik, a Republican candidate for Congress, admitted today he was arrested in May 2001.
Court documents show that Golnik was arrested in May 2001 for operating under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The drug charge was dismissed but Golnik admitted to sufficient facts in the drunken driving charge one month later
