Campaign 2010: Jehlen admits to breaking Law

State Senator Patricia Jehlen (D-Somerville) who currently serves as the Chair of the Committee on Elder Affairs, at a recent forum where remarks on the issue of road testing of seniors seeking to renew their drivers licenses included an admission that she had broken the Law when she acted on her Father's behalf and used the Internet to renew his license when she knew he had medical issues and perhaps he should have been forced at the time to forgo his driving privileges.

Campaign 2010: Dembrowski and Markey talk about Term Limits

Both candidates for election to the Seventh Congressional District, challenger Dr. Gerry Dembrowski (R-Woburn) and incumbent Ed Markey (D-Malden) responded to the "Question of the Week: Should there be term limits for Representative to Congress" which was posed by the Belmont Citizen-Herald. Their answers were posted this Monday morning by the local CNC owned newspaper. While Markey's response noted the founding fathers constructed a system - (elections) - Dembrowski responded that Democracy is not well served when any politician continues to serve in (one) office for a lifetime.

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Campaign 2010: South Carolina's DeMint becoming Force for Change

Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina following the party's throttling in the 2008 elections has been working to shake up the seniority rules in the Senate that he feels are perpetuating a broken culture of parochial spending within the party. When his fustrations over the rules boiled he decided to challenge the status quo, forming a fundraising committee with the idea of highlighting candidates he considers true conservatives, and calling out those he doesn't. His Senate Conservatives Fund ranks his colleagues on their positions, often with unflattering scores. Two years later, DeMint has done as much as anybody to incite the tea party uprising and bitter infighting that has roiled the GOP primaries this year. He has used his newfound celebrity and fundraising strength to fuel a string of upstart conservatives who were opposed by the party as too extreme or unelectable. He's also become one of the more influential Republican power brokers in Washington, with a loyal following of conservative activists and a goal of purging the party of what he calls weak-kneed Republicans.

His latest and most hostile fued within the party machine came in Deleware, where DeMint openly fought with Republican leaders in a contest between moderate Republican Rep. Michael Castle and tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell. While Republican leaders openly attacked O'Donnell's campaign - the state party chairman called her a fraud who couldn't get elected dogcatcher - DeMint gave her money and a key endorsement. She pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year, just after another stunning result in Alaska in which underdog Joe Miller beat Sen. Lisa Murkowski. DeMint maintains that the only way for Republicans to regain the majority is to stand more firmly by its beliefs, not to shy away from them, even if that means short-term losses. Insiders are concerned that Sen. DeMint and Gov. Palin may be pushing the party to far-right to win in November and control the direction of Congress next year.

Campaign 2010: Tierney claims he was Ignored

A quick check among several of the communities named in a story posted on Monday by local CNC Newspapers revealed that an allegation made by Mr. Tierney of Framingham that the GOP Town Committees in the Seventh Congressional District ignored his candidacy actually showed that no contact was ever received from him or his representatives. The response by the Belmont Committee Chair quoted in the story is typical in that most committees expect candidates to make the first move. Tierney admitted in some instances to not attempting to make contact with several committees because he believed them to be inactive committees.

Medford Republican City Committee Chairman Bernie Green responded to the suggestion that his Committee was inactive by saying "If Mr. Tierney really wanted to reach most of the committees he named he could have checked on the Internet. Most of us have Web-sites or Blogs that list our contact information and several are on Facebook or other sites that also have Links to us." Green added "While some of his 'street work' (sic) was underway He could of checked with some of the cable access channels and discovered that Medford video tapes its meetings and distributes them for broadcast."

Green who is also a State Committee Member representing several of the communities named and one community in the District not named called Tierney a RINO who is the 'straw man' in the race hoping to confuse voters with fabrications and distortions. "Even his home town of Framingham didn't believe in his candidacy" he added.

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Dembrowski Reception at Great Manderin

Supporters and concerned voters from the communities from the eastern end of the seventh Congrssional District are invited to attend a reception for Dr. Gerry Dembrowski which will be held at the Great Manderin Restaurant 186 Cambridge Street at the 'Four Corners' intersection in Woburn on Sunday September 12, 2010. The reception which is scheduled to start at 5:30PM includes an 'all you can eat' buffet. A Donation of $25 is asked from those who make their reservations by September 10th and $35 from those who wish to pay at the door. For further information or to make reservations RSVP Helen Hatch at helenhatch@yahoo.com subject line: Gerry.

Winchester Republican Fundraiser Set

The Women's Republican Club of Winchester and the Winchester Republican Town Committee will again co-sponsor their Annual Cocktail Party and Fundraiser which will be held on Friday September 17, 2010. The social scheduled to start at 6:30PM will offer an assortment of tasty morsels and snacks for the enjoyment of the attendees, some of which are home-made. A sip or two of a pleasing beverage will add to the pleasure of meeting and socializing with friends and associates.

Several candidates for elected office have been invited and are expected to make remarks. The invited guest speakers include: George Georgountzos, Esq., candidate for State Representative, David Carnevale candidate for State Senate for the 2nd Middlesex District, Bill Campbell, Esq., candidate for Secretary of State, Dr. Gerry Dembrowski candidate for US Congress and State Senator Richard Tsei candidate for Lt. Governor.

The annual event is expected to provide funds that will be donated to various campaigns by the two groups. For further information call Susan Lance at 781-874-9521.

Reminder: Next meeting of Medford GOP this week (Thur, Sept 9)

The next meeting of the Medford Republican City Committee will be held at the Medford Public Library, 111 High Street on Thursday September 9th at 7:00PM. Wards 1-4-6-8 are requested to caucus and report their officer elections.

Attorney General candidate Guy Carbone of Belmont has been invited to appear at the September meeting in the Magoun Room. Carbone a practicing Attorney and former MDC Commisioner, is running a write-in/sticker campaign and has announced plans to mail out 70,000 stickers across the State to likely voters which he hopes will write-in his name or attach a sticker to the Primary Ballot in September. In order to appear on the Ballot for the General Election Carbone needs to garner more than 10,000 votes and prevail in the Primary.

Governors Council 6th District candidate Paul Carruccio, a local businessman, has also been invited to appear and meet members of the Committee and interested voters in the Community.