Apropos of nothing here’s a truly unfortunate jumbotron crop from at-large council candidate Satya Mitra’s campaign website we discovered mid recording…

Nevertheless… they made it the thumbnail. Lmao.

Just one of the many things Chris and I discuss in a wide-ranging catch up session, recorded on the porch studio yesterday afternoon.

Loosely in order: Moe Bergman’s hilarious campaign radio spot. The dog park homeless encampment and the downtown BID “ambassadors,” the (very related) routine horrors of district court. The two girls of the Eureka Street mother now missing. Webster PD placing Goose “in custody.” Satya Mitra’s insane council war chest, the “for lease” sign above the empty lot Madison Properties abandoned at Polar Park, the sad collapsing prospect of the Michael’s Cigar Bar building ever being put to good use again. Eric Batista’s push to purify the city, and the transparent Joe Petty campaign ploy the announcement transparently serves. The historic bus shelter on Plantation Street they turned into a grim concrete mausoleum in order to spite homeless people.

The cops got Goose. FREE GOOSE.“As your City Manager, I take full responsibility”

1 Exchange Place, “Something New Coming Soon”Gotta seal off the unused bus shelter so people can’t sleep in it

A spokesman for Chicago-based AbbVie, told the Telegram & Gazette his company has been working closely with the City of Worcester, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Police Department and state’s Department of Health and Human Services to find a way to solve “a number of public health and safety issues” connected with the stone shelter while maintaining the historical preservation of the site.

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