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...memorial garnered support from significant figures including Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56, Governor William F. Weld '66 and Russell. Russell held a rally in her office before the first Historical Commission hearing in October 1996 and marched into the hearing with members of the Memorial Committee waving Irish flags...
...swelling the ranks of the hungry? Many are neither jobless nor homeless. "It's the working poor," says Leona Martens, director of the Weld Food Bank in Greeley. In the Colorado town, those asking for help range from seasonal farmworkers sidelined by bad weather to families hit by sudden expenses like doctor bills or new car batteries. Says Barbara Mocnik, executive director of a food bank in Newport News: "The job market is there. The income isn't." Many of the new part-time jobs in Newport News pay so little that they cannot cover basic expenses...
...sure, William "Fly Club" Weld is not beyond Byzantine political maneuvering. In this financially challenged part of the state, the Guv is only sighted during campaign season. He rolls into town doling out pithy comments and paltry checks. The people of New Bedford and Fall River would gladly trade what he actually gives in state funds for even half of what he promises...
...with few options, the governor would not have taken a stand against Jesse Helms if he were seeking a higher office. He earns points for talking tough to a figure whose negative ratings compete with those of Newt Gingrich; but what if his ruse actually works? How is Ambassador Weld to run for a higher office from the porch of his Mexico City hacienda? Bill Weld had thousands of options this week, and if he was still running for office he wouldn't have committed to the one that meant leaving the country...
...media are programmed to ask themselves, "What are the political consequences of this event?" Such questioning can help the people of New Bedford and Fall River see through the vacuous comments made by Boston politicians. Yet it runs into problems when those comments become more trenchant, as Bill Weld's did this week. The media must recognize that political considerations are not universal decision-makers...