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Galluccio news
Does anyone else find it odd (or predictable) that the Somerville News has essentially no news on Senator Galluccio's recent scuffles with the law? Seeing as they will pounce on Senator Jehlen if she happens to, say, sneeze without covering her mouth, I just find it interesting that the only item on this subject is the verbatim posting of Galluccio's public apology. Is there some long-standing story here that I'm missing? Is Galluccio old friends with the Nortons? Discuss.
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;-)
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Are you surprised there aren't any actual articles on this or surprised he isn't getting dragged through the mud in Newstalk?
We're working on a story. It will probably be out before January.
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Then, of course, there's the mean-spirited, nasty, childish "Newstalk" column, where anyone who is friends with the publishers gets a shout-out ("We hear that John Smith just got back from a great vacation with his family. He's a swell guy, and everyone in the world loves him!") and anyone they dislike has all sorts of innuendo and near-libel piled on them ("We hear that Princess Rebekah and her Queen Pat Jehlen drank the blood of young children in their basement last night while plotting with the Knights Templar to take over Somerville... and they say they're for INCLUSION?!?!?!"). I would like to think that, with all the nastiness they send towards one of Somerville's state senators for all kinds of trumped-up and imaginary slights, they'd have at least ONE unkind thing to say about the only state senator representing Somerville who has had three DUIs and a hit-and-run against a family of four in their minivan.
I know I'm being overly snarky, and while I know that most of us in this LJ community take their editorial positions with a truckload of salt, it still gets my dander up. Especially when said Newstalk column repeatedly calls the other paper in town an unprofessional rag.
*I have NO affiliation/friendship/Facebook-friendship/whatsoever with anyone at the Somerville Journal, FWIW.
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Knights of Templar and Sen. Jehlen? I think the best the Newstalkers could do recently was malign Alderman Gewirtz's lasagna. Did any of them actually try it? Doubtful.
I agree on your point that the poor souls only getting their news from the News are completely in the dark about Galluccio. The people responsible for going out and gathering the news aren't the ones maligning the Journal or Knights Templar meetings. I hope you shop local for salt.
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Well, that makes sense, yes? It's not like the Somerville News would have to open a Cambridge bureau; they'd just have to make some phone calls.
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All salt is purchased locally and organically, I promise!
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I think Galluccio should resign and get residential treatment for alcohol addiction immediately. Not that he cares what I think, of course.