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Thanks to the voice of the people, Santa will be
coming to town each and every year from now on. Chicken Little ran through the hamlet of Saugus recently spreading rumors that the sky was falling and some fell for it. Let's hope that "The Hail Mary Pass" is not determined to be 'politically incorrect.' It's amazing how many parents call the police when a child won't go to school. Kudos to all of those who worked hard in bringing a bike path to Saugus and to the selectmen for supporting it. Filmmaker Michael Moore is loved in Iran. A sure fire way to put a hex on a cold winter is to build an outdoor skating rink for the kids. Saugus went national last night when Bill O'Reilly called our school superintendent a "pin-head" for banning Santa. Imagine - Saugus has almost 2,000 registered dogs while Lynn has only 800. Poor Saugus - Just when you think things couldn't get any worse, Santa was almost banned from meeting with our children. Thank goodness, the good people spoke up and Santa has been given his rightful place in town. News from Washington D.C. reports that the F.B. I. is thinking of setting up a satellite office in Saugus, MA. A special "thanks" goes out to Saugus Public Library Director Diane Wallace. Let's hope they throw the 'book' at the former library employee. "Merry Christmas" is making its rightful place back in our vocabulary and hearts. Sometimes it only takes a glance to see the light. One of the best moves by the new Selectmen is
placing Citizen's Forum in the beginning of the meetings.
Previously, those with issues would have to sit three or four hours
waiting to be heard. It's been a very exciting and informative campaign season except for the one candidate who wants to bring the town down to the level of four letter words, baseball bats and self-appointed vigilantes. Candidate for selectman "Dudley Do Right" is flying into Cliftondale Friday night to round up all the drug dealers, order them to leave town before sunset and rescue all the fair maidens. There ought to be a law!! residents calling police because someone is talking loudly; caller complained that a truck on her street might hit her fence; caller asking for assistance to get young child to go to school; etc etc; Remember when the police would be the last call you would make? Instead of raking leaves we now need to shovel. How can one candidate for selectman work with a board when he makes fun of nine of the eleven choices?? One thing the town manager won't miss should he be chosen for the Winchester position is the trash issue. Winchester residents have to take care of their own rubbish! According to a recent police log, Saugus has a
sultan at the Red Roof Inn who had his cell phone stolen and a princess
who was caught shoplifting at the Mall. Funny, Saugus has a Summer Street, Winter Street, Spring Street but no Fall Street. Moammar will be leaving his country as soon as he boxes up all his hats. The ink isn't even dry on the decision to reclaim a liquor license yet the selectmen are being attacked. OK, so there are a few bumps along the way of the
trash issue but, just think, there is no limit to how many recycling
barrels you can put out!!!! The walls at the Veteran's School are filled with
beautiful art - how uplifting!!! Does anyone know what comes after trillion?
Someone better find out soon. Ever wonder what dogs are looking for when they look out of car windows? Dearly beloved and dedicated town meeting member for many years Helen Knox passed away recently and took her two houses with her! If the uncollected money from recycled bottles and cans were earmarked for the Casey Anthony College Fund, just think how many more people would re-cycle! Unbelievable!!! After over 50 years of offering patrons cheese and crackers, management was told to shut it down because of one complaint!!!! If the town can shut down free cheese they can shut anything down. Too bad our hearts are not as smart as our brains. Just because someone does not relate to Shakespeare but can rebuild a jet engine single handedly -why is that someone considered uneducated? Saugus meetings always begin by reciting the Pledge
of Allegiance. The unemployment rate in Quebec is 5%. Their
number one industry is Tourism and boy are they all nice and pleasant up
there - even when losing to the Bruins! Remember the WWII argument? Who had the most
German scientists - us or them? Same thing today; who has the most
Canadian hockey players - Vancouver or Boston? Let's hope the
outcome is the same as in 45. Go Bruins!!! The annual town report is a 'must read.' If something is advertised for free, then why do you have to buy $50.00 worth of goods to get something 'so-called' free? Those in attendance at the recent parade showed
respect when speeches were made. There was a time when young kids
would blow whistles and talk all through the ceremony. A great
sign that 'times they are a changing.' Who said that the empty drum makes the loudest noise? In ancient Greece the word symposium meant a
drinking party following the evening meal attended only by men featuring
entertainment by hired performers. HMMMMM. Has anyone totaled up the cost for boys athletics
v. girls athletics? For the love of God can't they just have
a functioning tennis court? The one thing Americans can do is to buy New
Balance. If we just hinted that we were going to start drilling for oil, gas prices would be cut in half. What the police listed as a 'friendly meeting of a
male and female' on a lonely street in Saugus used to be called
'parking.' Hope the head of that coyote found off Bristow Street doesn't wind up in someone's bed. If Mass Health didn't subsidize the cost of prescription drugs, just how many doctors would be writing them? Leno had a good line: There is something backwards going on - Germany doesn't want to fight but France does. Single headedly, Moammar Khadafy has set the millinery industry back three hundred years. Of all the polls conducted, I don't know of anyone who received an opinion call. The school fence is finally a credit to the
community. Saugus parents are looking for a 'homework pass' once in a while! It really helps if motorists show a little more
patience than usual as it's tough sledding out there on the highways. Who said, "God brought the snow and God should take it away?" The plows have reigned havoc on all the signs along
the way. It's almost impossible to avoid them but it's going to be
another expense come thaw time. How can a healthy teenager step over the snow on his/her front steps and head to the gym without a thought of whose going to do the shoveling? In a politically correct world should "illegal
mother-in-law apartment change to undocumented father-in-law residence? No one is owning up to the call that made to a Boston station stating that Saugus received the most snowfall at 19 inches. Santa's visit to Saugus on Christmas Eve was one of the best ever. Selectmen in Danvers are considering new rules aimed at prodding liquor license holders to use or sell the licenses or risk losing them for good. Most of us remember where we were when Kennedy was
shot and when some jerk told us Santa was dead. There must be 20 Salvation Army bell ringers in
Saugus located at just about every store. Why don't they pass out
a pin or a button like the Poppy Drive so you can show you already
donated? If the economy is so bad, why is there a long line of customers waiting to purchase something from Pandora? Another long line can be found at the US Post Office in Cliftondale. While many other surrounding communities have
dozens of one-way streets, Saugus has three with 2 as 1/2 of the time.
Does this mean that Saugonians are not inclined to be one-wayed? Who knew you had to be "blood" to get a job in the
Probation Department? When you flash you lights to oncoming cars alerting
them about a radar trap are you aiding and abetting? Survey says 81% of the population support the
Military. Who said, If you want something done, go to a busy person? How much are catch basins going for anyway? What a "drain" on our finances. Thank goodness the election is over. No more commercials, mail and phone calls for a while. The reason that a little known article tacked onto Obama's Health Care Plan billing homeowners 14% on the sale of their homes starting in 2012 was adopted was to help pay for the illegal aliens in the waiting rooms of ER's all over the country. Did anyone notice the empty lot on Greatwoods Road where a house once lived? A great big "thank you" to all of those town meeting members voting to approve $60,000 for the Saugus athletic programs - it was all of them!! How can anyone shoplift at a Mattress Store? And when will the consumer wake up to the fact that any deal with a truck full of TV's near a Sears Store and asking for cash and will be "right back" makes them part of the scam. Let's all hope that a little of that Moss grows on the Branch. Those houses that were built near a failing wall will be rescued by a local builder who will move them to a safe location. Too bad the Patriots wouldn't let Moss grow instead of letting him go. How many marriages could have been saved if hubby had a GPS years ago? The recent loss of a young
life in Saugus is a tragedy for all of us. The state of Maine is in the process of approving
casino gambling. When town officials work together as they have been of late, there are no boundaries as to how much they can accomplish. All those acorns mean that we are in for a cold and
icy winter! Sometimes it's the principle of the fight - not the principal. Is it the duty of a detail officer to chase after customers who don't pay their tab? If you are looking for something for a kid that has everything go to Toys R Us - they are selling "serial killer dolls with knife included. Can't blame this one on the kids! Students who need to park their cars at the
school may not have to pay YET - it's being studied. Let's hope
that if the powers that be chose to charge - make sure everyone who uses
a parking space be charged. The proposed budget for the Saugus School System
ends the Presentation with: "Money should not stand in the
way of our children's education: The price $26,516,784."
A petition is circulating to stop the user fees in sports. People want their school officials to come up with the money. There are more kids skateboarding than ice skating
- Ever wonder how really smart those "Smart Cars"
are? A few surrounding towns have instituted a water ban
- drink up. Pop Warner must be rolling in his grave. Saugonians can take great pride in knowing that all classrooms in the Saugus school system recite the Pledge of Allegiance each morning during school days. The city of Arlington just voted to make the Pledge
of Allegiance mandatory in all their schools. But who voted it out
in the first place? If summer were to end tomorrow it would be enough
for some of us. Seems like they are serving a lot of "whine" at the
Lavo Restaurant/Nightclub. Some of those in the know think that red headed Falzone is a younger version of the elder Go-Green Gore! The hens are leaving their coops in Saugus soon.
There be no more great cold cuts at either White Hen store as the Seven
Eleven is taken over at both places and will be serving packaged meats. If the new Black Panthers want to kill all the white people, who will be left to pay the bills? Notice how many empty store fronts there are in Saugus? Circuit City, the store front in Cliftondale formerly Hoffman's/Video store, Eastern Tool building on Ballard Street, stores at Village Park, to name a few. Three cheers to the Saugus School Committee, along with the town manager, for finding the funds to defray the "user" fees for kids to participate in sports - money well spent. Just how many kids are there in the Saugus Youth Hockey Program? It's amazing to think families can still afford the expensive sport. The police log reveals that neighbors are
complaining about the noise coming from that new restaurant/nightclub/ZaZa's.
Seems to me I've heard that song before. Great news about the hockey team. Now it's
time to put that same effort into getting rid of user fees. All
the funds going to drug awareness would be better spent subsidizing the
athletic programs. Maybe if we get rid of the user fees, some of
those affected won't become "users" in other ways. Do you think that crew renovating the former Zaza's wants to put in another night club? Of Course not!! Why is that people who move in next to playgrounds think they can shut the kids down from using the playgrounds??? How many of those fans mourning the loss of the late Michael Jackson attended a Memorial Day Parade? Many that advocated keeping Saugus a Town support City liquor hours! Some BOS members have rolled back so much on the
roll back that new campaign literature will be needed at next years
election, along with new volunteers! As much as we hate the Yankees, kudos to their move of banning Lady Gaga Forever!!! At least we can rest assured that she won't be
singing our National Anthem when we beat the Yankees. Those Perdue people really don't know their chickens when they refer to a rooster as Gladys. When most of us went to school, the word "misspoke"
meant "I told a lie or a fib." The words "used poor judgment"
meant "I screwed up," and a shortfall meant, "I spent money I
didn't have." The Princess just came out with another one -
extortion can now be blamed for having too much of the bubbly. Not for nothing but with our Memorial Day services coming up wouldn't you think our local, hometown newspaper would put something on the front page??? Enough with the rink! One of the best ways to go green is to bring back
the clothes lines. Many find those Legal Seafood Ads to be as
offensive as week-old fish' If those "politically correct" people have their way, soon enough it will be illegal to say "God Bless you" when you sneeze. Now that the hill has been removed from Route One will the Hilltop Restaurant have to change its name? If you want to send money to Mexico just go to the
Bank of America phone line and press #5. The Belmonte School keeps getting better and better both inside and out. The heating, lighting and other upgrades help to bring the "grades" of the students UP as well. A lot of kids in town are looking for Lacrosse programs. I'll bet our old Indians neighbors are happy! Some kids have to make up snow days while kids at
the Waybright will be making up Rat Days. Out of towners often comment that Saugonian drivers
are among the most courteous on the road.
There is a movement about by several Belmonte students to test the quality of lunch room food. After spending thousands of dollars on a research
study, it was determined that recess and physical education was vital
for the well-being and learning capacity of students. All the team
that lead the study had to do was ask a few teachers. National Grid was nice enough to send out updates on utility outages and progress being made but most customers had no power to read them. If pedestrians can safely make their way through Cliftondale Square on foot, they then can go on to Kane's Donuts - that's the real test of skill. Customers are thinking about taking up a collection for a cross walk in front of the store especially with the new addition coming. The campaign trail is getting busy with candidates
out all weekend - even in the rain. The "coast is clear" at the Waybright School - students will be allowed to return on February 22nd. Where were all the kids this past school vacation
week? Do any of them ever play out of doors any more? O.K. now do we have it right that a solution to the broken down eye-sore of a fence on Route One needs a billboard? Thought that any new billboards were outlawed in MA. Two wrongs don't make a right. Is there any hope on the horizon that kids can play
sports without paying for the opportunity? Generally, when rats appear it's the housekeeping
at issue. Pretty soon dogs will have their own reality show. Those parents upset about the Waybright School probably don't remember the fire of 63 when a portion of the old high school burnt to the ground. Students faced two platoon sessions all through their high school years and funny thing, their class of 65 produced some of the highest achievers ever. Go figure. Can irate residents put up No Parking signs- on
town property - on their own? The selectmen are doing their homework in bringing
"law and order" back into Town. It's almost like Sheriff Dillon and the
Lone Ranger are "covering their backs!" Looks like a passion for politics is making a comeback in Saugus! Two candidates have announced a run for the state reps seat held by Mark Falzone. One thing for sure there's going to be many debates. Heard that the Ballard School will re-open under
the supervision of our School Department. Sure beats any more
"temporary" buildings. One selectman is going to be getting the title of "The Comeback Kid." Guess having a name like the Saints carries a lot of weight "upstairs." Good luck to them - they deserved to win but they got a lot of help from Someone. Speaking of rats - an old joke - "We were so poor
even the rats ate out." Glad to see that Waybright got them to
move out. Smart move on the part of town officials to keep
the "grandfathering" alive in our Ballard and Evans Schools - Saugus
kids need a home. There is a movement throughout the state to push
for longer school days. Hats off to the new Saugus Board of Selectmen!!! They are doing a great job of protecting our town. |
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