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See the Patriot debates
The Barnstable Patriot ,in cooperation with the Cape Cod Community Media Center,
will present live debates between county commissioner candidates Tom Bernardo
and Bill Doherty and state rep candidates Demetrius Atsalis and Will Crocker Oct.
17 on cable channel 17.
Bernardo and Doherty will appear at 7 p.m. and Atasalis and Crocker at 8 p.m.
Patriot Publisher Rob Sennott will be the moderator. Panelists include David Still
II, editor of the Patriot; Mindy Todd, host of "The Point" on WCAI-WNAN; and Tim
Wood, editor of The Cape Cod Chronicle.
Reading the signs
"Sinology" is the study of
China, so "signology" could
be the study of political signs
and their placement...or dis-
placement.
Lastweek,amorningwalker
noticed a Will Crocker sign
residing peacefully across
from the Sheraton FourPoints
Hyannis resort. That was
around 7:15.By the time he'd
walked to Hyannisport and
back,the signhad been tossed
into the weeds, upended.
Signs in combination can
say alot. For instance,there's
a Route 6A lawn that sports
Republican state rep candi-
date Crocker's colors as well
as a sign for liberal Democrat
Deval Patrick.
Then there 's staunch Re-
publican and town councilor
Gary Brown, whose corner
lot in Hyannis has a sign for
Crocker's opponent , Demo-
cratic state Rep. Demetrius
Atsalis.
One thing's clear: since the
departure of unsuccessful
state Senate candidate Doug
i
Bennett, political signs have
certainly been downsized.
Crocker advances ed
spending plan
Is it fair, state rep candi-
date Will Crocker asks, that
Barnstable gets 14 percent
of its foundation budget from
the state while Lawrence gets
97 percent?
He doesn't think so, and at a
press conference this week he
introduced "The Crocker Pro-
posalto Equalize State Educa-
tion Funds" and promised to
make it the first bill he'll file if
elected in November.
Crocker said he would redis-
tribute existing funds so that
every district received at least
25 percent of its foundation
funding from the state and no
schoolwouldreceive more than
80 percent.
Thecandidatesaidthe change
would affect only 135communi-
ties,withthe rest alreadybeing
within those boundaries. Of
the 135, he said, "114 stand to
gain," Barnstable to the tune
of another $5 million.
"Twenty do stand to lose
money," Crocker said, adding
that he would organize the 114
as an effective force to pass
the legislation. One way to do
this,he said,would be through
service on the education com-
mittee. Crocker said House
Minority Leader Brad Jones
has saidthere'sapossibilityhe
could join the committee even
though Cape Rep.Jeff Perrysits
on it already.
Asked what outreach he
planned to the communities
that would lose money in his
scenario, Crocker suggested
that they had better pull up
their socks and raise more
funds to spend on educating
their children.
"What kind of message does
that send (if they don't)?"
he asked. "Does that send a
message that you don't think
they're worth it?"
Inacalltothe Patriot,Crock-
er'sopponent,Rep. Demetrius
Atsalis, said the proposed leg-
islation would be "dead on
arrival" on Beacon Hill due to
the superior number of repre-
sentativeselected bythe cities.
He pointed to his own efforts to
have anarea'sincomeincluded
in the funding formula in addi-
tion to property values.
An archive of radio
debates
Thisweek'sdebate between
state rep candidates Deme-
trius Atsalis and Will Crocker
onWCAI/WNAN's"The Point"
is archived at www.wgbh.org/
cainan/article?item _480593.
Go to the site for other Cape
debates as well.
On board with
Bernardo
County commissioner can-
didate Tom Bernardo is a big
fan of increased rail service on
and to the Cape, so his fund-
raiser coming up Thursday is
a natural.
Bernardo'sbackers willhost
a "rail rally" at the Cape Cod
Central station onMain Street
in Hyannis from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
The afternoon , whichincludes
music by The McMurphy s
band, will be capped off with
a train ride.
RSVP to 508-945-3506.
Sounding the alarm
A communityforum on "The
Threat of Fascism and the Fu-
ture of Freedom in America"
will be held Oct. 29 at Cape
Cod Community College 's
Lecture HallA from 2 to 4p,m,
The sponsor is Wake Up Cape
Cod (wakeupcapecod.org ).
An arresting idea
Peter White, independent
candidat efor Congress,wants
President Bush and Vice Pres-
ident Cheney arrested by the
military if the administration
orders an invasion of Iraq.
In a press statement, White
said major media are refusing
to report a military build-up
in the Persian Gulf,including
tactical nuclear weapons.
In an earlier release, White
criticized media coverage of
the Congressional campaign.
"I'm talking about impeach-
ing Bush/Cheney and ending
the War for Oil in the Middle
East, but the corporate me-
dia doesn't want the voters
to know about these posi-
tions."
Last week, White released
a"Renewable Economy Plan"
that he said would create
thousands of new jobs in the
wind and solar industries in
the 10th
Congressional Dis-
trict.
Beatty blasts
Delahunt ties to
Chavez
The Republican challenger
for Bill Delahunt's seat, Jeff
Beatty, aired an "instant ad"
on radio stations last week
that denounced the "outra-
geous" remarks about Presi-
dent Bush made by Venezu-
elan President Hugo Chavez
at the United Nations.
Beatty noted that Delahunt,
who has worked with Chavez
on importing lower-priced
heating oil to New England
and other projects , has called
Chavez his "excellent friend."
Beatty said Delahunt "failed
to condemn" the remarks by
Chavez.
Delahunt did criticize
Chavez, but he noted also
that the Venezuelan's speech
was warmly received by the
member countries, indicat-
ing how the image of America
has fallen in the international
community.
O'Leary in Arizona
for award
State Sen. Rob O'Leary
traveled to Phoenix to receive
the Peyton Tuthill Award,
recognizing his role as lead
sponsor of a bill that made
Massachusetts the 50th
state
signatory of the Interstate
Compact for Adult Offender
Supervision.Tuthill,for whom
the award isnamed,wasmur-
dered in 1999 by an offender
transferred from one state to
another without notice.
Perry on juvenile
justiceboard
State Rep. Jeff Perry will
serve on the Executive Office
of Public Safety's Juvenile
Justice Advisory Committee,
whichwillwork on delinquen-
cy prevention and juvenile
justice issues.
Perry, who is unopposed
in November, said in a letter
that his priorities in the new
term willinclude school fund-
ing reform, opening up the
state's insurance markets to
guarantee competition and
better rates,and legislation to
address the cost of illegalim-
migration through a require-
ment that companies doing
business with the state verify
citizenship or immigration
status of their employees.
Warm thoughts from
Matt Patrick
State Rep. Matt Patrick
has a warm feeling going into
November. It's not that he's
unopposed for re-election;
instead, he's thinking about
how people willkeep warm in
the winter months.
In a press release, Patrick
described and listed fuel as-
sistance programs and noted
that state law prevents utili-
ties from shuttingoff services
to a variety of households.
For more information, call
his office 508-540-6308.
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