If it did not get reported by local news source, it did not happen!

I am guessing that what we saw on George Lewis's website was just a figment of
our imagination. I am speaking of when George Lewis invited us to visit his
website to see the good news of the skate park, we saw a cartoon which I
described to be something I would have expected to find on a Klansmen website.
The nasty phone I got from George Lewis in response to my critique of his
artwork, IT MUST NOT HAVE HAPPENED FOR NEITHER THE MWDN nor Framingham Source
did not report it. Either that or it was deemed to be newsworthy. This begs the
question: What is newsworthy? I guess that when Yvonne Spicer made reference to
the racist stuff coming from a different campaign last October 28 Mayoral
Debate must have been false. It did not even get mentioned by our local news
source. I guess I tell my lying eyes that what I see posted on FramGov must be
false when it comes to these racist images associated with the Judith Grove for
Council District 8. My lying ears on October 28 must have deceived me to
believe that Yvonne Spicer mentioned it in her closing comments in that Mayoral
Debate.
 
I spite of the fact that neither the MWDN nor the Framingham Source failed to
report the racist cartoons coming out of the 1st City Election, I still stand
by my claim that such racist cartoons did get posted on Facebook by Judith
Grove or one of her associated and the similar images posted on George Lewis's
website.
 
William LaBarge

At the risk of putting a big target on my back, I saw and have a copy of the
hideous doctored photo of our now mayor that a sitting city councilor posted on
her Facebook page that Willy refers to. It made me ashamed at that time to be
from Framingham. The election results assuaged that feeling as our better
angels came to the fore. But in the meantime, this now sitting councilor and
her allies (on this page and elsewhere) tarred anyone who objected to the foul
image she crowed about as the ones who are truly intolerant. Worse, they
impugned the life of an individual, who has served his community well and
selflessly, in the most repugnant way.
 
I agree with the concept that the election is over and we should move on from
these kinds of odious events. But we must not forget the so-called public
servants who chose to capitalize on the most base instincts to win political
advantage. And those particular ones who wallowed there at the bottom might
need to be held in account.

So much for One Framingham. The poster may agree with the "concept that the
election is over" but apparently not the reality. I have heard of sore losers,
but sore winners is a new one.
 
Judith Grove has served her community brilliantly and selflessly and apparently
her constituency agreed with that since she was elected to City Council while
others were not. The cartoon was political satire. Beyond that the rest of
the post and the lies therein, are not worth a response, particularly given
that the poster is also claiming on Facebook that people who disagree with her
are lacking in integrity. Who is wallowing? I hope whatever is going on there
passes.
 
Susan Craighead

so now we have three fiscal conservative AND a Trump supporter in town,?
 
boy, we sure are inclusive in framingham,
 
who let the Trump supporter in,?
 
walter siggins On Monday, February 12, 2018, 5:11:37 AM EST, William LaBarge
<<email obscured>> wrote:
 
Last night, I received a phone call from a Trump's supporter in defense of
Judith Grove's indefensible behavior over this political satire (as it is
called)... The motivation for support for Trump and for Judith Grove is down to
saving tax dollar... The caller proceeded to advise me to find out what kind of
a car that the Mayor chose to make the local taxpayers to pay for and provided
her with as her perk as Mayor...
 
I have to ask those who continue to defend the act of posting that cartoon in
one's own Facebook page: What is the difference between Judith Grove's campaign
posting that hideous image or some other person slipping similar racist images
beneath the dorm room of a Framingham State University student who just
sooooooo happen to be Bllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkkkk????? Isn't the
Mayor who was attacked by that political cartoon
Bllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkkkk?????
 
Go ahead and continue to defend the indefensible just because the one who
posted the insult is YOUR MAN!!!!!!!!! I am afraid of what will come next when
we continue to normalize such indefensible behavior. As a liberal, I'm suppose
to defend Al Frankin in spite of the fact that what he did to women was just
outright intrusively disgusting. Guess what, I can't defend that! Likewise, I
can't defend what Judith Grove's campaign did and what came forth from both
Judith's campaign and from Judith herself. If we continue to defend the
indefensible just because the offender is our man, what kind of other
indefensible behavior will come out because it was committed by our man?
 
By the way, I was planning on not posting further on this subject... But the
phone call I received last night had the opposite effect....
 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I almost forgot... It seem like those who are willing to
defend the behavior coming from Judith Grove and her supporters... They all
seem to be quick to defend Stefanini's behavior concerning LIBRARYGATE... But
what if it was Spicer who tampered with Stefanini's campaign material at the
Library, I'd bet that the Steafinini's supporters be going after Spicer (and
rightfully so) for pulling that stunt....
GO FIGURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I could understand if Judith Grove was indeed a racist... But to post something
that plays to the racists in order to garner the votes of racists... As far as
I'm concerned, a political candidates can continue to play to the Klansmen,
Nazis, etc, but if they do, I will not only vote for the candidate who has the
best chance of defeating that political candidate, I will actively campaign
against such candidates who wants the votes from Klansmen, Nazis, etc.
I suppose that there are more Klansmen, Nazis, etc. than they are William
LaBarge. Just only one of me vs several racists, defenders of racists,  and
representatives of racists.
 
I wish Mayor Spicer the best of luck in dealing with the mindset that generated
and continue to support insults such as the insults embedded in that cartoon
that Judith Grove had on her Facebook page.
 
I do not want to see any more of these campaign coming forth just as much as
people want me to shut up on this matter. As long as such trashy cartoons will
be defended, posts like this will continue to come forth.
 
William LaBarge
 
 
 
William LaBarge
Precinct 16, Framingham
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