Valentine's for the Troops

Martin Luther King Day of Service

Please come join in

to help make this a fun and inspired event.

http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/dayofservicejanuary19/4j439


1,000 VALENTINES
FOR
THE TROOPS

Monday, 19 January 2009
9 am until Noon

BANK STREET ARMORY
72 Bank Street, Fall River

Children and folks of all ages!
Come and be a part of Fall River’s efforts to create
1,000 Valentines and posters of support for the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We're helping provide materials and coffee and snacks but best of all will be you to guide the kids and the kid in all of us making Valentine cards for our troops overseas.

Sponsored by SAVE OUR NEIGHBHOODS, CITY OF FALL RIVER, B.O.L.D, and ARTS UNITED

QUESTIONS?
V4Troops@gmail.com

Doh!

Yes we all make mistakes, but Councilor Casey really worries me.

From WSAR interview with Hurricane 1/6/09

Fall River-tastic Store

Visit the Fall River-tastic store for all of your "whackjob blogga" clothing item needs and fabulous 2009 "Anyone But Bob Correia" campaign paraphernalia.

Property Assessments

The 2009 Assessments and real estate tax bills came out recently. If you feel that the assessment of your property is overestimated or inaccurate you should file an abatement with the assessors office. Forms can be found here and must be returned to the assessors office (I believe by Feb 2 2009, although deadlines may vary).

View Fall River Property Information (including assessments) HERE

Also for information on the tax rate increase see:
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1720635163/Property-tax-rate-unclear-at-Council-delays-vote

Dear Herald News:

Thank you for today's edition. It is fantastic.

Vote Tampering

Is this a sign of what is to come in the 2009 Fall River elections -

The Herald News offered a poll today on their website "Mayor's first year." I voted at noon, and along with most (73 other people), I indicated Correia was "Failing." At that time about 7% of the approximately 90 voters thought he was was doing an "Outstanding" job. I was a little surprised that there were about 6 people left that thought he was doing an outstanding job but realized they were probably relatives.

Around 3:00 I went back to check the results and noticed a large spike in "Outstanding" votes. Soon after this the Herald News posted a message that, "This poll was reset at approximately 3:30 p.m., because of multiple votes from individual IP addresses. The ability to vote multiple times from a single IP address has now been disabled."

Sad? Desperate? Both?

New Year 2009

Someone dropped the ball yesterday at city hall and for once the Mayor was no where in sight. Mayor Correia's presence was felt, however, when revelers in the single digit temperatures tried to get into to city hall to await the 2009 ball drop beginning at 10:30pm and listen to the DJ, who was announced on the city website press release, and were welcomed by locked doors. (**Also a distinct lack of trolley at the festivities despite Correia's committment to provide trolley service between the evening's venues).

Despite his anticipated arrival and listing on the service program, Correia was also noticeably absent from the annual New Year's Eve ecumenical service offered by the First Baptist Church and attended by many, including the Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River.

Congrats to the local community activists who joined together to organize this event. This was tangible evidence of the power of the people. Most impressive was the fact that this event was organized in a matter of weeks and at a minimal budget. Thank you to all those who participated. You are the ones that make Fall River great. Despite Correia getting his name on "Back to Main Street: New Year's Eve in the Neighborhood" press releases his participation and pledged contributions to the event were lacking.

And finally.....Correia said he was cancelling First Night because of the hungry and homeless in Fall River. Did the hungry and homeless ever get the $30,000 that is usually used for First Night?