I have seen a number of 'crackpot comments' made during this election season (and I'm sure others would say that I have _made_ some too). I don't think this one, from a Somerville News commenter, can be topped:
I don't know what Harry means by 'GOTV' but if the Cubans, Iranians, or Venezuelans are behind it then I am certain that we don't want it in Ward 7!
Harry, I've looked at Ballantyne's financial report - it seems that the "foreign" money is coming from the Nelson family of Vermont (a suburb of Havana, perhaps). Perhaps Harry has a juicy theory on why Ballantyne's husband changed his name from Nelson to Nilsson (on orders from Tehran?)...
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The Somerville News commenters regularly outdo themselves, so I'm sure this will be topped soon enough :) ... probably the same person who made up the valet parking thing.
ReplyDeleteReading the latest campaign finance reports, I see Ballantyne has 21 donors from Somerville, compared to Trane's 1 (himself). Looks like he'll be self-financing this Ross Perot style.
Thanks for your local coverage of this race.
Trane's fundraiser at PJ Ryan's was held on the same day that the first finance report was due. I'm sure that we'll see local contributions when he files the next report (8th day preceding election).
ReplyDeleteThe valet parking/green room info came from, I believe, a Somerville News staffer rather than a commenter.
The valet thing was in Newstalk, which (at least purportedly) has no input from their actual reporters, so the source could be anyone, or more likely, just fabricated.
ReplyDeleteGOTV stands for Get Out The Vote and refers to the practice of motivating all of the campaign's supporters to cast their votes.
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