tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51501972011-07-07T18:53:59.279-04:00Welcome to my world, yes you may see me spell some words wrong and use the wrong grammer. Get used to it, I dont feel like editing these posts. Other times I just made words up, yes I know its not a real word, just make sure you use your imagination!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-75571379956252567362010-02-24T19:26:00.002-05:002010-02-24T20:45:29.852-05:00

Just an Open LetterAs a City Councilor in Chelsea I would receive letters from people every so often and still do on occasion even after leaving the council this past winter. They have been tapering off and I have not received any for a month but I just got one last one from a gentleman from Canada. It was several pages long, he claims to have sent letters to many elected officials over the years

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-48410192859993769222010-02-11T20:00:00.003-05:002010-02-11T20:47:11.863-05:00

Thoughts on Lawrence Mayor LantiguaLawrence Mayor William Lantigua , AKA Massachusetts State Representative William Lantigua, , AKA Willy Lantigua seems to have made an unwise move in whatever power game he is playing up in Lawrence. During the run up to the 2009 Municipal elections then Representative Lantigua, he was elected to that seat in 2003, said he would give up his State Rep seat if he

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-52981974779873930352009-12-10T08:41:00.005-05:002009-12-10T09:18:39.837-05:00

A RebuttalI am writing down some thoughts I have about an editorial, "Fighting For The People", I read this morning in my hometown newspaper the Chelsea Record. I am listed with a group of Councilors who the paper claimed "spearheaded" a campaign to to favor commercial interests over residential interests in regards to property taxes. The editorial goes on to say that taxes are too high on home

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-58369037992628630012009-12-05T23:23:00.007-05:002009-12-06T09:19:20.183-05:00

Endorsement of Mike Capuano for SenateThis may not come as a shock to many of you as I have been pushing many of you to vote for Mike Capuano for the open Senate seat since September. We Democrats have been blessed with an incredible field of well versed candidates, I can see any of them being worthy of the Senate seat. With that being said one candidate stands above the crowd due to his

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-43523501668766336352009-11-10T09:00:00.003-05:002009-11-10T09:07:52.937-05:00

I figured I would blog really fast about the Capuano Open Mike Bash last night, I made a comment on another blog and will expand on it a little here. It was a very good event and the room was packed. The campaign was estimating about 1,200 people and I believe them, the room was packed and people were still in the lobby hanging out because they ran out of standing room in the ballroom. As some

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-88149874836778811072009-10-29T23:40:00.008-04:002009-10-30T07:28:37.472-04:00

Because sometimes the NYT is wrongI read an article in the New York Times (Via The Big Money) by Bruce Buschel who is apparently opening up a new restaurant in New York and is writing about it in a blog for the paper. The article is entitled "100 Things a Restaurant Staffer Should Never Do, Part I". Overall I think it had some good points, number 3 is great "Never refuse to seat three guests

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-13610554745447488152009-10-17T21:04:00.003-04:002009-10-17T22:49:17.643-04:00

I had some free moments so I decided to write my thoughts on my leaving the Chelsea City Council in December. Be warned it is self serving, I am leaving the City Council but am still a politician ;)I've spent my whole life in Chelsea living among long term neighbors, family members and newer residents. The first 26 years of my life in Chelsea seemed to culminate in my election to the Chelsea

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-68457163422050461092009-09-28T20:24:00.007-04:002009-09-29T07:56:42.734-04:00

Political Guide: Volume IWith so many political races going on at the same time I thought it would be interesting to write a blog about endorsements. How they affect races, guidelines that explain endorsement behavior and other random tidbits tossed in for good measure. I consider these to be guidelines and not hard and fast rules. I have over ten years of experience watching, being involved in

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-86516217245844704762009-09-17T20:16:00.007-04:002009-09-17T21:19:53.823-04:00

Union!I woke up this morning and checked my Twitter feed (@mattfrank if you would like to follow) and came across this story on the Boston Hyatt's laying off their workers so they could hire people to do their jobs for half the pay. What is even worse with the story in the Globe was that the workers were asked to train their replacements having been told they were training temporary workers who

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-1125585941651086152009-08-28T23:13:00.005-04:002009-08-28T23:45:50.662-04:00

50 Dollars!!??!!??I am just stopping by here for a quick story, then back to packing.I worked late in the square tonight so I was able to sleep in a little and then get to work by 11am. After waking up I ran some errands and dropped a few things off at my new apartment and then had to make one more stop before going back to Cambridge. I will not say who I ran into or where I ran into him (other

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-31499489226898543992009-08-17T21:07:00.005-04:002009-08-18T08:48:17.162-04:00

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY?I have always been a fan of books on dystopian futures and alternate history. As someone who also tends to be knowledgeable on the first wave of technology (generally joining on the second wave after the kinks get flushed out but before it becomes very popular) it takes some maneuvering to settle these two interests. I feel that technology can be of great use to people if used

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-11089281313603480112009-08-15T10:17:00.004-04:002009-08-15T10:23:56.440-04:00

City Council UpdateSupporters/Friends, I know people only glance over these messages so I will get to the point fast. After careful consideration I decided not to run for reelection to the Chelsea City Council. My term ends in January and I will be serving until then. I made the decision because I could not fully commit to another 2 years at the moment and did not want to leave mid term. I

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-25470970824656081172009-08-12T21:24:00.006-04:002009-08-12T22:27:01.494-04:00

Meet the new protesters: Same as the old protestersOver the past few weeks and months there have been many protests against the Obama Administration. Obama is raising taxes, Obama is not an American, Obama wants to kill your grandmother and steal her money. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda the hits keep on coming. This brings up a very good question, are these conservative outliers UnAmerican as Speaker

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-62838846324836064842009-08-10T20:49:00.007-04:002009-08-10T22:18:54.672-04:00

Thank you for not smoking, oh wait, what?I am running behind on my blog series about Freedom Tour 2009, I am going to try to wrap it up this week. First off the posts will be much shorter, they were too long to write and too long to read. Second I am going to skip over some of the stories I tried to weave. For those waiting for the cliff hangers the thing that I saw that shocked me in CT was my

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-60634539316263337702009-07-26T23:26:00.017-04:002009-07-27T11:13:19.082-04:00

Ground Control to Michelle: Do You Read?This is my second installment of my blogs focus on Freedom Tour 2009. For those of you unaware Freedom Tour 2009 is (was) a trip around New England that my friend Chris and I took with a main focus of visiting the grave sites of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from New England. The trip is part of a series of trips that Chris has taken across

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-21257383573775529052009-07-22T21:53:00.014-04:002009-07-22T23:31:39.388-04:00

Tales From the Political CryptThis blog post chronicles the kick off of Freedom Tour 2009, which is a semi geeky way of saying my friend and I are traveling around New England to visit the grave sites of the signers of the declaration of Independence who are intermed in the New England area. This is part of a "quest" of his which has brought him across the country visiting sites in many states.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-17475049904910956422009-07-16T19:45:00.004-04:002009-07-17T12:09:08.665-04:00

Selling out the MBTAI remember a while back there was some talk of selling MBTA station sponsorships and many people were upset and even dismayed over it. Some time has passed and I believe we are in slightly more dire straights then we were at that time, it may be time to reconsider this option.The MBTA is in the hole by what appears to be billions of dollars and many viable projects have been

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-75561776597087272802009-07-15T19:55:00.006-04:002009-07-15T20:16:04.489-04:00

Chelsea District 3 Community MeetingChelsea City Councilor Matt Frank is hosting a community meeting for the residents of District 3 in Chelsea. District 3 covers most of Mill Hill and Soldiers Home Hill/Powder Horn Hill. The meeting is being held at the Mary C Burke complex on Eastern Ave at 6:00pm on Monday July 20th. Joining City Councilor Frank will be other elected officials from the area

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-89161810682762207212009-05-31T00:40:00.015-04:002009-06-01T13:31:13.805-04:00

Views of Chelsea, and the Duckling HospitalToday was the first day of the Chelsea Art Walk, it wraps up tomorrow if you have not already been out to all the stops make sure you get out here by 6pm on Sunday!!! I took some pictures of my travels, and the views I took in. I avoided pictures of most of the art, you need to visit the galleries to see that...One of my first stops was at the "Chelsea

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-74897469412846303572009-05-21T21:43:00.005-04:002009-05-21T22:08:40.378-04:00

... but can I still eat bacon???The City of Chelsea has issued a public health announcement in regard to the Swine Flu cases in Massachusetts. The following message was issues by our Reverse 911 system (kudos to Somerville for innovating this handy outreach tool!) The main take away points are 1) Do not panic and 2) Wash your hands. For my commentary and more resources please continue after the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-32830883597216398012009-05-20T19:33:00.003-04:002009-05-20T19:48:57.153-04:00

Fashion Police StateThe sign says Soldier Design, the camera is obviously a security camera...It feels very 1984

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-18569706294483386132009-05-16T10:13:00.004-04:002009-05-16T14:31:32.371-04:00

On the mystery of bronze statues from the 80'sThere used to be a time when Chelsea was compared to... Moving on, yesterday was definitely a Chelsea day, at least for me, and most of it happened outside of 02150. The most interesting of these little events was meeting Renata Von Tscharner from the Charles River Conservancy in the office in Harvard Square. Renata started the CRC , and has managed

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-35616440911958329912008-12-14T00:10:00.003-05:002008-12-14T00:42:31.787-05:00

On Tourists and HistoryFrommers just came out with a book about the 500 places you should visit before its too late. The list includes some places that are under threat from global warming and development, and places that are under threat from tourism. I havent read the book but have read articles about it and have noticed an interesting situation developing. Places like the Taj Mahal and the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-89574972898166523132008-12-08T22:09:00.006-05:002008-12-08T22:35:25.925-05:00

On Fears and RecessionsI was reading a story in the Boston Globe called Doom Boom, which was about the feelings and thoughts of random people the reporter came across. They were asked what their greatest fears were. The article itself was obviously a little on the sensationalistic side, I mean seriously how do you chronicle a sense of doom and who says its booming? With that aside some of the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190324626189329958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150197.post-3029984904468575482008-12-08T21:55:00.004-05:002008-12-08T22:08:58.060-05:00

After a five year hiatus from blogging I decided to bring my blogger account back to life. Lucky you, you get to read my very first post, this my friends is called Living History ;)I feel obliged to offer a few words about the restarting of my blog, an obligation to myself as my readership base (the whole five or so of them) have already moved on to bigger and better things. I have always been an

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