http://disqus.com/by/makalu/enSat, 14 Feb 2009 20:31:20 -0000http://bloggingbelmont.com/2009/02/vote-for-me-for-school-committee/#comment-6267329<p>I think it is great you are running, as you have show commitment and concern for the town and you would do well in a more public role. However, it is too bad that there are three qualified people running for School Committee yet no one is running against Firenze for Selectman. </p>makaluSat, 14 Feb 2009 20:31:20 -0000http://bloggingbelmont.com/2009/02/an-oberdorfer-too-far/#comment-6267232<p>I’d like to follow up on a comment Tony Schinella posted 3 days ago while referring to a “us vs. them” divide in Belmont. I find Tony’s comments to be quite disingenuous when he says “I don't know what you do to heal this problem”, while as editor of the BCH he is directly responsible for giving space to caustic attacks by Obendorfer and for allowing his own libertarian views to permeate the pages beyond the editorials. Like yellow journalists in the past, Tony’s chief goal is to create and stoke controversy. The impact of his editorial style fosters any divides that do exit among neighbors and community members so he can sell more papers. He constantly portrays the school committee and school advocates to be greedy as if advocating for an under funded school system is radical and unfair to the majority of tax payers. Oberdorfer’s comments are just a base extension of Schinela’s overall editorial style. </p>makaluSat, 14 Feb 2009 20:22:26 -0000