Articles by Bob Montgomery Thomas

Bob Montgomery Thomas, (Bob Monty), a retiree who spent 50+ years in the working trenches, has been fighting the “system” – always trying to make a positive impact – always stirring others to rise and challenge the miscreants and dullards in public office – regardless of political stripe.

Montgomery Thomas: My Reflection on the 2010 MA Elections

November 9, 2010 in Uncategorized by Bob Montgomery Thomas | View Comments

MA Republicans further humiliated — again!

I’ve said from day one that Scott Brown’s victory was nothing but a perfect storm… but who ever listens? The RINO-led brain trust at the MAGOP thought they were just going to cruise to statewide and otherwise victory. The MAGOP intended to be carried aloft by a farrow of flying pigs; much to their chagrin.


There will be those who’ll see this commentary for something other than what it is: a reflection on the 2010 Massachusetts elections. But that’s their problem, not mine.

Now that the election is over, I’d like to tell the readers that I ran as a Non-Party candidate in Weymouth for state representative, which might seem an odd identity, but that was one of the three choices available in the Secretary of State’s Handbook for candidates to claim. It signifies that a person is free of the two major political parties.

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Montgomery Thomas Seeks Fourth Norfolk State Representative Seat

September 19, 2010 in Murphy Ness Whitaker by Bob Montgomery Thomas | View Comments

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Bob Montgomery Thomas submitted twice the number of necessary signatures as part of his drive to become Weymouth’s next state representative. He is seeking the Fourth Norfolk District seat as a Non-Party candidate – because he feels that the Party system is broken.

Montgomery Thomas is a retired design/build remodeler who specialized in kitchen and bath renovations and is a former machinist, auto body technician and automotive specialist; what the Democrats refer to as a “working man”.

A 23-year fixture in town, Bob has been widely vocal on issues that affect quality of life and other issues in Weymouth.  He was a three-term Town Meeting member and a five-year member of the Weymouth Bylaw Review Committee; serving as chairman for two years. He was a leading organizer and Charter President (re-elected twice) of the Weymouth Lions Club.

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Bob Monty on Nassour’s MassGOPolicy: FAIL!

August 25, 2010 in Charlie Baker, Governor, Mariano Lowell, Uncategorized by Bob Montgomery Thomas | View Comments

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Massachusetts’ voters are purportedly all fired up and eager to throw out all the incumbents this November – but not the MassGOP. Its concentration is on the top-tier offices of governor, light governor, a smattering of other constitutional state offices and a couple of congressional seats – just not the state Legislature.

The absurdity that gubernatorial candidate and health care multi-millionaire Charlie Baker and his new BFF and former New York political operative and now MassGOP leader, Jennifer Nassour, is proposing, is to get the top ticket jobs and worry about the state’s House and Senate seats two years from now – when he will be just another lame duck (if he wins). He’ll never be able to sustain a veto (if he wins) – just like his Democrat predecessor, DeFault Patrick (if he loses); and all those before him. All of our recent governors have been woeful pawns to the whims of the Legislature, so why is no one aiming to control it instead of the Corner Office? Must be the drapes – yeah… that’s it – they like the drapes.

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Bob Monty: The MassGOP’s Meadow Muffin Minefield

August 15, 2010 in Uncategorized by Bob Montgomery Thomas | View Comments

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things – bread and circuses! — Juvenal

Jennifer Nassour

In a published 2009 interview titled “The Thin Red Line” in the GLBT news-paper Bay Windows, MassGOP Chair Jennifer Nassour said: “To me social issues are personal issues. Those are personal views, and we are not legislating here – at least I am not legislating anyone’s personal views. I have no personal agenda I’m trying to push through other than electing Republicans.” (No, I, Bob Monty, did not make up that quote.)

She went on to say that her top priority was to reinvigorate the GOP’s grass roots activists; that under her stewardship, there would be no statements from GOP headquarters on social conservative causes such as opposition to same-sex marriage or abortion. At the same time, there seemed to be no plans for the MassGOP to take more progressive positions on social issues under her leadership. Like with presents under a “Holiday” tree, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what’s in the pretty, wrapped boxes.

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Bob Monty on Rep. Ron Mariano Part 2: Livin’ La Dolce Vida

August 12, 2010 in Mariano Lowell by Bob Montgomery Thomas | View Comments

Ronald Mariano

I want to follow up my last critique – Through the Looking Glass – about one of our most excellent bon vivants and state representatives. In it I presented some of his campaign finance information and a supposition that turned out to be true (I have a tendency to be conjecturally spot-on about 96 percent of the time).

I don’t have any personal vendettas for our elected patricians – what I do is highlight times when I think they’re either under-performing or just sleeping too late in the day to be of real use. Such is the case with of both of Weymouth’s state reps, who I call the M&M twins. What I write might be seen by some as mean spirited but somebody has to wake them up and get them to do the jobs they were elected to do – which to this point have been far less than worth mentioning.

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Bob Monty on Rep. Ron Mariano’s Campaign Finance: Through the Looking Glass

August 12, 2010 in Mariano Lowell by Bob Montgomery Thomas | View Comments

Ronald Mariano

Anyone who is interested enough to look through Rep. Ron Mariano’s (D-Quincy, Weymouth, Holbrook and possibly the planet Mars) campaign spending reports for the first reporting period of 2008 will find that he spent $5,713 for ”lunches and dinners with legislators” – those dreaded part-time lawmakers – and most were paid with his AMEX credit card. Some were in very intimate North End Italian settings of all places.

You’ll find all that you need in his campaign finance reports here.

For the same time period he gave about $200 bucks to charities – proving once and for all the old axiom that ”Charity begins at home” – or at least on ”home” cooked meals at pricey Boston restaurants. Many of them are among the well-known cozy Italian cucinas… uhhh, sorry, I hinted at that above.

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