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These two pictures were taken on the same day, 15 minutes apart.The top photo was taken in Mendon, the bottom one taken in Uxbridge.

Why the huge disparity in price? It has always been this way. Mendon gas prices are consistently 10-20% higher than the lower prices in the area. The argument has always been that Mendon has no self-service gas pumps. If that were true the price in Milford (also a full serve town) would be as high as Mendon but it is not.

This may not be a huge issue for you but there is another consideration. We are under the impression that all the gasoline used by town vehicles is purchased in Mendon. That is a lot of fuel when you consider police, fire and highway.
Questions: Does the town get a break on the price? If so how much? If not, why not? We will reserve judgment on the possibility of a sweet heart deal here but given the fact that the town’s bill for gasoline each year must be somewhere north of $25,000, by law it should be put out to bid. Anyone know if we bid gas out? Our guess is there are no bids, just a handshake and a wink.

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TRASH: On another local issue we are asking if anyone is having a problem with trash pick-up. We have gotten 3 emails in the last week complaining about trash pick-up or the lack of it. Is this a widespread problem?

Mark Steyn

America Alone: The End Of The World As We Know It

For those of you who are familiar with Mark Steyn, he needs no introduction. His latest book (Released today 10/16/06) is a great read. His take on the war on terror and a look down the road 10-20 years is an eye opener. If you have young children, Mark paints a picture of what the world may be like during their adult lives. The book is both entertaining and sobering. I have included the review links here. They will connect you to some of people who are still awake in this world. HG

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"This is the best book I've read since the founding of American Compass in '04."Brad Miner, American Compass Book Club

"Mark Steyn at his best: funny and irreverent, even while assembling well-reasoned and complex arguments in support of serious insights."Mac Johnson, Human Events

"For anyone who has constraints on their time but a desire to know how we arrived here and what is ahead, there are four indispensable books... Mark Steyn's America Alone is exactly the sort of unsparing dose of realism that Americans need to absorb, and soon."Hugh Hewitt, "The Indispensable Bookshelf: The Books You Absolutely Positively Must Read", townhall.com

"An absolutely fantastic read."Neal Boortz(Mark will be on Neal's radio show on Monday October 16th at 10.30am Eastern)

"Mark Steyn's excellent and important new book"Stanley Kurtz, National Review

"Mark Steyn is one of Canada's most gifted political writers, a man weirdly able to provoke laughter while forecasting the end of the world"Linda Frum, The National Post

"Mark Steyn fa la Cassandra (witty)"Giulio Meotti, Il Foglio

"Mark Steyn's superb new book."Michelle Malkin

"Mark Steyn is the funniest writer now living. But don't be distracted by the brilliance of his jokes. They are the neon lights advertising a profound and sad insight: America is almost alone in resisting both the suicide of the west and the suicide bombing of radical Islamism."John O'Sullivan, editor-at-large of National Review

"The best thing about Steyn's latest isn't that it's clever and funny and beautifully written - of course, it's all those things - but that it's persuasive. Buy a copy for yourself and another for a friend who perhaps hasn't reached a conclusion on this whole terrorism deal. Also, there's a paragraph on page 152 that will cause peacenik heads to implode."Tim Blair

Bad News for Gays

Anyone remember this weasel? David Scondras, former Boston City Counselor. One of the elite left wing with a holier than thou attitude and a chip on his shoulder for any heterosexuals who might question self imposed elite version of what is acceptable in modern social circles.

He was busted for attempting to rendezvous with what he thought was a willing15 year old. Turned out his mark was a security guard for Lawrence General Hospital, not the young child he thought he was hitting on. Tough luck David, you stupid ass pervert.

‘‘You know a lot of people have prejudices against guys who like to have sex with children,” David Scondras said in a cell phone conversation with his intended mark. Yeah David we have a problem with that. It's the same problem we would have with a 60-year-old guy hitting on our 15 year old daughters. You don’t get it because you are a predator. I will bet you thought the murderers of Jeffrey Curley were misunderstood.

Too bad. I have a number of gay friends who are no different than the heteros we all know. They suffer from the same issues that plague the rest of us and labor under the same rules that we all deal with, except, they don't covet underage children and they respect our values and expect us to respect theirs.

This bozo and Foley should be made poster children for what is wrong with Gay Pride in modern America. Very good people with a different view of their sexuality will suffer because of perverts like Foley and Scondras.

China

Take 6 minutes of your time and watch this video from Sky News in England.

China is a country that will soon be one of the most powerful in the world.

Think about this the next time you read the label, "Made in China"

China’s Execution Busses

Be Afraid.. Be Very Very Afraid

If the polls mean anything, Massachusetts is in BIG BIG trouble. Deval Patrick is a runaway favorite to become the next Governor.

Remember Pee Wee Dukakis the liberal, nightmare who drove business out of the state and turned the Massachusetts Miracle into an economic meltdown. He proposed giving phony social security numbers to illegal aliens so they could get right on welfare. The list goes on but this is about Deval.

Deval is far to the left of the Duke. He favors open borders, in-state tuition for illegal aliens, reparations for slavery and will pay for all this with your and your employer’s money. He is a true blue Moonbat and the darling of the Cambridge Commies.

Politics is bad enough in this state. Deval will be the icing on the cake. Plan your escape now. Pack your bag early and avoid the rush. The lines at the tollbooths will be long.

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HG