Rollins et al
Well, one down, Rachael Rollins, and many, many more from both sides of the aisle to go. Arrogance is one of the worst traits along with greed and selfishness a human being can have. Seems Ms. Rollins had it all. I am not surprised at what she did but I do applaud her actions (resignation) Not everyone, even those caught red handed do the right thing and exit. Ricardo Arroyo the Boston city councilor says he won’t resign even as he threw Rollins under the bus. Pitiful. Voters in the city of Boston should take notice of his cowardice and toss this individual.
The auditor of Massachusetts is doing her best to hold the awful speaker and senate president’s feet to the fire. Even as Karen Spilka is reducing her budget. Speaker McCarthy at the federal level should hold the line and make Biden lower the spending spree he’s been on for two years. We have a limit, so should he. Otherwise we won’t even be able to afford the interest on our mounting debt.
David Kelly
Norfolk
Ricardo Arroyo
The two most important qualities in any leader are integrity and good judgment. It is clear to me that Ricardo Arroyo possesses neither of these traits. The people of Boston deserve better. He should resign immediately.
Steve Burnham
Danvers
Classified
The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who posted highly classified documents on social media should not have received a top secret security clearance or any security clearance based on his terrible background. He discussed violence and murder and use of an assassination van on social media. He also looked up mass shootings and government standoffs on his government computer. He was suspended from high school for discussing use of Molotov cocktails and other weapons; and making racial threats.
Why didn’t an FBI background check, which is required for high level security clearances, expose his past and disqualify him for the security clearance?
My wife and I held top secret security clearances back in the 1960s, and our background was thoroughly checked by the FBI. Neighbors, classmates in school, teachers and employers were interviewed before we received our clearances.
We have to tighten up the system for obtaining security clearances; and disseminate classified information on a need to know basis. We need a federal office responsible for the oversight of the dissemination of national security documents. When I was on a Navy staff back in the 1960s we had a top secret control officer responsible for the control of all top secret documents.
Donald Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
Trump-Russia probe
Durham/Clinton/Schiff in Trump’s 2016 campaign and its alleged ties to Russia is unconscionable but to me what’s really uncomfortable is that major news stations talked about this as being factual and truthful. The old days of Walter Cronkite and his departing catchphrase “And that’s the way it is” is unfortunately gone.
Lately much of the news we get is fake news.
Tony Meschini
Scituate
