Jim Hand bows to D’Amico

Regarding Jim Hand’s article, Making a Case For Beacon Hill reform, there seems to be a biased reporter who applauds like a kid at a circus when Rep. Steven D’Amico does his tightrope act.

What kind of journalism is this? How can Jim Hand just sit back and let D’Amico come up with juvenile excuses without being challenged? Tilting at Windmills? What is that? D’Amico was “worried about the speaker taking things personally”? Where is his integrity as to doing what he believes is right? What about his constituency who question why they have been constantly told “I will not be able to do anything for my district”? Will Mr. D’Amico continue to make excuses for his votes that fall in line with his party? They are his votes, aren’t they?

Well, Mr. Hand, what has he done? D’Amico voted to approve a 1.25% sales tax as well as a 2% meals tax. He requires the taxpayers to sacrifice while he keeps his 5% raise and his son gets a free ride to Brown. He votes to keep two Boston Hack Holidays (Evacuation and Bunker Hill days) instead of voting for a Tax Holiday for constitutes.

D’Amico is nothing more than a clown. He can stand up at a Board of Selectman or Town meeting and think that what he sells is as beautiful as a bouquet of balloons. He honks his horn and squeezes his nose while spewing gumbo rhetoric. He stands up, does his act on the floor of the town meeting and exits before any respectable taxpayer or reporter could ask some real questions. Which brings me to Mr. Hand…he is like a young boy awestruck by D’Amico’s Jelly Fish act. One moment the spine is there..the next it has vanished.