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shocked citizen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:37:32 -0000

I'll see you there

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Chico Bongos Safari — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:09:00 -0000

Well said Adios. Well said. You want to meet for a drink. I'm heading down to the Punto Final aka D'Cache. I'm gonna have a few shots...uhm, bad pun...Sorry.

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adios — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:03:44 -0000

Only two ways to fix lawrence....both involve military involvement and have been proven in Iraq.

1) troop surge

2) Shock and Awe

I say a lot of #2 and then a little #1.

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amous4evr — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:22:37 -0000

Sure, it happens but what I'm saying is just because Lawrence os 80% Latino doesn't mean 80% of the time something bad happens in Lawrence it has to be between Latino people. Take care of your own.

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amous4evr — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:19:27 -0000

Since I no longer live in Lawrence I probably shouldn't even give a hoot, but I feel bad about the way things seem to be and the people that are affected by it. It's not a judging kind of thing. I mean, let's face it. If there's a arson fire in a Latino home, who they gonna look for? Native-American gang members?
I'm sorry if I offend anyone.

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RiveraTaina — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:14:16 -0000

Didn't a white Red Sox fan kill a white Yankees Fan this past summer?

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amous4evr — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:08:33 -0000

I agree with you, there is white on white stuff too!. When this white on white stuff was going on really bad in the old days, they didn't have as many cultures in the 'hood so they separated themselves by different things. I meant are the whites killing the blacks in Dorchester? Are the Latinos killing the Jews in Lawrence? I grew up in Lawrence and never knew a bad black person while I lived there, I'm white.
Nothing personal, just an observation. We in the Greater Lawrence area are not in a sectarian conflict like what is going on in Iraq. Please tell me it's not true that all a Latino man from Haverhill has to do is go into a Latino bar in Lawrence and his chances of leaving there without trouble are about the same as
the Red Sox beating Tampa Bay. Remember, this is nothing personal.
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Kenneth — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:26:08 -0000

Be careful with Barrack Hussain Obama he refused to wear
an American Flag Pin until it was pushed on him and know he's
not wearing it again, He showed No Patriotism in our nation atem and his postor is antiamerican and a racist from a
radical christian or radical Islam,Obama has cop killersand
radicals from 1960 supporting him be careful with this Barrack
Hussain Obbama who is he really? He voted to cut funding for our troops putting them and us in danger, he has No expirience
in goverment he is only a first time senator, If he is a radical
we may have to live islamic laws in america if he wins the elections be and our woman will suffer the most have you seen
how they treat their woman over there, we are at war and our ememies want to destroy us let be careful who we vote for
Who is he really a Radical Christian or a Radical Islam?

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RiveraTaina — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:59:20 -0000

You are an idiot. What about how "whites/KKK/Skinheads" treated the Jews and every other american whio was not a blond hair/blue eyed WASP? Or Anglos to Irish-Americans, Italian Americans. I mean, seriously? You must not be the brightes buklb in the box to spew out a comment like that. Do your homework and you'll see that there is "white on white hate as well.

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Chico Bongos Safari — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:13:24 -0000

Are you kidding #9. Lets start with all of the new schools and the many gymnasiums within. They have the State Pools, countless ball parks and fields. They have the best equipment to maintain these things, because after all, they are the poor city of Lawrence. They have the Boys and Girls club, the YMCA and the YWCA. Again, I gew up there. I have fond memories of my triple decker neighborhood and the zillions of kids I had to play with. We spent countless hours at the parks and pools. Nothing has changed. Just the people have changed. Methuen, Andover and No. Andover are no different, except for the people who live there. The people from the surrounding communities want their children to succeed and give them a chance. Its about time the people in Lawrence climb out of the cave and join the rest of the civilized world and for Gods sake, stop making excuses for them.

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Number9 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:03:13 -0000

THE CITY OF LAWRENCE! a nice politicians slogan when it comes to getting the seat. In your dreams! Lawrence is Not a city, Lawrence is just a small Town with a bunch of industrial brick brown buildings and people living around those dark monuments of the past they never paint, for is a colorless town with nothing for people,(specially young and children), to do but clubs, what other amusement or nice places you find in the town that lets say a visitor could be impressed with?

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Chico Bongos Safari — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:59:27 -0000

To C-Sharp and Hali, I also grew up in Lawrence. I never understood the prejudice that I heard whenever I was outside the city until I moved from the city. The truth is, there is a segemt within Lawrence that does not wish to be civilized. I know there are a lot of real good things taking place, like what goes on within the Boys and Girls Club. But have you ever tried getting there. Driving down Water St. is like avoiding land mines. Little kids dashing in and out of traffic; kids looking like they just robbed a bank simply step out into traffic without regard for whats barrelling down on them. You can't leave anything in your car. For that matter, you can't even leave your car. Honestly, I like the fact I can leave my house and not lock the doors because my neighbors are not going to rip me off. I'm not saying everybody in Lawrence are like that, but lets be honest, its a hotbed of problems. Until the people within the city limits wake up and decide their not going to take it any more; Unitl they decide they want their city back, this is the image Lawrence will always portray. So, lets say we stop blaming others and take some responsibility. You want change, make it happen. You want people to stop knocking your city, change. Show the surrounding towns that people in the city have compassion for life and perhaps then, people will want to visit your city. Until then, I'm out. Good luck to Lawrence.
By the way, before anybody says I don't have a right to complain about the city because I don't live there; keep in mind, a great deal of outside tax dollars go to support your city that would die tomorrow if they did not get thise tax dollars. That $120 million dollar high school was paid by outside money and hardly a dime came from your local city taxes.

your welcome.

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C-Scharp & Hali — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:04:52 -0000

This is ridiculous.
All these people bashing Lawrence.. it's making me SICK!
I was born and raised in Lawrence and have done a lot of work for the city. Lawrence has so much potential and there is so much talent in the kids and people of the community. We have scholars, musicians, artists, etc. who have the potential to achieve the same amount of success as any typical blue-collar American. We have activists in the community that are helping these kids fulfill there dreams and are making Lawrence a better place for the future. Never mind trying to eradicate all social sites in the city and wasting your energy on bashing Lawrence. Instead, put energy into helping the community, and bring positive outlooks & support.
I am a 21 year old co-owner and creator of a music production company. I'm a singer, song-writer, composer, and producer who's songs are on local radio stations all day (JAM'N 94.5 being one of them)! Being a person who has overcome many obstacles, sometimes insurmountable, I am offended when people denounce Lawrence in such a way. Lawrence is what made me who I am today and will always be; a strong, ambitious GO-GETTER, who will stop at nothing to achieve what he sets his mind to! In all honestly, Lawrence is not as bad as it is perceived to be.

Don't judge a book by its cover, unless you have laid within its pages! ...its real!!

PROUD LAWRENCIANS,
Hali &
C-Scharp
Check out my music @ www.myspace.com/cscharp

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Jose — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:59:32 -0000

Pray For The Family

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jose — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:36:35 -0000

Pray for the Family

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angel — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:13:45 -0000

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Andria — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:53:20 -0000

I completely agree with you. Just another example this weekend there was a huge brawl on Park Street ( I was visiting a friend) Between the sloppy dirty "women" yielding bats, and the poor dude at the other end. You would think that the six cruisers that should up something would have been done. Oh no not here... After about an hour of what looked like friends chit chatting, everyone got in there cars and drove off...

What the hell happened to people being held accountable?

Oh and for the cops leaning on the hood of the car smoking with one of Lawrence finest hood rats, careful you might be on candid camera!!!!

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watching — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:29:36 -0000

Nobody gets shot at the Claddagh. Good point though. Lots of white people out, nobody shootin' each other after dinner and drinks.

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Number9 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:16:38 -0000

WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH CRIME IN A CITY IT'S BECAUSE THE LAWS ARE NOT ENFORCED AND THEY GIVE AWAY CLUB PERMITS LIKE CANDY.

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Think4aminute — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:43:20 -0000

This is crazy? What, you have never gone out for a night to see friends or just relax?? And for all the people making comments about race, and why wasn't he home with his kids?? How about you take a look at the bar at the 99, or Michael's Harborside or the claddaugh, how many white people with kids are out for the night??? People have a right to go ouot for the night. So if this man was at The Outback Steakhouse for dinner, and upon getting in his car to leave and was shot, would you condemn him for going out to eat because of his race? What about all the rich white people who always go out and pay no attention to their kids because they have nannies, but that is okay, right?

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alexie — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:54:50 -0000

OH STOP! EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO GO OUT. THIS POOR FAMILY. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU. I'M PRAYING FOR YOU!

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leverett — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:30:12 -0000

Shut down this club.

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afraid to be in Lawrence — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:22:08 -0000

Are you kidding me. Let me just say for a minute that I wouldn't even drive past this location, let alone go there as a destination. In the past there have been "Double shootings, triple stabbings and other violent crimes." But we're bringing a new life to the community with the opening of the D'Cache. Do you feel good about yourselves now??? It should have said we're bringing more DEATH to the community.
Here's a thought for all of you who might frequent a place like this. Save the gangster the trouble and just shoot yourself in the head two or three times.
I'll bet 99.99% of the people who continue to frequent this place are voting for Barak. Let me take that back. 2.5% of the people who frequent this place are registered voters. The rest have to take a plane to vote in their respective homeland.
Lets stop living like animals down there in Lawrence. It's time to put a fence around the entire city and charge admission. We'll call the place a zoo and the patrons are on Safari. We'll call it Chico Bongo's Safari.

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speaking frm experience — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:20:45 -0000

im only 17 years old and i have lived in lawrence all my life, i have had friends that have been killed because of the violence. i dont think it has anything to do with race because as many people have pointed out lawrence is mainly hispanic so obviously when people in lawrence fight and someone dies, the person that dies is going to be hispanic, but i think that people focus too much on the violence in lawrence and not on the good things that happen. Im proud to say that i was born and raised in lawrence and i wouldnt change that for the world. the people are so nice and welcoming no matter wat race u r. i have a cousin that goes to salem high in NH and she says that the kids over there make fun of her because she is hispanic and that they are always talking crap about lawrence and how bad it is but FYI dont talk crap about a city if you are not from there if you dont know what really goes on. people pay too much attention to wat the news paper says about lawrence and to be honest i dont think that the news paper will ever say anything positive about lawrence, for example when a group f lawrence kids won a math trivia against other schools in other cities why didnt the paper say that, they just like to focus on the bad stuff and honestly lawrence is not that bad and theres no reason why people should talk bad when they are not from here

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Workin Mom — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:15:40 -0000

you right on that aspect mimi it makes us think twice to leave home.