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Editor’s note: The original version of this post was so full of invective and other garbage not consistent with our rules that I considered deleting it.  However, the link is to new information about the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.  So the post stays, in this edited form.

 Here is a story about the late Sheriff James DiPaola.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp…

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  1. Anonymous people tell Fox News some damning things about a guy who’s dead. I can’t decide how much weight to give this, and I don’t understand why I should care at this point.

  2. …can say all he wants about me openly coming back with a new name…but his silly little game of claiming MillburyMan is his personal care assist is his lame attempt to hide behind another name…and now the editors have to play a silly game of pretending Billix is someone else and police/edit the crap he spouts…

    •    Mr. “Pillar Of Honesty of BMG” making moral judgement. 358 days since your broken promise!

  3. would put an end to the investigation. I’m hoping they continue the investigation to find the truth. If DiPaola is found to have done nothing wrong, then tha fact will help his memorial. If however there were laws broken then there could be other people who are still in responsible positions who broke the laws AND if would be good to make some changes to “rules/regs/oversight” to insure the new Sheriff would not follow suit. Either way, it sets a bad precedent to let the death of an individual put an end to an investigation, otherwise people might consider it a “neat” way to end an investigation which could implicate themselves or others.

    • An investigation should happen especially after this article.

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      p>I just don’t know what to make of article.

  4. Conservatives love to talk ill of the dead, don’t they?  Perhaps that’s why their policies end up adding to the total so assuredly.

  5. The interview, like others, were done on the condition that the person’s identity not be revealed out of fear of retribution.

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    p>Wait fear of retribution from a deceased man? Let me get this straight, they refused to identify themselves but they want their “claims” to be taken seriously. Sounds more like disgruntled employees who have to find a reason someone else got the promotion instead of them. But hey it’s easy to attack a man who can’t fight back. Cowards.

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    p>(or maybe it’s just one person doing several interviews with Fox, kinda like Millburyman making up several screen names on BMG)  

    •    They’re not qualified for their patronage acquired position?
        I tentatively agree that they could be disgruntled employees. Maybe they feel like they could be Jeff Turco and make six figures at their “work from home” job. Sorry folks, not everyone is that well connected. But, you know what? You paid extortion money to keep your “job”. The “work” and pay couldn’t have been that terrible. You were willing to pay it.
        Why?

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  6. The problem is lack of over sight and lack of accountability.

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    p>The principle is that any unexamined place develops problems.  In housekeeping, that means if you don’t move the refrigerator for a year, you might find a very dead mouse when you do move it.

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    p>The residual county positions (like sheriff, register of probate, register of deeds) no longer report to anyone, or receive regular over sight.  I think THAT is the real problem and the real temptation.

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    p>As we all know, some folks deal with such temptations better than others.  These positions also are so down ballot that having them elected positions does not help.  I think it would be better if all of the county positions in counties where the county government was eliminated were responsible to and appointed by the Governor and could be removed by the governor.  I believe this would enhance accountability, save money, and make a whole lot more sense.

    • They’ve always been directly elected, though the Registers of Deeds have some connection to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.  I think appointment is fine; I’ve never understood why we elect civil servants/bureaucrats.  If we don’t want a true government or more elected officials for the county, we could go to the NH system whereby the county delegation in the legislature governs the county.  In MA I imagine basically serving an advice and consent role to any gubernatorial appointment at the county level.

      • He believes county commissions are now extinct. There is not one anymore in Worcester County. Please feel free to correct billxi.  

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