Archive for May, 2010

Remembrance and Honor

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast,
And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I took that photograph Sunday on the Boston Common.  On the grassy slope facing Back Bay, you’ll find hundreds of flags.  Some are still.  Others catch a breeze and flutter in the wind.

All represent a fallen soldier from Massachusetts who today we remember.

If you’re in town, please consider stopping by the Boston Common to take some time to reflect on what this day means and to remember their sacrifice.

For more information on the installation on the Common, please visit the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund.

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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Launches Investigation into Advertised “Caucasion Only” Land Sale

Click the link below to read the press release from the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination about the “caucaisan only” land foreclosure auction sale advertised in the New Bedford Standard Times.

Twice.

Follow us on Twitter for more as this story develops (which oddly, took root at 3pm on a Friday afternoon of a long weekend that I think most people – including yours truly – really needs.)

Press Release, MCAD

Hat Tip to Fox 25.

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Cheap Becomes Expensive

Like many attorneys, I get calls from prospective clients asking me what my fee is for a bankruptcy filing.  It’s not a particularly difficult question to answer – in theory.  But at the same time, it is.  Generally, I know that if their concern is price, then who they retain as their attorney is not all that important to them.  But I also get calls from prospective clients who have or had another (and less expensive) attorney who now is not performing at what they believe is an acceptable level.  Perhaps they aren’t returning calls.  Perhaps they are not giving straight answers to honest questions.  Or perhaps better said, the cheap attorney doesn’t know what the hell they are doing.  The desire to go cheap has now turned into something expensive. (more…)

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