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I saw this op-ed and just instinctively knew this article was coming. I couldn't even get through the damn thing it was so disgusting.

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The T&G choosing to publish this is an example of irresponsible and straight up bad journalism.

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Been a long time since I spent time in the Worcester area - third generation off the boat from Sweden, but moved to CA in '99, and haven't been back since burying Gramma in the Lutheran Cemetery in 2006. But this . . . after reading all of it and then the final bit "I’m going to go smoke a cigarette and stare at the ground for a while" I decided to subscribe. You are my people. Thank you. I'll look forward to catching up.

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Unbelievable. Maybe the T&G will post your article as a rebuttal. Unlikely. Thanks for exposing this shit head.

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Would love to see more stuff that organizes and spells out EXACTLY what influence people like Schaeffer have pulled over the city in the last couple decades, and why. . . we have a lot of shady business/politician alliances and allegiances that we can speak of in passing, but personally I can never pull out the hard receipts. Would love to see stuff like that, if it's possible.

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love you for this--the op ed left me speechless. & thanks for the insights about Schaeffer & her influence in/on Worcester

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Thanks for this. The opEd article is shameful and as you know practically every sentence can be negated by facts. Terrible rhetoric to spread during a BLM movement.

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Bill, thanks for the post. I dropped the T&G when they raised the rate higher than the Globe, so I'm missing these op-eds. Ms. Schaefer has bought into the same viewpoint that SCOTUS has vis-a-vis the Voting Rights Act. And they are wrong, too. I share your anger and disappointment.

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