This is why I hate politicians

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Sportswise, it couldn't be better here in Massachusetts for obvious reasons. But Mayor Menino, put a sock in it. You got one team you can boast about and that's the Red Sox. The Patriots, no way! They play 35 miles away in Foxborough.

And not by choice. They wanted to build a stadium in your fair City but all you did was throw road blocks in front of them. So quit taking credit for them. They are the New England Patriots now, have been for some time. This is why I hate politicians, the self serving bastards. Let em have it Brockton!

Boston Herald story follows:


Cities slug it out over `Champions' moniker
By Laura Crimaldi
Wednesday, February 16, 2005

It may not be Athens vs. Sparta, but the Shoe City of the World wants the Hub to get it straight: Brockton is the original ``City of Champions.''

Hoping to awaken Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino from ``fantasizing'' that the New England Patriots make the Hub the ``City of Champions,'' the Brockton City Council passed a resolution this week reaffirming the championship name they took during the early 1980s.

``A peace offering to Mayor Menino - `Title Town' is a great nickname,'' said Brockton city councilor Thomas Brophy, who penned the resolve praising Brockton boxing heroes Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler while taking light-hearted jabs at Menino.



Firing back, Menino's spokesman Seth Gitell said, ``With all due respect to the Shoe City of the World, Boston is home to Fenway Park, the storied place where the Red Sox play and to the East Boston Jets, high-school Super Bowl champions.''