Comments on: Ward 5 Alderman O’Donovan Loses Register of Probate Nomination Despite Supporters’ Deceptions http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/09/25/politics/ward-5-alderman-odonovan-loses-register-of-probate-nomination-despite-supporters-deceptions/ An independent, open forum for reports and opinions about life in our city. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Brociner http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/09/25/politics/ward-5-alderman-odonovan-loses-register-of-probate-nomination-despite-supporters-deceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Ken Brociner Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:39:56 +0000 http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=316#comment-342 I was there and I spoke to several people who witnessed what happened - and they all had the EXACT same account. One of them - by the way - was the reporter who wrote the story in the Lowell Sun...another was Maria Sheehy ...and then others were just misc. delegates who I spoke to. O'Donovan's denial that anyone in his campaign was trying to trick people into voting for him - (by falsely telling delegates - as they were ON LINE to cast their ballots - that Maria Sheehy was throwing her support to him)...his denial is so laughably absurd - is such a blatant lie...that it boggles the mind...dozens of people witnessed it - there is no way O'Donovan - by the time Maria confronted him (a good 5- 10 minutes after all this had been going on)..no way he was "unaware" of it. His apology for any "confusion" that might have been created - which he offered with a straight face from the podium after the final vote was announced - was so shamelessly disingenuous.. it was creepy. I was there and I spoke to several people who witnessed what happened – and they all had the EXACT same account. One of them – by the way – was the reporter who wrote the story in the Lowell Sun…another was Maria Sheehy …and then others were just misc. delegates who I spoke to.

O’Donovan’s denial that anyone in his campaign was trying to trick people into voting for him – (by falsely telling delegates – as they were ON LINE to cast their ballots – that Maria Sheehy was throwing her support to him)…his denial is so laughably absurd – is such a blatant lie…that it boggles the mind…dozens of people witnessed it – there is no way O’Donovan – by the time Maria confronted him (a good 5- 10 minutes after all this had been going on)..no way he was “unaware” of it.

His apology for any “confusion” that might have been created – which he offered with a straight face from the podium after the final vote was announced – was so shamelessly disingenuous.. it was creepy.

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