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He served the City as Mayor, a one and done, nothing outstanding about his term. He disappears from politics completely for over 20 years. Now all of a sudden he wants the big chair. Is it me? Am i seeing something that really isn't there or am I not that far off?
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boxerfamily wrote: He never fully disappeared from public life. He was the Safety Commissioner for the state for a while also. As for his term, he may have been the greatest Mayor of Brockton ( with exception maybe of Yunits) in last 30 plus years. His term was the term where he told people "no" because he was helping steer this city out of the depths of receivership with state and in the aftermath of a Police Chief stealing drugs etc. Tough time; honest man
He was fired from the Dept of Safety in 1999 and by, guess who? Bob Hayden, our interim Police Chief. He was fired for general incompetence and pressuring his staff into attending his fundraiser to pay off his campaign debt. He admitted to this. (Boston Globe Jan 5th, 1999, Boston Globe April 7th 1998)
As far as his term as Mayor, it was less than stellar. His term was riddled with accusations of racism and retaliation. After Yunits defeated him the City files went missing.
(Boston Globe November 8th, 1995)
The more I look, the more interesting it gets. Its not easy to find this stuff either without paying but its out there. I'm beginning to think that his run for CAL and his rebid for Mayor is to get even with Carpenter over the Brewster contract. (that's the retaliation part)
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johnboy00 wrote: The problem with your argument is that he left Brewster (according to his Linked in) 3 years before they lost the contract. How do you even know he left Brewster on amicable terms?
Just to clarify, he worked for AMR not Brewster. But you're right. I couldn't remember the year the contract was awarded. But the other articles are cited. Unfortunately I couldn't cut and paste them because you have to pay. Anywho, there is more to Farwell than he's letting on. I know he is in support of the Trust Act for sure.
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boxerfamily wrote: Trust me ; he is a man of integrity. Would he be a great mayor again? Yes...........a superior man for our city!
Just what exactly, was he great for when he was Mayor? I searched but really can't find anything that sticks out about his term as Mayor, other than City files went missing after he lost to Yunits.
Yunits had a few things, good or bad, but it was notable. He did something. Balzotti did things, not great things but notable things and Carpenter has done a lot which can be notable. What has Farwell done that is notable? I can't find anything special about his term.
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boxerfamily wrote: Trust me ; he is a man of integrity. Would he be a great mayor again? Yes...........a superior man for our city!
Just what exactly, was he great for when he was Mayor? I searched but really can't find anything that sticks out about his term as Mayor, other than City files went missing after he lost to Yunits.
Yunits had a few things, good or bad, but it was notable. He did something. Balzotti did things, not great things but notable things and Carpenter has done a lot which can be notable. What has Farwell done that is notable? I can't find anything special about his term.
Ok... I posted this over 5 days ago. I would have thought that someone would come to the defense of Farwell by now, even if it wasn't his biggest fan. Someone, must know what he had done that was notable in his term over 21 years ago... someone? Anyone? Bueller? I thought so...
I think what makes his term memorable to some is the fact that he is not Carpenter. He rode the wave. He didn't create it. Unless someone can come up with the positives of his term, I will continue to regard him as a do-nothing Mayor.
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Farwell said he will support whatever makes it out if Ordinance. At least he's gone on record. Why don't you attack the Mayor for supporting the Trust City Act? Or call out ALL the other CC's who are going to support this including Monahan whom you've pledged your allegience to? you've got all the answers, why don't you run and do it better?
And for the record I have never met or spoken for Farwell.
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www.enterprisenews.com/news/20160828/gro...anti-farwell-website
"A new web page that popped up recently shows a black, clouded background, with a large grainy, close-up of a Brockton politician who is the subject of scrutiny on the site, www.winfarwell.com . The website, which lists no author or affiliation, is devoted to criticism of Councilor-at-large Winthrop Farwell, who called it an example of cowardly gutter politics that is unacceptable, especially at the local level. “The History of Win Farwell” website labels him a “failed” former mayor and state public safety commissioner, focusing on three unfavorable stories about him from the ’90s. On the website, each of the stories appear under a Boston Globe logo, with rewritten headlines and articles, but with links to original clippings from the newspaper.
“You don’t clandestinely and clearly with animosity create a phony website with someone else’s name,” Farwell said. “I hope this isn’t the future of Brockton politics. We should debate issues and votes, and not take someone’s name and use it as we see fit.” After it was launched, Farwell and his supporters found out the website was registered to Planning Board member Craig Pina, who said he “intentionally” listed himself as the owner in what he knew was publicly available information. Pina, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council during the last two elections, said he openly announced on Facebook that he was behind the website. However, Pina said that he didn’t actually design the page, and that rather it was a “collaborative effort.” Pina said he didn’t want to “out” any of the others involved.
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"As the community grew, Brockton’s operating budget, which is funded with a combination of property taxes, state aid, local receipts and other reserves, increased to accommodate the service needs of its residents (see Appendix). However, during the 1980s, changes came into play that impacted the way the city financed its operations. First, Proposition 2½ was enacted and to comply with new tax limits Brockton had to reduce its property tax levy over four years from almost $53 million (FY1981) to about $36 million (FY1985). Once within its levy ceiling, Brockton’s property tax levy again grew as a result of the statutory 2.5 percent increases plus new tax base growth. However, new growth was stymied by a water supply problem that forced a building moratorium in
the city. By the end of the decade, the city and state were in a recession, which resulted in smaller increases in state aid to communities as well as mid-year cuts to state aid. After using most of its one-time reserves in the prior year, the city adopted a FY1990 budget that underfunded appropriations. By the end of FY1990, the city had a significant operating deficit and did not have sufficient resources to cover the deficit and balance its FY1991 budget.
The General Court approved special legislation (Chapter 324 of the Acts of 1990) that enabled the city to avoid insolvency and gave the city tools to get its financial house in order. The act enabled the city to issue bonds to fund an accumulated $15 million in operating deficits. In return, the city had to give up control of its finances to a state-controlled board and create a finance department under a chief financial officer (CFO) with administrative and budgetary responsibilities. Under the budgetary direction of the CFO in 1991, the city made hard decisions to lay-off staff, reduce services and increase fees. Brockton crafted balanced budgets three years in a row, established a contingency reserve of over a $1 million, and improved its bond rating. The Brockton Control Board voted itself out of existence in June 1993, a full year earlier than projected. Through the joint efforts of city and state officials, Brockton’s fiscal stability was restored."
This is at the bottom of pg 5 and into pg 6.
http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/mdmstuf/technical-assistance/finmgtrev/brocktonfmr-nov2012.pdf
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johnboy00 wrote: Here you go Scott: He brought the city out from under the states control of its all of its finances a year ahead of schedule. BTW his 1 term was 4 years back then, or the equivalent of 2 terms today. Please note: I do not know or support Farwell, however I do look at things objectively. I imagine that your opinion of him will not change much.
"As the community grew, Brockton’s operating budget, which is funded with a combination of property taxes, state aid, local receipts and other reserves, increased to accommodate the service needs of its residents (see Appendix). However, during the 1980s, changes came into play that impacted the way the city financed its operations. First, Proposition 2½ was enacted and to comply with new tax limits Brockton had to reduce its property tax levy over four years from almost $53 million (FY1981) to about $36 million (FY1985). Once within its levy ceiling, Brockton’s property tax levy again grew as a result of the statutory 2.5 percent increases plus new tax base growth. However, new growth was stymied by a water supply problem that forced a building moratorium in
the city. By the end of the decade, the city and state were in a recession, which resulted in smaller increases in state aid to communities as well as mid-year cuts to state aid. After using most of its one-time reserves in the prior year, the city adopted a FY1990 budget that underfunded appropriations. By the end of FY1990, the city had a significant operating deficit and did not have sufficient resources to cover the deficit and balance its FY1991 budget.
The General Court approved special legislation (Chapter 324 of the Acts of 1990) that enabled the city to avoid insolvency and gave the city tools to get its financial house in order. The act enabled the city to issue bonds to fund an accumulated $15 million in operating deficits. In return, the city had to give up control of its finances to a state-controlled board and create a finance department under a chief financial officer (CFO) with administrative and budgetary responsibilities. Under the budgetary direction of the CFO in 1991, the city made hard decisions to lay-off staff, reduce services and increase fees. Brockton crafted balanced budgets three years in a row, established a contingency reserve of over a $1 million, and improved its bond rating. The Brockton Control Board voted itself out of existence in June 1993, a full year earlier than projected. Through the joint efforts of city and state officials, Brockton’s fiscal stability was restored."
This is at the bottom of pg 5 and into pg 6.
http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/mdmstuf/technical-assistance/finmgtrev/brocktonfmr-nov2012.pdf
So it was a State Controlled Board who made those "hard decisions" not necessarily Farwell. He just happened to be Mayor at the time this went down. And just for the sake of argument, even if he had a direct hand in this, he's still a putz.
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