508_003 Mike Benedetti and Brendan Melican audio 508_worcester <strong>508</strong> is a show about Worcester. This week, <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a> and I talk about the city: <ul><li>At-Large City Council candidate <a href="http://www.grace4worcester.org">Grace Ross</a> has come under fire (<a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20070926/NEWS/709260657/1101">T&G</a>, <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/1495/">WoMag</a>) for a <a href="http://www.massgreens.org/news/2006/20060808_rosslebanongaza_bridge">statement</a> she made about Israel's war with Hezbollah, and her party's <a href="http://www.green-rainbow.org/Statements/sudan.html">statement</a> on <a href="http://www.pieandcoffee.org/category/darfur-all">Darfur</a>. (Relevant Wikipedia page: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_the_Darfur_conflict#Declarations_of_genocide">International response to the Darfur conflict</a>)</li> <li>Brendan: "I think it's gonna be a shame if she does lose any votes, and especially if she gets knocked off . . . because pf something that really doesn't seem to have a lot to do with the city."</li> <li>Mike tells the joke about <a href="http://mikeperotto.com/">Mike Perotto</a> and Darfur.</li> <li>Worcester Magazine's Scott Zoback, who's done most of the local reporting on Grace Ross's foreign policy positions, is now defending himself on the Telegram & Gazette message boards. (<a href="http://www.telegram.com/forum_messages/1585t365367g/THESPEAKEASY">The Speakeasy</a>, aka The Sewer. I can't find the thread mentioned; can someone send it to me? There are whole 30-post threads on there written by a single person. Crazy.)</li> <li>In positive news, the Worcester Cultural Coalition is making <a href="http://www.mass-culture.org/lcc_public.asp">lots of grants</a> available to individuals and organizations for cultural endeavors.</li> <li>In other positive news, you can now buy tasty, vegan, boxed lunches each day at noon at the <a href="http://www.artichokecoop.org/">Artichoke Food Co-op</a>.</ul> 2007-09-28 2007 508; Worcester; Grace Ross; Darfur 2007-09-28 14:11:34 2007-09-28 14:10:55 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2007-09-28 14:13:14 Mike Benedetti audio_podcast