Personal Agendas Cloud Selectmen Decisions, Candidate Brady Says
Michael Brady left Seekonk's top board in 2011. He wants to return.
Former Seekonk Selectman Michael Brady said he had to contemplate for some time whether he wanted to return to his old job because he does not believe people should spend too many years at a political post. What finally made him decide he needed to make a bid for a return was observing what he called disrespectful behavior by Board of Selectmen Chair Francis Cavaco at a meeting last month. The meeting that Brady called "the final straw" involved a discussion about whether Public Works Superintendent Bob Lamoureux should get a new contract. What bothered Brady were Cavaco's comments directed at Lamoureux and former Selectwoman Carol Bragg. "When you are in a position of authority, you need to balance that power with discretion," Brady said…
Michael Kreyssig
7:18 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
My impression was the Mike Brady that was first elected almost 10 years ago was not the same same Mike Brady that left office. Which I guess is to be expected. I never really felt I knew where he stood on any issue and lacked consistency? That said I wouldn't be against voting for him, but I prefer new blood. If faced with a new and even slightly less experienced candidate I will probably cast my… more ›