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This is why Worcester can’t have nice things:

Basically they want to prevent businesses on Shrewsbury Street from making too much noise because the crotchety old neighbors don’t like it. And this unelected three person license commission is entertaining the idea:

Sounds generated by licensed establishments in the city may not be plainly audible at a distance of 150 feet or more beyond the property boundary at any time; and sounds at the licensed establishments cannot be plainly heard at a neighboring house at a distance of 50 feet beyond the property boundary at a distance of 50 feet or more after 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and after 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

This was done in direct response to the economic growth of Shrewsbury Street. It’s by far the most successful part of Worcester. There isn’t a single bar or restaurant on that street that is too loud, therefore any sort of regulation on the noise they make is uncalled for, superfluous, and unnecessary.

But here’s our biggest beef with this:

Paul Giorgio, president of Pagio Inc., said the city’s restaurant and club scene is gaining attention across the state and the proposed rules would have a chilling effect on the expansion in the city. He questioned if outdoor dining would be the next thing to be banned if these new rules are approved as is.

“The ordinance in its present form gives the message that once again Worcester wants to be a sleepy town,” he said. “We live in a city. It’s time that people recognize that.”

Paul Giorgio.

Head of Worcester’s powerful gay mafia. A man who was accused of statutory rape against a young boy, and settled it by paying off the victim. A man who was convicted of voter fraud and received a sentence of probation. Shadiest guy ever.

Well, we happen to agree with Paul Giorgio on this issue, but here’s the thing – this is an issue BECAUSE of him. Here are the three people on this licensing board:

And who appointed these three to the board?

Oh that’s right. Ed Augustus, Worcester’s corrupt political hack politician of a City Manager. And who appointed Ed Augustus as City Manager? Oh that’s right, Joe Petty.

And who ran Petty’s re-election campaign? That would be Paul Giorgio. A guy who repeatedly warned us about all the bad things that would happen if Gaffney became Mayor.

So just to review. Paul Giorgio got Joe Petty elected. Joe Petty appointed Ed Augustus City Manager. Ed Augustus then appointed three people to the license commission who are trying to destroy businesses on Shrewsbury Street. And now Paul Giorgio thinks he can lead the charge against this.

Newsflash – this is happening as a direct result of Paul Giorgio, Joe Petty, and Ed Augustus being in bed together (no pun intended).

As a matter of fact, Paul Giorgio was one of the leading crusaders for GoLocalWorcester, pushing to get this unqualified stooge to be appointed permanent City Manager by the same guy he ran the mayoral campaign for:

So yea, if you are a business owner in Worcester getting screwed over by this, we feel for you. But we would highly suggest you stop supporting Paul Giorgio, because he did this to you.

Oh yea, and he’s also screwing you people over with the INSANE amount of money he shakes you down for to advertise in Pulse Magazine. That’s right, Paul Giorgio profits off of a worthless free magazine that they hand out at Shaws. And we know for a fact he shakes these people down, because many of our advertisers formerly advertised with him. When a news business opens up Paul Giorgio will be at their door on the first day, telling them “it would be in their best interest” to write him a check every month. He’s also told many of our advertisers the same thing – that he will use his influence with democratic politicians to screw them over if they advertise on Turtleboy.

But he knows damn well that the only thing people do when they open Pulse Magazine is open to the middle,

so they can see if they can find any of their friends being sloppy drunk last weekend. Then everyone throws Pulse Magazine in the recycling. Paul Giorgio knows that. Everyone who has ever picked up Pulse Magazine knows that. You only pick up a Pulse Magazine to see pictures from the bars (and he charges those bars more money to be featured of course). Yet he still charges small local businesses, many of which are on Shrewsbury Street, hundreds of dollars to be buried in there and never seen:

If these small businesses ever wanna be featured in a media outlet that actually cares about small businesses and will ensure that they are actually seen and get a return on their investment, we’d be honored to have them on board with Turtleboy. Until then they’re just throwing their hard earned money away on Paul Giorgio – a disgraced convicted criminal who supports politicians working against their best interest.

Oh yea, and he also got into it with InCityTimes once. Don’t get me wrong, InCityTimes is run by a completely mentally unstable Green Island skag. But this is what he threatened to do to her, and to the businesses who distributed her free newspaper, if she printed the story about him being accused of statutory rape:

“Beware: I will sue you and everyone who distributes your paper,” he told her in a voice mail she later played for a Telegram & Gazette reporter. “Every little store will be served with a lawsuit.”

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