The Boston Globe digs up some curious things about Setti Warren’s young adulthood and our mayor admits that he once “struggled with the responsibility of adulthood.”
But he offered no explanation for the White House thing.
by Greg Reibman | Apr 6, 2017 | Newton | 21 comments
The Boston Globe digs up some curious things about Setti Warren’s young adulthood and our mayor admits that he once “struggled with the responsibility of adulthood.”
But he offered no explanation for the White House thing.
September 13, 2023
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Setti Warren’s record of failed leadership will prevent him from becoming Governor. That being said, this article is actually pretty relevant.
From his own words, Setti Warren didn’t learn the importance of discipline until nearly 40-years-old, and he didn’t learn what real responsibility feels like until his mid-40’s. Furthermore, from his own words, he blames making bad decisions on not have a lot of money and because he “struggled with the responsibility of adulthood.” The issues that I’ve been having with the Mayor are beginning to make a lot more sense…
Elected office is not the place to learn basic character development traits. As he makes moves to unseat Governor Baker, let’s hope that the media and others hold Setti Warren accountable to his record.
@Tom Davis: Are you sure you really want to hold someone’s youthful mistakes against them?
@Peter Karg: What’s “dreaded” about the private sector?
Very curious … this story smacks of “opposition resesearch” by another candidate.
Not much there. He owed the IRS money and paid it off 17 years ago. He got a few speeding tickets in his early 20’s – shocking!
The white house address is the only thing that piqued my interest.
If these are his “skeletons” he’s got a pretty empty closet. You should see mine 😉
This story is ridiculous. Comparing unpaid speeding tickets and $6k owed to the IRS to George Bush’s past drug and alcohol abuse reeks of someone with an ax to grind.
All this story tells me is that Setti Warren is a real person. And that Frank Phillips doesn’t want him to be governor.
Agreed Jerry, it’s a hatchet job. Why the Glob thought it was print worthy is a mystery.
You all clicked it, so it was worth it for the Globe to print it.
And maybe just maybe Charlie Baker will be re-elected Governor and Setti Warren can return to the dreaded private sector.
I just hope that if I ever do run for political office, that none of my youthful indiscretions ever get paraded before the readers of the Globe, or God forbid the Village 14 blog. This seems to be small potatoes and rather irrelevant when compared to the big ticket items like kickbacks, money laundering, reckless philandering, bribes, contracting ties to tyrants overseas and other such things that have landed so many officials here and elsewhere in deep hot water. And it’s pretty clear that Setti has a strong family life that is easily detectable when you see them all together.
In last year’s presidential campaign, a story surfaced early about a sexual fantasy article that Bernie Sanders had written in his youth and much was made about it. But it quickly faded by the wayside as people began to actually like Bernie and what he was saying. It’s the present rather than the past, particularly the far past, that voters are concerned about.
What Bob said
I didn’t support George Bush, but I always thought the stories about his youthful indiscretions were ridiculous and totally irrelevant. The media coverage of his two daughters as they lived in the spotlight during their early adult years was also offensive. Jenna and Barbara Bush have grown into accomplished women and a credit to their family.
Greg, a little play on words. Nothing in the story that would disqualify him from running for Governor but it is more than funny that he would list his home address at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Maybe he was having illusions of grandeur.
@Greg: You’re solid at trying to spin things, but most here see straight through you. Setti Warren’s record of failed leadership alone will prevent him from becoming Governor. I have a pretty good feeling that the Globe has more coming on that.
Three new schools, two more in the pipeline, four fire houses, sound financial structures in place, negotiated contracts.
Always respected Frank Phillips,
but this article is a bit of a reach.
One needs to assess a candidate
by his or her record as Jane has.
All the other stuff is just a sad sign
of the times.
I agree with Tom about mayor Warren. Setti has done a good job convincing people our taxes are too low and we must pay up more so he can direct these excessive spending policies. Just wait until July 1st when the new tax rate of 11.3 percent up from 9.2 takes effect. Newtonites will be squeezed even more with high tax rates, especially those who live on the north side of town.
Whatever Setti likes to believe of himself, he has not been a good fiscal manager. The schools have a runaway budget gap and no plan to reign it in. The school superintendent believes that Newton ought to achieve very high goals for special needs children no matter the cost. Leadership in Newton is very idealistic and this is a failure when financial resources are limited.
According to today’s Boston Globe Governor Charlie Baker has a favorable rating of around 75%. Some serious bragging rights. It’s going to be very difficult for Setti’s campaign for Governor to gain any traction. He may be trounced like Mark Roosevelt running against Bill Weld in 1994. With no Clinton’s in the White House his days in elective and appointed office may be ending.
I agree with Peter and why would anyone vote against Baker when Massachusetts was recently voted as the number one state in the country.
It was? By whom?
@Greg. Two first place endorsements U.S. News and World Report and the publication “Education Week” for the overall quality of our educational institutions.
Greg, Very pleased to see Governor Baker as the Speaker at a forthcoming N/N Chamber event.
@Colleen – I’m appalled that you would object to having high goals for kids with special needs! Besides IDEA being the law of the land (and the Supreme Court recently unanimously affirmed that kids with special needs have the right to more than de minimus education), Newton has many 2E (twice-exception, gifted/special needs) kids who are capable of excellent achievement if given the proper tools and supports.
I went to MIT back in the days when a large proportion of kids went undiagnosed and I’d say that a large proportion of my classmates were 2E, as am I. A lot of the important inventors and thinkers have had special needs. And money spent on kids with special needs (2E or not) gets paid back to society by kids being more likely to grow into self-sufficient, self-supporting tax-paying adults.