Apropos of the attention he’s getting, I share this anecdote about Jake Auchincloss.
A few years ago, I was doing a shift at the then twice-yearly swap event at Rumford when Jake rolled up with his then fiancée. In the back seat was a nice set of shelves they were donating. The shelves had a ton of pieces. It had clearly taken some time to wedge them into the car. It took us a non-trivial bit of time to unload them. We get them neatly arranged in a corner, all the parts, and a woman claims them. Not a surprise. They were nice shelves.
Just before Jake gets back into the car, the woman tells him that she has no way to get the shelves to her home. Would he mind driving her and the shelves. He looks at me. He peeks into the car and looks at his fiancée. He pauses. Then, he nods okay. And, we retrieved all the pieces from the corner where we’d neatly put them and wedged them back in the car.
I can’t recall how the woman fit, if she fit, or how she got back. But, I assume that Jake unloaded the shelves — again — at the woman’s home. Probably got convinced to assemble the shelves for her.
Honestly Sean! Just STOP!! You think your opinion is way more important than we think your opinion is . Why post this? Why post a new thread on the Ward 2 debate with your take when there was already a well commented upon thread on the topic??
I have to agree that this anecdote would have been better as a comment on other threads, such the Globe article on Jake or the one on the Ward 2 debate.
So Jake didn’t throw the shelves into the basket of his bike and ride it to the lady’s home?!! How can he let the planet burn like that???
Oh, and what Claire said.
Claire and Matt,
You do know you’re reading a blog, right?
I’m with Claire. Mr. Roche certainly presents himself as one of the more self important individual on this site. His recent “coverage” of electoral politics in Newton is a shining example. But really, we need not stop there. A cursory glance at his writings on topics ranging from transportation to development demonstrate (a) an astonishing lack of humility given the level of achievement and true expertise of many folks who may read but not comment here and (b) an astonishing lack of respect for those who may in good conscience and with good reason, differ from Mr. Roche on these topics. It is a shame (and a bit shameful) that he is provided such a platform here. V14 would provide a more constructive service to our community were this not the case.
The assertion that “We are reading so it’s all good” is bogus. I liken reading Mr. Roche to watching Fox News. It is an informative exercise in trying to understand the mindset of people with with whom I generally disagree. Perhaps this is his intent. If so, it remains a suboptimal use of this space.
@Sean, …So much is way too long Trumpian ranting blather, accusing the populace of being racist, that is by now way too familiar.
His un-neighborly pro development stance, and the amount of time spent writing these dissertations makes me wonder if he might be paid ( by someone?), to keep it coming.
I second Claire’s comment about those “takeaway” posts from debates. They just split the discussion into two identical threads.
What is wrong with all of you?? He made an innocent comment (that I enjoyed) on a blog. I can remember many people on this very blog comment on Jake and say he’s a republican or something. You don’t like positive comments. He took what he knew as a pleasant story about a candidate and started a post. Instead of bellyaching about his post, why don’t you all share a good story about Becky Grossman or someone else. Just stop complaining!!! Anything anyone does is never good enough. Just relax.
Just a reminder. Reading each blog thread — and commenting on each one — is not required by law or any other regulation.
If you’re tired of a topic or blogger, skip over it. Lord knows, there are plenty of commenters that I’ve stopped reading.
I actually thought this was a pretty interesting story. Thanks for sharing.