Steve Quattrucci

Dec 8, 2024 | thebollard.com | Al Diamon |Samuel James |Leo Hylton |Steve Quattrucci

The worst political stuff in MaineHere’s my collection of the most obnoxious turds clogging up this state’s political toilet, in no particular order:The Maine Wire’s racist coverage of any crime committed by a person who isn’t white, and its transphobic coverage of anyone who changes their gender. Portland’s plan to deal with homeless people by not really dealing with homeless people. The Portland City Council’s plan to create more homeless people by raising property taxes.

Dec 8, 2024 | thebollard.com | Steve Quattrucci |Samuel James |Leo Hylton |Al Diamon

Youth sweeping the streets of Little Middle back in the day. photo/courtesy Steve QuattrucciAn op-ed by Steve QuattrucciIn the 1910s, my father’s parents emigrated from Italy to the United States and settled in Portland at the foot of Munjoy Hill, in a neighborhood they called Little Middle, where Middle Street meets India Street. From photos, old city maps, and the stories of my parents and grandparents, I have a good sense of what life in their neighborhood was like.

Dec 8, 2024 | thebollard.com | Leo Hylton |Samuel James |Steve Quattrucci |Al Diamon

Dear Steve Robinson’s Lynch MobLast month, Bollard editor Chris Busby wrote a powerful introduction to my letter to Gov. Janet Mills and her clemency board regarding my (still yet-to-be-approved) request for a clemency hearing (“Who’s Afraid of Leo Hylton?”), which was published along with my letter in the October issue of this magazine.

Dec 8, 2024 | thebollard.com | Samuel James |Leo Hylton |Steve Quattrucci |Al Diamon

Not the sharpest party in the drawer I have a confession to make. I’m a registered Democrat. I know. It’s been this way since a brief dalliance with the Greens back when they took themselves seriously — 2002 was a hell of a year here in Maine! Anyway, I’m not a Dem fanboy or anything. I’m not even a team player, really. I just don’t want to be killed by Republicans. Now, I don’t know how this election is going to play out, but self-destruction will probably be a continuing national theme.