Daniel A. Pallotta  (GOP)
Candidate for County Commissioner - Plymouth County
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  • Party: Republican
  • Incumbent: No
  • Headquarters:  150 Longwater Drive, Suite 203 Norwell, MA 02061
  • Age: 50
  • Occupation: President, construction management company
  • Family: Children: Meaghan, Daniel Jr., Lyndsay, Theresa, Stephen, and Kaleigh
  • City / Town: Hanover
  • Education: Bachelor of science, architecture & planning, Catholic University of America, 1984
    Medford High School, 1980
  • Experience: Member, Hanover Planning Board, 1994-1998
    Chairman, Cedar, Center, and Middle School Building Project, Hanover, 1997-2000
    Moderator, Hanover town meeting, 1999-2003
    Member, Hanover Zoning Board, 2005-2006
    Hanover selectman, 2006-2012
    Chairman, Plymouth County Advisory Board, 2008-2012
    Member, Plymouth County Advisory Board, 2007-2008
    Advisory representative, Plymouth County Charter Commission, 2010-present
    Member, Massachusetts Moderators Association, 1999-2011
    Member, Massachusetts Selectman's Association, 2006-2012
Other candidates
Maryanne Lewis
Independent
Greg Hanley
Democrat
Why are you running?

Plymouth County, established in the late 1600s, has been a victim of success. That trend ended in 1993 with the realignment that also began the transfer of wealth from our county to the state, with the latest injustice in 2010, transfering the sheriff's office and our nearly paid-off $110 million correctional facility.


This final blow compelled me to act and prevent the state from taking, without compensation, any more of the assets the Plymouth County inhabitants accumulated from going to the behemoth known as the Commonwealth.

Every time we get an asset taken, the state leaves the liabilities to the taxpayers of the county!

In 2010 alone, the state took our asset of $110 million (correctional facility) and left behind a pension liability of $32 million for a $142 million dollar pay day for the Commonwealth. The Registry of Deeds collects $1 on our real estate transactions, and .8975 cents of that dollar goes to the very same Commonwealth.

If this were colonial times, I would be tossing tea in the harbor.

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  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren campaign appearance, 2 to 3 p.m., McKay's Breakfast & Lunch, 144 Franklin St., Quincy
  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren campaign appearance, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., Christo's Restaurant, 782 Crescent St., Brockton
  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | US Sen. Scott Brown Bus Tour Kickoff Rally with US Rep. GOP candidate Richard Tisei and incumbent GOP state Rep. Donald Wong, Americal Civic Center, 467 Main St., Wakefield
  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren campaign rally with former US Rep. Barney Frank, 5:30 to 7 p.m., United Fisherman's Club, 639 Orchard St., New Bedford
  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren event, 5:30 to 7 p.m., West End Gym, 900 Lawrence St., Lowell
  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | President Barack Obama campaign appearances in Boulder, Colorado; Las Vegas, Nevada, and Springfield, Ohio
  • THURSDAY, NOV. 1 | Vice President Joe Biden campaign events in Iowa and Pennsylvania
  • FRIDAY, NOV. 2 | US Sen. Scott Brown bus tour rally, noon, Leominster
  • FRIDAY, NOV. 2 | President Barack Obama campaign events in Ohio
  • FRIDAY, NOV. 2 | GOP rally with presidential candidate Mitt Romney, running mate Paul Ryan, and wife Ann Romney, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., The Square at Union Centre, West Chester, Ohio
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