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| UN Fallout: Mass. Gov. Candidate Mihos considering cancelling CITGO contracts |
| 2006-09-24 |
| The local furor over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s “devil” comment escalated yesterday with gubernatorial candidate Christy Mihos saying he may cancel the Citgo gas contracts at his minimarts on Cape Cod. “The guy’s just a thug,” said Mihos, who owns nine Christy’s Markets that have distributor contracts with Citgo, a subsidiary of the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela. Mihos, who’s dumping millions of dollars into his long-shot independent bid for governor, said he was outraged by Chavez’s anti-American tirade on Wednesday and is mulling what action to take. “We’re talking about this at Christy’s Market, whether to keep with (Citgo),” he told the Herald. If he breaks his agreements with Citgo, Mihos said he’ll probably lose tens of thousands of dollars. “But there are more important things in life than money,” said the millionaire business owner who sold most of his Christy’s Markets in the late 1990s. He still owns 14 of them on Cape Cod - and nine of those have distributor agreements with Citgo. The loudmouth Chavez has stirred other trouble in Boston, with one city councilor pushing to replace the iconic Citgo sign in Kenmore Square with a giant American flag to protest Chavez’s “devil” tirade. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Red- I'm not convinced Mihos will take all that many votes from Muffy. A big component of the statewide vote outside Rte 128 in MA is the lunchpail Democrat. These folks would rather cut off a finger with a plastic knife than vote for someone like Patrick, who is a walking/talking moonbat wet dream. I agree that Mihos bowing out would give Muffy the crushing victory that sends the kind of message to the Koskidz that they need to receive, but in the end I think she'll win even if Mihos runs. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-09-24 19:35 |
| #3 As much as I like Mihos, Red Lief's dad on. The Republican machine threw in behind Muffy Healy, and Mihos declared his independent campaign a week or two after the 'snub'. I was leaning toward him until Deval Patrick won the Dem primary but I'm gonna have to eat Muffy this fall. Mass. will lose a ton of people if Deval wins. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-09-24 08:55 |
| #2 Mihos is a good guy, and real. However, his "independent" run for Gov'na risks throwing Bacon Hill to the Uber-Moonbat, Devil Patrick. If you thought communism dead, think again. Mihos microphone grab may well put the 28% moonbat constituency into the power box. Mihos, you are the man, but you need to stand down now, and let the Rhino take it. |
| Posted by: Red Lief 2006-09-24 03:39 |
| #1 Good man. Make Chavez's anti-American spewing have a painful consequence. He should be allowed to write off or deduct any ensuing loss. If this started a national campaign to drop all Citgo contracts, Mihos could become a real hero. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-24 01:05 |