508_001 audio 508_worcester <strong>508</strong> is a show about Worcester. On this debut episode, Mike Benedetti talks about resistance to a Worcester Wal-Mart will <a href="http://www.worcesterfirst.org">Shannon Senior</a>, and about the preliminary City Council election with <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a>. Topics: <ul><li>Options for stopping or mitigating a Worcester Wal-Mart are running out</li> <li>The preliminary Council election was dominated by one big factor</li> <li><a href="http://www.worcesteractivist.org/node/13424">How much</a> did the candidates spend per vote?</li> <li>The District 5 race: <a href="http://www.voterichball.com/">Rich Ball</a> and baseball</li> <li>"I have a funning feeling we're gonna see <strong>Gary</strong>&mdash;unless he pulls himself off the list&mdash;as <strong>mayor</strong>."</li> <li><a href="http://www.mccarthyforcitycouncil.com/">Bill McCarthy</a> has no chance of winning, either because he fills to niche (Brendan) or because the Worcester Republican Blog's <a href="http://blog.worcestercountyrepublicanclub.com/?p=412">endorsement</a> is a curse (Mike)</li> <li><a href="http://www.telegram.com"><em>Telegram & Gazette</em></a> misreports election results, then makes like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirthala_Salinas">Mirthala Salinas</a></li> <li>Brendan says nice things about Bill Coleman</li> </ul> 2007-09-14 2007 Worcester; 508; Shannon Senior; Brendan Melican; City Council; Wal-Mart http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ 2007-09-14 14:32:31 2007-09-14 14:29:53 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2007-09-14 14:34:11 Mike Benedetti audio_podcast