President Immerman Quoted in Salem News Article on GOP Round-Table

September 25, 2014

Montserrat College of Art President Steve Immerman was quoted in The Salem News article featuring Wednesday morning’s North Shore Chamber of Commerce round-table discussion with GOP candidates.

Round-table discussion highlights GOP candidates’ views 

Posted in The Salem News: Wed., Sept. 24, 2014 9:57 pm BY ETHAN FORMAN

SALEM — One of the first things Republican lieutenant governor candidate Karyn Polito and her running mate, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, would do if elected is end a program that shelters homeless families in motels as a form of emergency assistance, Polito said.

Danvers has been grappling with the issue for several years.

Polito came to Hawthorne Hotel Wednesday morning with fellow Republican candidates to attend a North Shore Chamber of Commerce breakfast round-table discussion. Her remark that she and Baker would end the housing of homeless in motels came in a brief interview after fielding questions from 70 business leaders in the room.

When asked by Montserrat College of Art President Stephen Immerman about the perception among some Democrats that the Republican Party has a war on women, Polito said that the notion that she and Baker are against women is absurd. The candidates are both pro-choice and favor marriage equality, Polito said.

“On the issues that affect women, they are the issues that affect men,” she said.

Also taking part in the discussion was 6th District Congressional candidate Richard Tisei, a former longtime Wakefield state senator who nearly beat Democratic Congressman John Tierney, D-Salem, in the general election two years ago. Tisei finds himself in a tight race against Seth Moulton, a Salem resident and former Marine who served four tours of duty in Iraq and beat Tierney in the primary.

Immerman asked Tisei if he can be an independent voice in Washington.

“I guess anybody can say they will go to Washington and be an independent voice,” said Tisei, who said his record in the state Senate speaks for itself. “I voted with (former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney) 50 percent of the time, and I voted against him 50 percent of the time.”

The problem, he said, is “you have a bunch of Republicans and Democrats who love their party more than the country.” While he may not be a reliable Republican vote, he would give Massachusetts a voice among the majority of House Republicans in Congress, he said.

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