Talk:Salvatore DiMasi

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Joke[edit]

I found a reference for the inappropriate joke he made during the ST Patrick's breakfast. However, I question where this error in judgment is sufficiently egregious to merit inclusion ... any thoughts? Hardnfast (talk) 16:03, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't seem so to me. I was thinking of removing it, but instead put in an unreferenced tag to see if there were much discussion of this supposed controversy. So far, it doesn't seem at all notable. -David Schaich ^Talk/_Cont 04:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, I think if there was a history of saying things like this you could justify leaving it in to show a pattern of behavior, but one incident at the ST Patrick's Day breakfast (which has a long history of politicians making asses of themselves trying to be funny and clever) in my opinion really isn't notable. If no one pipes in for keeping, it should be removed. Hardnfast (talk) 11:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Date of Birth and Name[edit]

I have two issues with this page. The first one being the fact that DiMasi's date of birth is not on here, and I seem to recall that it once was. Then, there is the fact that this page refers to him as Salvatore DiMasi, where most of the time I here him being called Sal. Should we do anything about any of this? Bibbly Bob (talk) 11:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IBM payback[edit]

"IBM... has refunded all paid monies." The allegation is that IBM/Cognos paid bribes to DiMasi. DiMasi not IBM would have to refund the paid monies, yes? Should this sentence read "IBM... has been refunded all paid monies."? Or was money paid by the state to IBM under the canceled contracts and then fully refunded? Should the sentence read "IBM... has refunded all monies paid by the state under the terms of the contracts that were canceled."? Panscient (talk) 15:01, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 00:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Salvatore DiMasi → Sal DiMasi — I have never heard the man be called Salvatore, except on his article. Please move if you can! Bibbly Bob (talk) 22:26, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Just google "Salvatore DiMasi" and you will see plenty of places where he is called Salvatore --SteamedTreacle (talk) 22:29, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Ancestry[edit]

Is it really relevant that Mr. DiMasi was the first Italian-American speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was not the highest ranking Italian-American in the state's history. Massachusetts has had 3 governors of Italian ancestry, the first back in 1957, almost 50 years before DiMasi became speaker. There were a number of other state-wide elected officials, and at the time DiMasi became Speaker, the president of the more powerful state senate was also of Italian ancestry. By the time DiMasi became speaker, Italian-Americans in the state had almost entirely lost their ancestral identity.

There is also no mention of Mr. DiMasi's trophy wife. And about his first name: Salvatore is his legal name. Sal is a nickname.Bostoner (talk) 03:51, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]