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R.I. P. Mr. Butch

extrabox — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:03:35 -0800

Mr. Butch, The King of Kenmore Square, was killed in a scooter accident yesterday. An excellent film portrait of the man and icon can be found here. His rich and well-lived life was the embodiement of the only recipe for anarchy I ever saw that worked: Total Freedom + Total Heart.

Boston pol takes aim at Citgo sign after 'devil' comment

freshwater_pr0n — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:27:41 -0800

Don't mess with my Citgo sign!

Congressional Oil spokesman goes after Citgo

mountainmambo — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:45:43 -0800

Congressional Oil spokesman goes after Citgo. In Washington, Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton (R-ExxonMobil) has launched an investigation into Citgo. But he is not investigating whether any of the oil giants are engaging in price gouging at a time when gasoline and heating oil casts are skyrocketing. Instead Barton has set his sights on the only oil company that actually dared to lower its prices last year - at least for the poorest Americans. Last week Barton demanded the Venezuelan-owned company Citgo produce all records, minutes, logs, e-mails and even desk calendars related to the company’s novel program of supplying discounted heating oil to low-income communities in the United States. The Citgo program, which began late last year in Massachusetts and the South Bronx, provides oil at discounts as high as 60% off market price.