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  Paul Cellucci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada.
Cellucci weathered a political firestorm when it was revealed that he owed $750,000 of personal debt while advocating fiscal austerity.
Cellucci is considered by his detractors to have been an ineffective governor who exercised little oversight over the Big Dig allowing massive cost overruns.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Cellucci   (696 words)

  
 Paul Cellucci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cellucci is surrounded by people who have profited handsomely from their access to the Weld-Cellucci administration over the years, some of whom give him political advice at the same time that they rake in big fees from corporate interests with important business on Beacon Hill.
Cellucci pleaded that he has two daughters in private school and that he'd made expensive improvements on his house, but even those obligations didn't seem to account for the size of his liabilities.
Cellucci used to be one of George Bush's most enthusiastic political allies in Massachusetts, giving early support to Bush's 1980 presidential campaign and organizing the state for his 1988 effort.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/98/04/16/PAUL_CELLUCCI.html   (5500 words)

  
 The National Italian American Foundation
Governor Cellucci is one of three Italian Americans who currently serve as chief executives of the state where Italian Americans are an important portion of the population with approximately 3 million Italian Americans in New York, 1.5 million in New Jersey and 900,000 in Massachusetts.
Paul Cellucci, the grandson of Italian immigrants, was elected Governor of Massachusetts on November 3, 1998.
Cellucci also served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1970 until 1978 when he was honorably discharged with the rank of captain.
www.niaf.org /news/index.asp?print=1&id=84   (246 words)

  
 Paul Cellucci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cellucci, left in charge, took a National Guard helicopter to Western Massachusetts and very visibly met with local officials and residents.
For instance, Cellucci says it was he -- at a time when other Republicans were demanding confrontation -- who urged the inexperienced Weld to work with the legislature's Democratic leadership in 1991 to solve the fiscal crisis then threatening the state.
The area in which Cellucci takes the most justifiable pride is his chairmanship of the Governor's Commission on Domestic Violence -- a commission that was created after Cellucci and women legislators met following several horrific murders of women at the hands of their abusive male partners.
www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/news/97/04/25/CELLUCCI_3.html   (844 words)

  
 THE POWER OF CANADA'S 'BLUNT' CRITIC
Cellucci was hand-picked for the job in the spring of 2001, before the 9/11 attacks, the war on terrorism, and Iraq, only add weight to his insistence that Canada isn't pulling its weight on the homeland security front.
Cellucci's political and personal ties to the Bush family, dating back more than 20 years, were invaluable, as were the rapport between governors of Great Lakes states and Canadian leaders such as former Ontario premier Mike Harris.
Cellucci's campaign was almost welcomed by many Canadians who for years have been pressing to halt the decline in military funding and reform immigration and refugee policies.
www.webspawner.com /users/5winggoosebay/thepowerofcanad.html   (1229 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online -- OnPolitics "Free Media"
Paul Cellucci (R-Mass.) was live online on Monday, July 31 to talk about the GOP presidential ticket and this fall's elections.
Paul Cellucci: The first thing I would say is that the Massachusetts delegation is at the same hotel as Gov. Bush, so I think we're doing OK. Our delegation, including the 30 McCain delegates, is united behind Gov. Bush.
Paul Cellucci: The thing I like most about Gov. Bush is that he is inclusive -- that's his record in Texas, and that's the kind of person he is. And although we may not agree on some specific issues, I know that he will continue to be very inclusive.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/liveonline/00/politics/freemedia073100_cellucci.htm   (1683 words)

  
 Commencement 2002 - Boston College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cellucci referenced the terrorist attacks of September 11, and described the important role of public diplomacy to counteract the impact of such acts.
Ambassador Cellucci was born in Hudson, Middlesex County in 1948.
Cellucci has over17 years of experience in private practice, eventually serving as partner in the Hudson Law firm of Kittredge, Cellucci and Moreira, P.C. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Boston College in the early 1970s.
www.bc.edu /schools/law/newsevents/2002-archive/52402   (874 words)

  
 Global Business Forum - Speakers - Ambassador Paul Cellucci
Paul Cellucci's career in government began in 1970 when he was elected to the Hudson Charter Commission.
Ambassador Cellucci, a strong advocate for smaller government and lower taxes, signed the then largest tax cut in Massachusetts history in 1998, and led the campaign for an even larger tax cut which was approved by voters at the polls in November, 2000.
Ambassador Cellucci was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1990 on a ticket with former Governor Weld.
www.alberta-canada.com /gbf/cellucci.html   (393 words)

  
 Cellucci, Paul
Paul Cellucci was sworn in as Ambassador to Canada on April 10, 2001.
In 1984, Ambassador Cellucci was elected to the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District, and during his third Senate term became the Assistant Republican Leader.
Ambassador Cellucci's private sector experience includes almost 30 years of work with his family's auto dealership, and 17 years in the private practice of law, eventually as partner in the Hudson law firm of Kittredge, Cellucci and Moreira, P.C. Ambassador Cellucci received his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1973.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bios/c/6306.htm   (265 words)

  
 The state of the governor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cellucci called for state grants to encourage construction of affordable housing, a continuation of the moratorium on taxation of Internet commerce, and the use of $50 million in state tobacco settlement money to provide relief to hospitals hit hard by federal cuts.
Cellucci has two options: either he can seek an accommodation with the Legislature that gives him a measure of power to get things done or he can declare all-out war.
It's a move Gov. Cellucci began by delivering his State of the State address in Lowell, the first time ever such a speech was not given in the Statehouse.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20000122/ED_001.htm   (384 words)

  
 SCERA Online - Current Issues - UMass Votes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1984, Cellucci was elected to the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District, and during his third Senate term became the Assistant Republican Leader.
Paul Cellucci and Governor Weld were re-elected in November 1994 by a historic margin, winning 71 percent of the votes cast.
Cellucci's private sector experience includes almost 30 years of work with his family's auto dealership, and 17 years in the private practice of law, eventually serving as partner in the Hudson law firm of Kittredge, Cellucci and Moreira, P.C. Cellucci received his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1973.
www.umass.edu /rso/scera/issues/umassvotes.html   (715 words)

  
 Paul Cellucci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clearly, Cellucci is feeling pressure from his primary challenger, state treasurer Joe Malone, and feels compelled to protect his right flank so he can maintain the support of GOP conservatives.
Cellucci has won high accolades for his social liberalism because he has displayed political courage, standing up against the baser instincts of his party over the years.
Cellucci's campaign manager, Rob Gray, swung back at the state treasurer, branding him "a phony" for alleged ethics lapses of his own.
www.worcesterphoenix.com /archive/features/98/04/17/PAUL_CELLUCCI.html   (5500 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Politics -- Massachusetts Governor, Candidates
Acting Gov. Paul Cellucci (R) Immediately after Gov. William F. Weld's resignation in July 1997 elevated Cellucci from lieutenant governor, he began lobbying for a major tax cut.
Cellucci has also said education reform, health care access and domestic violence are among his priorities.
Cellucci became a state senator in 1984, and won election to two terms as lieutenant governor, in 1990 and 1994.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/magov/candidates.htm   (455 words)

  
 NewStandard: 7/29/97
But Paul Cellucci, especially since he wants to be elected governor in his own right, needs to make his own impression on state government, to distinguish himself from Bill Weld and offer more than just more of the same.
Paul Cellucci needs to get out of the Statehouse, to visit areas of the state that despite years of promises have seen little in the way of long-needed special attention from previous governors.
Paul Cellucci also has a chance to demonstrate that he is a party-builder.
www.s-t.com /daily/07-97/07-29-97/b04op062.htm   (538 words)

  
 Paul Cellucci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mounted above Lieutenant Governor Paul Cellucci's desk, in his office on the third floor of the State House, is a large, ornately framed portrait of Robert F. Bradford, the state's Republican governor from 1947 to '48.
The first came on July 26, when the Boston Globe, in a front-page story, reported that Cellucci -- whose status as Weld's "co-governor" is built largely on their reputation for tight-fisted management of the state's fiscal affairs -- had run up $750,000 in personal debt, $70,000 of that on credit cards.
Cellucci needed the cover of Weld in order to grow, and that really hasn't worked to his advantage.
www.worcesterphoenix.com /archive/features/97/04/25/CELLUCCI.html   (695 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Cellucci's return raises issue of Senate run
Former governor Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts said yesterday that he will resign from his position as US ambassador to Canada in January and return to his native state, sparking speculation among Republicans eager to find someone to run for the US Senate if John F. Kerry wins the White House.
But a Cellucci spokeswoman at the US embassy in Canada and Cellucci's confidants in Massachusetts knocked down the notion that he was positioning himself to run for Kerry's seat, and Republicans said it was unseemly to consider that Kerry would beat President Bush this fall.
Cellucci told a former aide yesterday that he did not plan to run for the US Senate.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/07/16/celluccis_return_raises_issue_of_senate_run   (665 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Cellucci looks back, ahead at dedication
The elder Cellucci played off and on for years at the Bonavia Club in Hudson, as well as in the North End, while his son enjoyed regular games on a court at the Hudson home of his childhood friend, Robert Yesue.
Paul Cellucci, now US ambassador to Canada, listened to the tributes with a smile on his face, as he enjoys something of a reemergence in Massachusetts.
Cellucci served as governor from 1997 to 2001.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/12/23/cellucci_looks_back_ahead_at_dedication?pg=full   (892 words)

  
 Vive le Canada - Paul Cellucci: Shut Up!
Paul Harris is self-employed as a consultant providing businesses with the tools and expertise to reintegrate their sick or injured employees into the workplace.
Cellucci went wrong, of course, is in his implication that Canada failed to come to the aid of the United States in its time of peril.
Paul Cellucci should learn a little more about how to be a good ambassador and he should learn how to properly express his country’s displeasure about something.
www.vivelecanada.ca /article.php?story=20040127135731480   (2666 words)

  
 Riding Ponsies and Swimming in Red Ink
Acting Governor Paul Cellucci has been prancing around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since the primary claiming that his opponent, Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, is fiscally irresponsible.
Cellucci tries to spin his debt as that of a blue-collar guy trying to earn a slice of American life for his family.
As long as Paul Cellucci is allowed to remain in office, the people of Massachusetts will be socked with a massive burden of debt.
www-tech.mit.edu /V118/N51/ring.5.2.51c.html   (960 words)

  
 Cellucci's Delusion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cellucci's support for homosexual preferences, abortion-on-demand and gun control hardly will appeal to the Republican party outside of a few fundamentally Democratic states.
Paul Cellucci was elected largely because Massachusetts voters were satisfied with the status quo--a status quo that Cellucci likes to take credit for.
Paul Cellucci is essentially a moderate-to-liberal Democrat in a one-party state.
www.massnews.com /past_issues/2000/Op_Ed/oped19.htm   (460 words)

  
 1920s Election, 1990s Style
Cellucci is seen as a political insider, having been continuously involved in Beacon Hill politics since his election as State Representative in 1976.
Cellucci, in effect, criticized members of the General Court for deferring to their personal moral judgments on an issue when he himself used the same judgment for over a decade.
Considering that surrounding Paul Cellucci is not a trace but an overwhelming stench of hypocrisy, broken promises, and ethical questions, we all must hope the citizens of this Commonwealth show the same disposition as those who employed presidential suffrage seventy years ago.
www-tech.mit.edu /V118/N17/ring.17c.html   (1142 words)

  
 President Bush Nominates Gov. Paul Cellucci as Ambassador to Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Governor Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts to be U.S. ambassador to Canada, the White House said in a February 13 press release.
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Governor Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Canada.
Paul Cellucci was first elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1998 after assuming the office in 1997, when then-Governor William Weld resigned his post.
www.usembassy.it /file2001_02/alia/a1021310.htm   (230 words)

  
 Peace, order and good government, eh?: Let's deport Paul Cellucci
Arar case may be repeated: Cellucci The United States can't guarantee there won't be a repeat of the Maher Arar deportation case, the American ambassador said today.
Paul Cellucci, commenting after speaking to a conference on Canada-U.S relations, said that...
Paul Cellucci, commenting after speaking to a conference on Canada-U.S relations, said that the United States respects the Canadian passport, but reserves the right to act unilaterally when it sees a need to protect its security.
www.pogge.ca /archives/000218.shtml   (176 words)

  
 U.S. Envoy Applauds Canada for Terror Aid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cellucci's assessment comes amid pledges by new Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to strengthen ties with the United States, ruffled occasionally during Jean Chretien's decade as Canada's leader.
Cellucci noted that Canada is the largest supplier of energy to the United States.
If Paul Cellucci managed to lay on all of this BS with a straight face, he missed his calling and should rightly have considered the theatre as a career.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1105518/posts   (555 words)

  
 Argeo Paul Cellucci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paul Cellucci was elected to the Hudson Charter Commission in 1970 and one year later won a seat on the Hudson Board of Selectment where he served until 1977.
On November 6, 1990, Cellucci was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts on a ticket with William F. Weld.
Cellucci received his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1973 and in 1970 graduated from the Boston College School of Management.
www.ecs.umass.edu /conference97/agenda/CELLUCCI.HTM   (99 words)

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