Paul Westcott
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Call: 508-755-0058
Email: paul@wtag.com
Facebook: Become a Fan
Twitter: Follow Me
Youtube: Watch
Paul Westcott came to WTAG as morning host from two New Hampshire radio stations covering the southern tier of the state. He's been in media his entire career starting at Fox News Channel working for Bill O'Reilly moving to the NBC News Assignment Desk and WTAG's parent company Clear Channel Media and Entertainment in New York. While in New York Paul created and still hosts the White House Brief with Paul Westcott which started as a digital show and now airs on over a dozen stations nationwide.
Paul attended Fordham University in New York earning a BA and MA in Political Science. He's also very active with several military related organizations including the Pease Greeters and The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
Above all Paul's goal is to bring local, state or national news not by speaking at listeners but engaging them and being part of their lives.
Paul also holds a Private Pilot's certificate currently lives in Holden, MA with his wife Sarah.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Democratic Senator Uses Okla. Tornado For Anti-GOP Rant Over Global Warming
While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail against his Republican colleagues for denying the theory of anthropogenic global warming.
Whitehouse spent 15 minutes chastising GOP senators and justified his remarks by alluding to states that seek federal assistance in the wake of natural disasters.
“So, you may have a question for me,” Whitehouse said. “Why do you care? Why do you, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, care if we Republicans run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings and disgrace ourselves? I’ll tell you why. We’re stuck in this together. We are stuck in this together. When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
UMass Memorial Nurses Going On Strike
WORCESTER — The nurses' strike is on.
Union officials representing 1,100 nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center -- University Campus and hospital management spent four hours negotiating Monday afternoon but failed to reach a deal.
Nurses plan to strike at 6 a.m. Thursday. The hospital has spent $4 million to hire temporary replacement nurses, who will work for five days, beginning Thursday.
"We are disappointed by management's refusal to negotiate a settlement to this contract, yet we are committed to standing up for patients and our union rights," said Margaret McLaughlin, a nurse and co-chairwoman of the University Campus bargaining unit, in a statement.
Nurses who work at the Memorial and Hahnemann campuses reached a contract agreement last week and agreed not to strike.
The sticking point at University Campus is about staffing levels, especially at night, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Nurses want the hospital to set a patient-to-nurse ratio of 5-to-1. "Right now it's 7-to-1 and sometimes 8-to-1," said David Schildmeier, spokesman for the association.
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