Moderation's the Word at St. Pat's Fete

Brockton Post
BROCKTON—City officials and residents celebrated St. Patrick’s Day Wednesday morning by raising the Irish flag and making light-hearted jokes, notably that all involved could add an “O” in front of their last names and being certain not to drink too much alcohol in honor of the Irish.
Mayor Linda Balzotti during her remarks at a small gathering at City Hall Plaza reminded all to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in moderation to which Ward 1 Councilor Timothy Cruise asked how that should be gauged.
“Whose idea of moderation are we talking about? Yours or someone else’s,” Cruise told the handful of attendees.
As Balzotti tried to respond, Cruise said: “It’s somewhere between your moderation and Bob Malley’s,” which received a round of laughs.
Malley, the city’s executive director of the parking authority, a man known to frequent the city’s watering holes, smiled and said, “That’s cold.”
Wednesday’s ceremony included short performances by Brockton Firefighters Pipes and Drums, a group that includes one member of the Brockton Police Department, Tom Robinson, who is pictured above with his wife Karin.

Balzotti, Register of Deeds John Buckley and Superintendent of Schools Matthew Malone’s son Sal (pictured at right) had the honor of raising the Irish flag at City Hall Plaza as the Irish National Anthem played.