Today Tom talks about the Annual Taste of Methuen and this year's winner Quality Catering, as well as the controversy from last year's event, a possible race hoax in Lawrence as a backwards swastika is painted on city hall and someone hacks into the City Council live feed using racial slurs, an THEN Tom's guest Lissy Rivas from Despierta Lawrence goes at it with Intern Girl!

Methuen Councilor Yanilda Santos is not guilty of Drunk Driving, and political hack Dan Shibilia continues to defame her. Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino lets loose on controversial topics like abortion, Education funding, Special Ed. Artificial Intelligence, His rift with the Lawrence Mayor, and MORE!

It's a hodgepodge show today As Tom talked about gun rights, Intern Girl has a beef with my Lissy Rivas, what is the standard for libel and slander, the democrats do NOT care about education! the myth of class size, Methuen's continuing education failures continue to get rewarded, why Mike Minogue cannot win the governor's race in Massachusetts, Steve Gillis may be getting sued, illegal aliens and MORE!

(4-16-26) Guest former Methuen School Committee Member Kristen Maxwell discusses the teacher on leave for inappropriate relationship with a student and the porn material that teacher was publicly advocated be read in the classroom - PAYING ATTENTION PODCAST

Paying Attention! with Tom Duggan

Today Tom and Intern Girl chatted at the beginning of the show about the $9.6M defecit in the Methuen schools upcoming state rep race between Francisco Paulino and Councilors Celina Reyes and Ana Levy, the pettiness of Methuen Mayor Beauregard whining about councilors missing a special meeting after he missed three in a row, Lawrence mayor Brian DePena fighting in court to disburse the 400 abandoned properties in the city through the LRA which is a separate entity from the city ...Then the geniuses behind the SeVmar brand, SeVmar restaurant, Jocelyn's at SeVmar Tom's guest Jocelyn and Kelvin Severino.

(3-19-26) The Valley Patriot 22nd Anniversary BASH Preview Show

(4-9-26) What a BASH!! Awards and Scholarship Updates Guest: Attorney Doug Mercurio

(3-12-26) Zaka Shafiq of AFC Urgent Care joins Tom