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To: Jan W who wrote (344651)	1/21/2010 4:15:07 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793846

Mr. Brown goes to Washington: Hometown dishes on ‘guy next-door’ ‘What you see is what you get’ By Laura Crimaldi \| Thursday, January 21, 2010 \| bostonherald.com \| Local Coverage multimedia.heraldinteractive.com Photo by Matthew West A day after Scott Brown captured victory in a hard-fought U.S. Senate race by declaring he drives a pickup truck and lives in Wrentham, his hometown yesterday celebrated the native son who shot onto the national stage by being the guy next door. “He is the guy next door,” said Hannah Illes, Brown’s neighbor in a cul-de-sac near Lake Archer. “He really drives a truck. That poor truck. What you see is what you get with Scott.” Illes and her boyfriend, Rob Penchuk, 50, who has lived next to Brown for 20 years, said the state’s next U.S. senator is the “real deal.” “I think he’s probably the hardest-working person that I’ve ever met,” said Penchuk, 50, an engineer and part-time law student. “He really is genuine. He really does drive a truck. He doesn’t have a Cadillac. He doesn’t have servants. He mows his own lawn, takes out his trash.” Brown said during the campaign that the odometer hit more than 201,000 miles on his 2005 GMC Canyon, which is now likely the most famous truck in America. President Obama, who campaigned for vanquished Attorney General Martha Coakley, warned voters to look under the hood. Auto mechanic Joe Pendola welcomed the challenge. “Go right ahead,” said Pendola, who changed the oil and rotated the tires on the truck when Brown last brought it into Regional Tire & Service in Wrentham last November. “It’s a smooth-running machine.” Shop owner Jeff Robison said there were 191,648 miles on the truck when Pendola worked on it. He said Brown warned he plans to pile on thousands more. “It was almost like it was a symbol of his fiscal responsibility with his own belongings and hopefully a symbol of how he will be fiscally responsible for our state,” Robison said. Waitress Kim Beals, who waited on Brown on election morning at Nicky’s, said he’s a good tipper who never touches coffee, but loves a good hot chocolate. She said he ordered French toast, bacon and a hot chocolate with whipped cream after voting. “I’m real happy,” Beals said. “I think Scott’s going to help quite a bit.” There were hints Wrentham will have to adjust to its new fame. A security officer guarded Brown’s driveway. Penchuk said more cars have been circling the cul-de-sac lately, including a rubbernecker who plowed into a snowbank. Illes and Penchuck said they’re ready to watch the hometown guy go to Washington. “We’d really hate to lose him as a neighbor,” Illes said. “But the country needs him.” Article URL: bostonherald.com Related Articles:

To: Jan W who wrote (344651)	1/21/2010 5:12:52 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793846

There probably are more Scott Browns out here...BUT with the media and others on both sides of the fence bashing Palin and her family with not much justification, (the Kennedy's wouldn't allow that to have happened them, what happened to Palin's family)--what Sally or Sam really is ready to subject their family to the onslaught???? Scott Brown from the sounds of things had a tougher childhood to deal with than did Palin. He has a few years on her. He seems to be comfortable in his own skin. He has at least been in MA local politics since 1998. Palin has the experience of being a Governor of a huge state with vast resources. Maybe she is 'folksy' on her own, or perhaps it is the way of the inhabitants of Alaska and the Native Americans who live there, including her husband. She does have a presence. I agree, she needs more polish, and more confidence that she can be who she is. Scott Brown already haas that confidence. His presence last night was really astounding for a fairly new to the National scene politican. Personally, I wish both of them, and all of us, the good luck and fortune to find more of the Scott and Sarah type folks. Our country needs them in many capacities. And that's just it. I think there are more Scotts (and Sallys and Sues) out there - just like him .. perhaps even better ones. I hope that his fight, and ultimate win, will inspire them to throw their hats in the ring.