Cullen knows how to read the smoke signals

TRUE to his portfolio, Martin Cullen knows you have to create the right environment to get re-elected, political correctness be damned.

Even Clint Eastwood had to blow a little smoke in people’s faces from time to time to get their attention, at least until he hung up his guns for a seat in the mayor’s office in Carmel.

How would it look chewing on a carrot instead of a heavy duty cigar as you took on the bad guys? And Martin Cullen knows his roots, as well as his cheroots.