According to her Web site the American Civil Liberties Union is set to pick up where Leominster mom Mary Jean's ex-attorney, DA candidate Dan Shea, left off.Why does she need representation? Because it seems like Tom Reilly's office has … [Read more...]
Archives for May 8, 2006
The Globe jumps on the blogging bandwagon
Starting today, the Globe's political reporters will be contributing to a new blog, in addition to writing their various pieces in the print edition. And one of their first posts talks up the upcoming blogger-cosponsored Lt. Gov. … [Read more...]
Anonymous anti-Patrick comment at BMG originated at Reilly HQ
During the recent hoopla over Deval Patrick's role in Ameriquest, the following not very nice comment appeared in response to my post calling for Patrick to step down from the board of Ameriquest's parent company:AmenPatrick should resign, … [Read more...]
Wilkerson Misses Dem Primary Ballot Deadline!!
The Boston Election Commission has confirmed that Dianne Wilkerson, who waited until 12 minutes before the deadline to file her nomination papers, has fallen about 30 signatures short of being listed on the Democratic ballot for state … [Read more...]
SHNS Poll: Reilly on top, Gabrieli ad blitz having impact
State House News Service's survey is the latest of three gubernatorial polls issued within the last week. Each of the three polls has Tom Reilly on top (although the CBS4 poll has all three candidates within the margin of … [Read more...]
Westfield LG Forum & Straw Poll
It appears that the LG candidates held a forum/debate out in Westfield last week. You can read a wrap-up of it here courtesy of the T&G. The article doesn't say anything particularly new, but it does include an interesting nugget at the … [Read more...]
Jon Keller, Deval Patrick, and the so-called “Big Problem”
Yes, that's right: according to Keller, Deval Patrick's "Big Problem" is his work on affirmative action over a decade ago in the Clinton Justice Department. Here's Keller's big question about Patrick's chances in the election:But will … [Read more...]
Literary Benefit for Progressive Congressional Candidates
I just posted a new event in the events listing that I want to draw your attention to.This Sunday is the kick-off of the Progressive Reading Series in Boston, a monthly series of literary benefits that support progressive congressional … [Read more...]
Literary Benefit for Progressive Congressional Candidates
I just posted a new event in the events listing that I want to draw your attention to.This Sunday is the kick-off of the Progressive Reading Series in Boston, a monthly series of literary benefits that support progressive congressional … [Read more...]
Does fundraising matter?
The Herald's Monday briefing points to a remarkable true fact: Politics by the Numbers$2,075,000 - Amount of campaign contributions to Democratic hopeful Chris Gabrieli that came from his own pocket. Total amount donated by others: … [Read more...]