The wizardry continues over at the Lowell Telecommunications Corporation: they now have a complete video of Sunday's BlogLeft/Lowell Dems event featuring all four candidates for Lieutenant Governor. You'll need Quicktime 7 to watch … [Read more...]
Archives for May 22, 2006
Cambridge Straw Poll: Deval, Silbert, & Bonifaz win
Sidenotes on the results of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee (CDCC) straw poll for the three contested statewide offices:SECRETARY OF STATEThe Secretary of State vote was the most interesting vote (and closest). Secretary Galvin … [Read more...]
Hot fresh polls: Gabrieli in the lead?
Frank Phillips at the Globe parses some internal poll numbers from the Gabrieli campaign which show him in the lead:According to a memo obtained by the Globe, the poll shows Gabrieli at 33 percent, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly at 20 … [Read more...]
Boston Builds on New York’s Ruins
The piece continues:"And any Boston company found trying to bid on the stadium will have to wear a Johnny Damon jersey - a Yankees one, of course - and cut their hair," Carrion said.While it's unlikely that a Boston developer would vie to … [Read more...]
I heart Al Gore
I'd just like to reinforce that I just love Al Gore -- in a totally fraternal, heterosexual, football-tossing, chuck-the-chin, deodorant-ad kind of way, of course:WASHINGTON - Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about … [Read more...]
Sheriff Cabral Endorses Murray!!
I just attended an event at the 6B Lounge in Boston where Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral enthusiastically endorsed Tim Murray for Lt. Governor. This is a woman I hold in high esteem and have strong respect for. She has done so much … [Read more...]
“Winning” a debate
So one of our readers thinks that Andrea Silbert "won" Sunday afternoon's Lt. Gov. forum, and another gives the nod to Tim Murray. Elsewhere, still others have commented on how well Deb Goldberg did, and I'd add my voice to that … [Read more...]
Meet Markos and Jerome – you know you want to!
The authors of Crashing the Gate, Markos "Daily Kos" Moulitsas Zuniga and Jerome "MyDD" Armstrong, are coming to Cambridge this Tuesday for a book-signing, reception, and all-around good time. The folks over at Drinking Liberally … [Read more...]
It’s the housing, stupid
I went to the presentation of two reports on housing today at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: one by Barry Bluestone of Northeastern's Center for Urban and Regional Policy, the other by Harvard-KSG-Rappaport Institute's Edward Glaeser. … [Read more...]
SEIU Radio Spot
It's great! Jay Fitzgerald at the Herald wrote about it the other day...says it has inaccurate unemployment figures-- bulsh!http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=139580This radio spot is basically the most … [Read more...]