I was asked to represent the Jay Gonzalez campaign at my caucus, but in the end he came and spoke for himself. So, even though I haven't been active on BMG for some time, I decided to post my talk here where people who are thinking about … [Read more...]
Please vote in Boston City Council election
Tomorrow is election day in Boston and although it has received little attention from the media, the two races stand to bring real change to the 13-member body. One of the reasons the council receives so little attention is that Boston … [Read more...]
State Rep Election Tomorrow (Tuesday)
The race for State Rep in the 8th Suffolk District is tomorrow and I’m writing to say that I believe Jay Livingstone has both the experience and character to serve the Suffolk 8th and the entire state very well. First his experience: … [Read more...]
Duplicity collecting signatures for mayor
Today is the first day to collect signatures for candidates to get on the ballot for the Boston mayoral campaign in the fall. While I was collecting signatures for Felix Arroyo, a fellow who was collecting for Dan Conley was telling people … [Read more...]
New Poll shows Markey up
Here it is http://www.scribd.com/doc/137962660/MA-Sen-PPP-for-LCV-April-2013 … [Read more...]
Excellent Markey GOTV Summit yesterday
I wasn't planning on getting very involved in Markey campaign because I was feeling pretty confident (sic) about his election and because I'm involved in city elections in Boston. Still, I agreed to do a canvass on Saturday and was taken … [Read more...]
Michelle Wu City Council campaign kickoff tonight*
*with a special guest star. For special guest star see David Bernstein's tweet: David S. Bernstein @dbernstein 12m Big get: Close confidant of the @wutrain campaign tells me her former prof @SenWarren will stop by her kickoff event … [Read more...]
The reality of minimum wage
Another stellar hearing in which our senior senator cuts to the truth on a topic we've heard so much crap about. This info is profound and the difference a fair minimum wage would make in millions of lives is hard to fathom. (I'm also … [Read more...]
What’s wrong with this picture?
It's great that today EW is visiting UMass Lowell, which is riding high since announcing that its athletic teams will compete in Division 1 sports in the America East Conference. I hope she is aware of the financial ramifications of that … [Read more...]
Brown’s World
Scott Brown can't seem to help making news even as his last days as a U.S. Senator dwindle down. He thinks he saw a proposal from the pres (as he writes) for the fiscal … [Read more...]