The Somerville News reports that Alderman Dennis Sullivan of East Somerville has announced that he will run for the state Senate seat being vacated by Jarrett Barrios. The News item doesn't specify whether Sullivan is running in the … [Read more...]
FEC: internet will remain largely free of campaign finance regulation
In a huge victory for political speech on the internet, the Federal Election Commission has decided to keep the internet largely exempt from campaign finance law. The only area in which FEC regulations will affect internet sites is … [Read more...]
Gabrieli says he has 500 delegate signatures
AP reports today that Joe Ganley, Chris Gabrieli's spokesguy, says Gabrieli has succeeded in collecting the signatures of 500 delegates needed to put himself in contention at the convention in June.Well, clearly Gabrieli is running for … [Read more...]
Justice Scalia flips off his critics
No, really, he did! (UPDATE: see clarification below.) Check this out, from today's Boston Herald:Minutes after receiving the Eucharist at a special Mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, U.S. Supreme … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
On Saturday we welcomed our 1,000th registered user - aptly named "LividPatriot," which some days is probably a pretty good description of many of us. … [Read more...]
More on the State House News poll
As Charley noted earlier this week, a new State House News poll shows Tom Reilly with a still-commanding lead over Deval Patrick in the Democratic primary, but with Patrick's "Deval who?" numbers still near 80%, which would seem to give … [Read more...]
Mike Capuano to endorse Deval Patrick
AP is reporting that US Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Somerville) is set to endorse Deval Patrick's campaign for Governor tomorrow afternoon.Interesting. I don't know whether Capuano and Tom Reilly have any history (I assume that Capuano … [Read more...]
Eileen McNamara (almost) endorses Gerry Leone
Globe columnist Eileen McNamara, in some ways the Globe's most predictably liberal opinionator, published a glowing column about Middlesex DA candidate Gerry Leone today. It focuses largely on the case of Louise Woodward, the British … [Read more...]
Koufax Awards voting closes Sunday at midnight
If you haven't yet voted for Blue Mass. Group in the final round of the 2005 Koufax awards, and would like to, you have until midnight Sunday to do so. Here's the link - just leave a comment to vote. (We'll keep the box in the … [Read more...]
RIP Addwaita
Addwaita, a giant tortoise who lived in the Calcutta zoo, has died. It is estimated that he was approximately - get this - 250 years old.If Addwaita first came into the world around the year 1750, then he was present for all of W.A. … [Read more...]
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