Cosmo dug through its archives and found naked pics of Scott Brown. It really doesn't bother me, but the fact that if Martha Coakley had done the same thing she never would have been elected to anything bothers the hell out of me. Massive … [Read more...]
MA’s Longest Serving Mayor Thumped
Mayor John Barrett III's 26 year successful electoral run as Mayor of North Adams came to an end tonight as City Councilor Dick Alcombright handily walked away with the race 59% to 41%. … [Read more...]
Coakley Endorses Challenger to MA’s Longest Serving Mayor
1) Beyond the endorsement of Capuano, Bosley and Barrett had both publicly criticized Coakley's sending out feelers about running for Senate while Kennedy was still alive. That quick and public criticism of a "hometown girl made good" was … [Read more...]
I’m Running for City Council
Hey fellow BMGers. Greg here, the guy who writes Berkshires Blog over on the left column Blog Roll. It's two and a half weeks until municipal elections in my little city of North Adams and I wanted to take a couple of minutes and ask a … [Read more...]
Screwing Northern Berkshire County
A appropriately snarky and cynical editorial from the North Adams Transcript. Click on the link and read just how ticked off we are in in Northern Berkshire County:Thanks so much, Gov. Patrick, for the 30 bucks for Adams-Cheshire. And the 7 … [Read more...]
Clueless or Screwing Us Again
Governor Patrick is shoring up those Western Mass bona fides again. From The North Adams Transcript:Local officials are seething about Thursday's announcement of $168 million in federal stimulus funds for education -- the bulk of which they … [Read more...]
Bailout Money in Cabo
Dear Senator Kerry, Senator Kennedy, Rep. Olver: While taking a once-in-a-lifetime whole family vacation (19 of us from around the country!!) to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico over the holidays, I couldn't help but notice the four or five dozen … [Read more...]