I haven't read the report yet, but it sure sounds bad. The state's highest court, armed with a special counsel's report that details widespread "abuse and systemic corruption" in the state's Probation Department, said today the senior court … [Read more...]
Eat out on Thanksgiving day – just don’t try to go to the grocery store!
The Globe reports that eating out on Thanksgiving is all the rage this year. Fancy restaurants like L'Espalier, Pigalle, and Meritage are offering expensive multi-course feasts, and reservations are going fast. Here's the owner of … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Councillor-Elect Matt O’Malley!
Matt O'Malley - a BMGer from way back - has won the special election for Boston City Council. Congratulations Matt! Hope you'll keep stopping by to update us on the goings-on in District 6 and the rest of the city. :-) … [Read more...]
Please, Mr. President, don’t learn the wrong lesson
Pardon me, but WTF is this? [A]s the president returned home on Sunday to face an even more rigidly divided capital city, Mr. Obama went even further: he blamed himself for the failure to do what he had repeatedly promised: to change the … [Read more...]
IOKIYAR, local edition
IOKIYAR, for those who haven't run across this peculiar acronym, stands for "It's OK If You're a Republican" - the double standard that seems to have taken root across much of the political landscape these days. Things that are … [Read more...]
By the way, Howie donates money to Republicans
With all the hullaballoo going on nowadays about what "opinion journalists" (whatever that means) should or should not do, it's well to reflect on the behavior of some of our local opinionistas. Dan Kennedy has done yeoman's work … [Read more...]
More on Deval 2.0 and grassroots governing
A couple of days ago, Patrick advisor Doug Rubin, Baker advisor Rob Gray, and political reporters Frank Phillips and Joe Battenfeld did an hour-long panel discussion about the just-concluded campaign. The whole thing is quite … [Read more...]
Sorry Charlie, it wasn’t Tim’s fault
MassINC's post-election poll (PDF) seems to have put the nail in the coffin of the tired idea (still pushed by Howie Carr & Co.) that Charlie Baker would be Governor-elect today, if it weren't for that blasted Tim Cahill. The numbers … [Read more...]
Quick hits
It's all the rage among Republicans, particularly orange-hued ones who will soon be in positions of considerable power, to urge President Obama to "change course" in light of last Tuesday's results. But you know what's funny? … [Read more...]
Boston Herald bringing the crazy [updated]
It's all well and good for newly-minted Herald columnist Joe Battenfeld (or, as Ben Smith at Politico describes him, one of Scott Brown's "most enthusiastic and obsequious supporters") to advise Scott Brown to run for president in 2012. … [Read more...]
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