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BMG chats with Sonia Chang-Diaz

September 4, 2006 By David

Our first question for Chang-Diaz was why she decided to jump in.  Her answer, not surprisingly, is that voters deserve to have their elected officials both represent their policy values, and uphold a high standard of conduct, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: anti-incumbents, chang-diaz, massachusetts, senate, vote-9.19.2006, wilkerson

Thursday evening: BBQ, Murray, and Silbert

September 4, 2006 By David

This Thursday, please join us at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theatre in Davis Square, Somerville (map) for an excellent dinner of Redbones award-winning BBQ, comedy by Jimmy Tingle, and Tingle's on-stage interviews with LG candidates Tim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: lg, massachusetts, murray, silbert, vote-9.19.2006

Channel 4 LG debate now available; interesting differences emerge

September 3, 2006 By David

If you haven't yet seen Jon Keller's half-hour debate with the three Democratic LG candidates, it's now available on the internet at Keller's site.  (No permalink available, but it's in the collection of videos in the upper right hand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: lg, massachusetts, vote-9.19.2006

Herald catches Gabrieli borrowing from Clinton

September 3, 2006 By David

Alert Herald reporter Dave Wedge noticed (perhaps with some assistance from a rival campaign?) the following in a recent Gabrieli speech:During a recent candidates forum at Dedham Town Hall, Gabrieli offered this gem: “I genuinely believe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gabrieli, governor, massachusetts, vote-9.19.2006

Happy Labor Day! Real wages in MA sinking like a stone

September 3, 2006 By David

The Mass. Budget and Policy Center has released a new report  showing that, when it comes to the median hourly wage over the last couple of years, Massachusetts was dead last among the 50 states:the median hourly wage – that is, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts

Galvin/Bonifaz dust-up over debates hits the Sunday Globe front page

September 3, 2006 By David

It's below the fold, but there's a photograph.  On the front page of today's Globe, readers saw the following:Running after a little respectPolitical newcomer seeks to unseat GalvinBy Yvonne Abraham, Globe StaffMEDFORD -- The ornate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bonifaz, galvin, massachusetts, secretary, vote-9.19.2006

Gabrieli’s “comparative” ad on taxes

September 1, 2006 By David

If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch Chris Gabrieli's much-ballyhooed new ad, in which Gabrieli criticizes the immediate tax rollback position of Tom Reilly and Kerry Healey  as an "election-year promise," and Deval Patrick's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gabrieli, governor, massachusetts, taxes, vote-9.19.2006

Emails show that Medford organizers believed Galvin was confirmed for Wednesday evening’s forum

September 1, 2006 By David

BMG News has learned that, at least as far as the organizers of the candidate forum in Medford on Wednesday night were concerned, Secretary of State Galvin was confirmed to attend.John Bonifaz's campaign manager, Juan Martinez, made the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bonifaz, galvin, massachusetts, secretary, vote-9.19.2006

Channel 4 offers Gov candidates free airtime

September 1, 2006 By David

BIG props to Channel 4 for the following announcement in their runup to the primary on Sept. 19 (from a press release that just came in):Free Air Time - September 6-8 and September 12-15In addition to CBS4’s continuing series, including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, massachusetts, media, vote-9.19.2006

Patrick’s third TV ad

September 1, 2006 By David

Deval Patrick's third TV ad will start running tomorrow, and it's available on DevalPatrick.tv today.  You can see it at this link (it doesn't seem to be on YouTube yet).This one's all Deval.  Good idea. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, massachusetts, patrick, vote-9.19.2006

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