No traffic report last week owing to my vacation, so here's the news of the last two weeks. Our huge traffic boost around the convention has predictably faded a bit, but traffic remains significantly above where it was … [Read more...]
Another teachers’ union for Patrick
The American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts (until recently known as the Mass. Federation of Teachers) has voted to endorse Deval Patrick for Governor. This endorsement follows yesterday's announcement by the Boston Teachers' … [Read more...]
I’m back! Did I miss anything?
I just got home from a week in New Mexico. My goodness, what a beautiful and fascinating state that is. Anyone ever been to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument? It's like walking into Oz, or a fantasy comic book, or … [Read more...]
“A drug den catering to the cocaine needs of the downtown business crowd”
The Herald reports on a drug bust at a photo supply store on Bromfield Street (one of those little streets that runs between Downtown Crossing and Tremont Street). Apparently, this little store has been dealing mostly coke to "an … [Read more...]
Romney is still a fraud
The original anti-Romney blogger, Ben of Romney is a Fraud, now posts only rarely. But when he does, it's still well worth checking out.Ben's most recent installment recalls that Romney once made a big deal about how terrible it was … [Read more...]
BMG commenter defends income tax rollback better than Reilly, Healey, or anyone else
BMG denizen MaverickDem posted a truly excellent comment on the thread discussing the recent override vote in Lexington. I thought it was by far the best defense of the income tax rollback to 5% that I've seen anywhere - including … [Read more...]
Margery Eagan: Patrick “the real deal”
The Herald's Margery Eagan is impressed, and has some good advice:Every once in a while a politician shows up around here whoâs got it all going. A natural.Deval Patrickâs one of those.Smooth, smart, easy, endearing, both charisma and … [Read more...]
Sorry about the shutdown!
As you may have noticed, we had a total shutdown for a while today - the server for the entire Soapblox network was having a bad day. We seem to be back up and we don't anticipate further problems. Sorry for any inconvenience! … [Read more...]
Quick hits from this morning’s papers
A couple of items of interest from today's Globe and Herald:Public financing. The three Democratic candidates for Governor must decide this week whether or not to opt into our limited public financing system. Here's the Globe's … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Wow. I mean, wow. I thought the convention would probably give us a traffic boost, but wow. Our biggest week ever, by far. … [Read more...]
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