If Marty (Martin J.) Walsh wins the final next month to become Boston's mayor, he won't do it by being a drama queen or BS artist. As always, he was candid, serious and detailed on today's Left Ahead show. We only had a half hour. That's … [Read more...]
Juicing Up the MA GOP
One of my rants holds that the brightest future for the Republican party here is in turning DINO voters and pols. I'll paste a post here I just made on Marry in Massachusetts. I'd love to get BMG community comments. We haven't even been … [Read more...]
Undoing DOMA Damage on Immigration
Many of us for various reasons celebrated the Windsor decision voiding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Marisa DeFranco found very welcome work there. In contrast to most civil-rights struggles, with long, slow often indefinite slogs, … [Read more...]
Boston Mayor Would-Be Platforms
A platform-specific annotated subset of the campaign sites of the dozen running to be Boston's Mayor follows. The last post on the topic was likely too dense. Of course, this is a cross-post from Marry in Massachusetts. Yesterday, … [Read more...]
12 Boston Mayor Websites, So-So
After looking at the campaign websites for the dozen candidates for the Boston mayoralty, I was stunned by their mediocrity...and worse. In this cross-post from Marry in Massachusetts, I combined my subjective judgments with verifiable … [Read more...]
Boston Mayoral-Hopeful Shows
Word to wonks... I've been enjoying David Bernstein's Boston City Council candidate interviews. Then I realized I haven't been posting here on Left Ahead's versions with mayoral ones. Click the links below to run half hour mp3 files from … [Read more...]
Walczak Promises to Ramp Up Boston
Bill Walczak’s true believers are just that. He’s one of the dozen running for mayor of Boston. His supporters (and he) point to his phenomenal, 4-decades-long record of making things happen and even doing the unlikely or seemingly … [Read more...]
Marty from DOT Steps Up
I confess that MA Rep. Marty Walsh was a bit opaque to me until I spoke with him on Left Ahead today. It wasn't so much he as the field of over a dozen candidates for the Boston mayoralty. Most are not very specific, putting out speeches, … [Read more...]
Connolly Pushes Vision in Boston Mayoral
The seriously crowded Boston mayoral race is beginning to winnow. On the progressive scale, City Councilor John Connolly bets that he can excite the electorate with his visions of higher planes for the city in three areas — schools, safety … [Read more...]
MassEquality Nowhere Near Done
No, we're not all set here in Massachusetts on LGBTQ issues, including marriage equality. A decade after Goodridge, MassEquality's Executive Director, Kara Suffredini, is still working a set of big bills. She came on over at Left Ahead … [Read more...]
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