Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz is a newcomers to Beacon Hill who fights for the rights of her constituents and for democracy. Her campaign kickoff today was a grass roots standing room only high energy event! Along with a rousing … [Read more...]
A shocking betrayal
So Dianne Wilkerson allegedly accepted thousands of dollars of bribes in an undercover sting operation, related to a liquor license for a nightclub, starting in 2007 and continuing into this month. This is not just being sloppy with … [Read more...]
Dianne Wilkerson has been arrested
Good grief. State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested earlier this morning by the FBI following an undercover operation that centered around a deal in Crosstown, where Roxbury meets the South End, according to two government officials. … [Read more...]
Chang-Diaz wins the recount
Press release: Sonia Chang-Diaz is the winner of the September 16th Democratic Primary in the Second Suffolk, according to election results announced following today's recount. Chang-Diaz is now the Democratic Nominee for State Senate in … [Read more...]
BMG’s endorsements for tomorrow’s primary: Kerry, Concannon, Chang-Diaz, Sciortino
Your editors bring you the following recommendations for tomorrow's state primary. US Senate: John Kerry. This was not a difficult call for us. We applaud Ed O'Reilly's spirited campaign, and we are disappointed in Senator … [Read more...]
Second Suffolk Figures, Hold the Salt
That poll, Cohen says, was message testing, not voting. "It didn't have Sonia winning, but it did show that she could close the gap" that she started with as an unknown. Because Wilkerson hadn't bothered to collect the 300 … [Read more...]
Poll shows Chang-Diaz way ahead in Second Suffolk Senate race
Conventional wisdom says Dianne Wilkerson is a long-time incumbent, and the only reason she nearly lost two years ago is that she failed to get her name on the ballot so had to run a write-in campaign. Plus, she's got lots of powerful … [Read more...]
Bay State Stonewall Democrats endorse Kerry and others in contested races
John Kerry issued the following statement in response to the endorsement, which must have been welcome in light of Ed O'Reilly's vocal support for equal marriage: I am honored to have the endorsement of the Massachusetts Stonewall … [Read more...]
My opinion of the bio-lab proposal
Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday's City & Region section on the race between Dianne Wilkerson and Sonia Chang-Diaz for Wilkerson's state Senate seat incorrectly reported a quotation from Wilkerson in a … [Read more...]
Please ignore this post
UPDATE: Alert readers eury13 and Ron Newman note that the city clerk's office may not have rejected the excess signatures -- they may just have stopped counting when it was clear that Wilkerson had enough. So it may be that … [Read more...]