In East Boston yesterday, chants of "Si se puede!" echoed throughout the city as more than 1,000 immigrant workers and community allies descended on Central Square in a massive call for improved wages, safer working conditions and … [Read more...]
Playing Politics in the Transportation Bill
So we now have a proposed resident discount program that increases fares for the communities most impacted but now includes Winthrop, which had never received a reduced toll in the past. This is troubling for three reasons. (1) … [Read more...]
In the midst of the casino brouhaha, there are still elections going on!
You'd hardly know it from reading the papers or even the blogs, but there's still a special election next Tuesday in East Boston: the 1st Suffolk state rep seat, recently vacated by now-Senator Anthony Petruccelli. We've endorsed … [Read more...]
Gloribell Mota for state rep from East Boston
All the candidates have deep roots in East Boston, all of them obviously have a lot of affection for it, and I don't doubt that they'd all work hard for their constituents if elected. (By the way, Hubster has been covering this race … [Read more...]
Gloribell Mota shows us around Eastie
Mota is extremely well-spoken; she has a richness of experience in the neighborhood; and evinces compassion on behalf of her neighbors. And walking around the neighborhood with her, one gets the strong impression that she knows everybody … [Read more...]
Gloribell Mota to hold campaign kick-off this Saturday
Gloribell Mota, Democratic candidate for State Representative in East Boston, will be kicking off her campaign this Saturday, August 18, from 10 AM ? 1 PM. Gloribell will be hosting breakfast at her campaign headquarters located at 20 … [Read more...]