Globe says...One person was injured when shots were fired this afternoon on Langdon Street in the city's Roxbury section. Police said the victim, a male, was taken to Boston Medical Center. But no further information was immediately … [Read more...]
Commissioner Davis goes after DA Conley; Globe wonders why we can’t all get along
The latest in ConleyGate:Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis gave Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley detailed reasons yesterday for why his department should retain control of all Boston homicide investigations and suggested that … [Read more...]
Suffolk DA Dan Conley starting to look really silly
The fallout continues from Suffolk DA Dan Conley's ham-handed power-grab in which he displaces Boston police detectives in favor of the State Police for homicides occurring on MBTA property and a few other places.Perhaps the most … [Read more...]
Cambridge Chronicle backs Flaherty for Senate
As two BMGers have already noted, the Cambridge Chronicle has endorsed Tim Flaherty for the Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex Senate seat.The Chronicle says that Flahertywas specific and multi-pronged in his approach. He said he would commission … [Read more...]
Tim Flaherty for Senator from Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex
Flaherty is a strong candidate. Years of experience as a prosecutor, including murder and other major crimes, and including management experience running the narcotics and career criminal units in his office. More years of … [Read more...]
Havern’s out — and another scramble to move up begins
It's now official (AmberPaw had the early rumors): Arlington state senator Robert Havern is leaving the legislature for a lobbyist position at ML Strategies.Here's what he'll be up to:Havern will head the government relations office for ML … [Read more...]
When not to keep your mouth shut
There's a time and a place in everything, government included, for keeping things quiet; for keeping discussions confidential; for not spilling the beans until they're all ready to be spilled. Having worked in government myself, I'm … [Read more...]
MA candidates raking it in on ActBlue
Interesting numbers from our good friends at ActBlue. It turns out that, of the top ten ActBlue fundraisers in the country in the month of July, three are from Massachusetts. No other state has more than one, and only two presidential … [Read more...]
Only 2,000 active cases affected? Oh, that’s OK then.
Today's Globe reports on a dispute about the recently-released study showing that 16,000 DNA samples remain untested (some going back many years) at the State Police Crime Lab. AG Martha Coakley and several DAs are now saying … [Read more...]
NStar to offer wind power and peak pricing
Mega-utility NStar has agreed to offer two environmentally friendly programs to its customers.Wind power:In a first of its kind for Massachusetts utilities, NStar yesterday proposed to let its 1.1 million electric customers in Boston and 80 … [Read more...]
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