Before we got to the CPA, though, we had to dispense with Article 8, TMM Stanley Wayne's frequent attempt to get Town Meeting to eliminate the town refuse fee. (I did promise everyone yesterday a "Stanley Vs. Stanley" … [Read more...]
Brookline Town Meeting, Tuesday, May 23, 2006 (First Night)
We got through the first six articles on the warrant fairly quickly, within a span of about fifteen minutes. Article 1 is the traditional article establishing the Measurers of Wood and Bark for the town to be two. As usual, TMM … [Read more...]
Contested races – do we have any?
With Anthony Galluccio dropping out of the race for Jarrett Barrios's Senate seat, what's the status of the legislative races for incumbents? Dianne Wilkerson, of course, faces the challenge of retaining her seat without her name … [Read more...]
Herald: Gabrieli backed anti-tax cut group in 2000
The Herald's Dave Wedge, who seems to have a limitless ability to dig interesting items out of years-old records, has found that in 2000 Chris Gabrieli donated $15,100 to a political action committee that fought against the ballot question … [Read more...]
Will Brownsberger for State Rep
At the Progressive Democrats of Cambridge meeting this evening, we met Will Brownsberger, the Democrat running for Anne Paulsen's house seat. Paulsen is stepping down at the end of her current term, making this an open seat.The 24th … [Read more...]
Channel 56 Gov debate wrap-up
Here are a couple of thoughts from the Gabrieli-Patrick-Reilly debate that just finished taping (and that I just live-blogged) at Channel 56.Did we learn anything new? Not really. But I think that, for people who haven't been … [Read more...]
Live-blogging the Governor debate at Channel 56
4.44 OK, Karen Marinella is introducing the format - "real people" deciding the issues, and asking the questions. Now the three candidates are on screen. "But who are these men, really?" Now a little "up close and … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble: It begins?
Well, the Globe writes that there continues to be a lot of downward pressure on housing prices, although calling it a "buyers market" still seems like a stretch to me.So, on one hand we've got burgeoning housing inventories on the market; … [Read more...]
Hub Politics not making progress
I started this as a comment, but I'm going to "promote" myself: On our previous thread, a commenter writes, "It is very sad how Blue Mass ignored the actual issue of the Hub Politics post."Terribly sad. I'm, like, cryin'.How do we address … [Read more...]
Update: Hub Politics Making Progress
The regressives at Hub Politics have updated their post on English illiteracy to feature correct grammar and spelling after some commentary on the subject here (click here for an updated screen shot). They have apparently left the more … [Read more...]
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