Maura Hennigan, having been trounced in her quixotic bid to unseat Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and facing imminent unemployment when her City Council term runs out in a couple of weeks, has a new idea: get a hack job!  The Globe reports … [Read more...]

So, it's said that attending Saturday's BlogLeft gathering in Worcester will be Worcester mayor and Lieutenant Governor candidate Tim Murray, and Senator and Middlesex County DA candidate Jarrett Barrios. A number of the bloggers will be … [Read more...]

I haven't done much substantive posting lately - between being quite busy at my day job and having my blog time eaten up by the conversion to the new platform, other things have fallen by the wayside.  But with the conversion pretty … [Read more...]

So, we found out who's the Senator-mouthpiece for Microsoft in the lege's debate over the state moving to document types that aren't owned by a single, monopolistic company. It's Marc Pacheco, ostensibly of Taunton, but he's doing a better … [Read more...]

So, the wise men of the Wall Street Journal editorial page (who, wags have said, don't read the actual fine reporting of that paper) have upbraided Rep. William Delahunt and Joe Kennedy for the Venezuela-MA oil deal:"Mr. Delahunt's … [Read more...]

PDS member Cos reports on PDS's questionnaires and upcoming candidates forum for the State House seat vacated by Pat Jehlen's move to the Senate.  --DavidThe Progressive Democrats of Somerville (PDS) today posted questionnaires filled … [Read more...]

.08 acres points to this Adrian Walker column about Deval Patrick, which makes this intriguing comment: "I had called after reading that one of his top consultants, Dan Payne,had left the campaign. Supposedly Payne had left because he … [Read more...]