From Scot Lehigh's column in the Boston Globe today comes this intriguing snippet: Over the years, as he’s been thwarted on various aspects of his education agenda, I’ve prodded Mayor Menino to support more Commonwealth charters. After the … [Read more...]
MADOE Commissioner Mitchell Chester…Listen Up!
Boston Public Schools is the Number 1 urban school district in the Nation! Michael Casserly, Executive Director of the Council of the Great City Schools said, “the district’s many excellent teachers to guide classroom instruction have … [Read more...]
Who Wants to Be a Mayor?
Maybe the world, or at least Boston's City Hall, is mellowing. Our extremely popular, longest-serving-ever Mayor Tom Menino seems less prickly in recent years, even laughing at criticism...sometimes. City Council President Steve Murphy is … [Read more...]
Greater Boston Young Democrats react to police crackdown on Occupy Boston; issue statement of support
(Cross-posted from ydma.org) In response to the growing Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall Street movements, and an overnight crackdown on Boston protesters, Greater Boston Young Democrats Vice Chair Sarah Betancourt issued the following … [Read more...]
Walking the walk – One page, two very different stories
In What goes around Kevin Cullen tells the story of Beth Israel Deaconess holding internal town meetings, and coming up with a way not to fire or outsource housekeepers and other low wage earners. Higher paid staff decided to forego … [Read more...]
Mayor Menino’s School Board Selection Committee violates Open Meeting Law
Applying to be on the School Committee As a child of a divorced family who attended public schools in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Vermont I have always been appreciative of the free education provided me in our country, and I have volunteered … [Read more...]
Mayor Menino and friends joke about e-mail scandal
Check out the end of this Herald article which tells how Mayor Menino and his friends joked about the e-mail scandal at a Councilor Tobin event last night. Note: the mayor was skipping an East Boston event to attend this toast. … [Read more...]
Boston Phoenix endorses Yoon in the primary
Boston voters and Blue Mass junkies should be interested in this week's editorial, which urges a Yoon/Menino contest in Boston's November election for mayor. An advance read is here http://thephoenix.com/Boston/N... … [Read more...]