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Boston Mayor Would-Be Platforms

August 2, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

A platform-specific annotated subset of the campaign sites of the dozen running to be Boston's Mayor follows. The last post on the topic was likely too dense. Of course, this is a cross-post from Marry in Massachusetts. Yesterday, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arroyo, Barros, boston, Clemons, conley, connolly, Consalvo, election, Golar Richie, mayor, preliminary, ross, Walcak, walsh, website, Wyatt, yancey

12 Boston Mayor Websites, So-So

August 1, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

After looking at the campaign websites for the dozen candidates for the Boston mayoralty, I was stunned by their mediocrity...and worse. In this cross-post from Marry in Massachusetts, I combined my subjective judgments with verifiable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arroyo, Barros, boston, Clemons, conley, connolly, Consalvo, election, Golar Richie, mayor, preliminary, ross, Walcak, walsh, website, Wyatt, yancey

Boston Mayoral-Hopeful Shows

July 25, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Word to wonks... I've been enjoying David Bernstein's Boston City Council candidate interviews. Then I realized I haven't been posting here on Left Ahead's versions with mayoral ones. Click the links below to run half hour mp3 files from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bernstein, boston, campaign, Consalvo, election, left-ahead, mayor, menino, ross, Walczak, walsh

Boston Council Prez Talks Power

August 3, 2010 By massmarrier 45 Comments

Ross is a politician but not cowardly or overly slick. Among other ideas, he included:Home rule: A vestige of class warfare that cripples the city. Boston should be able to govern itself.  Term limits:Mayor Tom Menino has been fine, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, city-council, crime, cycling, home-rule, massachusetts, mayor, restaurants, ross, term-limits

Exploring Grace Ross for Governor

January 23, 2010 By gracecross 28 Comments

The anger on the ground is real. The fear is real. The sense of betrayal of promises made is palpable. We must provide a practical, real alternative to the lesson people will otherwise learn: that we are no longer participants in our own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, massachusetts, ross

Getting through this economic mess requires a different trajectory

April 21, 2009 By gracecross Leave a Comment

While many economists will tell you this crisis came out of nowhere, economic theory actually could have pointed the way.  A fundamental reality of our economy that economists across the spectrum have repeated in recent months is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: economy, massachusetts, recession, ross, tax

MSE: Galluccio wins

September 11, 2007 By Charley on the MTA 35 Comments

Just talked to Flaherty's press person; Flaherty concedes to Galluccio. [UPDATE (by David, on Wednesday morning): And, as it turns out, Paul Nowicki actually came in second by wiping out every other candidate in his hometown of … [Read more...]

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“… whose rings must be kissed”

September 9, 2007 By Charley on the MTA 34 Comments

Posted without comment, from the venerable Cambridge Civic Journal, aka rwinters.com:What  started out as a sleepy little filling of a vacancy in the State  Senate has, as Primary Election Day (Tues, Sept 11) approaches,  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, flaherty, galluccio, middlesex,-suffolk-and-essex, ross, rwinters

Questions for Jeff Ross

September 9, 2007 By llopez 14 Comments

-You now live in Cambridge, according to your campaign filings, so why have you  not removed the homestead filing in which you declare your Boston property as  your principal residence?-Why did a Florida condo association file a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: jeff-ross, middlesex, middlesex,-suffolk-and-essex, msande, ross, suffolk-and-essex

Cambridge Chronicle backs Flaherty for Senate

September 6, 2007 By David 1 Comment

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...]

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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