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...]
The Mayor’s Race Is Over
(Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune.) The race for mayor is over. It ended yesterday. There was a narrow window for Sam Yoon or Michael Flaherty to create buzz and emerge as the challenger to Menino. In 2006, a poll swung 27 points between … [Read more...]
Mayor’s Race Issue Review: Education
Michael Flaherty Note: These are excerpts from each section. These paragraphs are not continuous in the original. As a parent with three children currently enrolled in Boston public schools, Michael shares residents' concerns about our … [Read more...]
Yoon Office Cited for “Code Violation”
Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. The Globe seems be buying the Yoon campaign spin on this. I do not, and I think it's a bad tactic: the law is the law. But I put quotes on code violation simply because this is a new one for me. He says … [Read more...]
Making City Government More Open
Good government is open and transparent. It lets the public participate in decision making, and it forces us to think about policy based on everyone's long term good, rather than short term political expediency. I write to let … [Read more...]
This Week in the Boston City Council
Just Cause Eviction Protection for Tenants The first bill was sponsored by Councilor Chuck Turner, who is working closely with the Massachusetts Alliance against Predatory Lending. MAPL currently has three pieces of legislation at the State … [Read more...]
Boston Votes 2007: A closer look at the numbers
Ward 1 (East Boston)1. Flaherty, 1095 votes2. Connolly, 10733. Murphy, 9124. Yoon, 7335. Arroyo, 466Connolly's strong second place finish, no doubt helped by his support from Rep. Basile and Sen. Petrucelli, was an early side of his … [Read more...]
Housing Prices and Property Taxes
Home values only affect the distribution of the property tax burden among homeowners - if your home is worth more than your neighbor's, then you'll pay more in property tax. But if everyone's home values in a particular city go up at … [Read more...]
An evening with Sam Yoon at DFA Boston
Yoon began with a short talk about where he sees himself, and what he plans to do. As a brand new Councilor, he feels that he's not ready to make promises yet. Everyone he talks to wants something, and he worries that if he's … [Read more...]
Go Sam go!
In one of his first acts as a Boston City Councillor - he hasn't even been sworn in yet - Sam Yoon has taken a stand against the state's ghastly blue laws. Among numerous other problems (that I have detailed here and here), the blue … [Read more...]