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Boston Phoenix endorses Yoon in the primary

September 16, 2009 By peter_kadzis

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, kevin-mccrea, mayor-menino, michael-flaherty, sam-yoon

The Mayor’s Race Is Over

July 9, 2009 By JimC

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kevin-mccrae, mayors-race, michael-flaherty, sam-yoon, tom-menino

Mayor’s Race Issue Review: Education

June 14, 2009 By JimC

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: kevin-mccrea, mayors-race, michael-flaherty, sam-yoon, tom-menino

Yoon Office Cited for “Code Violation”

April 16, 2009 By JimC

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: mayors-race, sam-yoon

Making City Government More Open

September 17, 2008 By sam-yoon

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-city-council, open-meetings, sam-yoon

This Week in the Boston City Council

May 16, 2008 By city-councilor-mike-ross

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chinese-ballots, chuck-turner, elections, foreclosure, home-rule-petition, massachusetts, mike-ross, sam-yoon, sub-prime, transliteration

Boston Votes 2007: A closer look at the numbers

November 9, 2007 By matt-in-boston

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-city-council, felix-arroyo, john-connolly, matt-omalley, michael-flaherty, sam-yoon, steve-murphy

Housing Prices and Property Taxes

April 18, 2006 By cos

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, jesse-gordon, massachusetts, sam-yoon, taxes

An evening with Sam Yoon at DFA Boston

April 5, 2006 By cos

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, dfa, massachusetts, sam-yoon

Go Sam go!

December 27, 2005 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blue-laws, boston, massachusetts, sam-yoon

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