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It’s Time to Hold Big Banks Accountable in Boston

August 6, 2013 By robconsalvo

Neglected house owned by big bank

In every neighborhood of Boston there are abandoned, neglected homes that become eyesores, drag down property values and attract crime. Last week, I went to one of these disgraces in Hyde Park where piles of trashed ringed the perimeter, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-banks, Boston mayor, Rob Consalvo, tom-menino

This isn’t rocket science.

July 15, 2013 By robconsalvo

This isn’t rocket science. Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey and Steve Lynch proved that the People’s Pledge works. Yesterday I stood in front of City Hall to renew my call for all candidates running to replace Tom Menino to sign on to an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, Boston mayor, Boston Mayor Election, Boston Pledge, election, Peoples Pledge, Rob Consalvo, tom-menino

Greater Boston Young Democrats react to police crackdown on Occupy Boston; issue statement of support

October 11, 2011 By kgilnack

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, greater boston young democrats, massachusetts, mayor-menino, Occupy Boston, OccupyBoston, scott-brown, tom-menino, young-democrats

Two Globe articles uncover Mayor Menino’s political machine

September 13, 2009 By sagroo

A pair of articles in today's Globe uncover the the inner workings of Mayor Menino's political machine. The first, an article by Stephanie Ebbert, Michael Levenson and Donovan Slack looks at the ways in which the Mayor's "neighborhoods … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-mayoral-election, tom-menino

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

Menino is running

April 22, 2009 By JimC

Developing ... http://www.boston.com/news/loc... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: mayors-race, tom-menino

One morning at the T (on the MBTA fare increases)

November 16, 2006 By jlove1982

UPDATE from the author (jlove1982): I just realized that some of my math is off because I hadn't noticed that subway to bus transfers are free.  I have no idea how I missed that... therefore, disregard that part (as you'll see from my … [Read more...]

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Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, which is an annual day to raise awareness of discrimination that transgenders in our LGBTQIA+ community face, and to advocate for acceptance and inclusion of transgender people in all aspects of life.
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The pandemic policy that hasn’t been extended – POLITICO https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/03/31/the-pandemic-policy-that-hasnt-been-extended-politico/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter @masspolicy #MApoli #Massachusetts

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Is Massachusetts going all in on offshore wind based on bad data?

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This superb article explains how wind turbines impose huge, semi hidden costs on U.K. consumers, & how the Wind sector has run rings around the naive (at best) mugs at BEIS & the CCC.

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