I get up in the morning. I read the papers. I put in my hours in the cube.
And, in the intervening time period, everybody in the world hits that hot bloggy item that I’d been saving for 5pm. The one from the Journal about the Globe only being worth $20 million.
Most everybody in the world doubts [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Idle Speculation'
Scraps of Paper
December 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
Gov: Bring ‘Em On
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
State House News cornered Governor Deval Patrick today and asked him about all those vultures circling overhead. The governor worries not. Not even about Treasurer Tim Cahill.
Patrick tells the News Service, “I’m running,” adding, “I fully expect there are going to be challengers, and that’s all right. Keeps my game sharp.” What about having to [...]
Tags:Deval Patrick·Idle Speculation·Politics as Bloodsport·Tim Cahill
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
Last week’s Hill and the Hall detailed how Mike Ross was able to wrap up the City Council presidency so early. But it’s the other side to that discussion — the why — that should really shake up city politics.
Mayor Tom Menino rode the council presidency to Kevin White’s doorstep. And, [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Idle Speculation·Martha Coakley·Mayor Menino·Tim Cahill
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
This city is dying for a great political race. What we’re getting instead is a race about race. And it’s going to be filthy.
Dianne Wilkerson is scrambling to retain her Senate seat. She lost last week’s Democratic primary to Sonia Chang-Diaz, and responded in familiar fashion: Surrounded by adoring supporters, she spoke [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Dianne Wilkerson·Idle Speculation·Mayor Menino·Politics as Bloodsport
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
A whole mess of pols in expensive suits showed up at the State House on Wednesday to witness the unveiling of a portrait of former Senate President Robert Travaglini. Headliners included former Governor Paul Cellucci, former Pike official and son of Eastie James Aloisi, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, former House Speakers Tom [...]
Tags:Bill Weld·Boston Magazine·Deval Patrick·Hahahahaha·Idle Speculation·Legislature·Mayor Menino·Mitt Romney·Sal DiMasi·Therese Murray·Tom Finneran
Guy’s Got Your Money
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
The T&G reports that Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis is sitting on top of a $618,000 war chest – more than Tim Murray or Jim McGovern – and is looking at running for statewide office. In sizing up the man-child’s chances, the paper notes Glodis’s questionable rightward leanings and even more questionable St. Paddy’s Breakfast [...]
Tags:Idle Speculation
Sal v. Tommy
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
This week’s Hill and the Hall noted the uncomfortable parallels between the current intrigue roiling the House and the leadership fight that swept Speaker Sal DiMasi into leadership more than twenty years ago. Rumors persist that, after the budget has wrapped, DiMasi will bring the hammer down on members of his leadership team who are [...]
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
(Cross-posted, belatedly, from Boston Daily)
Let’s start by picking on Hizzoner. Nothing gets the natives riled up like parking tickets, so Mayor Tom Menino’s $2.42 billion FY09 budget, which includes $13 million in new parking fines, is sure to be the only thing anybody in Boston ever talks about for the rest of time. Let the [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Idle Speculation·Mayor Menino
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
We may be watching the balance of power tip on Beacon Hill. While Gov. Deval Patrick and House Speaker Sal DiMasi go back and forth about casinos and taxes—and whether or not they’re going back and forth at all—Senate President Therese Murray is showing herself to be both smart enough to recognize [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Casinos·Deval Patrick·Idle Speculation·Therese Murray
