Yesterday’s Globe opus on Mayor Menino’s development record had its high and low points. This sidebar probably hit harder than the 55,000-word (guessing there) feature did. Maybe it’s the cynic in me, but at its best, the thing seemed to do a nice job of reiterating the broad outlines of what we already knew – [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mayoral Race'
Before There Was A Hole Downtown…
July 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business
…there was Hayward Place, a parking lot/would-be luxury high-rise that’s been trying to make a go of it for the better part of a decade now.
Millennium Partners, developer of the Ritz towers, has been collecting parking revenue while sitting on the thing for years, and since this is an election year, some folks have [...]
Tags:End-Times Finance·Mayoral Race·Real Estate·Wall Street Journal
Herald Gets Results
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Media, Politics
This morning, the Herald took a flamethrower to Sam Yoon’s legislative record on the City Council.
This afternoon, at 3, I get an email from Sam Yoon’s campaign letting me know about all the important legislative stuff he’s up to. He’s getting action and keeping Fire Department equipment safe! So just don’t believe anything you might [...]
Mayoral Race Odds and Ends
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
So, that further analysis promised yesterday never materialized. Add an afternoon of Ray plus Rondo plus SCAL, mix in the Penalty Box, and you’ve got no bloggingses.
So here’s a couple things to keep in mind this morning.
First off, it goes without saying that, since Kevin McCrea is no longer unopposed, that endorsement of his unopposed candidacy [...]
Flaherty Makes it Official
January 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Maybe all we had to do was ask.
This morning, Michael Flaherty sent out an email officially announcing that he’s in the mayor’s race — “Running for mayor, together,” is how he puts it. Here’s his YouTube announcement. I’m off to the Celts game; more later.
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Therefore, There is no Substitute
January 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Historicalness, Politics
So how does the Honorable Hizzoner, Mayor Tom Menino, defend himself from these barbarians laying siege to his kinda-noisy but still lofty fifth floor perch? I suggest starting with something like this.
From the Google/LIFE image archives, here’s some irrefutable logic dispensed during one of James Michael Curley’s 37 runs for mayor:
Somebody for Mayor
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
After wondering out loud whether the press should start referring to Kevin McCrea as Boston’s mayoral frontrunner, by default, David Bernstein has ratcheted up the pressure on Michael Flaherty, Sam Yoon, and Hizzoner. He’s giving the three men seventeen days to officially jump into the mayor’s race. If they don’t comply, the Phoenix, internet edition, [...]
