The drinking man's candidate for state treasurer
By adamg - 4/18/10 - 2:33 pm
Looks like Steve Murphy's got the Hyde Park bar-crowd vote sewn up. If nothing else, Murphy, a Boston city councilor unable to ever get elected to anything else, should do well in his base in Boston's southern tier.
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Har. I stopped by not long after we moved from JP to HP, recalling its previous lives as restaurants. Noting the "& Grill" on the sign, I popped in at lunchtime to see what they served and whether it was two or one meals a day.
The barkeep and four Ironweed-style patrons looked incredulously at me when I asked. After a long pause, one of the stool polishers said, "We drink our lunch around here. No food."
why the hatin'?
Murphy's not a bad city councillor. Bars are legitimate businesses.
If you knew Massachusetts political history, you'd know that no Boston city councilor has won a state office since Ed McCormack, I think. This is despite numerous tries by Yancey, Iannella, and others.
No hating this time
Murphy's grown on me as a city councilor. Yes, bars are legitimate businesses. And Hyde Park's a legitimate neighborhood.
All that having been said, I thought the idea of a bar supporting a candidate for state treasurer was funny. And I find Murphy's latest effort to escape the city council, well, not burst-out-laughing funny, but mildly amusing.
did you forget Ray Flynn?
He was on the Boston City Council and a State Rep at the same time.
I meant state-wide office
sorry for not being clearer.
Ray Flynn failed in his bid to be governor. Boston City Councilor, like a lot of offices, is not too bad of a dead-end, though.
There are always the county offices to escape to, like Iannella the Younger and Roache did.