And why? Josh Marshall has details on what could be a fraud case in the making:

... Lassiter told me in no uncertain terms that these focus group postings and emails are "not being done by SSA or anyone working on SSA's behalf."

He went on to say that there are two main issues of concern to them. First, someone appears to be impersonating SSA personnel, which is a crime. Second, the fact that these follow-up emails are being sent out suggests that this is more than just an attempt to spoof SSA but possibly some sort of identity theft scam (the form requests name, birthdate, social security number, etc.) ...

Is the Point the first bar in Boston to offer an RSS feed?

Oh, no! The Globe reports that Hargo, a.k.a. Geoff Hargadon, has taken down his "Somerville Gates" Web site because so many people were visiting it that he now owes several thousand dollars to his Web hosting company. The article's well worth reading; he's an interesting guy, who got his own official Day:

"Hargo Day was established to also recognize the human capacity for appreciation, wonder, and awe that can be achieved when small plastic things are arranged in a certain order near and around a cat."

Update: Jay notes that one photo is still online here.

Dave provides photographic proof that MassHighway is, indeed, trying to plow every last sidewalk under control of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (you may recall how Mitt Romney fired the DCR commissioner after some West Roxbury High School students got hit by a pickup on a DCR parkway).

But, he adds, plowing trails by the Mystic Lakes has meant ">plant damage and future erosion problems for the lakes. He adds this interesting tidbit about just how MassHighway came to take over snowplowing duties:

... As you may recall, Governor Mitt Romney make a point of saying that he was transferring street plowing for about 18% of the DCR parkways to the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) because of the dismal performance of the DCR. However, this turns out to be a very misleading statement. Senator Barrios pointed out in the inquiry that it was in fact Kathy Abbott who signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the MHD and the DCR the day before the accident occurred. ...