So Doug Bennett is at it again and this time instead of stickers on street lights it's holding up signs at city council meetings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFl1etwox4s

Doug really needs to get a steady cameraman or at least invest in a tripod.

Blue Hill Avenue near Packy Connors has become "an open air market of crime, filled with drugs, alcohol and prostitution," and that cannot be allowed to continue, according to Carlos Henriquez, running against incumbent Councilor Chuck Turner.

Today's Boston election roundup:

Chris Kulikoski, running against District 1 (North End, East Boston, Charlestown) incumbent Sal LaMattina, says the city needs to find new ways to combat rats. He said "rats as big as cats" scurry around near his Charter Street home after dark and that the city might have to take steps such as banning leaving trash on the street overnight: "Presently, trash sits out all night for next-day collection. Since rats are nocturnal, it only makes sense not to leave trash out overnight for rates to feast on. These are not the feasts the North End should be known for."

Halliburton is involved, too, according to a message to supporters obtained by the Dorchester Reporter.

Boston Offline is tweeting from a candidates' night (city council and mayor) in Roxbury tonight.

12 candidates for city council. The 13th, Felix Arroyo Jr., arrived late because he was busy formally launching his campaign. Two other candidates did not attend.

Colleges and hospitals would face greater demands of payments in lieu of taxes and the Boston Redevelopment Authority 2ould face a threat to its existence if most of the 13 at-large City Council candidates had their way.

The 13 talked at a forum sponsored by the Wards 4 and 5 Democratic committees on Boylston Street tonight. Here are their answers to three broad questions:

At-large council candidate Felix Arroyo (the younger) introduces himself to the Blue Mass. crowd.

At-large council candidate Tito Jackson unwraps his campaign Web site. It actually has a nice home page, and I'd be willing to forgive him the James Bondian doomsday countdown clock except: When you click on any of the menu links, absolutely nothing happens.

Or rather, absolutely nothing seems to happen. In fact, the links work. The problem is every single page (except for the PayPal donation link) consists of the same exact giant red/head shot taking up the first screen, with the actual text underneath it. Unless you mistakenly hit the scrollbar, you'll never see whatever it is Jackson wants you to see when you click on, say, "Issues." Terrible UI for anybody who isn't a high-priced designer with a giant monitor.

Sure, Ross still wants to keep college students from cramming into apartments like clowns in a Volkswagen, but now Councilor Stephen Murphy has come out of nowhere with a plan to tax college students, Channel 4 reports.

Chris Kulikoski, running against incumbent Sal LaMattina in district 1 (North End, East Boston and Charlestown) says he would work to eliminate Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day as paid city holidays:

Boston has a proud history and Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day are certainly part of that history. However, when the city, the state and the country are in a financial crisis, now is the time to look at saving taxpayer money and to phase out these holidays for city workers. When we are potentially laying off school teachers, police and firefighters, it is irresponsible to defend these benefits that ordinary taxpayers don’t enjoy. We all love holidays, but I would suggest that if city councilors and city workers want those days off, they take a personal day - like the rest of us have to.

The city council this week passed a resolution - sponsored by LaMattina - to oppose efforts in the state legislature to eliminate the two holidays, on which city and state workers, and public-school students, in Suffolk County get paid days off.

Bunker Hill Day is this Wednesday.