Imagine getting your mail and finding a large photo of an angry rat staring at you. Michael Pahre posts a copy of a palm card from Allston/Brighton City Council candidate Alex Selvig that features one rat's grim, beady visage on one side and Selvig's anti-rat plan on the other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr4qsBpxpCM&feature...
On September 9, 2009, Open Media Boston (www.openmediaboston.org) hosted an Forum for the 15 At-Large Boston City Council candidates. Held at Roxbury Community College, the forum lasted nearly two hours and gave the candidates that attended an opportunity to voice their platforms, concerns, and solutions for the future of our city. Press Pass TV reporter Perla was on the scene to bring you the highlights.
On Monday, Sept., 14, the Wards 4 and 5 (Beacon Hill and Back Bay) Democratic committees hold a mayoral-candidates forum, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Boston Architectural College, 320 Newbury St. After the forum, Ward 5 will caucus on a possible endorsement in the race.
David Bernstein at the Phoenix describes the Menino camp's growing fixation on winning at least 51% of the vote on Sept. 22.
On Thursday, Sept. 17, the Brighton Allston Improvement Association sponsors a debate between the four people running for the district city council seat in Allston/Brighton:
The Massachusetts Humane Society and the Teamsters, local 25, both say they support Andrew Kenneally's bid for one of four open at-large City Council seats this fall:
The work each of these groups do is vital to Boston's success by providing jobs for our families and excellent services for the city. I look forward to working with these organizations to support and educate others of the work they do and how others can get involved.
The Daily Free Press reports on the change of heart by at-large City Council candidate Ego Ezedi, who once told opponents the lab would be built whether they liked it or not, but who now says he opposes it because of safety concerns.
Third Decade, who always opposed the project, is annoyed:
... It's changes of position (and tepid acknowledgment of those changes) like this that make me skeptical of politics and politicians in general. OK, so now you're opposed to the biolab...kind of. What's next? What do you propose as a solution for the community which you would like to elect you to office? If elected, how do we know that you won't change position again? ...
The Sierra Club endorsed the two at-large incumbents today; apparently, none of the other 13 people running in the race were green enough for the group. Also winning endorsements: incumbent district councilors Michael Ross and Mark Ciommo.
The clubs says the four "will further the work of protecting the environment, support better transportation options, reduce global warming emissions, increase recycling and help push Massachusetts forward into the new 'Green' economy."
The club also made endorsements in Cambridge, Somerville and Watertown - also almost entirely incumbents.
The framing of United States soldiers; The racial attacks towards a Latina Candidate; The refusal to shovel snow off a Boston City sidewalk; The stealing of Massachusetts tax paying cold hard cash of $1000, caught on FBI video camera along with Diane Wilkerson stealing $25.000.00 accepting bribes.
Boston Offline is livetweeting from a forum, like, this very second, at least, as I type.
You may recall Mike Ross's last effort to get students more spaced out - using ISD to cast out excess students - proved unenforceable and possibly illegal.
Scott Van Voorhis reports this time, the councilor is seeking an ordinance that would levy a $300 fine on any real-estate brokers who rent a single apartment to five or more college students.
In an hour-long debate this morning on Touch FM, District 7 City Councilor Chuck Turner and challenger Carlos Henriquez, differed on how a city councilor could make life better in the Roxbury, the Fenway and the South End.
It's 8 a.m. on Touch 106.1 FM, Henriquez tweets. If you can't pick up the station, they simulcast on the Web.
That's the goal of Think Politics, which is launching this month. City Council candidates Tito Jackson (at large) and Carlos Henriquez (Roxbury) are among the founders. The Facebook invitation for its first meeting (which was yesterday) has more info.
My call-waiting beeps and my caller id says it is
617-227-2081
K Galligan
who I do not know. I let it go to voice mail. The message left on my answering machine reveals it is political robo call by Doug Bennett who, by the way, is 100% certain that he will be the next city councilor-at-large.
I'm not opposed to Doug's candidacy, heck I don't even know him, I'm just against robo calls made under someone else's name.
Andrew Kenneally, running for one of the four open at-large seats on the Boston City Council, reports endorsements from the following unions: Boston Emergency Medical Services, Boston Public School Custodians, Local 1952, the Carmen's Union, Local 589, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 35 and the Utility Workers Union of America, Local 369:
At-large City Council candidate Felix Arroyo says he's won the endorsement of Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral.
Arroyo said he's also picked up endorsements from the Greater Boston Labor Council, Painters District Council 35 and the Gay and Lesbian Labor Activist Network.
Arroyo, son of the former at-large councilor, is running for one of four open seats in the fall elections.
Complete statement:
MAJOR ENDORSEMENTS KEEP COMING IN FOR FELIX G. ARROYO
Sheriff Andrea Cabral and the Greater Boston Labor Council join a growing list of supporters
At-large City Council candidate Tito Jackson (no relation, but he does have a "Jackson Five-Point Plan") will be dishing up the ice cream between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. today at his campaign headquarters, 57 Warren St. in Roxbury.
At-large council candidate Andrew Kenneally opens a South Boston office and says he'll be handing out the free round food and caffeine-enhanced goodness between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., at 258 W. Broadway.
The Boston City Council discussed Mayor Menino's proposal to raise local meals and hotel-room taxes, but took no action on the plan so that its Committee on Government Operations can hold a hearing in August - standard procedure under council rules for new business.
Menino has proposed a 0.75% meals tax - on top of the 6.25% state tax going into effect on Saturday - and an increase of 2 percentage points in the current tax on hotel rooms. The council's Committee on Government Operations will host a hearing in early to mid August.
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.
Mike Ball interviews at-large City Council candidate and libertarian Sean Ryan, who sees economic collapse as just the catharsis the country needs, but who admits that in the short run, he'll be running on a platform of more charter schools (with the ultimate goal of education vouchers) and an end to the BRA.
Earlier:
Ryan on 9/11 and the Federal Reserve.
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