Westwood

What should Mike Rush do regarding his conflicting obligations as MA Senator and active duty officer in Afghanistan?

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:11:09 +0000

Resigning from Senate never an option. Mike Rush,“That never even crossed my mind”

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:34:02 +0000

Timothy Robertson at the Dedham Patch takes the stenography:

"A downside of Rush’s deployment: no vote will be cast for the district he represents..."

Downside indeed. Is it too much to ask the reporter to pose the obvious question: Might citizens reasonably expect to have a voting Senator represent their interests? After all, a revolution was fought for that right on the premise, no taxation without representation.

A leader would put the interest of his constituents ahead of his own.

Lynch: If it walks like an elephant, and talks like an elephant...

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:32:45 +0000

This is the mailing that has Stephen Lynch in a tizzy.

click on image for expanded view or view the PDF in Scribd

MA9 "Come to Jesus"

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:39:10 +0000

Where does Rep.Stephen Lynch stand on the issues?

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:04:00 +0000

Lynch plays his cards close to the vest in what seems like a defensive style of politics. It certainly is not leadership-driven.

Take his process on the health care bill debate last summer. From March through August we heard Rep.Lynch say he didn't know how he'd vote on the bill. At the same time, he did not take a leadership role in shaping it. In August at Curry, Rep. Lynch held a town hall meeting and said he had read the bill but still didn't know how he was going to vote. Once again, his constituents could not get a bead on where he stood.

Perhaps even more stunningly at that town hall meeting, Rep. Lynch was given the chance to answer a question about death panels (after all he had read the bill) and refudiate (sic) ;-) the meme that right wing Republican liars and Fox News had made popular. Lynch equivocated! He would not take a stand!

Power outages

adamg — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:11:28 +0000

WBZ tweets the Legacy Place mall shut down at 6 to "conserve power." Alert New England tweets the power's also out at the Super Stop & Shop in Dedham.

Dave Atkins tweets Westwood is powerless in this heat tonight, or, at least, his street.

Memorial Day

adamg — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:21:13 +0000

Greg Cook photographed the Memorial Day parade in Malden.

And Paul Keleher photographed the parade in Westwood.

Copyright Greg Cook and Paul Keleher, respectively. Keleher's photo also posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

John Tobin likes being a city councilor

adamg — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:25:04 +0000

Won't take on Mike Rush for Marian Walsh's Suffolk and Norfolk state-senate seat, the Jamaica Plain Gazette reports.

Court says Canton can't stop mega-project just over the line in Westwood

adamg — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:21:23 +0000

The Supreme Judicial Court yesterday tossed out Canton's lawsuit against the proposed Westwood Station project in neighboring Westwood, ruling the town failed to file its complaints on time.

Giant Westwood project comes to a halt

adamg — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:57:13 +0000

Westwood Station work suspended for lack of money, the Boston Business Journal reports. Hmm, how's Legacy Place in Dedham doing?

Westwood Wegmans

DaveA — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:34:34 +0000

It appears the legislative wrangling that has been stalling activity on Beacon Hill since August is finally over. This afternoon, Westwood's home rule petition to allow an off-premises beer and wine license for potential Westwood Station tenant Wegmans, was passed in the House after Canton Representative Galvin dropped his objections.

Boston: The Dustin Pedroia of cities

adamg — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:50:59 +0000

Sure, it's small, but it packs a punch.

Dave, meanwhile, writes how fortunate he is to live near the massive Westwood Station development and work in rapidly changing Fort Point Channel.

What's the deal with Angelo Scaccia?

adamg — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:21:48 +0000

Seems like the only time you ever hear of this guy, the august state rep from Hyde Park (and my small sliver of Roslindale) is when he manages to grind the legislature to a halt over some issue that doesn't involve his district at all (anybody remember how he tied up the disposition of the old Boston State Hospital for years?). This time: A liquor license for some supermarket in Westwood.

Via Robert David Sullivan.

Memorial Day paws

adamg — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:18 +0000

Paul Keleher takes in the Memorial Day parade in Westwood.

Westwood creates Environmental Committee, considers Community Preservation Act

DaveA — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:50:45 +0000

I attended last night's Board of Selectmen meeting and blog here at http://westwoodblog.org/node/37 about the creation of a committee to promote energy efficiency in the town and to move forward with consideration of the Community Preservation Act adoption at May town meeting...