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By adamg - 1/25/13 - 12:01 pm

At least, in Boston. Just over the transom is a press release from Hizzona's office:

By adamg - 1/25/13 - 11:20 am

The Black Mental Health Alliance of Massachusetts is trying to scare black teens straight with a new ad campaign that warns they face prison time for wearing boxer-showing jeans.

The Atlantic reports the group hopes to extend the campaign to billboards. Maybe they can replace those "Murder is not OK" ads, now that all other pressing issues facing the black community have been solved, except for the scourge of saggy jeans.

The law the group sites, Chapter 272, sec. 16 of the Mass. General Laws, sets out a penalty for "open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior," and is the statute used to prosecute T masturbators and public urinators. It fails to mention anything about saggy jeans. Chap. 272 in general relates to "crimes against chastity, morality, decency and good order."

A reading of the instructions given to jurors in open-and-gross cases suggests the group is talking through its hat: Not only does a jury have to find that a person exposed his or her genitals, buttocks or breasts (the latter if the person is female) but that the person did so with the intent to "produce alarm or shock" among bystanders.

A spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's office confirms his office has not prosecuted anybody for wearing jeans below their hips, and has no plans to:

We'll leave those cases to Joan Rivers and the Fashion Police.

H/t Jason Mihalko.

By adamg - 1/25/13 - 11:12 am

The Herald reports that Cheba Hut wants to bring its toasted subs to the Hub.

Via Boston Restaurant Talk.

By adamg - 1/25/13 - 10:06 am

J.L. Bell recounts anti-Catholic fervor in colonial New England and how George Washington helped bring that to an end, starting with a 1775 edict directed at American troops in the Boston area banning the annual celebration of Pope Night - the culmination of which was bonfire consuming an effigy of the pope.

By adamg - 1/25/13 - 8:33 am

Dead trains on the Red, Green, Needham and Providence/Stoughton lines (so far) made for another interesting commute for many this morning.

UPDATE: "Significant delays" possible on the Fitchburg Line due to signal problems.

By adamg - 1/25/13 - 7:24 am

The Wall Street Journal reports Bostonians are not going to lose anywhere near the 1 million pounds the mayor challenged us to lose.

By adamg - 1/25/13 - 7:10 am

One week, Tim Murray announces he's not running for governor. The next week, the attorney general announces an investigation into illegal campaign contributions. What will next week bring?

By adamg - 1/24/13 - 10:53 pm

A Stoughton man was ordered held in lieu of $30,000 bail after prosecutors say police found a loaded gun in the back seat of his SUV early Tuesday after he was stopped near Morton and Norfolk streets in Mattapan for driving with an expired license.

Darryl Holloway, 26, was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and faces additional penalties because of his record as an armed career criminal.

By Anonymous - 1/24/13 - 6:27 pm
By adamg - 1/23/13 - 9:20 pm

Splitsider reports CBS has ordered up a pilot on just that theme from Brian Gallivan, a comedian who grew up as, well, the only gay son of a sports-loving Irish-Catholic family in Boston.

Via We Love Beantown.

By adamg - 1/23/13 - 9:17 pm

CommonWealth examines police misconduct and the gradual dismantling of a program that was meant to get cops help before they got in trouble - a program established after the Carol Stuart debacle in 1992.

By gladevents - 1/23/13 - 1:47 pm

RSVP at www.glad.org/events - and get a printed name tag!

Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders on Wednesday, February 27 at our next GLADHour, a happy hour for fans of equal justice for all! Enjoy great food and drinks in a relaxed and fun atmosphere at Lir on Boylston, while networking with fellow supporters of LGBTQ equality.

Donation: $5-$20+ (at the door).
Raffle ticket for every $10.
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GLADHours are hosted 3 times a year in conjunction with the Mass LGBTQ Bar Association. Join us this time to learn more about GLAD's transgender advocacy from Jennifer L. Levi, director of GLAD's Transgender Rights Project and one of our nation's leading experts on transgender legal issues.

Transgender people face the most basic and blatant discrimination every day - from being denied access to employment, housing, or healthcare, to being physically attacked because of the way they look or dress. Through the Transgender Rights Project, GLAD puts our litigation, legislative, and educational assets to work in a focused way to establish clear legal protections for the transgender community. Join us to learn more!

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By adamg - 1/23/13 - 7:51 am

Well, I'm not the only person who browses citizen complaints. Yesterday, somebody complained about how people were putting out crap to save their parking spaces in snowfall that required a microscope to measure its depth and said it was all Menino's fault. Another citizen replied:

The person who posted this complaint sounds like an uneducated moron. Menino's health issues have nothing to with the complaint filed, our mayor has always done a great job running this city & still is.

By adamg - 1/22/13 - 11:06 pm

Police are looking for three suspects for a gunpoint robbery around 10:45 p.m. near the McDonald's, 301 Warren St.

All are black. One is a man about 5'6" and 135 lbs. in a black-and-white North Face jacket. Another man is abourt 5'8 and was wearing a brown Carhartt jacket. They were accompanied by a woman in a pink jacket.

By adamg - 1/22/13 - 7:31 pm

Playground Hopping is "a playground hopper's guide to the coolest playgrounds in and around Boston."

H/t Bill Ritchotte.

By adamg - 1/22/13 - 7:16 pm

No, not that we're only ever shown as under the thumb of violent thugs from Southie or the Town, but that nobody in Boston movies ever takes the T.

Ed. note: Well, aside from Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting," who loved the Red Line so much he would always ride it through Dorchester on his way home to Southie from MIT.

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