Mike Rush

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.

Mike Rush gets elected to the state Senate just in time to be deployed to Iraq

adamg — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:05:01 +0000

Wicked Local West Roxbury reports Rush, newly elected Suffolk/Norfolk state senator and longtime Naval Reserve officer, is being shipped out to Iraq as an intelligence officer in March.

Guess who helped James Rush get the Chief Probation Officer job?

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:08:41 +0000

Would James Rush have gotten the promotion without the recommend from his son, state legislator Mike Rush? I wonder how the other applicants feel about whether they had an equal opportunity for the position.

Does it seem strange that as an employee of the probation department, his own son's recommendation might have had more weight than his own history of job performance in the probation department?

Campaign roundup: How do you ignore the biggest political story of the day?

adamg — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:22:48 +0000

You're an editor for a metropolitan daily. Which story do you put on the front page: Jeff Perry and the strip search or Barney Frank lending his campaign some money? If you're the Herald, you go with the latter (don't forget to throw in some stuff about how Frank is "panic stricken") and ignore the former (save for a Margery Egan column declaring Perry is a cretin).

Mike Rush lost the suburbs

adamg — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:24:17 +0000

Chris Lovett of BNN, Gin Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter and Steve Poftak of the Pioneer Institute analyze yesterday's legislative results in Boston and what could happen in November:

Primary Election Analysis from Chris Lovett on Vimeo.

Mike Walsh lowers the boom on Mike Rush

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:07:25 +0000

You can't tell the players without a program so here is your program. The candidates for State Senate in the Suffolk and Norfolk District are;

Democrats Mike Rush, a state representative from West Roxbury,
Westwood lawyer Michael F. Walsh,
Wayne Wilson, a Roslindale Democratic activist.
Brad Williams, chairman of West Roxbury’s Ward 20 Republican Committee

Avoiding debates is nothing new for Mike Rush nor is blaming his opponent for not having a debate.

Besides shaking Mayor Menino's hand, and inadvertently violating campaign finance law, it's not clear what is keeping Rush from spending time on a debate. According to his campaign facebook page, he has held exactly five (5) events since April 13, and nothing between May 25 and August 19.

Mike Rush is legislative matters liaison for Mayor Tom Menino

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:07:39 +0000

3 vie to replace Walsh in Senate: Seat is open for 1st time in 18 years
By Robert Preer | July 22, 2010

A pair of outsiders and a Beacon Hill veteran are competing this year for the Suffolk and Norfolk state Senate seat, which Democrat Marian Walsh of West Roxbury has held for the past 18 years. (more).

Mike Rush speaks, sorta, about the probation scandal involving his father

adamg — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:32:28 +0000

The West Roxbury state rep and would-be Marian Walsh replacement issues a statement to Wicked Local West Roxbury that basically says he's innocent, but can't say more because "I was questioned concerning a civil lawsuit against the state involving my dad and the trial court."

The probation patronage pit

adamg — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:29:13 +0000

The Globe reports on the muck. Also fills in the background on that story about state Rep. Mike Rush (D-West Roxbury) exacting some budgetary payback on a judge.

Pulling a mini-Bulger: Mike Rush shows us blood thicker than water in Massachusetts politics

adamg — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:30:17 +0000

Massachusetts Election 2010 reports how Rush, a West Roxbury state rep who wants to replace state Sen. Marian Walsh, used the budget process to get back at a judge he feels slighted his father, a retired probation officer.

Potential competitors for Marian Walsh's seat

adamg — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:14:35 +0000

In addition to West Roxbury state Rep. Mike Rush, state Reps. Paul McMurtry of Dedham and John Rogers of Norwood are looking at possible runs, the Herald reports. Wicked Local West Roxbury, though, says McMurtry has already scratched himself from the race.

Republican Brad Williams is also running.

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.

In Rush to push out incumbent state senator, a possible campaign-law violation

adamg — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:30:25 +0000

David Ertischek at Wicked Local West Roxbury discovers that state Rep. Mike Rush already has a his state Senate campaign site up (you may recall he said he'd be running this year no matter what incumbent Marian Walsh does). Eagle-eyed Ertischek also notices the phone number on the site's contribution page is Rush's current State House office number, which may just violate the state law that prohibits the use of state property for campaigning.

Rush has been a state rep since 2002, so you'd think he'd know these things by now.

Rush job for Marian Walsh's senate seat

adamg — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:38:34 +0000

West Roxbury state Rep. Mike Rush plans to run for Marian Walsh's Senate seat next year even if she decides to seek re-election, State House News Service reports.

Why? Rush thinks she's running on fumes; pointing to her acceptance, then rejection of a good paying job with the Patrick administration earlier this year. There was also her rumored, then never-happened judicial appointment last year, which led to a secret meeting between handlers for Rush and sometimes Westie rival, City Councilor John Tobin, over who would run for her seat.

In recent years, Rush and Walsh have not exactly gotten along. He's represented the 10th Suffolk District since 2002.

Rep. Mike Rush stands out in West Roxbury

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:58:12 +0000

Thursdays WickedLocal.com/WestRoxbury published an article on how local elected officials in state office voted to authorize Governor Patrick to appoint interim US Senator Paul Kirk Jr.

Mike Rush lone local legislator to vote against appointing temporary senator
by Bob Katzen

FINAL APPROVAL FOR VACANCY BILL (H 4246)
House 95-59 and Senate 24-16, gave final approval and sent to Gov. Patrick the bill that would give the governor the power to appoint a temporary short-term replacement for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. (A “Yes” vote is for giving the governor the power. A “No” vote is against giving him the power.

Rep. Willie Mae Allen Yes
Rep. Michael Rush No
Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez Yes
Rep. Angelo Scaccia Yes
Sen. Marian Walsh Yes

Read the whole thing. For more information, go here www.RepMikeRush.com