Fenway

Now Wilkerson faces disbarment

adamg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:01:02 -0400

The Globe reports the state Bar Counsel wants state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson disbarred, saying she lied under oath during a 2005 court hearing involving her nephew:

In both the court appearance and in the affidavit, Wilkerson falsely claimed that she was present at a Boston police station when two homicide detectives interviewed another relative, Isaac Wilkerson, about the 1994 stabbing death of Hazel Mack, the petition said.

The complaint now goes before the state Supreme Judicial Court.

The office was acting on a complaint brought by the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society against Wilkerson. Wilkerson has long had a stormy relationship with Boston police.

Fenway break-ins on the increase

adamg — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:43:07 -0400

Evan reports on a BPD flier posted on his West Fens building's front door warning of a rash of apartment burglaries. He says thieves make good use of the area's ubiquitous fire escapes, then adds:

... Here's the worst part...filing a report with the BPD doesn't do any good. They encounter these issues daily. In the case of my friend, the police simply told her, "it's a working neighborhood...noone is in their apartment during the day," while shrugging their shoulders. The BPD's daily patrolling program in the Fenway via mounted units, begun last spring in response to these incidents, had supposedly helped with the matter. However, with increased recent alerts (and the lack of horse shit on the sidewalks I have noticed in recent months), the program seems to have only gone so far. ...

Chuck Turner: Chang-Diaz just a white carpetbagger backed by bitter Hillary fans

adamg — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:21:06 -0400

Councilor Turner tells PoltickerMA that he doubts Sonia Chang-Diaz is really Latina and that her support really comes from white women who can't stand the idea that a black man could get into the White House instead of Hillary Clinton.

Needless to say, Turner is backing incumbent Dianne Wilkerson in her sticker campaign, calling her "a treasured resource" the 2nd Suffolk District - or rather, real blacks and Latinos in the district - can't afford to give up.

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adamg — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:53:28 -0400

The original poster took down his post, so I'm taking the link to it off the home page.

Wilkerson concedes recount, to run sticker campaign

adamg — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:59:01 -0400

No word yet if she will continue her "Chang-Diaz is a white devil controlled by Cambridge honkies" strategy, however.

Twittering the Chang-Diaz/Wilkerson recount

adamg — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:12:19 -0400

Ross Levanto will be posting Twitter updates from today's recount of those 2nd Suffolk precincts.

Dianne Wilkerson appears to forget what a primary is for

adamg — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:54:53 -0400

PolitickerMA reports that should the state Senator lose her recount, she'll run a sticker campaign in November:

"If it not successful," Wilkerson said referring to the recount, "I am prepared to run as a Democrat in a sticker write in campaign on the ballot in November."

If the convicted tax evader does lose the recount, she can't run as a Democrat, of course. Just ask Joe Lieberman.

"I'm not dead! I feel happy! I think I'll go for a walk..."

Brett — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:24:33 -0400

Is anyone surprised? Wilkerson and Chang-Diaz have sought paperwork for a re-count.

Interesting to see how Wilkerson can master that recount paperwork, but not actually filing for elections or campaign finance reporting (twice.)

Who tows the towers?

adamg — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:09:37 -0400

Jim photographs a tow truck towing a tow truck on Peterborough Street.

Dianne Wilkerson not ruling out independent bid; but could be in more legal trouble

adamg — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:42:33 -0400

PolitickerMA has both stories:

'No comment' from campaign on possible independent bid against Chang-Diaz.
Wilkerson violates her agreement with attorney general over those pesky campaign-finance obligations.

Chris Lovett, meanwhile, files an election-night report that would seem to indicate Wilkerson was still in a fighting mood, claiming that Chang-Diaz won't represent the overwhelmingly black precincts in their 2nd Suffolk district:

... "I think what [the primary outcome] proves is that you could be a state senator without representing a good core of this community," said Wilkerson, "and that makes me sick."