Bill would only affect public workers in Suffolk County (question: And Somerville?).

Via David Guarino.

After watching these excerpts from the Senate battle over getting rid of Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day, I can't tell who's worse: Some senator from Godknowswhere, MA, who briefly affects an Irish brogue to condemn our holidays and who defends Christmas as being "for the children," or our own Jack Hart, who says that unlike the rest of the state, "we have real history here in the city," nay, we have "a historic history" and if you strip that from our bosoms, what's next, gutting Thanksgiving?

Via Bostonist.

Kevin McCrea acknowledges that Tom Menino has done a good job supporting Boston's GLBT community, but says MassEquality never even talked to him before endorsing Menino and that there's still more a mayor could do:

... For example, the Mayor still pays for the police and fire overtime for the South Boston Parade which he refuses to do for the Tall Ships. As Mayor, I would use that leverage of hundreds of thousands of dollars to breaking down that last vestige of discrimination. ...

The Boston Business Journal rushes to get us the news.

This lady would probably not beg to differ. Nor would this guy, who explains what gets his Irish up, or, at least, the part of him that is Irish, rather than Hispanic or French.

A green drink you might not actually want to down.

Boston Police list all the alleged knucklheads, nine of them from such farflung locales as Natick, Stoughton and New Hamphire. One Roxbury man was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and one South Boston teenager was too young to have his name posted for an arrest on assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (while another did make the cut off and so have his name listed for assault and battery).

Oh, yeah, but police also issued 400 citations for drinking in public. If all of those are paid, that's $80,000 worth of tickets.

Hizzona makes a crack comparing himself to Tom Brady and Hillary Chabot at the Herald concludes it means he's running for re-election, or at least strongly hinting that he is.

Lyetteann took in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Southie, which, of course, included the traditional Imperial Stormtroopers.

Copyright Lyetteann.

The NBA store is selling a "St. Patrick's Day" collection with the entire league represented. This may be your only chance to own a green Lakers cap with a shamrock on the back.

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Victory is sweet.

Photo from the Dropkick Murphys at the House of Blues last night.

Mark O'Neill, now living in Boston, writes it's a pity there's no non-discriminatory parade in the Boston area to compete with South Boston's:

... Last year I skipped this parade, and spent St Patrick's Day in Ireland - in Oldcastle, County Meath, watching the local town parade there. Much warmer than Boston, and without any discrimination about who could march in the parade. Although it was in a small town in Ireland, it was also more multicultural than the South Boston parade, including Eastern Europeans and Brazilians. ...