Doug Bennett
What's Doug Bennett running for this time?
By adamg - 10/30/11 - 4:48 pmIntrepid Occupy Boston chronicler Chris Faraone notes the two-time council candidate showed up at the encampment's general assembly last night - where the main topic was how to winterize the place:
His beet red melon swaying back and forth, Bennett interrupted at least five times, saying nothing of consequence and making few friends in the process.
Oh, Doug
By adamg - 8/6/11 - 8:41 amGin Dumcius tweets from Dorchester:
So either some Dorchester homes are split between O'Toole and Bennett, or Bennett is jamming signs into lawns w/o asking. Again.
Splitting the Tea Party vote in Dorchester
By adamg - 2/4/11 - 10:07 amWith Marty Hogan's formal entry into the race against incumbent Councilor Maureen Feeney, District 3 voters will have a choice of candidates who, if not outright Tea Party members, are strongly sympathetic to it.
Hogan, a Democrat, last year spent time at a candidate-training session organized by Michael Graham in Braintree. Bennett was the first speaker at a Tea Party rally in Christopher Columbus Park a couple years back.
Admit it: You've been wondering what happened to Doug Bennett
By adamg - 6/7/10 - 9:00 amThe Cape Cod Times reports Doug is down the Cape, working the region for Joe Malone. No word if he's going door to door on a red scooter.
Via Conor Yunits.
Giuliani poses with candidate in the North End
By adamg - 1/15/10 - 2:57 pm
Doug Bennett reports he was jogging through the North End today when he spotted a crowd on Hanover Street and before he knew it, there he was posing for a photo with Rudy Giuliani, shortly before Giuliani crossed the street to stoke up a cigar. And, yes, Bennett is a candidate. He tells Universal Hub exclusively he's already getting ready to knock on more doors in 2011, when he plans to run again for an at-large seat on the Boston city council.
Campaign notes: Boston hears Bennett knocking; Globe reveals Menino not ready to retire
By adamg - 10/27/09 - 8:28 amDoug Bennett reports he's knocked on his 100,000th Boston door. The next Bennett challenge: Removing the 100,000 stickers he and his supporters have put on light poles and utility boxes.
District 7 Councilor Chuck Turner and challenger Carlos Henriquez debate Wednesday, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Vine Street Community Center in Roxbury. The main topic: "Does Roxbury matter?" Details.
Michael Flaherty in court today and other campaign notes
By adamg - 9/28/09 - 7:50 amMichael Flaherty heads to Suffolk Superior Court today - for jury duty - the Lit Drop folks at the Dorchester Reporter report.
Josh Dawson looks at some factors that could swing the November vote for at-large city council candidates, including endorsements by current elected officials and more "sample ballots" such as the ones that told elderly Russian Jews in Brighton how to vote. Also? Doug Bennett is toast.
The Globe reports voter turnout was up in "predominantly minority neighborhoods" in the preliminary elections - Codman Square saw three times the turnout off 2005.
Sorry, Doug Bennett, I couldn't answer your 'confidential' voter survey
By adamg - 9/15/09 - 2:41 pmBecause I didn't feel like traipsing upstairs to answer the phone, I picked up the receiver on our old wall-mounted rotary phone in the kitchen, so when your robo-lady told me to press 1 or 2 depending on whether I planned to vote for at-large City Council Candidate Doug Bennett, I couldn't, ha ha.
Not sure why that makes me feel so good, but there you are. Sometimes there's value in being a Luddite.
Robo Calls: Good political strategy?
By Anonymous - 8/12/09 - 7:42 pmMy call-waiting beeps and my caller id says it is
617-227-2081
K Galligan
who I do not know. I let it go to voice mail. The message left on my answering machine reveals it is political robo call by Doug Bennett who, by the way, is 100% certain that he will be the next city councilor-at-large.
I'm not opposed to Doug's candidacy, heck I don't even know him, I'm just against robo calls made under someone else's name.
City Council discusses tax increases; sign-holding candidate forced to take sign down
By adamg - 7/29/09 - 3:20 pmThe Boston City Council discussed Mayor Menino's proposal to raise local meals and hotel-room taxes, but took no action on the plan so that its Committee on Government Operations can hold a hearing in August - standard procedure under council rules for new business.
Menino has proposed a 0.75% meals tax - on top of the 6.25% state tax going into effect on Saturday - and an increase of 2 percentage points in the current tax on hotel rooms. The council's Committee on Government Operations will host a hearing in early to mid August.
During the council discussion today, at-large candidate Doug Bennett, stood up behind councilors with a large "No New Taxes Mayor!" sign. Bennett argues with unemployment near 10%, now is the worst time to be raising any taxes.
On noticing the sign, council President Mike Ross "recessed the meeting and asked him to take the sign down," Reuben Kantor, Ross's chief of staff said. "So he did, and left." Bennett says he was kicked out; Kantor says he was simply asked to take the sign down.
