Tonight on WBZ (TV and Radio) at 7:00pm is the first Boston Mayoral debate. First chance to see all of the candidates on stage together in what could be the most lively debate based on Jon Keller's format.

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Blogging during the debate anyone?

From Blue Mass. Group: Boston Mayoral Debate Tonight

Boston Offline is livetweeting from a forum, like, this very second, at least, as I type.

The Dorchester Reporter folks are livetweeting the Dotout forum, like, right this second, at least, as I type this.

In an hour-long debate this morning on Touch FM, District 7 City Councilor Chuck Turner and challenger Carlos Henriquez, differed on how a city councilor could make life better in the Roxbury, the Fenway and the South End.

It only took 13 years or so, but the Globe finally got around to writing a story about the personal dictatorship of Caudillo and aspiring Mayor for Life Thomas Menino.

Sniff between and within the lines of the story and you catch the whiff of corruption.

Adam Pieniazek reviews Michael "Menino's a Walkman and I'm an iPod" Flaherty's social-media strategy, gives him a big Fail; in fact, he says ol' fuddy-duddy Menino is using Twitter better:

... What's worse, is that Flaherty doesn't understand a relatively simple piece of technology like Twitter. What does it mean when the 80's cell-phone uses a new piece of technology better than the iPhone? ...

Mayoral candidate Sam Yoon wants City Hall to take a page from banks and stay open past normal business hours at least once a week so people who work for a living could have a chance to conduct city business. In a statement, he says:

One of the most appealing solutions is to shift hours to offer later services on Wednesday and close earlier on Fridays. We would stay open until 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and close at 2:30 p.m. on Fridays. We would also be able to move the regular City Council meetings to Wednesday evening to allow more people to attend.

My 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.

A couple weeks ago, somebody sliced up a Flaherty sign at Baker and Centre streets in West Roxbury (but, gosh, left the Menino signs across the street alone). The Flaherty campaign replaced the sign. Based on what we saw yesterday, above, the vandal didn't waste any time returning.

Around the same time, somebody defaced a Yoon sign on Poplar Street in Roslindale. The Yoon campaign replaced the sign. Based on what Daniel Farnkoff saw last week, below, the vandal didn't waste any time returning.

What's interesting is that the spray pattern on both signs is very similar - look at the swirls on the left. So we're probably dealing with somebody from the Parkway area - who knows how to get from Poplar to Baker. And given which signs got hit, we're probably dealing with somebody who supports one of the other candidates, specifically one who isn't Kevin McCrea, I'm thinking.