Jarrett Barrios

No fluff: Jarrett Barrios to leave Senate

adamg — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:43:41 +0000

The Allston/Brighton Tab reports Barrios is leaving the state senate to become president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation.

Nothing fluffy about Jarrett Barrios's new blog

adamg — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:17:26 +0000

State Sen. Jarrett Barrios of Cambridge recently started the Barrios Blog. You know he's dead serious when you see his first post quotes Foucault, Whitman and Dewey (that would be the American philospher, not the former Sox outfielder).

Via Harry Mattison.

Our long Fluff nightmare is over

adamg — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:02:51 +0000

Political Intelligence has the scoop: Jarrett Barrios has thrown in the (incredibly sticky and gooey) towel and abandoned his anti-Fluff initiative.

Fluff for the senator

adamg — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:46:52 +0000

Hub Politics has shipped a tub of Fluff to Jarrett Barrios (and posted a link to the UPS tracking page so you can see when he accepts delivery).

Meanwhile, down here in the boonies of Roslindale, I admit it was nice to see a statement from a Boston school official that Boston schools haven't served Fluff for years. However, I wish they would do something about the fact that, at least at my daughter's elementary school, teachers now routinely use candy as rewards. Do a good job in class? Get some candy. Do good work on a project? Get some candy. Whatever happened to gold stars and inky stamps?

Jarrett Barrios plays with fire

adamg — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:20:58 +0000

Just in time for the 2006 election, we've found the true third rail of Massachusetts politics: Marshmallow Fluff.

Local bloggers are rising up as one to defend the gooey, sugary goodness of Fluff - and especially Fluffernutters - even as they acknowledge that yes, indeed, the crap is bad for you, but they don't care: Back away from the Fluff, Mr. Barrios - and keep those hands where we can see 'em!

Eileen: Eat Fluff or Die!

I realize that childhood obesity is a growing problem in the U.S., but isn't this taking things too far? ... A ban on fluff is a ban on freedom!

Hub Politics: Fluffernutter Threat Level: Red:

With all the real problems we are dealing with in Massachusetts, such as high crime in Boston, the loss of population, high taxes, terrorism, etc. etc., isn't it safe to say that fighting Fluff should not be on anyone's priority list? ...

Jason Kanson-Benanav wonders: Does Barrios hate childhood? Probably not, he concludes, but still.

Lewis Forman: Nothing beats cramming your own views down the throat of the children of the state:

... Let's single out the food by name and put a stigma on it. Deny your children the wonderfully sugary taste of Fluff. The same taste you had as a child but now feel like it's something you can use to get your name out there. Brilliant. Shouldn't we be worried about funding these schools for after school sports activities which would teach kids more about nutrition than telling them what they cannot eat?

Ban Fluff in Massachusetts schools?

adamg — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:49:04 +0000

Barrios to end Galluccio senate bid?

adamg — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:15:27 +0000

So Jarrett Barrios will run for re-election instead of for Middlesex DA. Some calculation: Run against an actual prosecutor who has the endorsement (more or less) of the current DA or run against some guy who's suddenly facing possible drunk-driving charges? What does Mr. Galluccio say? Neither of the morning papers showed any indication of trying to talk to him.

Ed. note: In this post, I questioned whether Boston police, EMTs and residents involved in the Galluccio accident could be politically motivated in not reporting the incident earlier because that would require them to care about a Cambridge state-senate candidate. This is because I am an idiot. As Harry Mattison notes, Barrios's district actually includes 15,000 Allston and Brighton residents. I still doubt anybody standing on that downtown street in December had ever heard of Galluccio, but still ...