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2010 elections
By adamg - 10/24/10 - 10:25 am
The Globe turns its Spotlight on Rep. Thomas Petrolati, the patronage king who has "a history of acting as if ordinary rules do not apply to him." Also, a Democrat.
Also in the Globe, a poll shows Patrick opening a slim lead, but with caveats. Will tomorrow night's debate make a difference?
By adamg - 10/23/10 - 11:52 am
Baker says Perry's his man. Red Mass Group says leave Perry alone.
Bill Galvin digs up his opponent's voting record, calls him on it. Be sure to read the comments on the story as well.
Did Charlie Baker need a GPS to get to Springfield for that debate the other night?
By adamg - 10/22/10 - 7:20 am
Look for the Dems to crow that the state's unemployment rate is down and the Republicans to thunder about how the number of jobless increased. The Globe attempts to explain how that could happen; the Herald gleefully predicts the crushing job-loss news will crush Deval Patrick's chances.
By adamg - 10/21/10 - 7:22 am
You're an editor for a metropolitan daily. Which story do you put on the front page: Jeff Perry and the strip search or Barney Frank lending his campaign some money? If you're the Herald, you go with the latter (don't forget to throw in some stuff about how Frank is "panic stricken") and ignore the former (save for a Margery Egan column declaring Perry is a cretin).
By adamg - 10/20/10 - 8:31 am
WBUR takes a look at both sides of Question 3, which would cut the state sales tax from 6.25 to 3%.
By adamg - 10/18/10 - 7:59 am
Election tomorrow! Well, for city council in District 6 (West Roxbury, JP and pieces of Roslindale and Mission Hill), at any rate. Will turnout get into double digits?
By adamg - 10/17/10 - 10:24 am
The Globe reports on the Obama visit. The Herald sure loves swapping in a dollar sign for an S.
By adamg - 10/16/10 - 12:10 pm
Taylor, of course, appears at a Hynes rally today with Patrick and Obama. Red Mass. Group hopefully asks: Is Barack about to do the same for Deval as he did for Martha?
By adamg - 10/15/10 - 4:47 pm
The JPVoice posts video interviews with the five people running for John Tobin's old seat in West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.
A preliminary election Oct. 19 will narrow the field down to two for a final election on Nov. 16 (Why the elections are separate from the state elections).
By adamg - 10/15/10 - 6:29 am
Sam Obar is not happy with his man's camapaign:
We are now less than three weeks away, and I know for a fact many people, including many I have spoken to, still have no idea who Baker is. He has not gotten his message out to voters, he has not highlighted his record at Harvard Pilgrim, and he has not promptly and properly responded to accusations against him about his work on the Big Dig. He has also done a shoddy job indeed of utilizing the media to reach out to voters.
By adamg - 10/14/10 - 8:11 am
The Globe reports why Tim Cahill may have wanted to block publication of those e-mails (he failed):
Politically explosive e-mails released yesterday by former aides to state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill appear to show Cahill's top campaign advisers trying to make sure that a million-dollar, taxpayer-funded ad blitz for the state lottery also benefited Cahill's independent gubernatorial bid.
By adamg - 10/13/10 - 1:24 pm
The Suffolk Journal posts excerpts from a statement by KyQuan Phong, who staked out 10th District hopeful William Keating's old house, in the hopes of finding evidence the Democrat doesn't actually live in the district:
"My friends and I were out to find the truth and now we are being ridiculed and labeled as stalkers, undercover party operatives, etc.," he said in a statement.
By adamg - 10/13/10 - 8:47 am
Robert Dwyer, who writes about wine, will be voting yes on Question 1, which would repeal the sale tax on wine. Dwyer explains why that was no easy decision, especially after he learned that even with the tax, Massachusetts still ranks in the bottom ten states for tax levels on booze.
By adamg - 10/13/10 - 6:32 am
Jamaica Plain Progressives have posted videos of the five candidates in the Oct. 19 preliminary to replace John Tobin in West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain (and parts of Mission Hill and Roslindale).
By adamg - 10/12/10 - 8:51 am
Debbie Eappen, whose son Matthew died at the hands of au pair Louise Woodward back in 1997, will join with DAs Dan Conley (Suffolk) and Gerry Leone (Middlesex) to endorse Martha Coakley for re-election as attorney general, today at 10:30 a.m. at Faneuil Hall. In 1997, Coakley was Middlesex DA and prosecuted the case against Woodward.
By adamg - 10/11/10 - 10:07 am
Firefighters in West Springfield are pissed at Charlie Baker for putting some video of Baker meeting with firefighters in an ad.
The Globe reports Democrats are worried about Republican "fervor," even in Massachusetts.
Charlie Baker goes after welfare queens.
By adamg - 10/8/10 - 8:27 am
None dare call it journalism: A radio station in Lowell charges $490 for candidates who want to blather on one of its talk shows.
By adamg - 10/8/10 - 7:03 am
Wicked Local West Roxbury reports on a debate among candidates for the District 6 (West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and parts of Roslindale and Mission Hill) city-council seat.
By adamg - 10/7/10 - 6:32 pm
Treasurer Tim got a temporary restraining order today, barring some former aides from doing anything with e-mail they allegedly have.
He charges they conspired with Republicans to derail his campaign and says the e-mails have campaign details in them. Republicans charge the e-mails have evidence Cahill was illegally getting workers at the state treasury to do political work for his campaign.
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