Mayoral race
It had to happen at some point: A vandal's been caught on tape allegedly defacing a campaign sign and the Herald's obtained a copy of the video. The video shows a squirrelly-looking girl attempting to throw paint at a Flaherty sign. She misses (twice!),... Read more
Beastie Boys' "Root Down" over Bob Marley's "War/No More Trouble."
Below is what's running in this week's Dorchester Reporter on the fireworks at DotOUT's endorsement forum on Monday. We Twittered it here.
(And for good measure, here's the write-up of Sue O'Connell, publisher of Bay Windows and emcee of the event; the... Read more
City Councillor At-Large Sam Yoon has often complained that the City Council is powerless under the “strong mayor†system, to the chagrin of some colleagues on the 13-member council.
But last week’s debate over the increasing the city’s meals and... Read more
With the deadline for August campaign finance reports looming, mayoral candidate Sam Yoon is asking supporters to throw some dough his way in a last-minute web video.
The report is the last before the Sept. 22 preliminary election, which will narrow the... Read more
The WBZ-TV mayoral debate between Mayor Thomas Menino and his three challengers has been pushed back a week to Sept. 2, two campaigns said Wednesday. Same time: 7 p.m. And same place: at the station's Allston studios on Soldiers Field Road. There's also a... Read more
Mayoral candidate and City Councillor At Large Sam Yoon issued a statement on the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy:
"Out of respect for the passing of Senator Kennedy I have suspended campaigning.
"Senator Kennedy was a public servant of the highest... Read more
The Wednesday night debate between Mayor Thomas Menino and his three challengers is postponed, officials with two campaigns confirmed. The early morning announcement of the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has led to the suspension of public mayoral... Read more
Make of this what you will. According to a person familiar with the layout of the WBZ-TV debate, it will be set up like this: From left to right and facing the camera (and with political analyst/debate moderator Jon Keller in the middle), Flaherty and... Read more
The 2009 mayoral race, for all intents and purposes, officially starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday night.
First impressions will be formed in the showdown between the four candidates for mayor, as people tune into WBZ. (Or maybe most will check out "Access... Read more
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