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Lit Drop co-conspirator Gin Dumcius has this cycle's first hard look at the minority voting block in Boston in this week's Dorchester Reporter:
"But the question remains... Will Tom Menino continue to have a virtual lock on the votes of the black and... Read more
It was a scathing editorial: In a 624-word April harangue titled “Change is coming,†the Bay State Banner, a local paper chiefly focused on the region’s African-American community, ripped into Mayor Thomas Menino. The author, Melvin Miller, took the... Read more
Well, not actual shopping per se, but the Mayor will be hosting a guided tour of the retail opportunities in Back Bay and Fenway today for members of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Maybe he's got his eye on a ridiculous $600 hammock chair... Read more
Wondering where you can meet your favorite mayoral candidate? Want to high-five Sam Yoon? Collect Flaherty campaign handouts? Agendas are provided by the Menino, Flaherty, Yoon and McCrea campaigns and laboriously pasted here by Lit Drop staff. Please... Read more
WHERE THEY ARE: The candidate’s schedules – 7/2/09
Wondering where you can meet your favorite mayoral candidate? Want to high-five Sam Yoon? Collect Flaherty campaign handouts? The Lit Drop is now posting the public schedules of each candidate for... Read more
Wondering where you can meet your favorite mayoral candidate? Want to high-five Sam Yoon? Collect Flaherty campaign handouts? The Lit Drop is now posting the public schedules of each candidate for mayor on a weekly basis. The agendas are provided by the... Read more
Another from the Globe this morning, as Flaherty drags those innocent sports teams into the fray.
This story also serves as the "Initially misread headline of the morning."
Don't be surprised if you notice City Councillor Michael Flaherty brown-bagging it for lunch if he becomes mayor. The Globe reports today that Flaherty, who is saddled with over $900,000 in mortgage debt, would lose the $130,000 he earns annually by... Read more
The Weekly Dig knows what stylin' threads all the young political dorks of the city want.
Has anyone seen these around town?
City Councilor and Mayoral candidate Sam Yoon wants to dismantle the Boston Redevelopment Authority and replace it with “a comprehensive City Department for Community Development & Planning.†The new department would oversee the entirety of the... Read more
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