Politics
A brief round-up of links you might have missed. Feel free to send suggestions to gin.dumcius (at) gmail.com or mwdeehan (at) gmail.com.
1. Okay, so the Menino administration's response to the Globe's public records request (and the subsequent ones that... Read more
Ward 10 holds its candidates' night tonight and both Michael Flaherty and Sam Yoon will be there. Mayor Menino reads to children at the Copley Square library and will also attend the candidates' night.
MAYOR THOMAS MENINO:
9:45 AM
JumpStart Read for the... Read more
Samyoon.com, the official website of the defeated Yoon campaign, is frozen in the same state it has been in since Yoon conceded his bid for Mayor on Sept. 22. Aside from the letter to supporters posted the night Tom Menino and Michael Flaherty took the... Read more
City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty holds a City Hall presser with fellow City Councillor At-Large Sam Yoon on a top Menino aide taking an unpaid leave of absence over the controversial deletion of work emails.
MAYOR THOMAS MENINO:
11:00 AM "Blue in... Read more
Embroiled in a controversy over deleted City Hall emails, a top aide to Mayor Thomas Menino requested and received an unpaid leave of absence from his job.
Menino said in a statement Tuesday night that the administration would honor the request of Michael... Read more
Both Mayor Thomas Menino and City Councillor Michael Flaherty hit awards shows tonight. Their respective schedules are below:
MAYOR THOMAS MENINO:
6:30 PM 24th Annual Henry L. Shattuck Public Service Awards
World Trade Center, Amphitheater
Mayor Menino... Read more
Here's what the weekend looks like for Mayor Thomas Menino and Team Floon. All three will be at the Roslindale Day parade on Sunday. The rest of the schedules below:
MAYOR THOMAS MENINO:
Saturday, October 3, 2009
11:30 AM Literacise Exhibit Grand Opening... Read more
The following are two poems delivered by City Councillor John Tobin at the "Spotlight on the Candidates":
A Haiku
We've heard there's a list of "THE NAUGHTY"
Whom the mayor considers too HAUGHTY.
They must submit to correction
By a brisk genuflection
And... Read more
The Herald has video. "Thank you Riverside Theatre - not," Flaherty quips before he and Yoon start to croon to the tune of "Ebony and Ivory." "Flaherty, Deputy, from Fields Corner and Southie." Check it out.
Mayor Thomas Menino's poem, as delivered to the crowd at "Spotlight on the Candidates" at the Riverside Theatre:
My name is Tom and I am from Hyde Park
I love fighting for the people, working past dark
Tonight I am here to present my case
That I am the... Read more