Politics
One day after she helped an ex-aide to U.S. Sen. John Kerry win the top slot in Newton City Hall, a veteran political operative is headed to Boston City Council President Michael Ross’s office.
Deborah Shah will be Ross’s acting chief of staff,... Read more
A Vietnamese-interpreting poll worker at the Kit Clark Apartments was removed from the polling location this morning after the person was accused of encouraging voters to pull the lever for City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty. A Menino supporter,... Read more
Missing from the group of pols and volunteers who lined Blue Hill Ave. on Sunday afternoon for Ayanna Pressley’s City Council At-Large bid was the big gun who had hoped to be there for the weekend before the Nov. 3 election. But U.S. Sen. John Kerry,... Read more
It's the day before Election Day. Mayor Thomas Menino delivers new books to a Brighton library (with a Red Sox player) and then holds a campaign rally in East Boston with local electeds. City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty will be in Dudley Square,... Read more
It's the Sunday before Election Day, and that means church visits are in order. Mayor Thomas Menino is in churches in Mattapan and the South End, while Team Floon is in Dorchester. Hibernian Hall will once again be the stage for an afternoon Menino rally... Read more
The election is three days away. Mayor Thomas Menino will be at a "Parent University" and a Halloween party at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester. City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty will host a "tele-town hall," with fellow City Councillor At-Large... Read more
Confirming what we Tweeted yesterday, U.S. Sen. John Kerry's campaign folks have released his schedule for the weekend, with stops planned in West Roxbury and Mattapan. Kerry, a Vietnam vet who ran for president in 2004 and has been on Capitol Hill since... Read more
The two mayoral candidates appear on WBUR's Radio Boston. Before that, Mayor Menino attends the ribbon-cutting for W Hotels and Residences. City Councillor Michael Flaherty appears on Dan Rea's WBZ radio show in the evening.
MAYOR THOMAS MENINO:
10:30 AM... Read more
To voters, Doug Bennett has been as the guy knocking on their doors for the last year and a half touting his City Council At-Large bid and putting his stickers everywhere. To reporters, he's been the guy abruptly stopping interviews.
Witness this... Read more
The newest issue of CommonWealth magazine is up and it's got some good stuff. (Some of it's free and some of it you need to be a subscriber to see.) And on its website, the magazine has posted over 250 Statements of Financial Interest, which contain a... Read more
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