Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (Where’s Whitey? edition)

The FBI tells us what we knew all along: That guy? Not Whitey.

Maureen Feeney gets ready to talk community: She tells us about her plan for a citywide summit.

If a struggling talk radio host spews profanity, does anybody care? Apparently not.

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It’s the weekend. You can spend it mourning the loss of Asante Samuel, or you pull your jersey out of the fire and enjoy it. Here are some suggestions for your precious two days of total freedom, prepared for you by Boston Daily.

Tonight
Don’t lie. We know you’ve got “Pieces of Me” on your iPod. Decide if you like Ashlee Simpson’s latest effort as she makes an appearance at Gypsy Bar tonight.

We haven’t been fans of pink since we begged our mother to let us paint our bedroom walls a shade of Pepto-Bismol, but the Hot Pink Panther Party has us reconsidering. The event kicks off Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month with DJ Rick Rude, a silent auction, and the Kiss Me Lingerie Pink Panther Girls.

Leap year: Awesome, or not? Before you answer, consider the fact that the Union Bar and Grille offers a 3-course meal for $29 to celebrate the extra day.

If you see people hobbling around Princeton tomorrow, it’s probably the brave skiers who participated in Wachusett Mountain’s 24-Hour Ski or Ride. If you ride the slopes to raise money for Champions for Children, your lift ticket is free from 10 p.m-8 a.m.

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Last week, the local television media went through quite a few changes, one of which was Channel 5 permanently hiring former FOX 25 reporter Bianca de la Garza to anchor its EyeOpener morning newscast.

The South Shore native has been freelancing with the station since July, and had hoped the station would keep her on board. We touched base with her to see how she’s preparing for her new full-time job.

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Now here’s a league that gets free agency right. On the first day of unrestricted free agency, NFL rosters are changing by the minute. The biggest get, so far, is All-Pro corner Asante Samuel, who is heading to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Per Comcast in Philly, and the great Derrick Gunn (trust us, the guy is plugged in with the Birds) the Eagles will announce the signing this afternoon. (more…)

We here at Boston Daily like to solve problems. Oftentimes we use nuanced debate to accomplish this goal. Other times, there is no easy consensus. Therefore, we deploy the beloved playground impasse breaker of rock, paper, scissors.

After all the accidents involving pedestrians this morning, perhaps we should rename the game: car, cab, pedestrian.

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We were happy to see that our old pal Boston City Councilor Mike Ross is doing well. The Allston-Brighton Tab reports that his proposal to limit the number of undergraduate students living in an apartment to four was unanimously approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and is on its way to the Zoning Commission. We called Ross to congratulate him on the proposal’s success.

“I have hundreds of letters,” he told us. “People say that, but I literally have hundreds of letters from all over the city supporting this proposal.”

But Ross isn’t communicating with his constituents through snail mail alone. He’s also utilizing MySpace.

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Each Friday, Paul McMorrow will take you inside the smoke-filled rooms and darkly-lit corridors of government to bring you the hottest and juiciest political tidbits. This week: Sal’s work on his short game threatens the commonwealth, or not, John Tobin fires a shot across Tom Menino’s bough, plus Pervs! Casinos! And Chuck Turner!

The most talked-about man on Beacon Hill continued to be widely talked about this week, as news that Speaker Sal DiMasi has been playing golf with a decades-old friend, while not playing golf with a guy with a horrific haircut sparked an ethics uproar. It’s the surest sign yet that the state GOP has given up trying to win elections altogether, and will now focus solely on lobbing wobbly ethics complaints at its Democratic foes. (And that Scot Lehigh hasn’t met a bad golf metaphor he doesn’t like.)

The threat golf poses to democracy extends far beyond the current casino debate, though. Boston minorities who enjoy voting had better watch their backs: DiMasi occasionally hits the links with former Speaker Tom Finneran. Can federal voting rights violations, disgrace, and tears be far behind? (more…)

The bustle of editors and interns has returned to Boston Daily HQ. The earlier accident on Mass Ave has been cleared. Boston Police tell us that the pedestrian was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. As you can see, traffic is moving down Mass Ave once again. So call your boss and tell him you’re on your way.

Tom Finneran is getting desperate. Last month, the former speaker announced he was launching a lobbying firm, then reneged on his plan after critics pointed out that it was a huge conflict of interest for the talk radio host. Now Finneran is screaming profanities on air to drum up ratings because a guest talked over him.

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Over the last few weeks there has been one constant from the National Football League as it relates to the New England Patriots in general, and Spygate in particular: Silence is golden. One by one the league officers lined up to offer essentially the same story.

“I view it as yesterday’s news,” John McKay said.

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