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The Week That WasPosted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 4:45PM | No Comments
We liveblogged the Sox opener: And Flannery got to work overtime thanks to extra innings. Mitt Romney can’t pick a winner: John McCain brings him on board anyway. The Mike Barnicle haters are organizing: They’ve got a blog. Fear them. |
Hingham Cop Suspended, Investigated by DSSPosted by Michele McPhee on 3/28/2008 at 4:13PM | No Comments
A veteran Hingham Police Lieutenant has been suspended and is being investigated by the Department of Social Services after his 17-year-old son called 911 saying that his father pointed a loaded gun at him during an argument, Boston has learned. Lt. Kris Phillips is accused of “racking a bullet” into his service |
The Superpowers of Mayor Tom MeninoPosted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 3:19PM | No Comments
But what would Mayor Tom Menino choose? If you ask the Globe, he’s chosen the power of invincibility. According to the Herald, his preference remains a mystery. |
No, Thank You, Steve BaileyPosted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 2:22PM | No Comments
Man. We’re so bad at goodbyes. |
48 Hours of FreedomPosted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 1:23PM | No Comments
It’s the weekend. You can spend it anxiously awaiting the arrival of weather that actually indicates it’s spring, or you can put on your parka and enjoy it. Here are some suggestions for your precious two days of total freedom, prepared for you by Boston Daily. Tonight The parking lot at the Burlington Mall is already a nightmare. We can’t even fathom how long it will take us to find a spot now that Nordstrom has opened at the popular North Shore shopping destination. Keep your bundle of joy toasty for less. 9 Months has taken as much as 60 percent off original prices on its baby winter wear. These kids on YouTube really hope They Might Be Giants play “Freezing at Pee-Wee Hockey” at the Somerville Theater tonight. |
Gov. Patrick Gets a WinPosted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 12:56PM | No Comments
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The Hill and the Hall Week in ReviewPosted by Paul McMorrow on 3/28/2008 at 11:52AM | No Comments
We may be watching the balance of power tip on Beacon Hill. While Gov. Deval Patrick and House Speaker Sal DiMasi go back and forth about casinos and taxes—and whether or not they’re going back and forth at all—Senate President Therese Murray is showing herself to be both smart enough to recognize the power vacuum brought on by the bickering, and strong enough to fill that vacuum with substantive policy proposals. The death of the governor’s casino bill should shine a spotlight on Murray’s health care reform-reform bill. That’s for the best since it does what magical slots leprechauns doesn’t, that is address the real reason cities and towns are going broke. Murray should also get serious credit for leading the effort to implement the now one-year-old Transportation Finance Commission report, especially by harpooning politically thorny MBTA health care benefits and police details. These are weighty and decidedly un-flashy issues, but it’s going to take heavy lifting on boring issues to raise the state out of the hellward fiscal death-spiral it’s currently locked in. Interesting that it’s Murray, who just celebrated a year on the job, and not her two counterparts, who is leading the way. Continue reading “The Hill and the Hall Week in Review” » |
Joseph Shahda Strikes AgainPosted by Paul Kix on 3/28/2008 at 11:25AM | No Comments
Well, the paper missed the bigger story: that a Boston-area man helped shut the site down. Continue reading “Joseph Shahda Strikes Again” » |
No Mike?Posted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 11:03AM | No Comments
It seems like some people aren’t willing to let Barnicle off the hook quite yet. Someone’s started a blog simply called nomike. |
Dreams From New YorkPosted by Amy Derjue on 3/28/2008 at 10:42AM | No Comments
Not that anyone has ever used the governor’s office to try to jump to a national office or anything, but Patrick didn’t do much to quell the skepticism generated by his announcement by heading off to New York to shop his autobiography as House Speaker Sal DiMasi was savagely killing his casino proposal. |
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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (channeling our 
If we could choose a super power, it would be a toss-up between flight and invisibility. We’d either save a ton of money on airfare, or we’d be the best journalists in the world.
We’ve spent the last couple weeks in a state of denial. We kept reading Steve Bailey’s columns, still not quite believing that he’d 
Club Passim has been good to 
That was fast. 
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: Therese Murray slips into a power vacuum, the Mashpee won’t give up the ghost, canoodling at City Council, and sartorial help for Mike Ross. 
The Globe 
The internet has been 
Gov. Deval Patrick said last month that he has 
