Weekend Redux: What You Missed
Just because you spent all weekend trying to get the Halloween makeup off your face, it doesn’t mean the world stopped moving. We round up the notable stories you missed.
Saturday
When we first read the headline “Last Days for the ‘Rockefellers’,” our reaction was to fire up the email and inform the Globe that the Clark Rockefeller case wasn’t that serious. Then the coffee kicked in and we realized they were talking about moderate Republicans who’ve been left out as the party becomes socially conservative to entice voters in the South.
“I just saw a bunch of Rockefeller Republicans camped out under an underpass,” [former Rhode Island senator Lincoln] Chafee deadpanned in an interview. “They’re all homeless, pushing shopping carts.”
Oh, Linc. That’s not true. They all got plumb teaching positions like you did when you were swept out of office in a wave of anti-Republican sentiment in 2006.
This isn’t good for those of us who need a sign of spring to get us through the dismal month of March. The New England Spring Flower Show has announced there won’t be a big show this year.
Barack Obama’s aunt who lives in Southie may be in the country illegally. Awkward!
A court in New York has rejected a law that would have required cab drivers to upgrade their cabs’ fuel efficiency. Boston is considering a similar measure, so don’t get too accustomed to the idea of riding in a cab that doesn’t smell like the nozzle of a gas pump.
Sunday
Beacon Hill is all messed up, and overrun with corruption. No kidding.
In related news, the head of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, the state agency that approves liquor licenses, has been put on paid leave as State Treasurer Tim Cahill investigates whether Eddie Jenkins was improperly handling money.
Nantucket is dealing with a rash of violent crimes. So much for the idyllic island life.
Those yellow donation bins are not trash cans, so please do not use them as such.
Finally, our parents will stop telling us that our high school teachers turned us into raging liberals. Scientific research suggests that people may be born with a predisposition for one party or another. We shall call this the Alex P. Keaton theory.
The Red Sox will stay in Fort Myers for the next three decades or so. But not in the City of Palms Park—they’re going to build a new, bigger facility by 2012.
