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Paul Krugman has just posted a quick note on his New York Time “The Conscience of a Liberal” blog site about Elizabeth Warren’s decision to explore the waters of a US Senate race in Massachusetts: Finally, Someone to Run Against Wall Street One of the truly amazing things about American…
Read More »Chris Cillizza columnist for the Washington Post and commentator for MSNBC just sent out his “Afternoon Fix” update on politics and Washington suggesting hot items, issues and incidents to watch for… Today he’s targeting among other things the possible match-up of Congressman Stephen Lynch and frosh Congressman Bill Keating as…
Read More »Politics Editor Glen Johnson had posted on his Boston Globe “Political Intelligence” site that Elizabeth Warren has filed the necessary paperwork to form an exploratory campaign committee for the US Senate. This is a necessary legal step needed to “test the waters” for a run allowing a would-be candidate to…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day August 15, 1919 policemen in the City of Boston seeking better wages and working conditions voted to unionize. Wages for the policemen were meager – about 29 cents an hour – and stagnant for decades. Their workday was long and they worked 13…
Read More »There is a report on the Boston Globe’s breaking news that the Lawrence City Clerk failed to sign, date and stamp the original petition papers given to the petition leaders at the official beginning of the 30-day process to recall Mayor William Lantigua. Lawyers assisting the “It’s Your Right” recall…
Read More »For a few weeks now there has been lots of activity at a certain Facebook site “You know your from Lowell if….” (It was tempting to break out my English teacher red pencil on the title but it’s not a class assignment!) For the most part it has been interesting…
Read More »The Boston Globe has a follow-up article on the short-fall of certified signatures in the recall effort to oust controversial Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua. The citizen group “It’s Your Right” submitted 5,483 for certification – 5,232 certified signatures were needed to have Lantigua recalled as mayor -4,366 were certified leaving…
Read More »Historian Douglas Brinkley is professor of history at Rice University and author of “Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War.’’ Brinkley has penned an op-ed piece for today’s Boston Globe giving his view that the appointment of Senator John Kerry to the so-called “super committee” on deficit reduction…
Read More »From breaking news at the Eagle Tribune: LAWRENCE – An effort to ouster Mayor William Lantigua fell about 900 signatures short of the 5,232 it needed to prompt a recall of the state’s first Hispanic mayor. The City Clerk’s office was able to verify 4,366 of the 5,483 signatures as…
Read More »The Eagle Tribune is reporting that Wayne Hayes – a leader in the effort to recall Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua – has e-mailed supporters that not enough signature on the recall petition will be certified. Hayes, however, is confident that the group can challenge these rejections and win. LAWRENCE —…
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