In today’s Globe – veteran writer Frank Phillips and colleague Noah Bierman cover the fall-out from yesterday’s announcement of the new Congressional District Map for Massachusetts. Phillips had written over the weekend about the House plan to carve Lawrence out of the 5th District into the 6th – which many…
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We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all. —Pericles (495–429 BC), speaking about citizens of Athens and politics
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Its presidential political season again and that means Saturday Night Lives parody machine is cranking again. Here is a skit featuring one of Governor Rick Perry’s embarrassing incidents.
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John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. So far, the Occupy Wall Street movement is just that, a social movement. The protestors have much to protest. Our socio-economic system…
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The joint committee on redistricting released its proposed Congressional redistricting map today. Contrary to what was reported in the Globe last week, Lawrence stayed in the same district as Lowell, only it’s no longer the Fifth, it’s now the Third. Lost were two Greater Lowell communities, Billerica and Tewksbury, which…
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There were three neighborhood-sponsored candidate forums in this City Council election. Video was recorded of each candidate who attended and the recordings were posted to YouTube. A nice feature of YouTube is that it lets you see how many times each video was viewed, giving us a type of straw…
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The polls open tomorrow morning at 7 and remain open until 8 pm. A list of polling locations and a group of frequently asked questions are available on the Lowell Election Commission website. The candidates for the city council are Kevin Broderick, Rodney Elliott, William Martin, James Milinazzo, Joe Mendonca,…
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In today’s Boston Globe – Glen Johnson Politics Editor at boston.com and lead blogger for “Political Intelligence” notes that by this time next year that presidential race and our local Massachusetts U. S. Senate race will be history – already decide by the voters. While Election Day isn’t until November 6,…
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FROM UMASS LOWELL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AND CENTER FOR PUBLIC OPINION 11/06/2011 By Christine Gillette, (w) 978-934-2209, (c) 978-758-4664, Christine_Gillette@uml.edu If you have trouble viewing the charts in this release, please e-mail Christine_Gillette@uml.edu. Nov. 6, 2011 Backers of Opposing Groups Largely Share Dislike of Government, Corporations; UMass Lowell Holds Forum…
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