This time last year, the national economy was preparing for collapse. The economy’s beginning of the end, or as Churchill once said, the end of the beginning, came into full force in and around Thanksgiving 2008. Yet we all sat…
Category: Editorials
Getting Interesting – Senatorial race heats up
There is not much time remaining for Congressman Mike Capuano, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Celtics owner Stephen Pagliuca and City Year Founder Allan Khazei to make their case to the voters of Massachusetts. The special election senate primary to fill…
A Special Event – Thanksgiving at Sacred Heart
For the past few years, Thanksgiving at the Sacred Heart Church has been one of this neighborhood’s most compelling events. With the bad economy affecting so many this year as the holiday season approaches, Thanksgiving Dinner at the Sacred Heart…
The City Election – Menino’s victory
In East Boston, voters came out in huge numbers for Mayor Thomas Menino. So his victory last week came as no surprise to voters here, and to his many, many loyal friends and supporters in this neighborhood. Mayor Menino is…
LaMattina coasts to re-election
Councilor Sal LaMattina also scored a tremendous vote – the ultimate endorsement by the judges who count on the local scene. LaMattina has been a positive, active, intelligent voice making himself heard and felt among the people of this neighborhood…
Negative Vibes – Anti-casino forces are mobilizing for inaction
The voices against casino gambling are gathering their forces. Like most of those who stand against progress in this litigious world, they are gathering studies, studies on top of studies, the one thousand reasons a casino cannot possibly thrive or…
Mayor Menino – The right decisions are often the tough ones
The first unwritten rule of politics is that a politician does everything he or she can do to get re-elected. Often, and too sadly, doing what is right as opposed to what is popular are often at the different ends…
Schools and Politics – How much can a mayor impact public education?
Public school education in the city of Boston has not been better in years, yet it remains tenuous due to factors that cannot be controlled. Exhortations by the Flaherty-Yoon mayoral candidates that Mayor Thomas Menino has somehow dropped the ball…
Congressman’s travels – Capuano is on his own — and that’s just fine
The Boston Globe this week made a big fuss over our Congressman Mike Capuano’s $24,000 spent on congressional travel to foreign nations during the past few years. The inference, if one was to be drawn, is that Capuano, now seeking…
A Fitting Gateway – New bridge will be a sight to behold
As odd as this may sound to those of us so used to the Chelsea Street Bridge as an ugly monstrosity – it is the gateway to East Boston and vice versa – the gateway to Chelsea. The new bridge…