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…
Category: Editorials
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…
Cover up? Hardly – E-mail controversy is a tempest in a teapot
The big to-do that the Boston dailies are trying to trump up over a bunch of useless e-mails erased by the mayor’s assistant Michael Kineavy is truly a tempest in a teapot. It is a hurricane without winds or rain,…
The Mayoral Team – Flaherty’s promise sends the wrong message
East Boston voters hoping for a change at city hall will not be impressed by the promise made by mayoral candidate Michael Flaherty to primary loser Sam Yoon. Flaherty promised Yoon he could be the deputy mayor (a position which…
Kiwanian of the Year – Congratulations, Nick Moscaritolo
We want to congratulate Nicholas Moscaritolo, one of this neighborhood’s most respected and distinguished residents, on being honored by the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Moscaritolo is much more than the Kiwanian of the Year – an award which he received last…
It’s only the beginning – Capuano has time to catch Coakley
Our Congressman Mike Capuano is reaching for the stars as he attempts to gain the US Senate seat held by the late Edward Kennedy. In order to gain victory in such an attempt, Capuano must literally and figuratively come out…
On to November – Menino and Flaherty move on to general election
Mayor Thomas Menino will be facing Councillor Michael Flaherty in the Election Day final that is six weeks away. Despite a great deal of voter unrest, voter dissatisfaction with the economy and with government, Menino survived a strong challenge from…