- Governor Deval Patrick says his plan to replace cops with civilian flaggers on major work sites would save Masachusetts $7.2 million per year. The city of Boston disagrees, and the City Council yesterday voted 12-1 to prove it. [Boston Herald]
- Several off-duty police officers protested the presence of a civilian flagger in a road crew on Route 6A in West Barnstable. [Cape Cod Times]
- The City Council will consider banning texting while driving on Wednesday at the behest of Councilor John Tobin of West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. [UniversalHub]
- In order to win a historic fifth four-year term as mayor of Boston, Tom Menino
is spending like a drunken sailorhas already spent $1.7 million on his campaign. [Boston Globe]
- Alex Beam has accepted Google as his personal Internet/journalistic/communication/scheduling savior. [Boston Globe]
- NPR's weekly news quiz show “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!” is doing a live show in Boston on Thursday with Ashley Judd, currently a grad student at Harvard. [Boston Herald]
Contact the author of this article or email tips@bostonist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
add to digg
add to stumble upon
add to reddit