Bite Size News, October 30: The Blame Game Edition

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  • Boston votes on Tuesday. Today, the Boston Herald provides two potential campaign issues for voters. Michael Flaherty blames Mayor Thomas M. Menino for the lack of Verizon FiOS service in Boston while Menino blames Verizon. Flaherty blames Mayor Menino for a lack of available financing needed to complete work at the unfinished Filene’s site at Downtown Crossing.
  • As Paul M. Langone spoke to the media for the first time about his role in Tuesday's incident at Mass. General Hospital, the family of the assailant who died, Jay Carciero, has no explanation for what transpired. [WCVB]
  • Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to fix the state's $600 million budget deficit: cut jobs, save local aid. [MyFoxBoston.com]
  • The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is concerned that the precautionary stockpiling of Tamiflu by companies for otherwise healthy workers could compromise the distribution of the medicine to peopleat-risk for, or seriously ill from, H1N1 . [Boston Globe]
  • A BU graduate student developed a bacterial infection after recently conducting experiments with meningitis germs. Tests are being done to determine if the germs caused the infection. [Boston Globe]

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