Massachusetts voters know what it's like to get dumped. They fell in love with a handsome, rugged cool kid and accepted his class ring. Then, all of a sudden, he stopped returning their phone calls. Sometimes, he'd pass by in the hall and make small talk, but he was always making sure that others were watching, just so the observers knew he was "letting the voters down easy." But the news that he was moving...
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After the infamous tunnel collapse of this past July, one could argue that East Boston had it bad. Being an island, there is no feasible way for residents to get into the city without going through a tunnel or over a bridge, unless one considers a detour through Chelsea and Somerville "feasible". However, some comfort was taken in the fact that the Sumner and Callahan, built in 1961 and 1934, respectively, had existed for decades with minimal problems and were built in an era when people put value on things like "solid construction". Today marks an end to the panacea of false hope, as Governor Mitt Romney announced that both tunnels are in dire need of repair.
We're not quite sure how the day is going to end. We could see 100% voter turnout (not likely), a huge upset in the democratic gubernatorial race with a write in campaign for Dukakis (also unlikely), September 19, 2006 being declared Fox News Channel Day by both the City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts (boy, we thought this was impossible), people roaming the streets with speech peppered with Yarr and Matey (how is that not possible?). Whatever happens, the evening will likely involve waiting for the results of the primary election today while pondering the true meaning of the word booty in the modern lexicon.
Two days after the I-90 connector tragedy, answers are starting to surface. Unfortunately, none of them are what you’d want to hear. Given the history of mismanagement surrounding the Big Dig project, it should come as no surprise that problems were discovered as early as 1999, when at least five bolts in the connector failed routine testing.
Bostonist isn't quite sure what Texas Monthly can really do about this, but it sure makes Boston Magazine look bad. They could have at least changed the "POWER" to an eye-catching magenta or something.
Boston Red Sox have long supported the Jimmy Fund as their official charity. Today Mayor Menino brings another Jimmy to the Hub. Jimmy Fallon will be given a key to the city later today in a ceremony officiated by Menino and Governor Mitt Romney. After Fallon’s six year stint on Saturday Night Live and countless portrayals of characters hailing from the Bay State Jimmy Fallon will be given the honor he deserves. Recurring characters portrayed by Jimmy Fallon such as Pat Sullivan, Patrick Fitzwilliam, and Romney’s personal favorite of Jarret the Hamphire College best friend of Gobi (Horatio Sanz) are attributed as initiation rights for Fallon as an honorary Bostonian. Mayor Menino said in a written statement "Jimmy Fallon has done a lot to honor Boston's tradition of Irish heritage and fanatic following of the Red Sox." Fallon’s upcoming release of Fever Pitch in which he co-stars with Drew Barrymore has propelled Fallon into the Boston honorary citizen hall of fame. An impersonated Southie accent and honor given to the Boston Red Sox victory last fall made Menino and Romney feel compelled to honor Jimmy Fallon for his contribution in glorifying Boston. The ceremony is to be held this afternoon at Fenway Park where Jimmy will not only be presented with a key to the city but will also receive the winning ball from the final game of the World Series 2004.
Yesterday, the Boston Globe reported on UMass President Jack Wilson getting heated about the state Board of Higher Education, New England School of Law and Suffolk Law School. UMass has proposed merging UMass-Dartmouth and Southern New England School of Law, the state board plans to vote on March 31. Wilson is irritated because the board has distributed negative reports about the proposal seemingly in cahoots with NESL and Suffolk.
Though politics in our fair city are often quite divisive, what better way is there to get political enemies to the same table than the St. Paddy's day holiday? Every year, South Boston State Senator Jack Hart sponsors a brunch on the Sunday following the holiday, which rather than bringing true unity, often takes the tone of a Friar's Club Roast. Headlined by such political notables as the sitting Governor, Attorney General, and Boston...
As former Vermont Governor Howard Dean said “Not only are we going to New Hampshire, we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York…Yearrrah.” Words that marked the primary cycle of the 2004 election ring true for Governor Mitt Romney.
The Stem Cell debate has come to the Hub. As expected Senator Ted Kennedy is butting heads with Governor Mitt Romney. The Governor opposes the expanded use of embryonic stem cells in research for moral reasons. His claim that you must create life and then discard it, this, he claims, would put us closer to "barbarism." Kennedy is working at the federal level with a bill that would lift the ban on funding for the use of embryonic stem cells created after the August 2001 date. Federal funds are important to many researchers who fear that if they use stem cells in their research they may lose the federal funding supporting much of their operations. The debate has come home to the Hub; State Senate President Robert Travaglini has introduced a bill that will change the current state law to allow, explicitly, research using adult and embryonic stem cells. The debate continues tomorrow…
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