From Left, Kevin Kennedy, Mayor Sarno, Cong. Neal(WMassP&I) Today was a busy day for Springfield political news. The Springfield City Council held its last meeting of 2011 and with that the last meeting of the 2010-2011 council. However in the morning Mayor Domenic Sarno and
**UPDATED** The following post has been updated with new pictures and additional reporting. (WMassP&I) Controversy and passionate, if not always stimulating debate are not foreign to the Springfield City Council. However, there are certain topics that simply do not make their way into the austere
…And the World: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel succeeded at their summit last week to form a firmer fiscal union among the member states of the European Union. Markets, petulant creature that they are, rebelled once again against the latest measures
**UPDATED** The following post has been updated and edited for clarity and grammar. US Capitol (Wikipedia) For the political cynic, that members of Congress may be enriching themselves as a result of their position in Congress is nothing new. When CBS’s 60 Minutes aired a
Last week biomass opponents were despondent. Kateri Walsh resorted to parliamentary procedure where the power of persuasion has failed–miserably–and delayed a vote to appeal the building commissioner’s decision to issue permits. Meanwhile, the hearing officer for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection had ruled that
(WMassP&I) The gang at 36 Court Street got together once again, but for the most part without the trademark mischief. The Springfield City Council met again for only the first of two times this week to consider a roster of formal acceptances of grants, approve
…And the World: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas announced that they had agreed to a long-term framework to contain future sovereign debt meltdowns and clear the way for greater action by the European Central Bank in an effort to stop a meltdown
Mayor-elect Morse (© RD Photography 2011) HOLYOKE–One year ago, Alex Morse was preparing for the penultimate finals of his college career. Like many seniors, he was already looking past that last pesky semester to a career and post-college life. Like many of those students he
**UPDATED 12/3/11** Following a report by Maureen Turner posted to her Valley Advocate blog “On Springfield” on biomass & campaign contributions, the Republican today singled out Kateri Walsh’s hundreds in campaign contributions from the Callahan family and their lawyer Frank Fitzgerald. The same report notes
…And the World: The Arab League, once a den of autocrats and despots has taken its first significant action against one of its own following this year’s Arab Spring. The League has placed sanctions on Syria for its brutal crackdown on its own civilians in