Today’s Globe featured an editorial expressing support for some mild pension reform. After William Bulger, the brother of FBI-wanted James “Whitey” Bulger, successfully got his pension boosted due to some add-ons, there has been something of a cry for change in how the state calculates
John Kerry will never be President of the United States. While he did come out of the election of 2004 in a condition that did not preclude another run, as 2008 was largely seen as Hillary’s year, gaining the nomination became much more difficult. His
Tonight, the President of the United States gives his first State of the Union to a Democratic Majority Congress. While I could easily rip apart what will likely be a sad attempt for the president to appear by bipartisan, I decided instead to comment on
Well, it is official. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady and Junior Senator from New York is starting up a Presidential Exploratory Committee for 2008. Translation: She’s running. While such a move by Barack Obama is a little more ambiguous given his intention to make
This is what I keep telling my grandmother and, increasingly, my mother as well. However, nobody needs to tell that to Charles Ryan, who ironically was a neighbor of my grandmother’s when he was mayor. While, I have never been a big political supporter of
As most I am sure do not know, Springfield and the World has been this blogs unofficial slogan since signing on. Since I have yet to get access to a powerful editor like Adobe Photoshop, I’ve yet to make the logo to go along w/
At this week’s Model Congress, hosted by AIC, Lt. Governor Tim Murphy told reporters that Gov. Deval Patrick has no intention of keeping the Springfield Finance Control Board around past its expiration date this June. Indeed, it appears, as City Council President Kateri Walsh predicted,
Today at 10:08 exactly, the city of Springfield swore in a new member of the city council. James “Jimmy” J. Ferrera III became the body’s newest member at a modest ceremony at City Hall. Ferrera ascended to the seat following Angelo Puppolo’s resignation to take
As the city awaits word from Governor Deval Patrick about the future of the Control Board, questions about the city’s future persist. Despite almost balancing the budget, (which would be balanced were it not for the legal black hole of the trash fee) Phil Puccia
I’m going to try to keep this short. However, while today is about new beginnings with the swearing in of the new DEMOCRATIC Congress in Washington and Deval Patrick in Boston, I am on a kind of past binge this week. I was never a