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
Sorry Folks, I’ve been working at my job in Springfield like crazy. I’ve finally had a day off and given that I’m to spend New Year’s Eve with myself, I’ve the time to cap the year with The Year in Springfield. Two Thousand Six was
Rest in Peace, Mr. President.
I have been AWOL once again. I have been laboring away at my various “brick & mortar” jobs over the past week and a half. Luckily, nothing overly devastating in world or Springfield news has grabbed my attention. I would like to take this opportunity
Another one of the serials I hope to expand over time is the Boston beat. For those of you who do not know, I am a college student in Boston. I had always figured that being in Boston is great because I am able to
For the past few couple of weeks, I have been posting sparingly as I attended to my studies. However, I should after the next week have plenty of time for new postings and hope over the winter break get my biggest feat yet up on
Before I go on with today’s rant, I want to make something clear. I am not a vehement anti-tax person. Yes. Taxes are not low and fees went up over the past few years. Granted we did have a deficit to plug recently and for
This should not even be an issue. The Technical High School of Springfield, which has sat idle since before I was born has a real chance ton become something more than a rotting hulk. However, legislative infighting over what is a done deal in everything,
We have not even had the chance to try out the new Congress or State Legislature out for a spin and we are already talking about next year’s municipal election. Now, I admit, this is a consequence of having our elections the year after either