Surprise, surprise. The Springfield Finance Control Board (FCB), will endure for another year. Much to this blogger’s relief, the municipal election will not be such that councilors engage in a footrace as to which FCB policy they will reverse first. Whether it is right or
Well that was fun, huh? All that mudslinging and legal wrangling over the trash fee only to result in…a trash fee? It would appear that the trash fee opponents got what they wanted as all reports say they’ve claimed victory. But what was really won?
Undoubtedly, anybody worldly enough to be reading this blog must have heard about the scare Boston experienced this week over the strange little lit signboards scattered across the area, advertising the Cartoon Network show Aquateen Hunger Force. This little ad campaign, known as guerrilla advertising
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,