The Boston City Council dove into the 2024 Olympics pool last week when it hosted the first hearing of the body’s special new committee on the Games …
COUNCILOR JACKSON HOLDS COURT IN THE MIDDLE OF MASS AVE DURING #BOSTON4FERGUSON PROTEST
Image by Chris Faraone More than a few elected officials showed at the community meeting held last night at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury. From longtime State Rep. Byron Rushing, to Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley, to Mayor Marty Walsh and Governor-elect Charlie Baker, well over a dozen pols observed or participated in a […]
#BOSTON4FERGUSON DISPATCH AND ANALYSIS: THE BIGGEST HUB PROTEST IN YEARS COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED AT A BETTER TIME
Images by Chris Faraone Last night reminded me of an Ethan Hawke film called The Purge, in which for one night every year Americans are allowed to commit homicide. Extreme, sure, and there’s obviously no need for murder. Nevertheless, the movie has a point in that we stand to be far more functional as […]
‘DOLLAR’ BILL LINEHAN AND THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DEFEND $25K PAY RAISE PROPOSAL
It’s not surprising that some harder-working members who may actually deserve a raise stood up against one, or at least avoided embarrassing themselves.
