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We’re pretty blue…
Posted on May 15, 2008 by David Harris
Filed Under Election 08 | 1 Comment
The Huffington Post has this cool map that shows where presidential campaign contributors actually live. It’s a neat gadget that had me playing around with it for a bit. Here’s how Cambridge shapes up. It’s pretty blue, but you’d be surprised at the little red blotches on the map.
The Reys wouldn’t be happy
Posted on May 15, 2008 by David Harris
Filed Under Election 08 | 1 Comment
A Georgia tavern owner is showcasing late Cambridge residents H.A. and Margret Rey’s “Curious George” character on T-shirts with “Obama in ‘08″ scrawled below. Sounds curiously like good old-fashioned racism to me.
UPDATE: Now the publisher of “Curious George” is pondering a lawsuit, the Herald reports.
The Boston publisher of the beloved children’s books featuring the cartoon monkey character said yesterday that it’s considering legal action against a Georgia tavern owner who’s selling T-shirts comparing Curious George to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Patrick has fun with Ping-Pong
Posted on May 13, 2008 by David Harris
Filed Under Biz, State politics | 1 Comment
I was over at Google’s new offices today and so was Gov. Deval Patrick, who played some Ping-Pong with a Google employee. “You’re very gentle. Is this the way you campaign too?” asked someone who was watching the game. “This is how I roll,” said Patrick.
Sam Power is engaged!
Posted on May 9, 2008 by David Harris
Filed Under Election 08, Higher ed | Leave a Comment
The Harvard professor who made headlines by telling a Scottish newspaper Hillary Clinton is “a monster” is engaged. [Via Boston Daily]
Lobby day
Posted on May 6, 2008 by David Harris
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This from Sen. Galluccio’s office: Senator Anthony D. Galluccio (D-Cambridge) addresses the Massachusetts Association of School Committees during its annual lobby day at the State House.
Why is the City Manager in court?
Posted on May 6, 2008 by Erin Smith
Filed Under City politics, Huh? | 4 Comments
We got word yesterday that City Manager Bob Healy wouldn’t be at City Hall for the next few days because he would be tied up in court.
Curious whether he was testifying in a city-related case, we called and left messages for Don Drisdell, the city’s top lawyer. After three messages yesterday and one message today, Mr. Drisdell has yet to return our calls.
Anyone know what’s going on? Or why Mr. Drisdell won’t return calls from the Chronicle about the case?
105 Days
Posted on May 5, 2008 by Erin Smith
Filed Under City politics | 2 Comments
That’s how long it took for Mayor Denise Simmons to update her Web site. If you remember, the page previous had this message for a while now.
And here’s the promising news advertised on her city page: Simmons is making herself available for drop-in office hours.
What if Cambridge was its own country?
Posted on May 5, 2008 by David Harris
Filed Under City politics, People's Republic | 1 Comment
Marjorie Decker’s column on the Colombian free trade agreement is here.
Pol: Telephone wire tax would bring in >$2M for Cambridge
Posted on May 5, 2008 by David Harris
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According to state Rep. Carl Sciortino, Cambridge would receive $2,358,344 in revenue if the House had passed an amendment (instead of a study).
Quote of the week
Posted on May 5, 2008 by David Harris
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Goes to state Rep. Angelo Scaccia about the proposed endowment tax:
keep looking »“Mr. Speaker, we have a chance to tax the well-endowed.”
Rep. Angelo Scaccia (D-Boston) debating a proposal to impose a new excise tax on private universities that have an endowment fund in excess of $1 billion. Current law exempts these universities from paying property taxes to their local communities.
