Craig is compiling a series of true facts, such as:
... Tom Menino toured with Depeche Mode for a brief period in the late 1980's.
Maura Hennigan once killed a man with her bare hands over a parking spot at Home Depot. ...
Sam Yoon has declared this the weekend of Dorchester and will be trying to convince people there to vote for him because he's from Dorchester. I thought at-large candidates represent the whole city. Hmm, I have one vote left; I think I'll vote for Matt O'Malley because, like me, he's from Roslindale. Sorry, Sam.
Tom Menino says he didn't show up at a Southie meeting last week out of respect for Jean Lampron, the woman who died of a heart attack while being mugged. But the Unchosen One says the meeting wasn't a memorial service, it was a meeting for residents to discuss crime in the neighborhood:
Hennigan, Flynn (Ray, that is) hit Menino for not attending a South Boston meeting on crime after that poor woman's death.
Menino stands on his record; Hennigan takes aim at his flaws.
At-large candidates debated in West Roxbury.
Tom Menino, who once said he would serve only two terms, might be looking toward 2009. At least, he hasn't ruled it out, not even after seeing those ambivalent poll numbers.
The Weekly Dig can't think of anything particularly insightful or new to ask at-large city council questions, so after lobbing some predictable questions, asks the eight candidates if they are Communists and who the ugliest candidates are.
The Herald reports that election-law guy with the legal problems has quit. You can also read the Globe's catch-up piece.
No fluffy Globe pieces today on at-large candidates' preferred finger foods.
Chasing the Herald, the Globe reports today that the mayor is reducing the use of unmarked cars by city officials. Carpundit says the issue won't help the challenger in this year's mayoral race:
Catching up on the news (was down in Connecticut yesterday; it happens):
For the second day in a row, Brian McGrory actually gets off his tuchus and does some real reporting, this time to check out Maura Hennigan's assertion that the path around Jamaica Pond is a rubble-strewn minefield. McGrory discovers it's not.
Who knew former City Councilor Tom Keane has a promising future in stand-up?
South Korean scientists announced today that they have succeeded in cloning 11 human beings, all of whom spent the last year as candidates for the Boston city council. ...
Thanks to Jay for the link to Keane's revamped Web site, now cast as a blog.
So the Boston PD suddenly won't release crime statistics and won't let people see precinct police logs (which are public records)? Call Jay a cynic, but:
... I have little doubt if the numbers had pointed in another direction, we would have learned about them a long time ago via megaphones loudly blaring the news from campaign trucks. ...
Which is worse? That somebody tried to kill the city-council president last night or that somebody took a potshot at his SUV just for the hell of it?
The Unchosen One: This was probably not an assassination attempt, but doesn't that make it scarier?
The Globe gets the eight at-large city council candidates to discuss a complete mish-mash of issues: Bringing a library to Chinatown, ending discrimination against Haitian nurse assistants in nursing homes, expanding job opportunities for Vietnamese, developing strong black leadership, helping undocumented aliens get driver's licenses and access to college and keeping all Cape Verdean children out of special-ed classes.
If you missed the WBZ "debate," you can download it in pieces.
Mass Marrier scored the debate high on the Irritate-o-Meter, like listening to Maura Chihuahua yapping at Tom Droopy Dawg. Ultimately, Hennigan lost by coming across as a desperate pol willing to play loose with the facts and unable to come up with a coherent program for change:
... She certainly seems to lack the debating ability and knowledge to prove Tom incompetent. Was she really the best competition available? ...
Neither rain nor, um, more rain, will stay Menino campaign workers from standing in Cleary Square with campaign signs today.
Bruce blames Tom Menino for the death of Jean Lampron, because Menino supports limits on gun ownership and Bruce somehow knows that Lampron would been packing if not for Menino.
The Parkway Transcript gets mayoral, at-large council and District 6 (Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury) council candidates to talk about crime.
You can see the at-large candidates in action on Wednesday, Oct. 19 in a debate at UMass-Boston that starts at 7 p.m. Details.
Dorchester Reporter: Considerable calculations trail council hopefuls into final month.
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... Tom Menino toured with Depeche Mode for a brief period in the late 1980's.