The Allston/Brighton Tab reports Barrios is leaving the state senate to become president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation.
Jarrett Barrios
State Sen. Jarrett Barrios of Cambridge recently started the Barrios Blog. You know he's dead serious when you see his first post quotes Foucault, Whitman and Dewey (that would be the American philospher, not the former Sox outfielder).
Via Harry Mattison.
Political Intelligence has the scoop: Jarrett Barrios has thrown in the (incredibly sticky and gooey) towel and abandoned his anti-Fluff initiative.
Hub Politics has shipped a tub of Fluff to Jarrett Barrios (and posted a link to the UPS tracking page so you can see when he accepts delivery).
Just in time for the 2006 election, we've found the true third rail of Massachusetts politics: Marshmallow Fluff.
Local bloggers are rising up as one to defend the gooey, sugary goodness of Fluff - and especially Fluffernutters - even as they acknowledge that yes, indeed, the crap is bad for you, but they don't care: Back away from the Fluff, Mr. Barrios - and keep those hands where we can see 'em!
Eileen: Eat Fluff or Die!
So Jarrett Barrios will run for re-election instead of for Middlesex DA. Some calculation: Run against an actual prosecutor who has the endorsement (more or less) of the current DA or run against some guy who's suddenly facing possible drunk-driving charges? What does Mr. Galluccio say? Neither of the morning papers showed any indication of trying to talk to him.