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Archive for the 'boston politics' category
Around 9:20 PM, election results flashed on TV said 11% of all Boston precincts had reported results.
Too close to call: Challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz 51%, incumbent State Rep Dianne Wilkerson 49%.
Around 9:51 PM, the official city of Boston’s website said 67% of all Boston precincts had reported results.
Too close to call: Challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz 51.22%, incumbent [...]
09/16/08 |
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Effectively killing the project, Boston mayor Thomas M Menino has voiced his opposition to a developer’s plans to build a 24-story, 800 bed “private dorm” on land near the Huntington Ave branch of the YMCA.
According to Banker & Tradesman:
“It’s not a viable project anymore,” Menino told Banker & Tradesman Tuesday. “I still don’t know who [...]
09/16/08 |
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A couple months ago, Boston city councilors unanimously approved a new regulation that limited to four the number of students allowed to rent any apartment in Boston. (So, even if an apartment has five, six, or twelve bedrooms, only four students can live there.)
The new law was met with joy from neighbors who no [...]
09/01/08 |
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Thomas M Menino, has done a lot to help the lower- and middle-class in the city during the 15 years he has been mayor (and the four months he was “acting” mayor).
His staff does him no favors, then, when they say things that are blatantly untrue; or, at the very least, misleading.
From yesterday’s Boston Globe:
The [...]
08/23/08 |
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A column written by me appears in this week’s South End News.
Defeated Columbus Center is an orphan with a thousand fathers
John Keith
South End News
An opportunity to stitch back together a deep tear in the urban fabric was lost with the failed Columbus Center project, the proposed $800 million, mixed-use complex to be built on decks [...]
08/14/08 |
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I noticed an expired listing in MLSPIN today, #70742963.
It is a five-bedroom condo on Park Drive, conveniently located near Emmanuel, Simmons, Wheelock, Northeastern, BU, MassArt, SMFA, Mass College of Pharmacy, and Wentworth, among others. It was listed at $585,000.
Not that it matters.
With five bedrooms, it’s too large for a group of students to rent.
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08/10/08 |
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