Manic Monday Markup 6/17/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Iran. Elections over the weekend gave victory to Hassan Rowhani, whom many viewed as a moderate. He secured the necessary 50% of the vote to escape a runoff and in contrast to 2009, [...]
Longmeadow Daze: Analysis, Something for Grant-ed…
Longmeadow Daze is an occasional series reporting on and analyzing Longmeadow government and politics. Hours after the winners were declared in Longmeadow’s annual town election, the old officials were deposed and their replacements sworn in. All but the Select Board [...]
Our One Hundredth: Debating Occidental Massachusetts…
SPRINGFIELD—It is a rare event in a Massachusetts Senate race between a largely liberal Democrat and a self-styled “New” Republican that Tea Party Kentucky Senator Rand Paul drew praise from both sides. However, that and a few other moments aside, [...]
Our One Hundredth: Springfield Debate 2013…
We will be live-tweeting tonight’s debate in Springfield for the Special Senate Election. Please follow us @wmasspi & for the most delightfully snarky comments, your best bet would be my personal twitter account @mszafranski413. We will have full report up [...]
Manic Monday Markup 6/10/13…
…And the World: We begin today in South Africa, where yet another hospitalization of former President Nelson Mandela has captured media attention again. The 95 year-old Nobel laureate has suffered from poor health and multiple hospitalizations for the past year. [...]
Take My Council, Please: City of Immigrants, County Repository?…
UPDATED 6/6/13 1:42 PM: For additional comments from DYS & the Atwater Park Civic Association. SPRINGFIELD—Once more the City Council faced another light agenda Monday as it made some final steps for ordinances affecting fees in the city and transferred [...]
Our One Hundredth: Beyond the Ghost of Martha’s Campaign…
As can be expected, the national media and to a far lesser extent the Massachusetts media, have made the special Senate election to replace John Kerry a horse race or even Martha II. Despite history and solid evidence that the [...]
Manic Monday Markup 6/3/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Turkey, where protests that started over an environmental issue have mushroomed into those questioning the rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The first deaths have also been reported. The protests have shone [...]
Take My Council Please: A League of Their Zone…
SPRINGFIELD—After years in the making, the City of Homes finally adopted a citywide revision of its four decade old zoning ordinance, which one activist described as so old it lacked the word “condo.” In stark contrast the tepid to frosty [...]
Tardy Tuesday Takedown, 5/28/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Syria, where both sides of the conflict appear to be getting reinforcements from abroad. The European Union has decided to not renew the arms embargo on the country, ostensibly to provide more support [...]
