Last week in an effort to help you become familiar with candidates in a special election, this column described Jay Livingstone, who is running for state representative in the Eighth Suffolk District, the position Marty Walz left vacant when she resigned in late January to take a job with Planned Parenthood. Josh Dawson, 30, is Read More…
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Downtown View: Election Fatigue
I’m provoked at Marty Walz. She used to be the state rep for the Eighth Suffolk District, which encompasses Back Bay and most of Beacon Hill as well as a slice of Cambridge. But she resigned to take a job as the head of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. She was a good state Read More…
Councilors Arroyo, Ross to Hold Hearing on Noisy Nighttime Trash Collection
Councilors Arroyo, Ross to Hold Hearing on Noisy Nighttime Trash Collection — Home Rule Petition Would Allow City to Regulate Commercial Trash Pick Up — On Monday, February 27, 2012, the Boston City Council Committee on Government Operations will hold a hearing on regulating commercial trash collection times. Currently, garbage trucks collecting trash in the Read More…