Saturday, May 12, 2012
Indian claim stirs outrage among some Patch readers against US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren.
The controversy over US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's claim to be part Native American is not going over well with Patch readers in the Greater Boston area, according to an unscientific Patch poll. As of Thursday morning 52 percent of the 304 Patch readers who took our unscientific poll said they believe US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is more of a hypocrite than incumbent Republican US Senator Scott Brown. Meanwhile some 19 percent who took the poll said they believe Brown is more of a hypocrite for voting against President Barack Obama's health care law while taking advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. 30 Comments Left on May 3 …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
It’s been an interesting week in the U.S. Senate Race between Democrat Elizabeth Warren and incumbent Republican Scott Brown.
First it was revealed that Harvard University once touted Warren’s marginal Native American heritage as proof of their faculty’s diversity. That story was followed up with another revealing one that Warren had listed herself as a minority professor between 1986 and 1995 in the Association of American Law Schools desk book, a major reference for legal professors. On Tuesday it was revealed that Brown, who ran for office vowing to kill President Obama’s health care law (and who has since voted three times to repeal it) took advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. Meanwhile, both candidates downplayed their wealth this week as they revealed their …
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Efficiencies in choosing which precincts would get Chinese and Vietnamese ballots, plus shifting costs to the state for state ballots, would create the city's savings.
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Thursday, March 15
A new plan to more efficiently choose which Boston precincts get Chinese and Vietnamese ballots — and shift costs of some ballots to the Commonwealth — could save Boston $300,000 a year. City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution on the matter, after study by the Committee on Government Operations, chaired by District 6 City Councilor Matt O'Malley. A 2010 state law requires that Chinese or Vietnamese ballots be used in certain precincts. City councilors are seeking to amend that law to make the state shoulder the financial burden of creating bilingual ballots for state elections. "This bill will allow the city to save hundreds of thousands of dollars while providing more bilingual Chinese and Vietnamese ballots to people who need them…
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Capobianco, LoConte, Marston and Murphy win top committee spots.
CLARIFICATION: Although Winthrop C. Roosevelt won the most votes on Beacon Hill for Democratic State Committee Man, Valentino Capobianco won the overall election. We crunched the numbers for Beacon Hill (Ward 5, Precincts 3,4,5 and 11; and Ward 3, Precinct 6) and here's how you voted yesterday: Presidential preference WINNER: Mitt Romney, 409 votes, 76.12 percent Ron Paul, 66 votes, 12.36 percent Rick Santorum, 31 votes, 5.27 percent John Huntsman, 10 votes, 2.32 percent Newt Gingrich, 11 votes, 3.1 percent State Committee Man WINNER: Brad Marston, 319 votes, 82.85 percent Paul J. Ronukaitus, 68 votes, 16.59 percent State Committee Woman WINNER: Eva Burbank Murphy, 194 votes, 55.41 percent Joyce M. Kelly, 65 votes, 17.82 percent Caroline …
John Keith may or may not have been at the "Romney for President" event last night at Boston's Westin Copley Place hotel. The following conversation may or may not have taken place.
Last evening, high on a lethal mix of cold medicine, Zolpidem, and Yuengling beer, I headed to the Barnes & Noble in Back Bay to pick up a copy of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72”. On the way back home thought I'd stop by presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Super Tuesday celebration at the Westin Copley Place. If I couldn't crash it, I hoped I'd get a good story out of it. But, before I could reach the party, I was overcome with nausea, so I beelined it to the closest men's room. After several dry heaves in the only open stall available, I heard the sobbing of what I assumed to be a man from the stall beside me. Knocking on the door, I was stunned and shocked when the candidate himself, Mitt Romney, …
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney finished Super Tuesday strong, winning four states and leading in two more at by 12 a.m. Wednesday.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished Super Tuesday strong, winning four states, and leading in two more, including a neck-and-neck race with contender Rick Santorum in Ohio, where a recount seemed possible. Speaking to a crowd of roughly 400 at the Westin Copley Place Tuesday evening, Romney congratulated his rivals Santorum and Newt Gingrich for their victories in the rest of the nation. He thanked Ron Paul for his “…steadfast commitment to our Constitution.” Romney continued with comments on the economy, taking quick focus on President Barack Obama. “To the millions of Americans who look around and can only see jobs they can’t get and bills they can’t pay, I have a message: You have not failed.” He said to cheers. “This …
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Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's Republican primary, according to the CNN, NBC and the Associated Press.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's GOP presidential primary, according to several media outlets. In Boston he blew away his competition, taking 69 percent of Republican votes. CNN, NBC and the Associated Press all called Romney the winner statewide shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. His prize: The highest share of the state's 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Massachusetts will allocate delegates on a proportional basis, according to Huffington Post. Candidates with at least 15 percent of the vote get a share of the delegates that roughly matches his percentage of the vote. Romney voted in Belmont earlier today, where he and his wife Ann are longtime residents. Our sister Patch in Belmont…
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
'Super Tuesday' races fail to bring out many voters.
Although the primary elections are today, you'd be hard-pressed to see any signs of an election on Beacon Hill other than the "Vote Here" posters outside of polling stations. Around noontime today, there was nobody campaigning or holding political signs outside any of the three polling locations on the Hill – the Hill House, the State House and the West End Library. And as of 11:30 a.m. to noon, turnout was remarkably low. The Hill House had seen 83 voters, the library had 52 and the State House had 70. Inside each station, poll workers sat quietly, waiting for voters to come in. One poll worker, who did not wish to be named, said that turnout has been "very low" compared with previous elections and that some people have told her they didn…
The former Massachusetts governor is back in the Bay State for Super Tuesday.
After what he hopes is a Super Tuesday that will solidify his front-runner status in the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney will address his local supporters at about 9:30 p.m. tonight at the Westin Copley Place hotel in Boston. Prior to the rally, the former Massachusetts governor is scheduled to vote at about 5:15 p.m. in Belmont, at the Beech Street Senior Center. Romney and his wife, Ann, still own a condominium in the town they used to call home. However, they sold their house there in 2009. Ten states and 437 delegates are up for grabs today in the Republican primary – Alaska (27 delegates), Georgia (76), Idaho (32), Massachusetts (41), North Dakota (28), Ohio (66), Oklahoma (43), Tennessee (58), Vermont (17) and Virginia (…
Monday, March 5, 2012
The complete ballots for Beacon Hill precincts.
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3:27 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Right. And Scott Brown, a shill for the nutcase Republicans, will do what for Native Americans? Give me a break. Warren has campaigned tirelessly for regular folks rights, which is why she's been so targeted for manufactured issues (aka smears) like this. Richie, you're either a troll or what the Repiblicans love: a victim who can easily be convinced to attack anyone who would help him. Either … more ›