Surveying the Post-Election Storm in Springfield
In a election season where the region’s wide-ranging power outages made far more headlines than anything the candidates themselves could have mustered, we watched nearly every incumbent in the region stroll back into office (with one notable exception in Holyoke) and approximately 70-plus percent of the voting population find something better to do than visit [...]
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Springfield Elections: Rigging the Game
Election season shenanigans are nothing new in Springfield, where the Establishment Elite have traditionally maneuvered to keep their names in the spotlight while minimizing the visibility of their lowly challengers. Print PDF
Springfield Elections: A Tale of Two Candidates
Well, with a little over a week to go before Springfield voters go to the polls to choose their next mayor and city councilors, I think we can all agree we’re probably not in for very many surprises. Print PDF
Beacon Hill Bucks
Writing at www.Bostonmagazine.com, Steve Poftak asks: Whose Money Talks in Massachusetts Politics? His apparent purpose was to suggest that the folks of “Occupy Boston” might want to be careful of what they wish for on the theory that their complaints about the undue influence of big money on Beacon Hill would unintentionally hurt their own [...]
Springfield Election 2011: To the Victors Go the Spoils
With the 2011 municipal election a mere three weeks away, it’s time now to look at who I think will come out on top on Election Day and who I think will be sitting slumped in their chairs, frowning at the television by about 9:00pm that evening. Print PDF
2011 Post-Primary in Springfield
With the 2011 preliminary election in Springfield now history, we can clear away the smoke to see who’s left standing for the November 8 general election. Print PDF
Will Springfield Rise to the Occasion?
As Tuesday’s preliminary election date draws near, it should be clear to everyone in the once-proud city of Springfield that the choices they make on September 20th will have tremendous ramifications for possibly the next four years – and then some. Print PDF
Pepe Calls on State Auditor to Investigate Ingram-Lisauskas Agreement
Springfield School Committee member and mayoral candidate Antonette Pepe is calling on Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump to look into the Lisauskas-Ingram side letter agreement that granted Ingram tens of thousands of dollars in goodies and benefits – all without the knowledge of the School Committee. Print PDF
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