A Few Short Local Notes

Published Mar 11 2009, 07:45 AM by David S. Bernstein

--In the context of running one of the largest parts of the city government, not to mention a key component of first-response capabilities, "loosey-goosey" strikes me as perhaps somewhat inadequate.

--Tufts snags the governor for its ante in the annual Commencement Speaker Wars. Too bad MIT got there first.

--Memo to Jim Spencer: when your guy is running on transparency in government, do not refer to FOIA requests as "irritating."

--It appears that Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske will be Obama's drug czar. Three years ago, he was my #2 recommendation for Boston to hire as police commissioner. Oddly, Mayor Tom did not take my sage advice in that article.

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Anonymous said:

The Herald reporters have got their heads up the... well, somewhere else.

Those are *not* FOIA requests, which are requests made of federal government agencies and departments; instead, they are Massachusetts Public Records Law requests, which are made of state and municipal governments and their employees. Any reporter worth their salt knows the difference.

March 11, 2009 4:08 PM

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