Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Remind me again...Why was I excited about today's mayoral forum?

It was better than nothing, I guess. But unlike last month's forum at WGBH--which looks, to date, like the clear highlight of the 2005 mayoral race--this afternoon's event was utterly forgettable.

Who's to blame? That's an easy one: the Menino camp. Instead of merely insisting that there be no head-to-head interaction between the candidates, which is asnine enough, Boston's honorable mayor refused to even appear on stage at the same time as his opponent, at-large city councilor Maura Hennigan. As a result, we had half an hour of Hennigan followed by half an hour of Menino. In the WGBH debate, the audience watched two candidates trading responses to tough questions that came directly from knowlegable city residents. Today, though, neither Menino nor Hennigan was ever forced out of their comfort zone. Which, of course, is exactly what the incumbent wanted.

The student-centric focus of the forum, which was sponsored by Boston Intercollegiate Government, didn't help matters. The questions came from students at several local universities, and were filtered through the moderator, former governor Mike Dukakis, whose occasional jokes represented the afternoon's high points. The topics discussed weren't unimportant, exactly--later closing times for Boston bars came up, along with the city's new keg-tracking ordinance--but in general, they were hardly central to the city's well-being. The mayoral candidates should be talking about their vision for the Boston Public Schools, or how to contain the Manhattanization of Boston, or the recent uptick in violent crime, not offering platitutdes about how important students are to the city.

This Friday at 8 p.m., Hennigan and Menino have their last scheduled event together: they're slated to appear on Paul Sullivan's talk show on WBZ radio. (That's 1030 on your AM dial.) Please, Paul--do everything in your power to make the mayor talk with his opponent, or at least respond to her criticisms. This is getting old.

10/12/2005 7:55:00 PM by Adam | Comments [0] |  
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