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• August 12, 2009
  New In The Phoenix -- Flaherty vs. Yoon
  By David S. Bernstein

  In this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix -- in print tomorrow, online now -- I have a cover story about the September 22 preliminary election for Boston mayor. That prelim is, for all practical purposes, a primary between Michael Flaherty and Sam Yoon for the "not Menino" party nomination, and that's how I analyze it.

  

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• August 11, 2009
  Not Much To Say About These Things
  By David S. Bernstein

  --I'm not going to be able to add much to the testimonials about Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who passed away early this morning; others far more capable than I are doing the job very well.

  --A couple months back I dubbed Mass. Transportation Secretary James Aloisi "the Don Rickles of intergovernmental relations.

  

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• August 10, 2009
  To Jake Wark (And His Boss)
  By David S. Bernstein

  I rarely respond to criticisms made out in the blogosphere (or elsewhere) about me. And normally I wouldn't respond to the strange tirade I recently learned of in the comments at Universal Hub -- made about two weeks ago by Suffolk County DA press secretary Jake Wark, in which he insults, at remarkable length, my 2005 article "The Worst Homicide Squad In The Country.

  

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• August 07, 2009
  Quittin' Time For Mel Martinez
  By David S. Bernstein

  Mel Martinez couldn't even be bothered to offer a half-baked excuse -- he's just done being the US Senator from Florida. He had already announced that he wouldn't run for re-election in 2010, which when you think about it is a pretty remarkable thing for a first-term Senator from one of the country's most populous states to do.

  

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• August 06, 2009
  Detroit Wants Its Council Race To Be More Like Boston's?
  By David S. Bernstein

  Detroit has a 9-person city council, all elected at-large. There is a movement to turn 7 of those into district seats, similar to what Boston did a coupl'a decades back.

  Detroit just held its primary election Tuesday, to narrow the council field to 18. There are three openings, because two of the nine incumbents are not seeking re-election, and a third resigned after pleading guilty to bribery.

  

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• August 05, 2009
  At-Large Money Watch
  By David S. Bernstein

  Yes, it's that time again -- the July second-half numbers are in, and I must overanalyze them because that's just how I am. And aren't you grateful for that!

  I'll make some comments below, but first here's the data as I put it together, with apologies for any errors on my part. I'm listing them in order of total fundraising for the two-year cycle (which for most of them dates back only a few months, to when they launched their campaigns).

  

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• August 04, 2009
  MassVOTE Calls Menino's Bluff
  By David S. Bernstein

  Tom Menino blew off MassVOTE pretty good recently, by agreeing to exactly none of the three candidate forums the organization and its coalition partners were planning. Perhaps the mayor thought the partnering groups would slink away, making the forums seem insignificant, and his absence unnewsworthy.

  Not so fast. MassVOTE has announced that Univision and the Metro Newspaper are on board, along with some 50 community organizations -- many representing minority groups (see below for the full list).

  

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• August 04, 2009
  Drunken Political Young Professionals And Other Thoughts
  By David S. Bernstein

  Just a few quick notes and observations:

  --Boston's at-large council candidates aren't exactly burning up the Twitter wires. By my count (as of this morning) the 12 of them who have accounts have posted a total of 135 updates since July 1 -- and 56 of those are from Tito Jackson. Ayanna Pressley is a distant second with 17.

  

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• July 31, 2009
  McCrea #1!
  By David S. Bernstein

  Kevin McCrea has not been getting much love and attention lately in his mayoral quest (including from this scribe), so it's kind of nice to see him win a little somethin' -- top spot on the ballot.

  Today was the random drawing for the order names will appear on the Sept. 22 preliminary-election ballot. McCrae will appear first, followed by Yoon, Flaherty, and Menino.

  

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• July 31, 2009
  "Bright Line" For The BPD?
  By David S. Bernstein

  Dick Lehr has an eye-catching piece in today's Boston Globe, in which police commissioner Ed Davis claims to be on the verge of announcing a one-strike policy against lying. “If our own internal process determines that an officer has been untruthful, the punishment will be termination,’’ Davis is quoted.

  Before I continue, I want to make a quick plea for everyone to read Lehr's new book, "The Fence," about the Mike Cox affair.

  

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