It’s amazing how many armchair experts there are who think they know better than the trained professionals who designed the response protocols used by the Massachusetts State Police and better than the trained, experienced troopers who correctly executed those protocols last week at Boston Logan airport.
Believe it or not, this is an MBTA bus stop (on the outbound side of Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, right before the BU Bridge): Note the clear informative signage (not!), the comfortable, shaded bus shelter (double not!) and the easy access to the bus from the sidewalk (as long as you don’t mind walking over… Read More »
Here are my endorsements for the upcoming Boston City Council elections in which I will be voting.
While engaged recently in a discussion with a parent at our children’s school whom I felt was being overly paranoid about sharing her home address with other parents, I googled her name, suspecting that I would be able to illustrate to her that the information she was trying to protect was already available on-line. I… Read More »
One of the candidates for the at-large seat in the upcoming Boston City Council election is Matthew Geary. Given that he’s a 22-year-old college student and an honest-to-goodness Socialist, it’s hard to take him seriously, and the odds of him winning the election are approaching zero. But he makes it even harder to take him… Read More »
The Boston Public Schools attendance policy states that absences due to religious holidays are excused. See page 14 of the 2007-2008 Guide to the Boston Public Schools. This is not surprising, since it would be blatantly and obviously unconstitutional for a public school to treat absences due to religious holidays as unexcused absences. Unfortunately, despite… Read More »
Just got this response to my response: Dear Mr. Kamens: I truly did not mean any disrespect to you or any other voters. Unfortunately, we have a very small staff and 5 elections between September 11 and November 6. We try to send out notices when they might have the most impact. However, I respect… Read More »
I previously asked why the ballot information for the upcoming Boston city elections hasn’t been posted, and why there are signs up for a September 11 election in Allson about which there’s no information on the Boston Election department’s Web site. I sent these questions to the Boston Elections department. Here is how they responded,… Read More »
I drove through Union Square in Allston tonight, and there were several signs up telling people to vote in elections on September 11. Say what?
The deadline for determining whose names would be on the ballot for the upcoming election in the City of Boston was months ago. Why hasn’t the Boston Elections Department published the ballot? Why hasn’t the City Council published lists of candidates for the open Council seats? How are responsible voters who actually try to learn… Read More »