March 28, 2008 Dear Senator Nelson, I have just finished reading a March 27 article on cnn.com which discusses your proposal to overhaul the primary system, as well as to abolish the electoral college. I think you are right that the primary system needs to be reformed, and I have some ideas about how to… Read More »
On the topic of mandatory periodic retesting of senior citizens when they renew their driver’s licenses, my wife recently had this letter printed in the Boston Herald (under the completely nonsensical headline “Rights watered down”, thus proving yet again that the Herald really needs to hire some better headline writers): Over a decade ago, it… Read More »
I sent this letter to the editor to the Boston Herald three days ago:
I’m sitting in a meeting right now discussing Green Card labor certification, which is the first step in the process to get one of the people who works for me his Green Card. I am having the same reaction today that I had the last time I want through this… The Green Card process seems… Read More »
In response to my complaint to the US Postal Service about delayed mail and their handling of it, I have received two letters. I also received a couple of phone calls, during which I informed the callers that I had no time to discuss my complaints with them on the phone, so if they had… Read More »
The Boston Herald has not bothered to publish the results of yesterday’s preliminary election. The Boston Globe published a news brief about one of the races (the Allston-Brighton City Council seat) but didn’t mention any of the others. UPDATE: The Herald published the results of the Allston-Brighton preliminary election on Thursday, two days after the… Read More »
I went to vote this morning in the preliminary election for the Allston-Brighton City Council seat that’s being vacated by Jimmy McDermott. The purpose of this election is to narrow the field from six candidates to two before the final election in November (a colossal waste of money which would not be necessary if we… Read More »
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 »