Tag Archives: BRA

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Town Daily (NY/Boston Outgoing Mayor Edition)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

A tale of two cities with longtime mayors on the exit ramp. Thursday’s Boston Herald Page One: The inside story on 20-year mayor Tom Menino heading for the door. Down the road in the Big Town, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, BRA, Marty Walsh, Michael Bloomberg, New York Times, Tom Menino | 2 Comments

Boston Herald’s BRAmpage, Part Three

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The feisty local tabloid’s real-estate crusade continues today, with two full pages dedicated to ripping the lid off Mayor Tom Menino and his Boston Redevelopment Authority marionettes. Of special note is this whack at one BRA member in particular (if you guessed that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, BRAmpage, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, JohnHenryGlobeWatch, Michael Monahan, Peter Meade, Tom Menino, Yawkey Way sweetheart deal | Leave a comment

Hark! The Herald! (Miss Da Mayah Edition)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Walt Whitman desk What will the Boston Herald do when Tom Menino vacates the corner office at City Hall? Probably a lot more of this: Inside, Menino sort of answers the question . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agganis Arena, Boston University, BRA, BU Medical School, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Kevin White, Michele Consalvo, Moakley Cancer Center, Robert 'Skinner' Donahue, Robert Brown, Tom Menino, Urban (Studies) Mechanic, Walt Whitman | Leave a comment

Boston Herald Whacks Boston Fixtures

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Hard on the heels of Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi’s undressing of local macher and new BRA chief Peter Meade comes Boston Herald columnist Christine McConville’s dismantling of Michael Widmer (Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation) and Paul Grogan (Boston Foundation): Crusaders mum … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boston Foundation, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, BRA, Christine McConville, Joan Vennochi, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Michael Widmer, Paul Grogan, Peter Meade | Leave a comment

Joan Vennochi Required Reading Link (pat. pending)

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Globe op-ed columnist Joan Vennochi is always a good read. But often she’s a required read. As in her Thursday column on the wired-like-Con-Ed Peter Meade, who was just appointed head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, a municipal agency … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, BRA, Joan Vennochi, Mayor Me(nino), Peter Meade, Tom Menino, wired like Con Ed | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Live In A Three-Daily Town (BRA Edition)

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Real estate development in Boston is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get . . . approved. (Although Boston Mayor-for-Life Tom Menino does. Just ask Don Chiafaro.) Regardless, there is some real estate activity underway … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Rejects Advances, BRA, Don Chiafaro, Hayward Place, Millennium Partners, New York Times, Square Feet, Tom Menino | 2 Comments