Tag Archives: Ray Flynn

Dead Blogging ‘The Menino Legacy’ At Ford Hall Forum

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk: This was actually written three days ago, but we misplaced it. Well the hardworking staff trundled down to the Ford Hall Forum last [Thursday] for The Menino Legacy: Down to the Wire and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ayanna Pressley, Charlotte Golar Richie, David Finnegan, Dennis Kearney, Eugene Rivers, Ford Hall Forum, Gangnam-style, Joan Vennochi, John Connolly, John Nucci, Kevin White, Larry DiCara, Linda Dorcena Forry, Marty Walsh, Mary Anne Marsh, Mel King, Michele Wu, Ray Flynn, The Menino Legacy, Tito Jackson, Tom Menino | 4 Comments

Twenty Years After: The 1993 Boston Mayoral Ads

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Several weeks ago the hardtalking staff did a segment on WBUR’s Radio Boston about the TV spots in the 1993 Boston mayoral race. That segment came about because we’ve still got a dozen VHS tapes of the ’93 ads, having … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1993 Boston mayoral ads, Bill Carrick, Bob Rufo, Bruce Bolling, Chris Lydon, Dan Payne, Diane Moriarty, Francis "Mickey" Roache, Jim Brett, Ken Swope, Mayberry USA, Mike Shea, Radio Boston, Ray Flynn, Rosaria Salerno, Tom Menino, WBUR | 8 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Globe Remembers Legendary Herald Reporter Joe Heaney)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Globe, which the hardreading staff has noted for its record of slowbituaries, checks in early with this obit (boink! sorry, paywall) of Boston Herald reporter Joe Heaney: Joe Heaney, 82; longtime Boston Herald reporter During his career as a reporter for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Joe Heaney, Ray Flynn, Slowbituaries | Leave a comment

Memo To Boston Globe: You Missed One Of Scott Brown’s Cross-Yessers

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Sunday Globe Political Intelligencer column noted that all those Democrats endorsing Scott Brown in descending-order-of-impressiveness TV spots are, well, Hemocrats. Brown ads show Democrats in name only, critics charge Senator Scott Brown’s latest round of TV ads, featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, cross-yessers, cross-yessing endorsers, Democrats in Name Only, DINO, Hemocrats, Konnie Lukes, Paul Cellucci, Paul Walsh, Political Intelligencer, Ray Flynn, Scott Brown, Scott Harshbarger, Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican, William Weld | 2 Comments

Scott Brown Notches Another Democratic Mayor

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-How You Like Me Now?) has added to his ex-mayoral stable of crossover supporters (Ray Flynn defection here) with this new TV spot featuring former Worcester mayor Konnie Lukes (D-Fold My Laundry, Scott). Brown was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Elizabeth Warren, Konnie Lukes, Ray Flynn, Scott Brown, Tom Menino, Worcester | 7 Comments

Scott Brown: In Like Flynn

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Former Boston mayor/Vatican ambassador Ray Flynn has cut a TV spot supporting Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Hey, I’m Ecumenical!). Via Politico’s Morning Score: Ray Flynn, the former Democratic mayor of Boston, explains why he is breaking from his party to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston mayor, Politico Morning Score, Ray Flynn, Scott Brown, Vatican ambassador | 6 Comments

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Big Dig/Ray Flynn Twofer Edition)

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

On Saturday, the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe both reported that the dangers of corroded light casings in Big Dig tunnels had been withheld from the public for weeks. Globe version: Expert warned lights a danger Sounded alert 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Dig, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, corroded light casings, home burglarized, Ray Flynn | Leave a comment