Tag Archives: Ray Flynn

Dead Blogging ‘The Menino Legacy’ At Ford Hall Forum

Posted on September 27, 2013 by

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 →

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Twenty Years After: The 1993 Boston Mayoral Ads

Posted on September 4, 2013 by

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 →

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

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

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 →

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

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

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 →

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Scott Brown Notches Another Democratic Mayor

Posted on August 4, 2012 by

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 →

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Scott Brown: In Like Flynn

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

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 →

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

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

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 →

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