Tag Archives: Tom Menino

When Journalists Rent Out Their B(u)ylines . . .

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

. . . nothing good can come of it. There’s a growing trend among journalists of co-authoring books with subjects they probably would be better off covering. Exhibit Umpteen, from Sunday’s New York Times. Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a senior correspondent and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlantic Monthly, C-Span, Dan Shaughnessy, For Love of Country, Howard Schultz, Jack Beatty, Mayor for a New America, Patty Hearst Syndrome, Q&A, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Starbucks, Terry Francona, Tom Menino, Too Big to Bail, Washington Post | 6 Comments

Star(chitect) Power in Future Boston, DC Landmarks

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This has been a good week for starchitects Renzo Piano and Frank Gehry, both of whom were resurrected in seemingly moribund development projects. Start with Piano, who designed the ill-fated Tommy’s Tower in 2007, the 1,000-foot-high skyscraper mayor Tom Menino wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Five-Star Folly, Andrew Ferguson, Buz Eisenberg, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Frank Gehry, Gehry's Folly, MIT, Renzo Piano, Stata Center, Steve Belkin, The Weekly Standard, Tom Menino, Tommy's Tower, Winthrop Square | 2 Comments

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

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

Dead Blogging The Boston Mayoral Debates

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

That’s right – debates with an s. Monday night there were two Boston mayoral shindigs: The Create the Vote forum at the Paramount Theater, and the NECN/Boston Herald/Suffolk throwdown at the (almost) next-door Modern Theatre. The hardsitting staff endured almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arts mayor of Boston, Bill Walczak, Boston Herald, Charles Clemons, Charles Yancey, Charlotte Golar Richie, Create the Vote, Dan Conley., David James Wyatt, Felix Arroyo, John Barros, John Connolly, Marty Walsh, Mass Creative, Mike Ross, Modern Theatre, NECN, Paramount Theater, Rob Consalvo, Suffolk University, Tom Menino | 2 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

How Tom Menino Became Champion Of Boston Teen Summer Jobs

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung filed a piece on Friday that sang the praises of Boston Mayor Tom Menino as Mr. Summer Jobs. Nut graf: Most major American cities abandoned their summer jobs programs after the federal funds that fueled … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1993, action mayah, Boston Globe, New York Times, Shirley Leung, summer jobs, Tom Menino | Leave a comment

Herald Doubles Down On Boston Casino Coverage

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

This is what the Boston Herald lives for. Our feisty local tabloid devotes nearly four full pages to the casino-industrial complex today . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adrian Walker, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, casino, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Revere, Suffolk Downs, Tom Menino | Leave a comment