By picking a public battle with him.
Does Don Chiofaro really think he’s going to influence Mayor Meninio this way? Does he think a judge or jury will overturn the BRA’s decision on his proposed waterfront tower? There are a lot of things to get upset about when it comes to development projects in Boston. [...]

Would you like to see what Gail Huff looked like back in the ’80’s? Click on the music video below.

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Don’t click on this video, unless you want to hear Barney Frank talk about “skinny dipping” with his boyfriend
File under: I warned you

I know one person who’s going to have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day, our former president George W. Bush. Today, March 17, before about 1,500 Calgary business leaders, Bush will give his first post-White House address for a reported $150,000. Not bad, $150,000 per speech, for a man who left Washington with a record-low 22% [...]

John Keith has decided to enter the race for the 3rd Suffolk District representative seat left behind in the aftermath of former Speaker Sal DMasi’s resignation, making him the third South End resident to join the race.
Yes, this is the same John Keith who writes for this blog. The good news, John will continue to [...]

From The Wall Street Journal regarding the stimulas package.
The increased fedreal debt caused by this stimulas package has to be paid for eventually by higher taxes on households and businesses.
- Mr Gary Becker, the Nobel economic laureate, also professor of economics at the University of Chicago and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
It’s hard [...]

Yesterday, Boston Mayor Thomas M Menino announced plans for the city to stimulate downtown construction by giving up to $40 million in loans to local developers.
From the Boston Herald:
“This is for projects that are ready to go,” said Mayor Thomas M. Menino this morning. “That means the project has its permits and the public hearings [...]

Thomas M Menino, has done a lot to help the lower- and middle-class in the city during the 15 years he has been mayor (and the four months he was “acting” mayor).
His staff does him no favors, then, when they say things that are blatantly untrue; or, at the very least, misleading.
From yesterday’s Boston Globe:
The [...]

A column written by me appears in this week’s South End News.
Defeated Columbus Center is an orphan with a thousand fathers
John Keith
South End News
An opportunity to stitch back together a deep tear in the urban fabric was lost with the failed Columbus Center project, the proposed $800 million, mixed-use complex to be built on decks [...]

I noticed an expired listing in MLSPIN today, #70742963.
It is a five-bedroom condo on Park Drive, conveniently located near Emmanuel, Simmons, Wheelock, Northeastern, BU, MassArt, SMFA, Mass College of Pharmacy, and Wentworth, among others. It was listed at $585,000.
Not that it matters.
With five bedrooms, it’s too large for a group of students to rent.
The [...]