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Citizen response to Boston Globe's endorsement for Michael Flaherty, whom Kevin McCrea defeated in an Open Meeting lawsuit.

By Christopher King

The Boston Globe writes in glowing terms of a mayor who has been resting on his laurels. At this point one can assume that he?s thinking if I retired I wouldn?t know what to do so I?m going to run again for mayor! Even though Boston is an ?increasingly diverse city? looking at the Mayor?s office and the positions of leadership over the past 16 years, the Mayor has yet to have his office and city offices reflect the face of the city!

It?s no wonder that the Boston Globe?s financial situation has been dismal; their continuous biased reporting of elections makes it no surprise. One might ask of the Boston Globe?s candidate, was it ?skill, experience and clarity of vision to do the backroom deals, turn a blind eye to what is now referred to as ?universities buying land on the sly.? Michael Flaherty is being disingenuous to now being so verbally against the Mayor when, in fact, he knew all along about these shady deals and said NOTHING. To say Flaherty has sought to be a servant of all neighborhoods, what has he done for Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and the Hyde Park Community?.......(more in the comments)

McCrea et al. v. Flaherty et al. 71 Mass. App. Ct. 637 (2007) is linked herein.

Full post as published by Chris King's 1st Amendment Page on September 21, 2009 (boomark / email).