Stay updated with breaking news from லாரி கால்டரோன். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 06/01/2021 07:20 AM EDT SCOOPLET: NEVER TOO EARLY FOR OPPO A go-to opposition research firm for Republicans has been gathering intel on Democrat Danielle Allen, even though the Harvard professor has yet to make up her mind about a 2022 gubernatorial bid. ....
Who lives in âglass housesâ? Not Andrea Campbell. In what looks like payback for raising questions about police funding, the Boston Police Patrolmenâs Association is trying to taint Campbell with the alleged wrongdoing of her brother. By Joan Vennochi Globe Columnist,Updated May 3, 2021, 3:22 p.m. Email to a Friend Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell announced her bid for mayor in Roxbury on Sept. 24.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe When William M. Bulger was president of the Massachusetts Senate, he was touted as the good brother who should not be held responsible for the criminal activities of his bad brother, Whitey. Viewed through the same prism, Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Andrea Campbell should be seen as the good sister. ....
What will Acting Mayor Kim Janey do about Boston police? By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated May 2, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey sJaney has a history of calling for substantial overhaul of the police as a city councilor and recently unveiled a $3.75 billion operating budget that include includes cuts to the police department.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Scandal has engulfed Boston police, presenting Acting Mayor Kim Janey with one of the first major tests of her crisis management skills as city executive. The chief controversies swirling around the nationâs oldest police force are threefold. The cityâs police commissioner, Dennis White, is on paid administrative leave while an independent investigator probes a 1999 domestic abuse allegation. ....
May 1, 2021 | 1:59 PM Local elected officials of color are speaking out in force against the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, after a dispute between the police union and City Councilor Andrea Campbell took a personal turn this week. The back and forth began when the BPPA’s Twitter account criticized Campbell, an outspoken police reform advocate and chair of the City Council’s public safety committee, for her decision to hold up $1.2 million in grants for the Boston Police Department for additional review. Campbell, who is also running for mayor, had cited the need to reform the use of the police department’s controversial gang-fighting unit for the delay. However, amid a recent spate of shootings in Boston, the BPPA tweeted Wednesday that critics were “justifiably astonished” by the move. ....
Thu, 04/29/2021 - 9:59pm Andrea Campbell and the Boston Police Patrolmen s Association have been engaging in some Twitter unpleasantries over the past 24 hours. The union started things off last night: $1.2 million in BPD grants being held up by @andreaforboston and the Rev. Eugene Rivers, a longtime anti-violence advocate in Boston’s Four Corners neighborhood, is justifiably astonished given the recent explosion of violence in our city. https://t.co/uOj14UOqLJ Boston Police Patrolmen s Association (BPPA) (@BostonPatrolmen) April 29, 2021 Campbell, chair of the City Council s public-safety committee, responded this morning: Last I checked, we were still waiting to hear from @BostonPatrolmen on why they enabled and elevated an accused child molester. Until then, don’t @ me. https://t.co/eV4mU1YFik ....