Entries in The Scrum by Adam Reilly
Today’s Boston Herald makes it sound like Ann Romney wants her son Tagg to get into politics. “Ann Romney floated Tagg’s name yesterday on Boston Herald Radio,” the tabloid reports, “saying the father of six and partner at the Newbury Street-based Solamere Capital is ‘obviously’ the only one of her sons she’d ever see jumping into the political fray — though she advises all her sons, ‘Not now, guys.’”
First, a disclaimer: The Scrum isn’t going to become an all-Juliette-Kayyem-all-the-time space. That said, I do want to make a point about the subtext of Kayyem’s new web video. On the face of it, “Belong” is a straightforward ode to American and Massachusetts inclusivity and the way it's helped Kayyem's family.
Today at the State House, Boston mayor-elect Marty Walsh dropped by Gov. Deval Patrick’s office for a half-hour discussion. Afterward, both men were upbeat, with Patrick touting their “great conversation” and Walsh lauding the “great meeting” they’d just had.
Of course, Walsh and Patrick are hardly strangers. Walsh has been a state representative and a Patrick ally for years, so he knows firsthand how things get done on Beacon Hill.
On Friday, I stopped by Mayor-Elect Marty Walsh’s press conference downtown, where he announced the "core" of his transition team, outlined his plans for the next few weeks, and took questions on assorted topics. Here are five things that stood out (at least to me) about Walsh's performance:
On Twitter this afternoon, my WGBH colleague (and former Boston Phoenix compadre) David Bernstein argues that mayoral candidate John Connolly's previous work as a lawyer doesn't deserve the front-page treatment it got in today's Globe. As David puts it: "[S]omebody tell me what the issue is with Connolly's legal work. Anybody. Speak now or forever etc..."
The issue, I think, is that sometimes Connolly acts like he was never a lawyer at all.