Live Blog: 11/10/2009

7:37 p.m. A late start after a long meeting with school committee prior. Here we go.
7:38: Eddy asks to go back to issues with National Grid. He asks Mayor Lukes to schedule a representative from National Grid to attend a Council meeting to answer councilor’s questions regarding the company’s timeline for city work.
7:42: Haller thanks [...]

What’s up for City Council?

Might be post-election let-down, but there doesn’t seem to be a hell of a lot going on at City Council this week.
- Aside from the normal list of petitions and hearings, the council will be addressing a request by the City Manager that DPW provide the City Council with a listing of the cities and [...]

Clark President moves on

Clark University President John Bassett has announced his future plans once he steps down in July of 2010. In a release put out by Clark, Bassett tells his plan to become President of Heritage University in Yakima, Washington. Acknowledging that he once said the last thing he would do would be to become a president [...]

ELECTION 2009 – LIVE BLOG

Stick with us throughout the day as we live blog today’s election …
10:02 p.m.: O’Brien’s speech is coming to a close. A lot of thank yous and a very optimistic and cooperative tone. He’s ready to work with his rivals and the council, and is ready for action. … The party has started. Salsa music, [...]

Blog Log Digital 11/3/2009

Posted  by “jeffvalois” on www.twitter.com
As a Sox fan, I don’t even think I can enjoy the “You do steroids” chant as much as I used to.
Posted by “Train Rider” on trainstopping.blogspot.com
This morning’s commute had to be in the top 10 worst of all time. I knew we were in trouble when I got to [...]

Governor Patrick Announces $352 Million in Cuts Across State Government

Governor Deval Patrick was in Worcester today, speaking to a gathering of local business leaders to discuss his plans to close the $600 million mid-year budget gap. His idea? Governor Patrick said he is going to make $277 million in cuts across Executive Branch agencies, and is also seeking expanded 9C authority to make $75 [...]

Live blog: City Council 10/27/2009

7:16: Mayor Lukes starts the meeting with a moment of silence to recognize City Council reporter’s Nick Kotsopoulos’s loss of his father.
7:21: Gary Rosen proposes the Philadelphia Plan. He tells the council how the city 300 miles to our south came up with this plan that worked well for them. It brought in businesses by [...]

Konnie responds …

Konnie Lukes has responded to the Coalition for Worcester Retirees demand that she release information about where her family has registered its cars since 1999 following a T&G column that revealed her husband, Jim, had two cars registered in Chatham. Lukes says the Coalition has launched a “smear campaign” against her family. Her response in [...]

Blog Log Digital 10/27/2009

Posted by “Jim Gonyea” on www.notestoleicester.blogspot.com
The Boston Globe has a snippet about a push by the Republican senators in the State Senate. It appears that the five Republican senators are pushing a bill to require schools to teach about the proper care of the United State flag. I guess this means that all of our [...]

Coalition: Fess up, Konnie

The Coalition of Worcester Retirees is asking Konnie Lukes “to publicly disclose where all the vehicles owned by the Lukes family have been registered since 1999 by 5 p.m. tomorrow. If Konnie Lukes refuses to disclose the complete and accurate excise history by 5 p.m. we will be asking her directly before the City Council [...]