Weigh In On the Mayor's Pay

by | Oct 7, 2010 | On Springfield

Should Springfield mayor’s job come with a bigger paycheck?There’s been a move afoot over the last couple of years to raise the mayoral salary from its current $95,000 to something comparable to what a chief executive of a large operation in the private...

Language Access on Tonight's Agenda

by | Oct 12, 2010 | On Springfield

Three City Council committees will take up tonight a proposed ordinance to improve communications between the Springfield Police Department and residents who don’t speak English.The meeting of the Veterans, Administration and Human Services, Public Health and...

ADP Convention This Weekend

by | Oct 19, 2010 | On Springfield

“It is time to take back our democracy and demand that our elected officials stand with everyday people—not the greedy bankers and corporations that crashed our economy and put families in crisis. Together we will stand against the politics of division and...

Crossing Party Lines

by | Oct 20, 2010 | On Springfield

When Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker makes a campaign in Springfield today, he’ll be joined by an unexpected supporter: City Councilor Tim Rooke, a life-long Democrat.Rooke tells the Advocate that he’s never before endorsed a Republican, but...

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa

by | Oct 25, 2010 | On Springfield

During my (mercifully short-lived) tenure as an editor at the Advocate, at the top of my list of pet peeves were sloppy mistakes, the kind that make editors and reporters slap their foreheads and then scramble for a hole to crawl into. Ironically, and also mercifully,...