And More Election Action…

Make that four days until the preliminary election—and yes, things are heating up. Yesterday, City Council President Jose Tosado announced a rather nice coup: he’s scored the endorsement of the Springfield patrol officers’ union. “We believe...

The Big Day, Part I

Tomorrow’s a big day for the city—at least for the candidates, and those residents who care enough to show up and vote. And those residents are the ones who don’t need to be reminded that Tuesday is the preliminary election, the day that the field of...

Sarno Whups the Competition

Well, it looks to Jose Tosado has a busy seven weeks ahead of him. While Tosado was, technically, one of the winners of yesterday’s mayoral preliminary election, the City Council candidate can’t be too happy with his numbers at the polls. As the...

Cranky Banks

As expected, the Mass. Bankers Association is protesting two new anti-foreclosure ordinances passed last month by the City Council. Pete Goonan reports in the Republican that the banking group has written to the city Law Department questioning the legality of the...

Hearing Indian Orchard

When Antonette Pepe opened her mayoral campaign office in Indian Orchard this summer, her campaign said she chose that neighborhood in part because it’s not typically a hot bed of political activity. “Indian Orchard often ends up as a forgotten...