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Entries from February 19th, 2012

What Will Mario’s Poll Show?

February 2nd, 2011 · 43 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics

Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa has a poll poised to test Mayor Bill Finch’s approval ratings and the various potential candidates for mayor. The last OIB poll in 2010 showed Finch leading all potential challengers, but included several major storm warnings for a vulnerable mayor including an overwhelming amount of Democrats who said the city was headed in [...]

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Storm Update

February 2nd, 2011 · 16 Comments · News and Events

From Mayor Finch: Mayor Finch announced that sanitation and recycling pickups will resume Thursday morning. If your normal pickup day is Tuesday, it will now be picked up on Thursday; Wednesday routes will be picked up on Friday; Thursday routes will be picked up on Saturday, and Friday routes will be picked up on Sunday. [...]

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Groundhog Rampage

February 2nd, 2011 · 15 Comments · City Politics

This is one pissed groundhog. What city pol is feeling this way? Or maybe voters? What say you? The world’s most famous groundhog predicted an early spring Wednesday, but wasn’t willing to go out on a limb to forecast whether the nearby Pittsburgh Steelers will win Sunday’s Super Bowl. Punxsutawney Phil emerged just after dawn on [...]

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