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Category Archives: Western Mass Politics
The Struggle for Power
As I approach one full week without electricity and heat I find myself thinking quite a bit about power, sadly though, not the kind of power political scientists are paid to think about. Also, I’m not sure “thinking” is the right word for what I’m doing.
Posted in Academic Life, Western Mass Politics
Tagged CCSU, looters, Occupy CCSU, politics, power, Robert Gates, university politics
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The Springfield Mayor’s Race
The state’s third largest city is having a mayor’s race and to hear long time Western Mass journalists like Maureen Turner tell it, the question is does anyone know it in Springfield.
Posted in Mass Politics, Western Mass Politics
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9/11 as Local Political Theater?
I have been summoned to a meeting of the Select Board in my sleepy little Western Mass suburb to weigh in on a proposal to hold a town sponsored 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 tragedy.
Posted in Western Mass Politics
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