I recently attended the press opening of the newly relocated Palm restaurant for two reasons—the free gourmet grub, and to corner Don Chiofaro. I was certain he’d appear, as the impeccably coiffed Hub real estate mogul owns One International Place,…
Category: Opinion
Politics as Unusual: TV news: Forget that mayoral race, here’s a celebrity baby
From what I’m told, Boston used to be a place where residents primarily had two interests—sports and politics. They loitered in dark barrooms, commiserated over Red Sox heartbreak, and when election cycles rolled around, they jousted viciously, debating over who…
JP Observer: Health policy advocate turns focus to mental illness
Attorney Steve Rosenfeld has had an incredible career spanning decades practicing law; working at the top levels of the executive branch of Massachusetts government; creating and working with ground-breaking nonprofit legal efforts and teaching law. The Massachusetts native and Harvard…
Editorial: Rebooting Jackson Square input
The longstanding Jackson Square Community Advisory Committee recently disbanded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority often has been maddeningly erratic, as when it unsuccessfully fought to ban the Gazette from its meetings. But it also has been an effective gadfly on…
Editorial: The abuses of spying
Recently revealed government spying on peaceful protestors and potentially everyone’s phone records, email and Internet activity are outrageous violations of the First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They are shocking examples of fear overcoming wisdom and power overcoming…
Letter: Residents should support Hyde/Jackson parklet plan
We at Hyde Jackson Square Main Street believe that a temporary parklet planned to be installed in front of Tacos El Charro and Sonia’s Bridal & Quinceañera will be a great addition to the neighborhood. (“Parklet to cost up to…
Letter: Arroyo’s banking idea shows why he should be mayor
Felix Arroyo deserves our support in his bid to become mayor of Boston. He is the only candidate running who sees the enormous benefits Boston will gain by putting our tax dollars in community banks that support the Boston economy,…
Letter: Sell church to Task Force instead of selling out Hyde/Jackson
Dear Church Square Partners, In 2004, hundreds of residents from Hyde/Jackson Square worked with you to buy the Blessed Sacrament Church campus in order to preserve it for our community. We attended rallies. We signed petitions and wrote letters. We…
Letter: Parklet program a welcome innovation
Over the past few months, the Gazette has published several articles and critical editorials about Boston’s new parklet pilot project. Public outreach, the project’s budget and the use of public funds seem to be the paper’s major concerns. Parklets are…
Letter: Gazette is wrong to criticize off-leash dog-walkers
It is the season of the off-leash-dog-bashing editorials again in the JP Gazette. (“Unleash the dog-walking talk,” June 7.) I shake my head in utter amazement at the regularity (and repetitiveness) of these rants. JP is home to so much green…