Special senate election candidate forum tonight: Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex
From Lesley Phillips, Chair of the Progressive Democrats of Cambridge:
Dear friends,
I wanted to remind you that there will be a Candidates Forum tonight (Thursday, August 16) for the upcoming (September 11) special election in the Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex state senate district to fill the vacancy left by the recent resignation of Jarrett Barrios. (The general election, in which the Democratic nominee will likely be unopposed — there will be no other party candidates or independents on the ballot — is October 9.) The Forum, which will be the first one taking place in Cambridge for this race, starts at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30) at the Cambridge Masonic Hall, 1950 Massachusetts Avenue (about half a block north of Porter Sq), and is being co-sponsored by Progressive Democrats of Cambridge and Somerville, the Cambridge Chronicle and The Alewife. All are welcome, and questions from audience members will be invited.
The MS&E district includes most of mid-Cambridge, including all of wards 6 & 7, and parts of wards 3, 8, 9 &10 (as well as Charlestown, Chelsea, Everett, and parts of Allston/Brighton, Somerville, Revere and Saugus), and is the only one of the three senate districts into which Cambridge is currently divided to have been represented in recent years by a Cantabrigian. This election is of particular interest in that three of the four candidates who qualified for the Democratic primary ballot are from Cambridge: Councillor Anthony Galluccio, Tim Flaherty, and Jeff Ross, all of whom will be participating in tonight’s Forum. (The fourth Democratic candidate is Chelsea Councillor Paul Nowicki.)
Democratically yours,
Lesley
August 20th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I found the forum interesting and could not understand why two of the candidates did not attend. I thought Mr. Flaherty presented himself in professional yet down to earth manner. I like that, however Anthony Gallucio appears to think alot of himself. He is one vote on the city council, however you might think he achiieved everything by himself. The other gentlemen appeared insecure and somewhat timid, not senate material.
The endorsement ten seconds after the debate was a fix!!!!