I'm back!

The site redesign is pretty complete.  I still need to finish categorizing my old posts, but I'll begin posting in a few minutes.

Go see the new LMT Politics site.  I'll leave this blog up for a couple days so people can update their RSS feeds and what-not.  Next week, http://lmt.foxedproductions.com will redirect to http://www.lmtpolitics.com .


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Get by with a little help from my friends...

OK, so I've been spending my hiatus building LMT over from scratch at WordPress.  It's going well: I'm working on the Legislative races right now, and expect to shore up the ballot roster with enough time to actually, you know, expand on the Boston politicians (City, Suffolk County, and Statewide pols).

But I've been thinking about the blog, and I know the scope of it is a bit weird, with the focus on statewide AND Boston government.  But it's not humanly possible to cover the rest of the state, even if this were my fulltime job. So, basically, if anyone is interested in contributing (I.E. as a Worcester correspondent, etc.), please let me know.

I have a real small audience, but I'm hoping to expand, especially as we inch closer to the elections.  Heh, and I know you see the ads, but... they're not making much money at this point.  We can discuss that when it happens.

Additionally, if anyone out there knows someone who can design a spiffy WordPress theme, please send them my way.


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Hiatus

Planning on doing alot of behind the scenes work on LMT.  Since there are still only 24 hours in the day, and lots of other priorities (sleeping, working), I'm going to have to put aside updating the blog while I revamp the site.

Target date for the new LMT should be September 1^st.  If I'm right, that's when political news in the Commonwealth should heat up anyways.

So!  Now would be a good time to throw out any ideas about where I should take the site.  I'll still be reading the comments feed, and my email is still up on the site.  Let me know if there's anything you think I should drop, or any features you would like to see.

Thanks!  Have a great summer.


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Where in the World Is Deval Patrick?

Matthew Gannon asked two days ago, and we have our answer now.  A reader adds, "I really hope he's not hiking the Appalachian Trail."

Well, no.  He's not.  Thankfully.  He skived off to visit Massachusetts troops in Iraq.  South Carolina still has us beat.

He got back in touch with the world from Kuwait, reports Glenn Johnson.

Dave Wedge has more.

“The critics will criticize. They always do,” Patrick said today from Kuwait. “But I get to go on these trips when the Department of Defense says it’s time. We’ve been trying to plan this trip for years.

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Chief Justice Margaret Marshall Set to Retire

Bob Salsberg reports on Chief Justice Marshall's retirement.

The AP also provides an overview of her career, including her decision on Goodridge v. the Department of Public Health (2003), which ruled that it was unconstitutional to prevent gays from marrying.

Finally, the AP runs through what this could mean for the Patrick Administration, whether or not Governor Patrick wins re-election.


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