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...this time, Brooke had conceded, and ABC had picked King to be the next governor of the Commonwealth. Though the green blackboard in the basement of the Commonwealth Ave. Harvard Club boasted the Newton-Boston returns--3555 for Crampton, 3372 for Crane--Crampton reported that the computer-tally break-down stalled the real story, and the story really was that Crampton was behind, by his own estimate--"about 21/2 or 31/2...
...scandal, legislation was finally proposed to create a special commission to investigate fraud and corruption in the award of state and county building contracts over the past ten years. Bellotti supported this legislation, but wanted the scope of the investigation narrowed to include only contracts involving MBM and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts--which, of course, would keep the Essex County commissioners...
Sears says his historical awareness of the Commonwealth can be helpful in fostering community and economic development, whatever that means. He promises to work with schoolchildren, instilling a political awareness in the state's future voters. He differs sharply with Connolly on the issue of public financing of state elections, advocating little change for the state's existing weak financial supports...
...really care, there is a state auditor. Essentially, the state auditor should be a watchdog over government in the Commonwealth. But the rash of public service scandals in the State House does not lend much credibility to the state auditor these days...
Attendance shouldn't suffer because of the shift either. The same alumni and zamboni-crazed aficionados attend every home game. It should be no different on Commonwealth Ave., especially since transportation accommodations will be provided by 60 Boylston St. (better known as "Bertagna Bus Lines...