Councilor John Tobin says oopsies.
By adamg - Thu, 03/19/2009 - 5:41pm
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By adamg - Thu, 02/12/2009 - 3:26pm
The West Roxbury (and JP) city councilor tells Wicked Local West Roxbury he's not running for either mayor or an at-large seat.
By adamg - Mon, 12/08/2008 - 3:33pm
ParkwayBoston.com reports the council's committee on public safety will hold a hearing to consider banning the devices in public places. Councilor John Tobin first proposed the idea after Boston Police shot a guy on the Common when he refused to drop what turned out to be a fake gun this past May.
By adamg - Tue, 12/02/2008 - 12:48pm
Reporter John Drake gives us a twofer today - and neither story carries a single mention of words like "indictment" or "extortion."
In one story, he helps City Councilor John Tobin revive his perennial pitch for term limits - which wouldn't apply to anybody currently in office, but which, strangely, never seems to get anywhere.
In another story, Drake lets Councilor and mayoral wannabe Michael Flaherty channel Maura Hennigan and complain that, when the Big One hits, Boston is toast, and it's all Menino's fault.
By adamg - Tue, 09/23/2008 - 12:16am
Parkway Reunion 2009 is an effort, started by city Councilor John Tobin, to host a big party on June 20, 2009 for everybody who's Originally from West Roxbury or Originally from Roslindale types:
This will be a night that people will talk about for years. It's for anyone who has lived in the Parkway for 80 years or 8 months. It's for people who still live here or don't. The Parkway Reunion of 2009 will be a chance to celebrate all that is great about our community. From our people to our places, we have a lot to be proud of.
Via ParkwayBoston.
By adamg - Tue, 04/15/2008 - 6:53pm
The Globe (well, technically, a University of New Hampshire survey group hired by the Globe) is surveying Boston residents to try to discern who might put up a good fight against Tom Menino next year.
The list of potential challengers, as seen by Globe survey takers: City Councilor at Large Michael Flaherty, West Roxbury/JP City Councilor John Tobin, Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral, Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley, successful businessman and unsuccessful candidate Chris Gabrieli and, of course, 1-800 Joe 4 Oil Kennedy, who, by law, has to be included in every single poll taken in Suffolk County.
Among the basic questions are how satisfied residents are with everything from education and crime fighting to street cleanliness and the state of public transportation and taxi service in their neighborhoods (taxi service as a big issue next year?).
By adamg - Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:45pm
City Councilor John Tobin thinks it would increase voter turnout; doesn't seem too concerned about observant Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses Seventh-Day Adventists.
By adamg - Mon, 03/10/2008 - 3:49pm
ParkwayBoston.com has the scoop: She'll be running for re-election this fall.
So John Tobin might want to start thinking about running for mayor in 2009.
By adamg - Thu, 03/06/2008 - 5:24pm
Takes out nomination papers. Does he know something we don't about incumbent Marian Walsh becoming a judge, or is he running regardless?
By adamg - Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:53am
On myDedham, Brian dishes that consiglieri for Boston city Councilor John Tobin and West Roxbury state Rep. Mike Rush had a little breakfast chat in Dedham Square on Saturday. Purpose: To discuss their guys' possible senate runs should incumbent Marian Walsh get named a judge (the district includes both West Roxbury and Dedham, along with some other neighborhoods and towns). The two have run against each other before - for the city-council seat Tobin now holds. No word if they came to any meeting of the minds or how they took their eggs.
Brian also handicaps other possible candidates for a seat the incumbent herself has yet to actually say she's vacating.
By adamg - Fri, 02/15/2008 - 3:46pm
Decisions, decisions.
By adamg - Tue, 12/18/2007 - 9:15am
WBUR reported this morning that City Councilor John Tobin will ask Gov. Patrick to require the guy with the 500,000 lights to hire a police detail.
By adamg - Mon, 12/03/2007 - 1:42pm
John Tobin discusses his proposal tomorrow (12/4) at 2:30 p.m. at Blog Talk Radio (if you miss it live, it'll be available on demand at the same place).
By adamg - Fri, 11/16/2007 - 10:01pm
City Councilor John Tobin, whose name has been bruited about as a one-day mayoral candidate, is proposing 12-year term limits for elected city officials:
By adamg - Wed, 04/05/2006 - 4:05pm
City Councilor John Tobin used some extra campaign funds to print up "Slow Down Boston" signs that he wants people to post everywhere so they can get covered up by yard sale signs get Bostonians to drive better.
By stevegarfield - Mon, 05/16/2005 - 2:19pm
Neighborhood residents interested in the future of wireless technology in Boston attended a WiFi community forum on April 19 at the Boston Public Library to contribute to the planning of the city's first WiFi Summit.
By adamg - Sun, 04/24/2005 - 1:50pm
That's Michael's judgment of City Councillor John Tobin's Web presence. On the one hand, it's cool that Tobin (who represents Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury) has a well designed, blog-based Web site (run by Steve Garfield). On the other hand, Tobin himself isn't actually blogging on the site - maybe a symptom of the fact that true blogging and discourse means taking a risk, and that's one thing politicians hate to do, Michael says:
... Perhaps, rather than getting politicians to blog, it is time for bloggers to enter politics. ...
Notes from Tobin's meeting with the Berkman bloggers last week
Video of his talk
Ed. note: Two years ago, Matt O'Malley actually blogged and dipped into the Wicked Good Conference to talk about Boston issues when he ran for an at-large council seat. So far, his 2005 Web site looks like any other generic candidate site, but one can hope there's more to come.
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