Category: Editorials

Heating with Oil

Chelsea residents heating with oil are now paying approximately $800 per fill for a 200 gallon tank. This is an absolute outrage with no one in a position of responsibility doing anything to stop the rampant speculation for the price…

Fares are Rising

The MBTA is saying that services will remain intact, entirely without cuts, if fares can go up by 25%. At first blush, this sounds much better than Draconian cuts that would have affected all public transit users in Boston’s neighborhoods…

The Auditors Knew

The drubbing this city has taken because of Mike McLaughlin’s treachery is due the ineptitude, dereliction of duty or outright corruption of state auditors who knew McLaughlin was overpaying himself with funds he was not reporting. We are told the…

Marguerite Donovan

The death of Marguerite Donovan brings sadness to those of us who knew her, and her late husband, John. Mrs. Donovan was a real personality, a character actually. When this city was turning around 30 years ago, she was one…

Mike McLaughlin Redux

Over and over again the city is continuing to have its eyes blackened by the greed inspired avarice and likely illegal doings of disgraced former Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Mike McLaughlin. Once again the Globe’s reporters have published a…