Left In Lowell

On March 24, Governor Patrick will be relaunching his political committee (officially the Deval Patrick Committee) in a public meeting in Boston. For everyone who’s interested in staying “checked into politics,” big things are coming! It was always Deval’s intention to keep the grassroots civic spirit alive after he was elected, and now that the budget hell is out of the way, we’ll have the opportunity. The event will be at the Boston Latin School Gym, 57 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, on March 24 (Saturday) at 2pm. The event is free and open to the public, but they ask that you RSVP at march24@devalpatrick.com with your name, address, phone, and names and emails of others you might be bringing. Also:

On March 24th we will also unveil the new DevalPatrick.com. This new website will play a large role in our citizen’s committee. Go to DevalPatrick.tv to watch Deval give a sneak preview of the new site.

After the event, the Deval Patrick Committee has invited bloggers to a conference with the Governor, and I’d love to bring the questions and concerns of my readers with me, so post them in this thread!

Yesterday’s Steve Bailey of the Boston Globe joined the chorus of those who are telling Congressman Marty Meehan what to do with the $5.1 million he currently has in his federal campaign account.

Now that Congressman Meehan will become Chancellor Meehan the focus has turned to that money—the largest campaign war chest of any Congressman. Bailey believes that Congressman Meehan should donate it to the University:

It would show your commitment to raising private money for the school, which is why you are being hired in the first place. Match other donors dollar for dollar, and turn your $5 million for UMass-Lowell into $10 million — or equal to about half the school’s endowment at the start of the current fund-raising drive.

The Boston Globe’s columnist follows the lead of the Editor of the Lowell Sun, Jim Campanini; last Wednesday he wrote on the same issue and made the same suggestion: (more…)