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• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-11-22

  My solo Hartford => Chicago => St. Paul roadtrip begins now! # [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-11-15

  Just noticed the reviews on # Just notices the reviews on Bittman’s “How to Cook.” Lisa Loeb? Al Roker? Isaac Mizrahi? Seriously? # Yay! Figured out I can stream @wbur on my droid w/the DroidLive app. What a relief… # How nerdy would it be if I taught myself to program so that [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-11-08

  definitely digging my droid # [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-11-01

  Without @lucschuster on the ballot for Cambridge School Committee, I’m at a loss about how to vote on Tuesday… # [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-10-25

  Great coverage from Univision of Luis Morales campaign for Somerville Alderman At Large. Check it out! (En Español) http://bit.ly/27lTs8 # [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-10-18

  Liz Cheney criticizes Obama for slacking off? http://bit.ly/4lsybA Didn’t GWBush spend more time on vacay than any other modern Prez? # [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-10-11

  I’ve been planning to ditch Verizon for iPhone when my contract ends in January. But this new Verizon/Google deal changes the equation. # [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-10-04

  Menino says Flaherty/Yoon will “confuse voters.” Better idea to have the same mayor for 2 decades so no one has to think too hard. # Basta Dobbs - http://shar.es/15KLQ # [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-09-27

  City planners can save the world. Momar Qadafi stymied by… Zoning! http://bit.ly/1unEc8 # Last 36 hours saw peeps frm elementary, middle, high school, college and grad school. And only did grad school in Boston. Small world # [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-09-20

  Check out the Somerville Journal profile of Luis Morales for Somerville Alderman at Large: http://bit.ly/y2vlx # Just got a hand-signed thank you letter from Martha Coakley for my little $10 donation. Thank you, Martha! Proud to support her for Sena… # [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-09-13

  Lebron James on Fresh Air w/ @TerryGross? # Oh No! Garrison Keillor had a stroke! http://bit.ly/iYU4h # On my way to meet Somerville Journal columnist for a piece about Luis nxt week. Check the Journal on thursday. # [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-09-06

  Just got my first robo-call of the special Senate Election. From Martha Coakely of course. Leaning towards supporting her. # [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-08-23

  Thesis is signed sealed and delivered! # [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-08-02

  Y is it almst 2x as expensive to bus from BOS to cape as to NYC? # Try’n GoogleVoice. Seems better thn YouMail, but can’t imagine telling every1 I know to call a new #. Bright side, did get a # w/my initials # RT @freetots: RT @sustaincities From our bloggers: Engaging [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-07-26

  http://twitpic.com/awrp5 - Seen this ad on the internet? Who the hell is that dude? # Check out the campaign: http://LuisforSomerville.org # RT @WBURBostonNews Police have reportedly dropped charges against black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates. http://tinyurl.com/l3dev7 in reply to WBURBostonNews # So Republicans don’t want to help Americans afford health care? Only to [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-07-19

  Who know: in 1984 Charles Taylor was arrested in Somerville on a warrant for extradition to Liberia. http://bit.ly/RdyJB # [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-07-05

  Democracy survives in my homestate! RT @PolAnimal: #mncontest Supreme Court says Franken won. # “This is now first time since 1979 that one party will have had 60 or more votes in Senate” (via @pwire). Don’t mess this one up, Dems… # OMG… RT @pwire: Rumor: Norm Coleman replacing Steele at RNC [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-06-28

  I’ve been neglecting the Tweets! # Today’s GOTTA be the day the MNSC rules on #mncontest. Please? # MPLS Star Tribune has their graphics all ready for a ruling: http://is.gd/1d6mU They know something we don’t know? # I feel similarly about MJ’s death as I did about Kirby Puckett’s. Icon/idol in my youth…crashed [...]
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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-06-21

  Got a job! Managing Board of Alderman campaign in Somerville. In over my head? We’ll see! U can be sure Twitterverse will hear more soon… # [...]
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  Posted: June 21, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-06-14

  David Plouffe headed back to MA for Deval ‘10 re-election http://bit.ly/rmllW # RT @GIS_In_Mass: Massachusetts Land Use 2005 Dataset available on MassGIS. More Info: http://www.mass.gov/mgis/lus2005.htm # Apparently Ed Helms (a/k/a Andy Bernard) is an Oberlin alum! The things you learn on @NPRnews (Fresh Air, to be exact) # Apparently GOP will never learn… [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-06-07

  Filed under too little too late: http://bit.ly/2m5zpd # RT @dbernstein Exclusive: MassEquality to endorse Tom Menino for re-election later today. in reply to dbernstein # just heard on @nprnews: “Al Qaeda is having a hard time stereotyping a U.S. President whose middle name is… Hussein.” # I don’t trust his ego… RT @pwire: [...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-05-31

  Jesse says yes! RT @mayortommenino Should Boston go car-free on Newbury Street this summer? What do you think? http://is.gd/F95C # just noticed Danvers Bank about to open in Central Sq. Can the sq supprt *another* bank, and is this really a good time for bank expansions? # Making public service more attractive: [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-05-24

  MCP 2.5? # Surprising Mass. Audubon report finds land conservation outpacing sprawl in MA. http://tinyurl.com/ohz9aq (via @WBURBostonNews) in reply to WBURBostonNews # http://twitpic.com/5ki0g - Switching is easy… Credo Mobile riffs on Arlen Specter # at event to honor Mel King. ran into @samyoonformayor who needs to fix his blackberry so he can tweet [...]
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  Posted: May 24, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-05-17

  this link is tearing up the urban planning blog/twittershpere http://is.gd/z9Vw could vehicle-free suburbs exist in the US? # You gotta love Jesse Ventura: “Coleman’s a hypocrite and Obama should appoint me ambassador to Cuba.” I concur. http://is.gd/zcT8 # All-but-final draft of thesis due in 24 hours. Can I do it in time? [...]
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  Posted: May 17, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-05-10

  Check out and help build new Massachusetts Politics and Government on Twitter list/wiki at http://is.gd/xAVr Please RT! # Direct link to MA Politics and Gov’t on Twitter wiki is http://mapoltwitter.jessekb.com # Damn I’m excited for the Boston Mayor’s race http://is.gd/yBCO http://is.gd/yBCP # Will Flaherty and McCrea join @MayorTomMenino & @SamYoonForMayor and be added [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• @jessekb tweets for week of 2009-05-03

  I’ve been wondering… RT @streetsblog Piece on “What Happened to Obama’s Office of Urban Policy” on The Root: http://tinyurl.com/dkhdcw # Apparently Cambridge has been immune to the foreclosure crises that sparked this recession. Amazing: http://is.gd/uTe5 # just saw man w/facemask get off plane @ MSP airport. # More reason for GOP to stall [...]
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  Posted: May 03, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• CSA for Fish

  You’ve probably heard of Community Supported Agriculture, but how about a Community Supported Fishery? What a great way to get regularly delivered, fresh fish and support a struggling local industry at the same time! Find out more at Cape Ann Fresh Catch. We just need to make sure that enough [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 12:48pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Twitter Updates for 2009-04-30

  1985 Warhol Apple Logo print up for auction. Asking $20k - $30k http://is.gd/vs12 # Someone Notify Rep. Bachmann - Pittsburgh Steelers to blame for #swineflu? http://is.gd/vC2C # [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• The Magic Eco-School Bus

  I loved the Magic School Bus books when I was younger — with Ms. Frizzle who’d shrink her whole class and go on educational adventures inside wacky places like the human body. Perhaps foretelling my future career path as an urban planner, I recall being particularly interested in “At the [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 2:18am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Twitter Updates for 2009-04-29

  More reason for GOP to stall full representation for MN: RT @GlobePolitical Sen. Arlen Specter will switch parties, become Democrat. # Here it is! RT @WBUR AP reports Swine Flu cases confirmed in Lowell. http://is.gd/gZ1V # Heard @onpointradio ystrday that flu vaccine may help against swine flu. Shouldn’t have skipped my flu [...]
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  Posted: April 29, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• My brother’s entry for Star Tr…

  My brother’s entry for Star Tribune Super Baseball Fan photo: http://is.gd/vpPZ#SubmissionDisplay [...]
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  Posted: April 29, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• View from the ‘Bridge is on hiatus. ...

  View from the ‘Bridge is on hiatus. Check back in the future for exciting new projects. In the mean time, feel free to browse the archives below. [...]
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  Posted: January 03, 2009, 12:51pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Big Dig Euro?

  �1bn �city beneath a city� planned for Amsterdam Note from Boston to the Dutch: Whatever you do, throw away the bids from Bechtel and Powers Fasteners Inc… [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2008, 10:07am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Crank Yanking Romney

  Mitt Romney may be an opportunistic, mediocre politician without any core values… but at least he raised some funny sons. From the Five Brothers Blog via BMG: [...]
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  Posted: January 21, 2008, 4:52pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• VFB offical website of Cambridge?

  The folks over at Local.com seem to think that View from the ‘Bridge is the official website of the City of Cambridge : I’m flattered, but not sure I want to take credit for everything that happens here… [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2008, 10:25am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• No copy editors at NECN?

  From Tuesday night’s newscast: That’s supposed to be “brisk,” right? Someone was screwing around over there. Right after this typo they cut to commercial with a teaser about Romney’s win in Michigan, while playing video of Bud Selig’s testimony to Congress. [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2008, 10:34pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• My New Hampshire Predictions

  My New Hampshire predictions: Democrats Obama - 37% Clinton - 32% Edwards - 21% Richardson - 5% Kucinich - 3% Republicans McCain - 32% Romney - 26% Huckabee - 17% Paul - 11% Giuliani - 9% Thompson - 4% [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2008, 11:02am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Anarchy in the People�s Republic?

  According to the Cambridge Chronicle, we have no Mayor in Cambridge! Of course, it makes little difference because the mayor is mostly just a ceremonial position while the appointed City Manager holds executive power. Still, the vote breakdown suggests some divisions among the nine councilors who pick the mayor from [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2008, 10:47am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Iowa Caucus Predictions

  When all is said and done in Iowa tonight, this I what I predict the breakdown will be: Democrats Obama - 34% Clinton - 32% Edwards - 31% Undecided - 3% Republicans Huckabee - 28% Romney - 25% McCain - 20% [...]
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  Posted: January 03, 2008, 5:09pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• The People�s Republic of Camberville?

  There’s a great thread over at Ask MetaFilter right now about nicknames for towns and cities. Someone posted: Do you know a derogatory nickname for a town or city? I’m interested in renaming as a form of unofficial culture, folk culture. Sometimes the new name carries a weight of opinion - one [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2007, 10:33pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Kendall Square in the snow

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  Blizzards captured with 1.5 megapixel cell phone cameras sure exaggerate the desolation of Kendall Square after business hours: [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2007, 8:55am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Another view of city employees arrested for drug dealing

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  From the Chronicle: “Water Department workers busted for dealing drugs out of city truck.” Cambridge - Cambridge detectives arrested three on-the-clock city Water Department workers and an off-duty firefighter on drug charges Friday morning after an anonymous tipster called police. Russell Feroleto, a water system maintenance craftsman who has worked for the [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2007, 8:28am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Not the Daily Show: Hollywood writers strike explained

  For my cohorts in the “Facebook Generation” (I think that’s what we’re called, even though last year it was “Myspace Generation”) go join my friend Steve’s group “100,000,000 Fans Strong for Striking Writers.“ [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2007, 10:11am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Norris for Huckabee

  Wow. Easily the best presidential campaign ad so far this election. Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief America is not a dictatorship. It is a Chucktatorship. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2007, 12:39pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Mapping the 2008 presidential election

  As an Urban Planner-in-the-making I have a particular fascination with maps — old maps, new maps, and the evolution of maps over time. As a visual representation of place, maps can tell stories about human impact on geography that may not be so easily understood through other narrative or textual [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2007, 3:28pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Not everything in Cambridge is a liberal conspiracy

  The Cambridge Election Commission booted a local Boy Scouts troop from polling places last Tuesday after receiving complaints from voters of their alleged “pro-war” message. Outrage ensues. Get over it. [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2007, 1:25pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Hucakbee picks on the Mittocrite

  Remember this article from last December? As Governor Mitt Romney explores a presidential bid, he has grown outspoken in his criticism of illegal immigration. But, for a decade, the governor has used a landscaping company that relies heavily on workers like these, illegal Guatemalan immigrants, to maintain the grounds surrounding his [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 3:43pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Found at MIT: Osbourne Portable Computer

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  For those who don’t know, the reason I’ve posted only a few entries here in the last four months is because I’m back in school, studying for my Master’s Degree in City Planning over at MIT. Apparently the massive new information I’m learning about planning theory, community development and urban [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2007, 4:46pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• PDC City Council Forum tonight

  The Progressive Democrats of Cambridge - Democracy for America Candidates Forum for the 2007 Cambridge City Council Election is tonight, Wednesday Sept 5 at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave (in Central Square), at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30). This will be the first opportunity to see all [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2007, 11:10am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Special senate election candidate forum tonight: Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex

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  From Lesley Phillips, Chair of the Progressive Democrats of Cambridge: Dear friends, I wanted to remind you that there will be a Candidates Forum tonight (Thursday, August 16) for the upcoming (September 11) special election in the Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex state senate district to fill the vacancy left by the recent [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2007, 9:15am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Will Bloomberg turn Massachusetts red?

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  We’ve all now heard interesting news of late about NYC Mayor (and Medford native) Michael Bloomberg’s ditching the GOP for Independent status. Of course speculation is that this signals his serious exploration of an Indy bid for President. SurveyUSA has just released a 16 State poll of the dynamics of a [...]
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  Posted: June 20, 2007, 5:00pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Who works sales for the Cambridge Chronicle?

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  Nearly every day for the last two or three weeks I’ve received a phone call from the same number. As soon as I pick up the phone the person on the other end hangs up. Never did a human respond. Each time I called back I got the standard message: [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2007, 5:21pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• More news in race to replace Barrios

  First, the surprise. According to the Chronicle, Cambridge City Councilor Alice Wolf has decided NOT to enter the race to replace Jarrett Barrios in the State Senate. In a fax to the Chronicle she wrote: After much thought, I have decided not to run for the senate seat being vacated by [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2007, 11:41am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• It’s On: Middlesex, Suffulk and Essex Senate race

  According to the Cambridge Chronicle, the Secretary of State’s office has set the dates for the election to replace Jarrett Barrios. The primary, where the race will really be decided, is to be held on September 11th and the general will be October 9th. This announcement comes on the heels [...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2007, 3:33pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Bike Safety Bill returns

  Remember last year when, on her way out of the State House, Kerry Healey decided that the protection of bicycle commuters in the Commonwealth somehow conflicted with her “libertarian” values? Well, the Bicyclist Safety Bill which caused her so much ire is back, thanks to the hard work of the [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2007, 4:26pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Paintball on Cambridge Street?

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  Earlier in the month my next door neighbor, Antiques on Cambridge, closed its doors forever. I had been under the impression, due to a meeting that the property owner had with us neighbors, that the building would be torn down and — surprise, surprise — developed in to luxury condos. Now [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2007, 3:23pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Sam Seidel for City Council

  Just ran across this article published in the Harvard Crimson on May 23rd. I’ve known for a while that this was coming, but am glad to see it made official: Mid-Cambridge resident Sam Seidel is the first official challenger for City Council this year. As the Crimson points out, Sam [...]
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  Posted: May 30, 2007, 4:34pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Poll: The race to replace Jarrett Barrios

  If you choose the “other” option, please use the comments to say specifically who you would support. If the special election were today, who would you vote for to replace Jarrett Barrios in State Senate? Roseann Bongliovanni (Chelsea) Marjorie Decker (Cambridge) Anthony Galluccio (Cambridge) Eugene O'Flaherty (Chelsea) Dan Ryan (Boston) Other View [...]
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  Posted: May 29, 2007, 3:30pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• The word on Roseann Bongiovanni

  According to the Cambridge Chronicle, Roseann Bongiovanni’s letter on the Blue Mass Group last week wasn’t meant as an “official” declaration of her candidacy in the race to replace Jarret Barrios, just a way to introduce herself to potential supporters. She plans to make an official announcement by the end [...]
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  Posted: May 29, 2007, 3:17pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Another candidate to replace Barrios

  Chelsea City Council President Roseann T. Bongiovanni has posted a letter on Blue Mass Group announcing her candidacy to replace Jarrett Barrios as State Senator. This makes her the first official candidate in the race. According to the letter, Bongiovanni is a Chelsea native with and a former employee of the [...]
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  Posted: May 25, 2007, 9:48am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• The race to replace Barrios

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  Here’s a round up of names that are being batted around for the race to replace Jarrett Barrios in State Senate. The names all link to an article or blog post where their candidacy is mentioned. Seriously considering: Anthony Galluccio (Cambridge) Alice Wolf (Cambridge) Eugene O’Flaherty (Chelsea) Dan Ryan (Boston) Dealing with “other things” right [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2007, 11:32am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Barrios resigns! Will Galluccio run?

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  Breaking News! My State Senator Jarrett Barrios will resign from the Senate to take over as head of the Blue Cross Foundation. I’m not sure what his early July resignation date means in terms of when the Special Election will need to be held, but I can’t wait to see who [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 3:14pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Classest Signage in Harvard Squaree

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  I ran across this sign posted on the construction site right across Mass. Ave. from Harvard Yard, in the building that was occupied by Toscanini’s and other stores. It seems to be posted by Shawmut construction in order to keep their construction workers in-line. Now, I grant you that those involved [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2007, 1:55pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Enough with the Queen!

  Although I’ve never been one to defend President Bush’s excessively informal demeanor, his childish nicknames for others, or his frequent verbal gaffes, I’ve really had enough of all this attention that’s being paid to ensuring proper etiquette is followed during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Washington. While I believe strongly that [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2007, 12:16pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Don’t piss on Somerville (or anywhere)

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  OMG! I just saw a woman helping her three or four year-old son piss on an electrical box in front of the Citizens Bank in Union Square. In the middle of the day! Have no doubt about what I witnessed — his pants were pulled down to the ground with [...]
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  Posted: May 04, 2007, 1:45pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• First Suffolk and Middlesex special senate election forum

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  I’m about a block outside the district in Jarrett Barrios territory, but I wanted to share information about a forum the Cambridge Democratic City Committee is hosting with the candidates in the special election to replace Robert Travaglini in the State Sentae: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FORUM Special Election for Robert Travaglini’s Senate Seat The [...]
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  Posted: May 03, 2007, 9:30am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Michael Sullivan should resign from City Council immediately

  There is an important article in the Chronicle right now about a state ethics committee ruling that it is “problematic” for Cambridge City Councilor and Middlesex County of Clerks Michael Sullivan to simultaneously hold the two positions. If you remember, a City Councilor since the early 1990’s, Sullivan was elected [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2007, 8:51am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• File this one under: “sucks to be that dude”

  From ABC News, “The Blotter”: An Afghan tribesman with an uncanny resemblance to Osama bin Laden has now been arrested twice, both times following reported sightings and massive manhunts for the al Qaeda leader, Pakistani intelligence officials tell ABC News. Over six feet tall and with the same angular nose as bin [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2007, 5:38pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Shouldn’t *realtors* know the city borders?

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  I understand there are a lot of students around these parts who don’t know where Cambridge ends and Somerville begins, but one would expect the professionals renting them the apartments to have some idea. Notice anything odd about this apartment listing on Craig’s List? Recent renovation! Nice place with gleaming hardwood floors, [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2007, 5:08pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Support election day registration

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  On November 3rd, 1998, I stood in a hotel ballroom in downtown Minneapolis with hundreds of other Democrats, hoping to celebrate the election of Hubert Humphrey III (not the VP, his son) to the Governorship of Minnesota. Even at the age of 17 and still to young to vote, I [...]
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  Posted: April 27, 2007, 11:47am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Dennis Kucinich is a swarmy Pro-Life opportunist

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  Last week at the Barack Obama event at the Agganis, I got in to an argument with one of the Dennis Kucinich supporters. My friends thought I was an idiot for even engaging the guy, but I had to. He approached me as I stood in line with thousands of [...]
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  Posted: April 26, 2007, 10:11am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• The Leanding Tower of Cambridge

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  There’s a house I ran across on River Street recently that has some structural issues: [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2007, 11:52pm EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Thoughts and pictures of Barack Obama at the Agganis

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  My girlfriend and a couple friends and I went to see Barack Obama at the Agganis Arena at BU last friday, and while his speech certainly didn’t blow anyone out of the water, it was clear to me that his campaign is having an impact that I have never seen [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2007, 9:38am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Ashton Kutcher is more famous than Betty White

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  In order to get my blog rolling again, and move the emotional blog post about my grandfather from the top spot, I will recommend this totally random and addictive game to you. Famousr, is kinda like a celebrity Hot or Not. Instead of selecting the attractiveness of some random schmuck in [...]
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  Posted: April 20, 2007, 10:42am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• My Grandfather’s obituary

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  My grandfather passed away this weekend, and in the next few hours I’ll be heading down to West Hartford for his funeral. To honor his memory and amazing life story, I want to share his obituary with you. BENANAV, Joshua Benanav, 84, of White Plains, NY, formerly of West Hartford, [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2007, 11:07am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Photos of rally to support New Bedford workers

  Here are a few photos I took at yesterday’s rally to support workers in the New Bedford immigration raids. The crowd of supporters gather outside Trinity Church on Copley Plaza before heading in to hear from the workers. Workers and one of their children. Leader of the Mayan organization in New Bedford which [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2007, 11:50am EDT
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Study: Patrick most powerful Governor in U.S.

  According to a new study released on Stateline.org, Deval Patrick is the most powerful Governor in the United States. Taking in to account “tenure, budget authority, appointment and veto powers and at whether the governor’s party controls the legislature” University of North Carolina political scientist Thad L. Beyle determined that [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2007, 12:34pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Philly’s Big Dig

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  From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Interstate 95 must change. Simple as that. After three days of intensive workshops designed to generate fresh ideas for Philadelphia’s languishing Delaware waterfront, five dozen bleary-eyed planners and architects put aside their maps, satellite photos and sketches on Saturday evening, and jointly called on city and state officials [...]
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  Posted: March 06, 2007, 5:37pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• A Green challenge from Cambridge City Councilors

  After last night’s Academy Awards ceremony, going green is all the rage (I just hope that all the confetti dropped at the end was either recycled or hemp paper). Now some Cambridge City Councilors want in on the action. Councilors Henrietta Davis, Michael Sullivan and Brian Murphy are challenging Cambridge households [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2007, 11:09am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Chronicle introduces Cambridgeport chicken man

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  Last September while my girlfriend and I were canvassing for Deval in Cambridgeport, we ran across a yard full of chickens. The chickens ran around the fenced-in yard, clucking at each other, and occasionally hopping the fence to freedom. It was so bizarre to see this, in the middle of [...]
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  Posted: February 22, 2007, 2:45pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• That’s my Barrios!

  Remember the show “That’s My Bush” that was on Comedy Central for a brief time after George W. Bush was elected in 2000? The basic premise was that the President would go around the White House saying really stupid things to his staff, and at the end of every episode [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2007, 1:58pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• A Gentle Dental flashback to the 80’s

  This is not the kind of thing I normally cover on View from the ‘Bridge, but think this Gentle Dental ad in recent issues of Town Line Newspapers is pretty hilarious. What did they run out of stock photos and have to raid the 1980’s? She may be wearing “invisible [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2007, 11:49am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Former Cambridge Congressman takes a Mack attack

  Over at The Alewife, Neil McCabe and his crew have reposted a story originally from CNSNews.com (yes, the Christian News Service) about a Florida Congressman that has publicly criticized former Cambridge Congressman Joseph Kennedy for his relationship with Hugo Chavez. If you’ve watched television this winter you may have seen [...]
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  Posted: February 16, 2007, 11:58am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Earth to Boston Drivers

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  Hey, Boston drivers. In case you didn’t notice, it was wet as hell yesterday. Maybe you don’t have to walk anywhere thanks to your automobile ownership, but in some parts of town there where puddles nearly a foot deep. It was gross. It was cold. It was wet. It sucked [...]
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  Posted: February 15, 2007, 12:34pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Cambridge Local First releases local business directory

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  Cambridge Local First (CLF), the non-profit organization devoted to promoting locally owned business in our city has released its first directory of local businesses. This book is 50 priceless pages listing 160 CLF member businesses you can patronize without ever leaving Cambridge. The businesses serve every need you can imagine, [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2007, 10:45am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• More thoughts on Joe Biden’s racist comments

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  I want to spend a little time here addressing the hoopla around Joe Biden’s comments from the New York Observer article, and particularly the debate that’s arisen here on View from the ‘Bridge. Just as I said the other day, I am appalled by the comments that Senator Biden made in [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2007, 12:46pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Where did this Onion come from?

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  I picked up a copy of The Onion this morning at Sherman’s Cafe in Union Square. There were a few copies placed where other free papers like the Dig and Somerville News usually sit. I know there was talk recently about the satirical newspaper opening up shop in town complete [...]
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  Posted: February 01, 2007, 3:28pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Should she move to Boston or New York?

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  You may remember back in late December when, after a visit from two friends of mine, I wrote about the ongoing feud between the Bostonians and New Yorkers. I don’t just mean the dispute over which baseball team is better, but the one that cuts much deeper: despite New Yorkers’ [...]
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  Posted: February 01, 2007, 12:05pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Joe Biden is a racist and will never get my vote

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  The current issue of the New York Observer features an interview with Democratic presidential candidate and Delaware Senator Joe Biden. As the lead-in to the article states, Biden “doesn’t think too highly of the other Democrats who are running for president.” Perhaps knowing he sits far back in the pack [...]
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  Posted: January 31, 2007, 1:06pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• How much does Wolfowitz make at the World Bank?

  According to the World Bank website, the annual salary of the World Bank President was $302,470 effective July 1, 2004. So why can’t Paul Wolfowitz afford new socks? [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2007, 4:38pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Race to Execution: Free film screening at Harvard next week

  I just got this message from a friend of mine who works at Active Voice, a San Francisco based non-profit that works with social issue films to engage communities around a range of topics that are rarely depicted in mainstream media. They’re sponsoring a this film screening and event at [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2007, 3:50pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Nothing to say so just take a poll

  I know it’s been six days since I posted anything here. Sometimes life gets hectic and crazy so I have no time to post, but that’s not the case right now. I just find myself without anything much to say. Writers block, I guess. In the mean time, why don’t you [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2007, 2:30pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Poll: At this early stage, who do you support for President?

  I know it’s still early but clearly the presidential race is heating up. I’m far from decided on any candidate, but am torn between Obama, Clinton, Richardson and Edwards. However there are 7 other candidates out there who have filed official or exploratory campaign committees or otherwise expressed interest. I’m [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2007, 2:13pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Kerry’s Out: Thank. The. Lord.

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  OMG I am so happy to hear that John Kerry will be preventing any more embarrassment by forgoing another presidential run. In the words of the first commenter on the NYT Caucus blog: Hear that? That’s the sound as me and my fellow Democrats in this country breath [sic] a sigh [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2007, 2:04pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Dig this! I’m in the Dig!

  The photo to the right is in this week’s [Weekly] Dig. That’s me, protesting the Republican National Convention in New York City in 2004. In case you can’t tell, my shirt says: “George W. Bush is not my Friendster.” Why is this photo randomly in the dig? Well, it is the [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2007, 1:39pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Another thing that probably shoulda’ stayed in Vegas

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  According to the National Journal’s Hotline On Call blog, this is a honest-to-God press release from the Office of the First Lady of Nevada. Meaning, Nevada taxpayer-funded… For Immediate Release: January 23, 2007 For more information, contact: Ande Engleman @ 775-XXX-XXXX FIRST LADY DAWN GIBBONS TO WEAR AN ARMANI DESIGN TO INAUGURAL BALLS Carson [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2007, 5:40pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• At least one thing Boston can learn from Chicago

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  I’m back from Chicago now. Spent last week visiting friends, my girlfriend’s family, and looking at the Urban Planning program at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). I have been to Chicago a number of times before, but this is the first time I’ve traveled all around the city, from Hyde [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2007, 11:20am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Hold Tight… I’ll Be Back Soon

  Out in Chicago this week visiting friends and exploring graduate schools. Posting will likely be sparse (if existent at all), but I assure you I’ll be back soon. [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2007, 6:00pm EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• FLASH: Romney is a Scumbag

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  If you haven’t had a chance to see the new YouTube clip of pro-choice, pro-gay Romney in his 1994 race against Ted Kennedy, go check it out right now. It’s an amazing video, all taken from one debate that clearly illustrates how much of an opportunist our former Governor is, [...]
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  Posted: January 11, 2007, 10:59am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav

• Rep. Weed Wants to Decriminalize Himself

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  Apparently a Representative Weed in the New Hampshire state legislature has introduced a bill to decriminalize marijuana. Ha! Does anyone else find this as funny as I do? [...]
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  Posted: January 11, 2007, 10:45am EST
  by Jesse Kanson-Benanav