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Not to take anything away from Scott Brown ...
By adamg on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 2:16pm
But he's not a Bostonian - he's from Wrentham (and for those who think I'm just a commie pinko hippie, well, yeah, OK, maybe I am, but I kvetched when the Globe named Deval Patrick "Bostonian" of the year, too).
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Said the exact same on another blog
Guy lives down the street from me....we're closer to Providence than Boston.
Indeed
That was my first reaction as well. For that matter, neither is Elizabeth Scheibel a Bostonian, and Doug Glover doesn't even live in Massachusetts, although the Weston water main break that he helped to repair did affect Boston proper.
as a journalist, Adam G's critique is accuracy...
that he immunizes against charges of partisanship is more a reflection of his audience than himself. And more to the point, Adam says the thing EVERYONE is thinking.
While Wrentham is no Milton (and therefore Brown deserves hick-cred) his barn coat is made of glove leather and contrary to the image it projects, it isn't worn to clean the barn; and his truck isn't necessary to work the family farm, rather it is necessary to haul his daughters show horse and trailer to her horse shows (not that there's anything wrong with it.)
Hands down winner
Malcolm Rogers of the MFA shoulda won.
He works in Boston, at least (although I think he lives in Brookline).
I'd pick Malcolm Rogers too
if he didn't live in a whole other county.
I think....
....Rogers became a US citizen not too long ago & has lived here fulltime pretty much since he took his post at the MFA
Ward8Mahatma - I think you
Ward8Mahatma - I think you misread Anonymous's "county" as "country". Malcolm Rogers lives in Brookline - ie Norfolk county, as opposed to Boston, which is part of Suffolk county.
(Btw, I agree that if the Glob was trying to make a statement about which individual this year has had the greatest impact on Boston (or even metro Boston) then they should have gone with Mr. Rogers.)
Ooooops!
My bad-- "county" it is. Guess I should start the new year off with new glasses...
Brown
used to work in Boston, too.
Ah, good choice
Especially given what the economy's done to fundraising in recent years, what he pulled off was amazing.
No problem
The name not bother me, it is just a way to recognize someone who had a lot of influence in the past year. It sounds better than "Massachusetts resident". Maybe they could change it to "Bay Stater".
The comment about Malcolm Rogers intrigued me, decades from now we will still be enjoying the results of his bold vision. The whole concept of "Art of the Americas," not just the building, will influence the art world beyond Boston.
Scott
Well he was raised in WAKEFIELD and we can see the Prudential building from here, we are within 10 miles from Boston, it's close enough to say Scott Brown is a Bostonian
??
You can also see the Pru from certain spots in Framingham, Gloucester, Ipswich [Hog Island summit], and Hingham. Are those folk Bostonians too? Gloucester is 30 miles away.
and Tufts is within 10 miles of Harvard
which would make Scott Brown Barney Frank. Can you hold one office in each chamber at the same time?
Wouldn't be ironic if Frank takes
Brown's seatKennedy's seatthe people's seat?