Campaign notes: No commies on the city council

The Weekly Dig can't think of anything particularly insightful or new to ask at-large city council questions, so after lobbing some predictable questions, asks the eight candidates if they are Communists and who the ugliest candidates are.

The Globe reports on at-large candidate John Connolly slapping the local police and teachers unions:

Connolly, a former teacher, said his enthusiasm for more pilot and charter schools and for the requirement that many city workers live in Boston has angered the unions.

The Globe reminds us that Felix Arroyo is Hispanic. Sadly, the online version of their latest candidate fluff piece profile fails to tell us what his favorite candy is, and I'm too lazy to go upstairs and look at our paper version of the Globe.

The Herald notes that Boston has won a state grant to look at extending the length of the school day but doesn't tell us what any of the candidates for city council or mayor think about that.