Morning Updates: Weld and Dukakis call for MBTA North-South rail link
Good morning, Boston. Two former governors call for the Big Dig II, the Red Sox dramatically shook up their leadership, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
A new era at Fenway: “The Boston Red Sox have hired former Detroit Tigers president and General Manager Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations, effective immediately, the team announced Tuesday night on Twitter. In addition, the team said GM Ben Cherington ‘declined the opportunity to continue as [general manager] but has agreed to assist Dombrowski during the transition.’’’ (Boston.com)
Former St. Paul’s School student in court: “Owen Labrie had been making a list of girls to hook up with months before a 15-year-old accused him of sexually assaulting her at their elite New England prep school, but her name was the only one written in capital letters, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Labrie, now 19, has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of felony rape in a trial that began Tuesday.’’ (Boston.com)
“Black Primary Votes Matter’’: Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore riffed on the tense conversation between Hillary Clinton and Black Lives Matter protestors from Massachusetts.
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Former governors Bill Weld and Michael Dukakis call for North-South rail link: “One of the most important and cost-effective investments we can make is to connect North and South stations by rail. Permitting this one-mile gap to continue — more than 100 years after a legislative commission first proposed that the two stations be connected — isn’t worthy of a state whose rail and transit system should be the best in the nation.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The revisionist history of Straight Outta Compton: “Dre, who executive produced the movie along with his former groupmate Ice Cube, should have owned up to the time he punched his labelmate Tairrie B twice at a Grammys party in 1990. He should have owned up to the black eyes and scars he gave to his collaborator Michel’le. And he should have owned up to what he did to me. That’s reality. That’s reality rap.’’ (Gawker)
Spitting on the grave of Boston 2024: “Consultants hired by state leaders eviscerated Boston’s defunct Olympic bid Tuesday, suggesting planners underestimated potential expenses, skimped on contingency funds, and were too optimistic in assessing public infrastructure costs for the Games. … Governor Charlie Baker said Tuesday the analysis would have dissuaded him from signing off on the proposal, were it still viable. The findings ‘demonstrated that there were, in fact, significant risks,’ he said.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The Goodbye: The best tip for surviving the heat? More ice cream.
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