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Christy Mihos: Mihos Making NewsAre they ready for the Web? From zany to dull to over the rainbow, the carefully crafted Web sites of the four people vying to be the next Massachusetts governor reflect their personalities -- for better and for worse.
Mihos presses Healey A funny thing happened at the forum last night.
Mihos submits 26,000 plus signatures to get on ballot "It's a great day for us," said Mihos' press secretary, Nicole L. Nionakis. "Voters in Massachusetts now have a choice." The Secretary of the Commonwealth's office certified 18,193 of the signatures this afternoon, according to the Mihos campaign, eclipsing the 10,000 minimum needed to make the ballot.
MassINC releases in-depth, issues-based interviews with gubernatorial candidates Christy: "If [the voters are] satisfied with the way their state is being run by the two-party system right now, and they're satisfied with 16 years of Republican administration and how many decades of Democratic domination in the Legislature, then I think that they should go that way.
Mihos promises reform if elected governor August 3, 2006 Mihos, a former Republican and businessman who has his own chain of convenience stores, experienced corruption firsthand, he said, and if elected governor in the fall, vows to makes sweeping changes in the government.
Mihos: We'll clear signature hurdle Christy Mihos will clear the hurdle of 10,000 signatures he needs to submit to local elections officials by tomorrow's deadline, his spokeswoman said today.
Embattled Mass. Highways Chief Resigns July 27, 2006 The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman, under fire since 12 tons of falling concrete killed a woman in a Big Dig highway tunnel, resigned Thursday after weeks of pressure from the governor.
Response to the Mass. Challenge Jon Keller: "You may recall the item we did a couple of weeks ago noting the alarming conclusions of a new study of future educated-worker emigration from Massachusetts, and the challenge we issued to the gubernatorial campaigns to respond by e-mailing us their bright ideas for stopping the bleeding.
Wanted: leaders with courage Watching Gov. Mitt Romney and Attorney General Tom Reilly respond to the crisis has been depressing. ... The overly cautious attorney general sat on his hands even as people in a position to know more than Reilly -- people like Christy Mihos, a former member of the Turnpike Authority board who is now running for governor and has been screaming about Big Dig failures for years, and retired judge and Big Dig investigator Edward Ginsburg, who alerted the public to the problem of leaks in the tunnels -- urged him to act.
Repercussions of Tunnel Tragedy Christy Mihos, the independent candidate for governor and former member of the Turnpike Authority Board and agency critic, put it best Monday when he called the accident, "My worst nightmare come true."
AP: Woman crushed by concrete in Boston tunnel Authorities were inspecting large stretches of the city's Big Dig tunnel system Tuesday after 12 tons of concrete ceiling panels crushed a car carrying newlyweds through a connector tunnel, killing the woman as the couple headed to Logan Airport.
Mihos lays out stance on guns, helmets Ending mandatory helmet laws for motorcyclists, reinstating the death penalty and easing law-abiding citizens' ability to get handguns - and to use them against intruders in their homes.
Mihos embraces a political legacy: Gubernatorial hopeful woos Greek-American voters WATERTOWN -- Under a massive tent outside the Taxiarchae Archangels Church, dozens of people looked up from their moussaka and loukoumathes to find a certain candidate for governor gazing down on them.
Mihos spoils for Gov. fight "The Republicans are saying I'm a spoiler, but how am I a spoiler when the system's already rotten?" he said during a recent campaign stop in Bridgewater.
Two diplomas are better than one The two-tiered system of awarding diplomas being considered by the Legislature should be embraced to make sure the state's students are not denied a lifetime of opportunities just because they struggled with one standardized test.
Streaming State House livens up Mihos site Christy Mihos has his eye on the State House, and on everyone who walks in front of it.
Hopeful shares game plan Calling for increased state aid, removal of tolls in Western Massachusetts and construction of a University of Massachusetts-run research center in Springfield, independent gubernatorial hopeful Christy Mihos laid out his plan to jump-start the local economy yesterday.
Mihos Contrasts With Democrats "Mr. Mihos," NECN's Alison King began. "Christy," the Republican-turned-Independent insisted, with a wide smile.
Executives Of Big Dig Concrete Supplier Arrested (CBS4) BOSTON Six former and current executives of Aggregate Industries, the largest supplier of concrete and asphalt to the Big Dig, were arrested by the FBI early Thursday morning.
Carlson: Mihos brings a fresh breeze to the governor's race Christy Mihos leaped into the governor's race with the speed of a convenience store buy, a suitable pace for the Christy's Market tycoon. His campaign fundament is property tax relief...
Contractors help fund a gala for Big Dig brass Contractors on the Big Dig are chipping in at least $190,000 toward a gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston next week to honor Matthew J. Amorello and Michael P. Lewis, the two top state officials responsible for supervising the firms' work on the trouble-plagued project.
From Beacon Hill perch, Mihos enjoys views while shaping campaign vision The Republicans can have their convention, and Kerry Healey can campaign all she wants for the governor's job. No matter: Christy Mihos already has a great office on Beacon Hill.
3 Democrats, independent take message to teachers' union Appearing before the annual convention of the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, all three Democrats, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, Deval L. Patrick, and Chris Gabrieli, and independent Christy Mihos, blamed current and past Republican administrations for the state's declining population and job losses. The Democrats also said public education in Massachusetts has lost ground during the Republicans' 16-year hold on the corner office.
Focus put on people, problem solving Christy Mihos, running for governor as an independent, was interviewed Monday by the Globe's Carolyn Ryan and New England Cable News's Jim Braude as part of a series of conversations with candidates for the corner office. The interviews are focusing on the candidates' backgrounds, as part of extensive coverage of their records and plans for the state.
Local property tax burden continues to increase Since fiscal 2002, the residential property tax levy has increased by $1.8 billion statewide, or a staggering 35 percent, and property taxes now pay for a greater share of local budgets than at any time since fiscal 1982, the first full year following implementation of Proposition 2 1/2.
Mihos rebukes Reilly, says Big Dig refund premature Two days after state Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly touted his efforts to gain a refund from Big Dig contractors, Christy Mihos, who like Reilly is a candidate for governor, accused Reilly of making 'a rush to judgment" on the Big Dig.
Mihos Challenging Reilly On Big Dig Investigation Independent candidate Christy Mihos was a fierce critic of the Big Dig price tag during his years on the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board. And Wednesday, his attack on Reilly's attempts to get some of that money back for the taxpayers drew support from a surprising source.
Romney, Mihos Blasts Reilly's Big Dig Recovery Plan Gov. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the attorney general's demand that contractors refund $108 million for shoddy work on the Big Dig highway project is "too little and too late."
In blow to GOP, Mihos to run as independent Bolting from the Republican Party, wealthy businessman Christy Mihos said yesterday he will run for governor as an independent
Mihos ready to enter gubernatorial race Christy Mihos will run unaffiliated because he doesn't think he can get a fair shake from the GOP
Mihos To Run For Governor As An Independent former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board member Christy Mihos will run for governor as an independent candidate
The nonpolitician who would be governor "Christy Mihos is not your typical candidate for governor"
Independents need to step up in political arena "It is time for an Independent governor."
Healey bargains with potential rival in the race for governor "Romney and the White House have urged Mihos to forgo the governor's race and instead challenge Senator Edward M. Kennedy."
Healey urges Mihos to run as Republican, guarantees spot in GOP primary "we're in the process right now of trying to reach as many Republicans as possible and see that we can do this on our own."
New Poll In Race For Governor "...the finding in this new poll that an independent run by former big dig gadfly Christy Mihos could be Kerry Healey's worst nightmare."
State of Independents Dave Denison writes of Angus King... "When he ran as an independent in 1994, he beat Democrat Joe Brennan, a former governor and member of Congress, and Republican Susan Collins, who later became a US senator. He was reelected in 1998 by a wide margin, the same year Jesse Ventura became governor of Minnesota" "If an independent candidate can win in Maine, Connecticut, and Minnesota, why not Massachusetts?"
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