On October 17th, Radio Boston focuses on Massachusetts Ballot Question One. 

The big question: should the Massachusetts state income tax be repealed?

We’ll go into the nitty gritty during the show but some interesting reports have already been featured online. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation published a twenty-eight pager outlining the expected effects of a repealed state income tax. Read it here.

The only African American member of the State Senate, Dianne Wilkerson has launched a sticker campaign to try to hang onto her seat, after losing the Democratic Primary to former teacher Sonia Chang-Diaz.  Radio Boston plans to devote an hour to this interesting race on Friday the 24th of October at 1 pm.  Let us know what you think about this race, by clicking the “more” link below.

Radio Boston will re-air its Greenway show on Saturday, October 11th on WBUR between 1-2 ESTpm. 

Out of town?  Check out the podcast on this website.

The Rose Kennedy Greenway is officially open for business! Tune in today at 1 pm for a lively discussion about the new park.

Do you like what you see out there? Do you think it needs work? How about the rest of the neighborhood? Are you like Mayor Menino, who wants to avoid the “Manhattanization” of downtown, with ever taller buildings forming an “urban canyon” around the parks? Or would greater density suit you?

We want to hear from you! Leave your comments here, or call during the show at 1-800-423-TALK.

With the exception of EMTs, doctors in ER, and morticians, no industry, not even the military, encounters death as regularly as we in the news media do. So perhaps we can be forgiven for the disproportionate attention and sentiment we lavish on members of our guild when they die, as when Tim Russert was accorded the status of a head of state. That said, the capacity crowd of former mayors and reporters and the thinning ranks of reporters still practicing the trade who attended yesterday’s memorial service at BU’s Marsh Chapel for Alan Lupo was as much a requiem for the business he belonged to as it was a fitting tribute to a veteran who fought the good war.

This November 4th is about more than Barack Obama and John McCain.  It’s even about more than Joe Biden and Sarah Palin! Here in Massachusetts, we are dealing with three interesting ballot initiatives. Today I am working on a show about “Question One,” one particularly interesting question Bay Staters will face in less than a month.

What IS Question One, you might ask?

Welcome to the Radio Boston live webchat. We’ll run a chatroom like this every week while the show is live and on the air, Fridays from 1-2pm Eastern Time. Log on and listen in to our live stream: www.wbur.org/listen.

Today, Tip O’Neill.  What do you love or loathe about the former Speaker of the House? Can you imagine his brand of politician thriving in Washington today?

Our chat is moderated by John A. Farrell, former reporter with the Boston Globe, and author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century. 

David Boeri caught up with Tom O’Neill, Tip O’Neill’s son. They spoke about the late Speaker’s political legacy. O’Neill said of his father, that though he was a "bread and butter democrat from North Cambridge", the elder O’Neill wasn’t afraid to take on the issues.

Listen to more of David’s interview with Tom O’Neill here:

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Today, our chat is about Massachusetts archaeology.  What are scientists digging up and how do those artifacts revise what we know about our past?  Have you made any archaeological finds? Our moderator is Martin Dudek with the historic preservation firm John Milner Associates Inc.

Welcome to the Radio Boston live webchat. We’ll run a chatroom like this every week while the show is live and on the air, Fridays from 1-2pm Eastern Time. Log on and listen in to our live stream: www.wbur.org/listen.

Today, our chat is about the Charles River.  How clean is it?  Would you swim in the river? Our moderator is Christopher Kilian, he’s the Clean Water and Healthy Forests Program Director for the Conservation Law Foundation.