Being Massachusetts longest serving

solo political blogger, ten years next January, nevertheless gives me no special access to the inside scoop or even the blindingly obvious.

Case in point, Citizen Sue Sheffler, Member of the Arlington School Committee and onetime democratic candidate for the 24th Middlesex State Representative's seat before signature issues forced her out of that race.

And indeed, Humble Elias is the last one to know despite living in the newly redrawn district and in one of the precincts with the highest democratic turnout in the universe.

Well so much for "the first draft of history" and all like dat.

Otherwise this leaves Arlington without a candidate in that race and puts the captioned precincts therein out of contention.  No wonder I haven't seen any of the other candidates stumping in Arlington, they've got no install base on this side of Route Two and have no impetus to run up turn out. Thus all and sundry are taking us for granted already....baaa-ad karma mah frenz.