del.icio.usThe 7 p.m. start time approached. Galvin had not appeared. Everybody anxiously eyed the clock. The minutes drained away. Finally, at 6:50, organizer Joyce Ball urged Bonifaz to take his seat. Bonifaz hesitated, still watching for Galvin.
A front page article in today's Sunday Globe focuses on Bill Galvin's refusal to debate. "Galvin is unused to challenges" and "at times seems to view the Bonifaz challenge as an annoyance," writes the Globe."It's late, and I don't know where Mr. Galvin is," a worried Ball said, adding, "You'd think he would have called or something."
John Bonifaz, recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant at age 33, Brown - and Harvard-educated, nationally known for his groundbreaking legal assaults on the current electoral system, now finds himself trying to break into a seemingly impenetrable universe: Massachusetts Democratic politics.
Why not write the Globe a letter (letters@globe.com)? Thank them for covering the secretary of state race, and encourage them to follow up by writing more about the issues, and the candidates' different visions for the office.
For Bonifaz, the secretary of state's office is an avenue to put into practice the ideals he has fought for in the courts: voter enfranchisement, easier access to the ballot for non-incumbents, and grass roots democracy.
