We commented on The Wrap's name change to "Boloco" (Boston Local Company) a little bit ago and this morning we find a comment from Mike Harder, president of The Wrap/Boloco. While we commend his Google "inspired" attempt at reputation management, when trying to engage in a conversation, one should double check name spelling. (Its Arianna, not "Ariana") We kid. Dictionary flaming really isn't our style. What is our style however is Inspiration, and we like nothing more than to be inspired by non-traditional international food items. Which is why we love the willy-nilly way in which Boloco (and such an avant-garde name, I feel hipper just typing it, B-o-l-o-c-o) is playing fast and loose with the ethnic culinary traditions in its Enlightened, I mean Inspired Burrito. We're curious who came up with the new name, care to comment Mike?

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from The Boston Herald
Medianation had a post on a story from the Globe and Herald about Mayor Menino's righteous rage about t-shirts that have appeared in cities across the country, including Boston.

“It’s wrong,” Menino said. “We are going into every retail store that sells the shirts and remove them.”

Puritan City supports t-shirt censorship (being puritan of course, we have no other choice, do we?). But we are disappointed with the lack of ambition in Menino's words. Sellers of the "intimidating" garment should be arrested, or better yet, burned alive after a concerted hunt for practitioners of this lewd and lucidious "free speech", and a series of trials in which we could stir the public (now terrified of the rising crime rate) into a fury.
Or he could just be trying to talk tough to inspire some confidence in his ability to protect the denizens of our fair city. We'll be praying for the former.

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The Globe reports on a gas-related relief for Boston's cab drivers.

The city of Boston has approved a 50 cents per ride gasoline surcharge on cab fares, which are already among the highest in the nation.
Drivers had requested a $1 per fare surcharge, saying that gas costs were cutting into their profits. The temporary surcharge will go into effect within the next two weeks and will last until further notice, even though fuel prices have dropped significantly from their post-Hurricane Katrina highs.

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