POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Much ado about a BREAKFAST — MASSHEALTH restructures — WELD sues over voting system
02/22/2018 07:23 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) MUCH ADO ABOUT A BREAKFAST - Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast is a go, with two times the hosts this year. After host Linda Dorcena Forry announced her surprise departure from the state Senate last month, the powers at be in South Boston officially handed interim hosting duties to U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (who hosted the breakfast from 1997 to 2001 when he was the state senator from Southie) and Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty (who has made multiple breakfast appearances) - while two other candidates duke it out for Forry's vacated Senate seat and the responsibility to host the traditional breakfast next year and beyond. It may seem like much ado about an outdated tradition. But over the years, the St. Patrick's Day Breakfast has served as an important s...