O'Connell Out At Econ. Dev.

A mere week after this reporter socked him with a B- grade, the Patrick administration has announced that Dan O'Connell is out; he has been Secretary of Housing and Economic Development for two years.

He is being replaced by the current undersecretary of business development, Gregory Bialecki, who I singled out for brief praise in that same article. Bialecki is one of the Bay State's seemingly endless supply of Harvard Law/Hill & Barlow people -- as is the Governor, of course.

No word yet on the reason for O'Connell's sudden departure -- aside from my article, I mean.......