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  MASS GOP:  BOSTON, MA —  The Massachusetts Republican Party condemned a statement by an assistant attorney general to Andrea Campbell who last month made light of the Commonwealth suing municipalities to force compliance with the MBTA housing law.   At a forum on housing, AAG Eric Haskell described the approach of Campbell’s office to enforcing the law.   “This is real. You gotta do this. We take it very seriously. And if you don’t do it, we’re gonna sue your ass,” Haskell told the audience,  Commonwealth Beacon  reported.   “The MBTA Communities Act was never intended to be a stick-first approach by the Commonwealth. What we’ve seen in the attorney general’s office is a knee-jerk reaction to sue first and ask questions later,”  said MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale . “As communities continue to voice their concerns about the implementation of this law, Governor Healey and Attorney General Campbell are failing in their duties to partner with cit...

  By  Kelly Garrity BOSTON STRONG —  Michelle Wu’s reelection battle has begun. In an address marking the unofficial kickoff of her campaign,  Wu made her most pointed pitch to Boston voters Wednesday night for why they should give her another four years in office, rolling out a handful of new policies and projects aimed at making the city more affordable for residents while positioning herself as Boston’s chief defender against a potentially hostile federal administration. But first,  the mayor took a victory lap. Wu pointed to a rash of new liquor licenses the city won state approval for last year, Boston's record-low crime rate, hard fought contracts for several of the city’s unions and more. And like last year, she ran the numbers on the ways her administration has improved quality of life in the city: filling 15,000 potholes, planting more than 5,000 trees and repairing more than 30 miles of sidewalk and 60 miles of roadway. Facing the tough realities of go...