I went to the Medford Democrats' candidate forum yesterday evening anticipating Secretary Galvin's participation, only to find out to my surprise that "Galvin is stuck in New Bedford" and did not show up.

I've called Secretary Galvin's office twice today to find out why he missed the forum. Once, I got a volunteer who was under the impression that he'd had another event planned for a long time, and wasn't planning to come. Another time, I got a staffer who said he didn't know. Both of them took my name and number, but so far, no real explanation for Galvin's no-show.

As David of Blue Mass Group says, "this is getting ridiculous."

Bill Galvin has been avoiding facing John Bonifaz in front of the voters all year... which reminds us of the way he stayed out of sight during the clean elections law debate, while Bonifaz defended clean elections in court... or the way he stayed out of sight when Lawrence city councilors appealed for help, and John Bonifaz went to court on their behalf...

Will Galvin show up tonight in Worcester, or will he stay hidden?

[Update: Nope. He stayed away from Worcester too.]