The Ogulewicz Chronicles were originally published in 1999/2000 as a serial that ran more or less weekly on Tom Devine's Baystate Objectivist (BSO) website. It tells the tale of the political adventures of Mitchel J. Ogulewicz, a former City Councilor in Springfield, Massachusetts during the 1980's.
No one can claim to fully understand urban politics in general and Springfield in particular without an understanding of what happened in municipal politics the 1980's. What is described in this political memoir is not unique to the city Ogulewicz served and tried to save. Across America, the explosion of new "urban revitalization" and "anti-poverty" programs beginning in the 1960's created rich new opportunities for corruption, as problems similar to what emerged in Springfield blossomed in communities all over the nation. The Ogulewicz Chronicles provides valuable historical insights into the nature of the decline of America's cities that suggests the direction in which revival may occur.
This true to life political saga begins as Mitch gets out of the military and makes his first forays into the snake-pit of Springfield politics:
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