Is Mayor Michelle Wu going to criticize the messenger this time around, like she did the other week when someone dared to raise issues that challenged her assumptions? Not likely. Because the latest bearer of bad news is the Boston NAACP, which is now criticizing the mayor’s White Stadium renovation plan/boondoggle, according to reports at MassLive, the BBJ and Universal Hub. … It’s sort of an awkward moment for the uber-progressive mayor. The Boston NAACP opposing one of her major policies? This is not supposed to happen. … Meanwhile, Josh Kraft is claiming the White Stadium costs continue to skyrocket, reports Contrarian Boston and the Herald. …

Unless she suddenly decides to ditch the White Stadium white elephant, it seems this issue isn’t going away between now and Nov. 4. Wu’s still going to win re-election, I assume. But she’s making it far more difficult than it should be. … Rendering of new White Stadium via city of Boston.

Update – 6.18.25 — The mayor is acknowledging Kraft’s new cost estimate comes from a city document, but it’s a worst-case-scenario estimate, etc. , report the Globe and Herald, which have slightly different spins on the story.