The missing missives?
So Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his go-to guy, Michael Kineavy, have left us wondering what was in all those e-mails that Kineavy was so fastidious about deleting every day - perhaps illegally.
Mayoral spokeswoman Dot Joyce attributed Kineavy’s vacant mailbox to his compulsive tidiness, saying, “He cleans his desk every night with Windex.’’
Others see different motives, figuring whatever was in those e-mails is probably more damaging to Menino and Kineavy than the lousy press they’re getting for nixing them.
But until the missives show up, all anybody can do is imagine what was in them . . .
To: JoJo459
Subject: your invitation
Joanne, thanks so much for asking the mayor to the opening of your paper bag on Saturday. Got your message that you expect a crowd of six. He wouldn’t miss it for the world!
To: Grace Dawkins
Subject: Recycling
Hi Gracie! Just wanted to let you know, we saw a “Flaherty for Mayor’’ flier go into your mailbox Thursday, but couldn’t find it in your recycling bin Friday morning. Nothing wrong with hanging on to it, of course. But so you know, TMM is a green mayor, and he takes these things very seriously. Anyway, I wish you all the very best with trash pickups in the future. That stuff can get quite smelly if it piles up. ;-)
To: City Councilor John Tobin
Subject: Wi-Fi
John, TMM had a few of his people at the Council meeting last week. They told him about your idea to provide wireless access all over Boston. I think this one could be a winner! The mayor is so glad he thought of it!
To: Don Chiofaro
Subject: your totally doomed plan to build a skyscraper by the Greenway.
As the great philosopher of Hyde Park might say, “He who does not kiss the ring must talk to the hand.’’ LOL
To: Facilities
Subject: Second request!!!
Guys, how many times do I have to ask? You know I like to give everything a good scrub at the end of the day. PLEASE send more Windex. Actually, make it a case. And no cheap generic stuff. It leaves a filmy residue. x-(
To: DPWJoe
Subject: facebook
Hey there, fb buddy! I was checking out your page and noticed you like Korean food. Interestingly, Sam Yoon is Korean. TMM thinks this is probably a coincidence, but he asked me to double-check. Naturally, you’re free to keep your page as is. On an unrelated matter, do you enjoy your job? :)
To: Edward O’Loughlin
Subject: your request for a restaurant license.
Your application found its way to my spotless desk, Eddy. TMM is wondering if you’re the same Eddy O’Loughlin who made him give up half of his bologna-and-mayo sandwich at St. Thomas Aquinas High School on Wednesday, September 19, 1957? If so, he wants to know: Did you really think he’d forget so soon?
To: W. T. Bamford, Special Agent, FBI.
Subject: Wilkerson
Agent Bamford, I am tickled pink to be cooperating with the FBI corruption investigation into Senator Wilkerson and city liquor licenses. I know your informant says I was the go-to guy on these things, but I checked my files, and I can’t find any e-mails from Wilkerson for the period you requested. In fact, I can’t find any e-mails for that period, period. Sorry!
Yvonne Abraham is a Globe columnist. Her e-mail address is abraham@globe.com. 
