It is telling that a community meeting to discuss a dog park drew much more interest than this candidate forum. Honestly, I don't know who to vote for or why I should. It seems to me the city councilors are most valuable when they provide constituent services--but really, I've found I got more done through CitizensConnect than by contacting my councilor.
"Murphy, known as a councilor who doesn't always go with what Mayor Thomas Menino wants, stressed how he fought Menino's plan to close 10 libraries."
I took a strong interest in this because my branch was one of the 4 that Menino and his hand-picked BPL board planned to close. From what I remember about this issue, Murphy did NOTHING to stop a single library from closing. (Correct me if I'm wrong fellow BPL crusaders.
What I saw and read was that Arroyo and Pressley did the heavy lifting — especially Arroyo, who pressed Amy Ryan, the BPL director, to explain why this had to happen. Yancey was good on it too.
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more interest in the dog park
It is telling that a community meeting to discuss a dog park drew much more interest than this candidate forum. Honestly, I don't know who to vote for or why I should. It seems to me the city councilors are most valuable when they provide constituent services--but really, I've found I got more done through CitizensConnect than by contacting my councilor.
Is this some kind of a
Is this some kind of a joke:
"Murphy, known as a councilor who doesn't always go with what Mayor Thomas Menino wants, stressed how he fought Menino's plan to close 10 libraries."
I took a strong interest in this because my branch was one of the 4 that Menino and his hand-picked BPL board planned to close. From what I remember about this issue, Murphy did NOTHING to stop a single library from closing. (Correct me if I'm wrong fellow BPL crusaders.
What I saw and read was that Arroyo and Pressley did the heavy lifting — especially Arroyo, who pressed Amy Ryan, the BPL director, to explain why this had to happen. Yancey was good on it too.
Murphy— he sat on his hands.
lol. you sound pretty
lol. you sound pretty accurate.
McCrea et al v Flaherty et al. Boston City Council. Open Meeting
McCrea et al v Flaherty et al. Boston City Council. Open Meetings http://anopenbostoncitycouncil.blogspot.com/2011/10/commonwealth-of-massachusettscounty-of.html