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http://www.ttctranscriptions.com/
The framing of United States soldiers; The racial attacks towards a Latina Candidate; The refusal to shovel snow off a Boston City sidewalk; The stealing of Massachusetts tax paying cold hard cash of $1000, caught on FBI video camera along with Diane Wilkerson stealing $25.000.00 accepting bribes. Read more
NOTE:
The change from strictly paper submissions to paper and electronic submissions will be implemented during 2009.
Until the system, including the appropriate technology is in place, submissions and distribution of documents will continue to be done as it was in 2008.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/councilrules.asp
Agenda
Rule 12. Read more
The first sentence of Rule 34 needs to be clear language... the enjammed way it's written obscures our municipal government.
On 1/16/09, Reuben.Kantor at cityofboston.gov wrote:
Rule 34.
No meeting,
working session,
or hearing of any committee,
except the committee on ways and means,
in accord with the limitations of the state's open meeting law,
shall be called upon less than fortyeight (48) hours notice
(exclusive of legal holidays and Sundays),
unless otherwise allowed by the president Read more
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Reuben.Kantor at cityofboston.gov
Date: Jan 16, 2009 6:00 PM
Reuben Kantor
Chief of Staff
Boston City Council President Mike Ross, District 8
One City Hall Plaza
Boston, MA 02201
P: 617-635-4225
F: 617-635-4203
http://cityofboston.gov/government
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2009 City Council Rules Page 7
Rules of the Boston City Council
Municipal Year 2009
General Rules
Committees
Forty-Eight Hour Notice Required
Rule 34. Read more
0153 Order requesting certain information under Section 17F re: a list of all [Boston] city commissions and boards as of January 7, 2009, names, conditions of appointment and time period length, salaries and all meeting minutes from 2008.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/cityclerk/hearing/see.asp?type=ag
17F Order
see page 5 at
http://www.cityofboston.gov/cityclerk/pdfs/cc_charter.pdf
or scroll to
Publications
and click on
Boston City Charter
at
http://www.cityofboston.gov/cityclerk/
Hi. My name is Reuben, and I am Boston City Councilor Mike Ross's Chief of Staff.
Mike and I have read with interest the writings regarding the Boston Common on these pages. We are energized to see so many people who are as interested in the future of the Common as we are.
At Boston Daily, Mike has posted his Ross Report on the topic. We are excited about a number of the proposals that we'll have in this report, and wanted to clear up a few misconceptions. Read more
by Dan Ring
dring at repub.com
"We made a mistake, a simple mistake," he said.
More than 30 years after passage of the law, that's an all-too-common refrain among municipal leaders.
In one of the most egrigious cases, the Boston City Council was fined $11,000 in 2006 by a Superior Court judge for repeated violations of the law spanning about two years. Read more
Webcast of this afternoon's Boston City Council's public meeting is now on the air at
http://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil
Today's Boston City Council Agenda and
Minutes of the previous meeting are at http://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil
It would be interesting to read insightful observations of this public meeting from the participants around this universal hub!
a.
What are the names of the streets
that border each of the Boston City Council Districts?...
b.
What maps show the names of the streets
that border each of the Boston City Council Districts?...
It appears names of streets are not included at
http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/pdfs/approved_planBmap.pdf
Closed captioning is a feature of most scopists' stenographic machine software for people with hearing loss. Boston City Council webcasts lack an up to date stenographic service...
_ _ _ _ _ From: ann.braga at cityofboston.gov _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SICUT PATRIBUS SIT DEUS NOBIS.
CIVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA A.D.1822.
BOSTONIA.
CONDITA A.D.
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http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/pdfs/appen_h.pdf
BOSTON CITYCOUNCIL
www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil Read more
Now meeting. City Council. Boston City Council Television
http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp
Should city hall be moved?
Should a hearing be held on the issues?
. 0170 Order for a hearing to discuss the proposal to build a New City Hall on the Waterfront. :
. Mandatory use of GPS global positioning systems technology on all emergency vehicles
I am one of the trio that successfully sued the Boston City Council for 11 violations of the Open Meeting Law between June 2003 and March 2005.
The City Council filed an appeal (!) which is being heard tomorrow at 9:30 ; John Adams Courthouse, Courtroom 4, Third Floor, Boston.
Since we will be arguing pro se and the City Council will be represented by Kirkpatrick and Lockhardt as well as the City's Corporation Counsel, we could use some support.
If you can make it, please come.
If you are free tomorrow morning (December 6), please join me at The Massachusetts Appeal Court - the John Quincy Adams Courthouse, Courtroom 4, Third Floor. (This is adjacent to the Suffolk County Superior Court in Gov't Center).
We are scheduled for oral argument on the City Council's Appeal at 9:30 (McCrea,Kressel and Devine v. Michael Flaherty and the Boston City Council). We sued the City Council for 18 Open Meeting Law violations and we won. The Council is appealing the Superior Court decision. Read more
In September Murphy was trying to keep two jobs a $100,000 + state job and his $85,000 councilor seat
He is the one that tattled on Flaherty for having an expired City Council President placard in his window. How does Howie get is inside anonymous City hall info? Ratso gives it to him.
Turned his back on 41 well trained battle worn Boston Municipal police offices. They all got laid off in January and most of them were friends who had helped him win elections. Read more
While the flyer doesn't say so, I think this is only for the at-large candidates.
The RoxVOTE forum is co-sponsored by the Franklin Park Coalition, Millions More Movement of Boston, and Democracy for America: Boston.
From Blog for Boston:
The Boston candidates who earned the DFA Boston endorsement by receiving greater than 75% support of the voting members are:
Sam Yoon for City Council At-Large
Gibran Rivera for City Council District 6
Maura Hennigan for Mayor
Read more
(Via Blog for Boston.)
Boston City Council candidate at-large, Kevin McCrea, points to a possible conflict of interest in District 1 Councilor Paul Scapicchio's new job with an influential law firm. Read more
Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo to Proclaim May 18 - May 22, 2005 as Latino LGBT Pride Weekend
Reception to honor Somos Latinos/as and LGBT Community.
Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo, recognizing and celebrating Boston' s diversity, will formally acknowledge that the Somos Latinos LGBT Coalition (We are LGBT Latinos) has designated the weekend of May 18th through the 22nd as a weekend of Orgullo (Pride), an event where the arts, politics, and culture of the Latino LGBT Community will be presented and recognized as a cohesive and powerful movement in our community-at-large.
There will be a special presentation at the beginning of the Boston City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 2005. The Council meeting starts at 11:30 AM. Read more
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