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Scot Lehigh vs. Professor Menino

May 10, 2013 By edushyster 36 Comments

From Scot Lehigh's column in the Boston Globe today comes this intriguing snippet: Over the years, as he’s been thwarted on various aspects of his education agenda, I’ve prodded Mayor Menino to support more Commonwealth charters. After the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charter-schools, CREDO, mayor-menino, scot-lehigh

MADOE Commissioner Mitchell Chester…Listen Up!

February 17, 2013 By jshore 6 Comments

Boston Public Schools is the Number 1 urban school district in the Nation! Michael Casserly, Executive Director of the Council of the Great City Schools said, “the district’s many excellent teachers to guide classroom instruction have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Carol R. Johnson, charter-schools, Edward Brooke, MADOE, mayor-menino, mitchell-chester, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Unlocking Potential, UP Academy

Who Wants to Be a Mayor?

January 19, 2012 By massmarrier 1 Comment

Maybe the world, or at least Boston's City Hall, is mellowing. Our extremely popular, longest-serving-ever Mayor Tom Menino seems less prickly in recent years, even laughing at criticism...sometimes. City Council President Steve Murphy is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, council, dorcena, election-2013, mayor-menino, state-of-the-city, steve-murphy

Greater Boston Young Democrats react to police crackdown on Occupy Boston; issue statement of support

October 11, 2011 By kgilnack Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from ydma.org) In response to the growing Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall Street movements, and an overnight crackdown on Boston protesters, Greater Boston Young Democrats Vice Chair Sarah Betancourt issued the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, greater boston young democrats, massachusetts, mayor-menino, Occupy Boston, OccupyBoston, scott-brown, tom-menino, young-democrats

Walking the walk – One page, two very different stories

February 9, 2010 By AmberPaw 3 Comments

In What goes around Kevin Cullen tells the story of Beth Israel Deaconess holding internal town meetings, and coming up with a way not to fire or outsource housekeepers and other low wage earners.  Higher paid staff decided to forego … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beth-isreal-deaconess, boston, change, hope, housekeepers, janitors, liaisons, mayor-menino, paul-levy, transparency

Mayor Menino’s School Board Selection Committee violates Open Meeting Law

December 21, 2009 By kevinmccrea 17 Comments

Applying to be on the School Committee As a child of a divorced family who attended public schools in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Vermont I have always been appreciative of the free education provided me in our country, and I have volunteered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-school-committee, mayor-menino, transparency

Mayor Menino and friends joke about e-mail scandal

September 18, 2009 By sagroo 10 Comments

Check out the end of this Herald article which tells how Mayor Menino and his friends joked about the e-mail scandal at a Councilor Tobin event last night. Note: the mayor was skipping an East Boston event to attend this toast. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-election, mayor-menino

Boston Phoenix endorses Yoon in the primary

September 16, 2009 By peter_kadzis 8 Comments

Boston voters and Blue Mass junkies should be interested in this week's editorial, which urges a Yoon/Menino contest in Boston's November election for mayor. An advance read is here http://thephoenix.com/Boston/N... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, kevin-mccrea, mayor-menino, michael-flaherty, sam-yoon

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wilnelia_rivera Wilnelia Rivera @wilnelia_rivera ·
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Ruthzee Louijeune @Ruthzee

Today @MayorWu and @DARollins held a press conference on white supremacist activity.

Our Black & Brown, Asian, LGBTQ+, & Jewish communities have been experiencing increased threats & attacks.

We must stand united in solidarity with each other against white supremacy.

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mysteriousrook Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook ·
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Hey - if you used MBTA to exit the big July 4 fireworks, DM me. I am curious what this big test of the "broken down" system produced. According to Globe commentary, coverage, and tweets there's no way this would have worked smoothly. Did it? #mapoli

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The @MA_Senate approved Pandemic Policy Extensions Bill today — including virtual and remote #localgov public meetings until December 15, 2023. Great news for #mapoli and crucial in preserving gains in #publicparticipation

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Rayla "has made attacking public schools and local libraries the focus of her campaign—even though the secretary of the commonwealth has no control over either" https://digboston.com/the-biggest-masshole-in-massachusetts-is-running-for-secretary-of-state/ #mapoli #bospoli

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