City Council Calendar for Week of October 11, 2010
LaMattina Takes District 1; Menino Wins Mayor
Sal LaMattina won another term as city councilor for District 1 (North End, Charlestown and East Boston), garnering 77% of the vote over Chris Kulikoski. Winning at-large city councilors include John Connolly, Stephen Murphy, Felix Arroyo and Ayanna Pressley. For Mayor, Tom Menino took 57% of the vote versus 42% for Michael Flaherty. Turnout was Read More…
City Council Wants Detailed Plan From Mayor on Police Overtime Cuts
At this week’s Boston City Council meeting, councilors directed their attention toward realizing Mayor Marty Walsh’s police overtime budget cut of 20% by proposing a hearing to discuss strategies for achieving this goal. According to a proposal by Councilors Kenzie Bok (District 8) and Andrea Campbell (District 4), actualizing the Mayor’s cuts will require “active Read More…
Boston Moves to Ban Facial Recognition Technology
Boston City Council hosted a hearing this week to discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban the use of facial recognition technology. Councilors Michelle Wu (At-Large) and Ricardo Arroyo (District 5) introduced their proposal for banning facial recognition technology over concerns about its inherent racial biases and the dangers of allowing unregulated use of such Read More…