Mayor Menino Submits FY 2014 Budget to City Council Focuses on delivery of quality services that lift up all neighborhoods “This is the twentieth Proposed Budget of my Administration and it shares a most important trait with the prior nineteen: it pushes us to try new things.” – Mayor Thomas M. Menino Mayor Thomas M. Read More…
Residents and local business owners probably already figured out the recession ended just by looking at the number of people in the restaurants and shops, record tourists, surging real estate prices, more traffic, no parking, crowded T trains or the cranes in the air. City Hall released its official numbers today, mostly all showing a Read More…
The following letter was sent this week to City Hall by the Boston Finance Commission, a watchdog group within the city system, regarding two issues related to the pending sale/swap of North and Richmond Street city properties to the North Bennet Street School. The agreement allows for the Eliot K-8 public school to expand into Read More…
An announcement from City Councilor At-Large, Felix Arroyo: We have heard from constituents throughout the City who are awoken at 2, 3, or 4 in the morning by the sounds of garbage trucks in their neighborhood. Under current state law, the City of Boston can regulate the times for residential trash pick up, but CANNOT regulate the Read More…
The City of Boston has thrown its hat in the ring for “Google Fiber” – an advanced network with innovative ultra-high speed broadband internet service. Over a hundred other municipalities are also vying for the internet service. Read the City’s press release. Below is Boston’s promotional video: Remember when Verizon said it was going to Read More…
The City of Boston is forgiving parking tickets and towing fines from yesterday’s snow emergency (that never happened). City Hall says 3,353 tickets were issued to vehicles violating the parking ban that was in effect from 8am-6pm yesterday. Those who were given tickets don’t have to do anything since their fines will be automatically deleted Read More…
The following is a commentary that appeared in condensed form in the January 22, 2010 edition of the Boston Business Journal. The full version is reproduced below. Room 801: Losing Sleep Over Boston’s Board of Appeals It’s a nondescript room with the ambience of a missile silo on the 8th floor of Boston City Hall. Read More…
This is the first in a series of articles from an interview with District 1 City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina following this week’s inauguration. Councilor LaMattina is beginning his second term representing the North End/Waterfront neighborhood as well as East Boston, Charlestown and parts of Beacon Hill & Downtown. As he begins his second full term, Read More…