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Just like I didn't think him for showing "courage" for reporting a drug dealer to the police who accidentally called him on his cell phone (according to a pro-Flaherty flyer I got the other day). I realize he has to try to sell himself, but I really find this kind of self-aggrandizement off-putting.
or is it that Mayor Menino is in B&W and Mike is a 4-color kinda guy?
or is it 1993 vs 2009? So the sell by date on Mayor Menino (and Barney Frank and Ted Kennedy for that matter) has expired and we need to buy the fresh canddiate?
Earlier in the day, he spoke with BMG and developed a great rapport with Bob on late night "T" hours - :)
But hey, who knows? Maybe they were just trying to bring back the v-necks. (even though I thought they never left...?) I think, therefore I am...
Hmmm...
At least he's not throwing rocks like the McRae campaign folks.
Full disclosure: I consider not having Menino as mayor one of the benefits of living in Cambridge. Judging from their presence on here, neither of these guys is a viable replacement. It makes me sad.
Actually, Alice Wolf is terrific, as Mayor, Councillor, Rep, etc.
the first on winning the City Council seat for Hyde Park. (1982) (75% of the vote in Hyde Park) Good
the second at his first election victory party in 1993 (64 % of the vote City wide)Better
the third at his re -election election victory party in 2005 (76% of the vote city wide)Best
Accomplishments too long to list here, but it was fun to google Menino and recall all the battles he led to make Boston a more livable city one step at a time, day after day for 16 years. And like the energizer bunny he just keeps going and as a Mayor he just keeps getting better all the time.
If you couldn't guess already, I'm a Menino supporter.
If you couldn't guess, I'm now a Flaherty supporter.
Like I said, I'm grateful for some of what Menino has done, but it's time to move forward. This city needs change.
In an interview lasting longer than 20 minutes, Flaherty was asked on five occasions if Local 718, individual firefighters, or both should share some or all of the responsibility for what happened in Boston. But he accused Menino of insufficient diligence. "It's awful convenient of him to point the finger at someone else,'' said Flaherty, who is challenging Menino along with Councilor at Large Sam Yoon and Boston developer Kevin McCrea. "This administration has taken zero responsibility for anything. It's always someone else's fault. Fortunately in this situation here, the state [stepped in to] close the loophole.'' Asked a sixth time, Flaherty said that any fraud or abuse by an employee in any city department at taxpayer expense was intolerable. "It's unacceptable and should not be tolerated, period,'' said Flaherty. "That's across the board. That's not with any specific individual or agency or department they work for; that's anybody.''
But he accused Menino of insufficient diligence. "It's awful convenient of him to point the finger at someone else,'' said Flaherty, who is challenging Menino along with Councilor at Large Sam Yoon and Boston developer Kevin McCrea. "This administration has taken zero responsibility for anything. It's always someone else's fault. Fortunately in this situation here, the state [stepped in to] close the loophole.''
Asked a sixth time, Flaherty said that any fraud or abuse by an employee in any city department at taxpayer expense was intolerable.
"It's unacceptable and should not be tolerated, period,'' said Flaherty. "That's across the board. That's not with any specific individual or agency or department they work for; that's anybody.''
And just to be clear, we live in a neighborhood where the wonderful team from Meeting House Hill comes to display their amazing, and priceless skills, courage and compassion on a regular basis and are deeply appreciated.
As for the Firefighter, Their union leaders are guilty of a lot of things including being real bad at public relations. They should stick to CPR and Firefighting
But, can we agree that people who live in the City of Boston most likely knows or lives near a firefighter. The super majority are good hard working family men who also are at the rink and the park as coaches and fathers.
Take both Ed Kelly's poor leadership and Menino's spin machine out of the equation for 1 second. Wwhen did all 1500 firefighters become the criminals of the city. Every family and organization has bad apples. Including your cambridge software company...
When Michael becomes Mayor, the only thing he speaks to is restoring the prestige that the Boston Fire Department had prior to Menino destroying it. I can say without a doubt that accountability will not be sacrificed, but neither will the goal of having the best fire department in the country.
Shouldn't every Mayor strive for that ?
There is nothing wrong with being new to the site or promoting Flaherty. What is wrong is attacking other candidates while refusing to acknowledge your support for another candidate.
That's fine, but having this recent flood of overeager supporters touting their candidate and trashing the others is kind of like turning on PBS and seeing McDonalds commercials.
I have not trashed any candidate? I asked 3 tough questions yesterday because I believe the press in this town as allowed this Mayor a free pass for 16 years. They do not hold him accountable to anything.
You seamed offended by those questions, but as a taxpayer and supporter of a change for Mayor, I think the mayor should be accountable and does need to answer. Not just the firefighters, Wilkerson and Turner.
Right now his staff is all over the airwaves trying to mask the brownouts with overtime expense, but tell me, does that mean the 30K + overtime Lisa Menino makes in addition to her 70K salary is on the table?
You should go start your own web page so you can control the flow of info to support your 5th floor agenda..
Happy 4th..
I have posted comments here for several years now, and if you go back and read through them, you won't find any evidence to confirm your suggestion that I work for the City or any other political or government entity in any capacity.
I would be happy to consider voting for someone other than Menino, and that includes Flaherty, but if your behavior is typical of his supporters, I can't say I relish the thought of his becoming mayor.
So you have a choice: you can either selfishly satisfy your own ego and continue to demonize Menino while simultaneously dragging down your own candidate, or you can find a way to promote your candidate in a more positive and appealing way. That doesn't mean you can't criticize Menino or the other candidates; you just need to find a way to do it in a more subtle and balanced fashion. But whatever your decision, you will have to accept the simple fact that you cannot expect to post anything you want here without being challenged fairly or unfairly.
BTW, I don't think Flaherty wants you to be throwing stones on the nepotism issue when he has his own issues on that front
Glad everyone is enjoying the discussion this is generating. Michael is really trying to run a different type of campaign.
-Natasha Perez, Communications Director, Flaherty for Mayor Committee
OK, it needs work.
