Posts Tagged ‘mayor’
Some Occupy Boston protesters said they plan to stay until they are forced to go
With determination in his voice and a hammer in hand, Occupy Boston protester Harry said today he is willing to risk arrest in order to continue living at the Dewey Square encampment. One day after Mayor Menino ordered an end to the tent village, the Dorchester man hammered a wooden stake into the [...]
In Fukushima’s wake, Attorney General Coakley asks regulators to take second look at risks at Pilgrim nuclear plant
Attorney General Martha Coakley is asking US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review the refusal of its licensing board to consider the impact of the recent nuclear disaster in Japan on relicensing procedures for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, on the coast south of Boston. [...]
After midnight deadline, a waiting game
Midnight came and went at Occupy Boston, and little changed. The brass band kept playing. The chants continued. And the crowd seemed to grow by the minute as Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s deadline passed. The crowd, which had been down to a couple hundred earlier in the afternoon, ballooned to about a [...]
Reports and reactions on Occupy Boston
Globe reporters are tracking developments in Dewey Square as Occupy Boston protesters face the midnight deadline delivered this morning by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to pack up or face “further action” from the city. Read the original: Reports and reactions on Occupy Boston
In wake of Menino deadline, some Occupy Boston protesters packing to leave
Occupy Boston protesters are planning to move tents, food supplies, books, and other items out of their Dewey Square encampment, in the wake of Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s ultimatum that they move out of the site by midnight tonight. Protester Andrews Claude, 49, said plans called for moving all of [...]
Occupy Boston protesters worry after judge’s decision opens door to eviction
Protesters at the Occupy Boston camp late this afternoon said they were concerned about a judge’s order that paves the way for them to be evicted and they were making preparations in case the city moves in. “The buzz is: let’s be ready in case anything happens because if something happens we [...]
Menino to Occupy Boston: Pick an issue, go to Washington D.C.
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino today offered Occupy Boston protesters some unsolicited political advice: Pick an issue to focus on, if they want to actually accomplish anything. “If they had one issue, they could be a very powerful operation,” Menino said today after a policy speech at a Back [...]
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino: Suffolk Downs a ‘natural’ for new casino
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino reiterated his support today for construction of a casino at Suffolk Downs in East Boston, saying he felt it was the best site for one of the new gambling resorts authorized under a new state law. “I’m just looking for the best one. I think it’s Suffolk Downs,” [...]
Key councilor says final Boston redistricting map will make colleagues uncomfortable
Boston City Councilor William Linehan today defended his proposed redistricting map, saying he intended to limit the number of “communities of interest” such as Chinatown that may be divided in the arduous process. Linehan, who was narrowly reelected, has come under fire from Mayor Thomas M. [...]
Menino pushes to close gaps in gun background check database
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino was in Washington, D.C., today to urge Congress to pass legislation that would close gaps in the nation’s gun background check database, officials said. He was joining over 60 individuals impacted by gun violence who testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime [...]
