Brad Marchand celebrated winning the Stanley Cup with gusto. You remember that Foxwoods event. He also got a tattoo with a spelling error. He fixed it, though. [Yardbarker.com] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Boston City Council President Stephen Murphy Murphy wants more transparency in city government for taxpayers. Bostonist is pro-transparency. His newest plan is to "put Boston's checkbook online" for everyone to check.
Bourne won't fund any lifeguard services this summer at any town beaches. Massachusetts may enact strict rules on lobstermen as the number of lobsters in the waters off New Bedford has dropped significantly. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
In response to rising health care costs and decreasing amounts of state and federal aid, Mayor Thomas Menino presented a budget of $2.4 billion for the 2012 fiscal year. Menino also cut a deal with 36 public employee unions that could save the city some $70 million.
The cause of the Green Line trolley derailment Wednesday on South Huntington Avenue was likely a dislodged rubber seal on the track. The Boston City Council is considering a measure to hire 300 youth workers and street workers to help fight youth violence. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Tito Jackson was sworn-in as a member of the Boston City Council on Saturday. Jackson was elected on March 15 to replace current inmate Chuck Turner. The first woman to run for vice president, Geraldine Ferraro, died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital from complications from a form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. Ferraro, 75, actually contracted pneumonia at MGH and died shortly after that. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Boston school officials admitted students were served eggs and ground beef frozen up to two years ago as the city's developing problems with what young people are feed at school every day. That revelation, made at Tuesday's City Council hearing on the matter, seemed to differ from prior statements from school officials that denied old food was ever served to students.
Almost three weeks after Boston City Councilor John Connolly found expired food in the kitchens at four Boston schools, the city's director of food and nutrition services, Helen Mont-Ferguson, was reassigned as the City Council scheduled a hearing for Tuesday on the food being served to students every day. A second hearing is slated for Thursday.
Tito Jackson won 82% of the vote on Tuesday in the Boston City Council District 7 special election. Challenger Cornell Mills, ex-state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's son, garnered 16% of the vote. The vote was actually 2,829 to 556. The Herald said there are over 30,000 voters in District 7.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley instructed Boston's Catholic churches to hold special collections for the people of Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Turnout was low for the Boston City Council District 7 special election. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The tsunami and earthquake in Japan that spread to the United States West Coast prompted Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in four California counties. The election for the District 7 seat on the Boston City Council is Tuesday. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Tito Jackson dominated the preliminary election for the District 7 seat on the Boston City Council, earning 67.3% of the vote. Jackson will face the second-place candidate, Cornell Mills, who got 9.39%, on March 15 in the final election. Mills finished 13 votes ahead of Danielle Renee Williams. District 7 includes South End, Roxbury, Lower Roxbury, and parts of Dorchester and the Fenway. Jackson, 35, is from Grove Hall and was Governor Deval Patrick’s campaign political director in 2010. A total of 2,886 votes were cast out of 40,985 registered voters. The election is needed to replace Chuck Turner on the City Council after he was removed due to a federal corruption conviction. [Globe]
Stephen J. Murphy is the new president of the Boston City Council. Beacon Hill lawmakers are getting a cut in pay. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Boston City Council voted 11-1 to remove Councilor Chuck Turner from the Boston City Council after he was convicted in a federal corruption case.
Matthew J. O’Malley was elected to represent the Sixth District on the Boston City Council tonight after beating James W. Hennigan by a 59.9%-39.5% margin in a special election. O'Malley succeeds John Tobin, who endorsed O'Malley, and will represent Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, and parts of Roslindale and Mission Hill. "I cannot wait to get to work," O’Malley said. [Globe]
- The Boston City Council has asked MIT Economics Professor Thomas A. Kochan to review the arbitrator's decision that gave Boston firefighters a 19 percent pay raise in exchange for random drug testing. [WBUR]
- City Councilor Chuck Turner called the arbitrator's decision "fair but unaffordable," and will vote against it. The Globe actually polled all 13 councilors for their opinions. [Boston Globe]
- After the boil order was lifted...Water usage spiked, investigators focused on finding the "collar" that failed, and lawmakers focused on improving water infrastructure. [Boston Globe]
- Don't expect a discount on your next water bill, says MWRA executive director Fred Laskey. [WBZ]
- The worst part of WaterGate 2010? It cut into our coffee addiction. [Boston Herald]
- Boston City Council president Michael P. Ross won't endorse an arbitrator's decision that settles Mayor Menino's contract dispute with firefighters without a hearing. Firefighters get a 19% raise over four years for submitting to random drug and alcohol testing. [Boston Globe]
- At-large Councilor Ayanna Pressley seems to agree with Michael Ross. [Universal Hub]
Though Sam Yoon's proposed term limits didn't pass muster at the Boston City Council (for either the mayor or council members), the group did support banning texting while driving, an issue that has become more high-profile since a texting green line operator caused a crash earlier this year. The proposed language of the ban would make texting a civil offense punishable by fines that grow with additional offenses. Various tests have found the risk of automobile accidents to be anywhere from eight to 23 times greater when texting. And if the ban on texting while driving forces you into a cab, be prepared to pony up: a new measure would allow police to arrest you if they have "probable cause" to think you didn't pay your fare. Previously, nonpayment would had to be witness by an officer.
Maybe it's because the Boston city council doesn't really wield that much power, but the race for four seats on the council has been surprisingly quiet. Or, at least, it's been overshadowed by the mayor's race and our new, open U.S. Senate seat. If you live in Boston, it's time for a quick crash course in the candidates for city council by reading Adam Gaffin's notes from a city council forum for the Allston/Brighton district seat or read the Globe's rather more perfunctory coverage of the at-large candidates. Remember, you can choose 4 at-large candidates on your ballot, and only 8 of the 12 will survive the primary.
In March, the Boston Zoning Commission gave the green light to a Boston City Council proposal to restrict the number of college age tenants in a rental unit to four. Now the legality of the plan will be challenged in court.
Now we completely understand the downside of Google Street View after discovering that City Councilor Sal LaMattina, aka "The Ice Cream Man," was immortalized on Google Street View taking out his garbage without a shirt on.
Peter Berdovsky--VJ, artist, and one of the men behind last year's "Mooninite Menace"--and the city of Boston better learn to live with each other because Berdovsky isn't going away anytime soon.
City Councilor President Maureen Feeney ("MoFee") has suggested hosting a gigantic town meeting at the South Boston Convention Center in the spring, the Globe reports.
While the idea of living with seven or so people in an apartment that should only hold four sounds disgusting, it's kind of fun and a reasonable option for cash-strapped college students. However, Boston City Councilor Michael Ross wants to put an end to it.
--What would happen if you threw a Christmas mass and the priest never came? [Boston Herald]
Some City Councilors have complained about the mayor's blame game regarding the snowstorm, but one city councilor might be contributing to the problem. WBZ sent cameras to Chuck Turner's house in Roxbury, where his sidewalk wasn't shoveled.
--Former Boston City Councilor, Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, who probably enjoyed the best nickname bestowed up on a councilor, passed away at age 87. The Globe used many adjectives to describe him, all of which can be freely interpreted, such as "irascible" and "colorful." He opposed desegregation and, in the words of the Globe, "railed against feminists, gays, and immigrants." [Boston Globe]
Councilor John Tobin thinks that Dominic Luberto, the man whose "Christmas Castle" bathes Jamaica Plain in holiday light, is courting disaster.
Mayor Thomas Menino probably won't be happy with today's Boston Herald. The lead story paints a picture of Menino as a master player of the blame game.