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Tom Menino introduced the City’s very own podcast last summer and called it Citycast. It hasn’t even had a dozen episodes yet. The weekly column published on the City’s website might not have the depth of reach that Menino is looking for. What about CityLine, the email and website magazine touting the new initiatives and successful programs in the Hub? You can find that on the website too. But Menino is tired of relying on...
Tired of hilarity, cool time-lapse views, and Red Sox related videos we’re bringing you this rather informative clip about solar energy today. Menino just released the city’s budget for the next year, it’s higher than last year and not surprisingly there are some critics of what is included and excluded. Bostonist is just curious about the solar powered garbage cans (at $4,200 a pop they’ve got to be cool). We hope that they’ll be safe compactors of garbage and eventually pay for themselves. Higher fuel costs are noted as one of the largest increases in the budget. Why not put more into solar power? This video captures Sajed Kamal, of the Solar Fenway Committee in a discussion of how the sun can provide more power than fossil fuels. He’s followed by Menino at the Celebrate Solar on Boston Public Schools event held about a week ago. Everyone seems to want to decrease our reliance on foreign oil, the schools in Boston might just be a brilliant place to start the movement. All this and it’s much easier to talk about solar power on a day when the rays of light will warm us up to near 70 degrees and help us get over our wintertime S.A.D.
Bostonist has ties to one of the Boston Public Schools and two students at that school have been murdered so far this year. It's been really hard for both students and teachers to deal with. Although Boston Public has made efforts to help the students cope, feelings of hopelessness and doubt abound. Reading this this morning, Bostonist was struck by the comments of the latest victim's sister. We hope that today's meeting and subsequent meetings effect some real change in the city.