I just left work; on my way to vote. Looks like Connelly has been leading in all of the preliminary polls; I'm hoping Walsh comes in second, thus eliminating Conley. Whoever wins will get a pro 2A letter from this resident.
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Awesome!I just left work; on my way to vote. Looks like Connelly has been leading in all of the preliminary polls; I'm hoping Walsh comes in second, thus eliminating Conley. Whoever wins will get a pro 2A letter from this resident.
non compliance/civil disobedience still has potentialThere's fighting for rights and doing nothing, I.e. voting for people who have no chance of winning in a state that is arguably the most liberal in the country.
I fail to see how you're fighting for gun rights in MA. The only thing left is to start shooting. Other than that you're really just sitting around letting it all happen.
Don't let any facts get in the way of your argument. BTW, since you are such an expert on Boston - when was the last time you set foot here?8,000 gun owners vs. how many EBT card holders?
If people thought you could get 8k gun owners to vote they'd just use more campaign money to bus welfare families to the polls.///
Don't let any facts get in the way of your argument. BTW, since you are such an expert on Boston - when was the last time you set foot here?
If I were you, I'd focus on making sure NH doesn't vote like it did in the last two elections - for Obama.
Many of us are tied to Boston for various reasons. What is your solution, just give up?Last week. But don't let my actual travel habits get in the way of trying to bash me while I point out the fact that you're amazingly out numbered in Boston. I bet I could find more people who support actual outright communism in Boston than I could that support gun ownership.
Should the 18% have decided? And yes, 35% decided the ballot, but not the overall result; most elections work this way.Also, peeling a field down to two for the ballot is a pretty crappy way to conduct an election. 35% of voters just decided 100% of the ballot. Awesome.
Many of us are tied to Boston for various reasons. What is your solution, just give up?
Should the 18% have decided? And yes, 35% decided the ballot, but not the overall result; most elections work this way.
Don't let any facts get in the way of your argument. BTW, since you are such an expert on Boston - when was the last time you set foot here?
If I were you, I'd focus on making sure NH doesn't vote like it did in the last two elections - for Obama.
So is Marty Walsh the guy to root for? He appears less anti that Connolly.
It's HORRIBLE! Stay away! You need to get the word out better, we get 18 million tourists a year.If someone likes Boston, hey good luck to you. I know the city well and have been to every neighborhood. It is a sh!thole. There are drugs everywhere, crime all over, the worst roads in the country, the people suck, oh yeah and the traffic and terrible layout tops it. All cities suck, they are liberal hell holes filled with poverty, crime and drugs.
If I were given free rent in Boston, I'd say no. I'm not dealing with the crap of that place, not now, not ever.
Absolutely! I too hate the harbor, the skyline, the bars, the restaurants, the museums, the pretty girls, the good universities. Although that said, I don't feel the need to constantly watch my back walking down my street...If someone likes Boston, hey good luck to you. I know the city well and have been to every neighborhood. It is a sh!thole. There are drugs everywhere, crime all over, the worst roads in the country, the people suck, oh yeah and the traffic and terrible layout tops it. All cities suck, they are liberal hell holes filled with poverty, crime and drugs.
If I were given free rent in Boston, I'd say no. I'm not dealing with the crap of that place, not now, not ever.
It's HORRIBLE! Stay away! You need to get the word out better, we get 18 million tourists a year.
I'll give you an example of how awful it is. Do you know the city charges me $24 a year just to attach my boat to the bottom of the harbor? Marblehead only charged me $165.
That $14 billion tunnel you bought us - worst road in the country, even though it cut my commute 14 minutes.
Drugs everywhere? You say that like it's a bad thing! Everyone knows there are no illegal drugs in the suburbs.
My kids go to horrible schools, Boston Latin School and Boston Collegiate Charter. They are full of people who don't look like us! Not only that, some of them weren't even born here! BLS only sends about 100 kids a year to Ivy League schools, what's up with that!
Oh, and the professional sports teams are dreadful and the last time I went to a Bruins game it cost me $2.00 for the T and took almost 24 minutes! Even worse, on most winter weekends there are two or three college hockey games at the same time, but I can only go to one of them!
And in the Spring, when you walk down Newbury St on a warm day, there are thousands of young women who are so poor - they hardly have any clothes!
So sad. NOTHING any of you say is going to get me down - Menino is out of here!!!!!
Dear Dan Conley,
Now it's time to get back to work finding and prosecuting all those gun traffickers roaming the streets of Boston.
My Boston home is located on a 21,500 square feet of property bordering conservation land. We see deer and coyotes rather frequently. My property taxes run about $2500.00 per year. My water & sewer costs approximately $15.00 a month except in July and August when it jumps up to $25.00 a month. I have a built in steam shower and a Jacuzzi in which I ease my aging bones. My woodstove warms me during the deep winter months. My gas bill never gets near the $200.00 amount because my home is well built and insulated. I don't have kids in the school system. I have great neighbors and other than the political BS, I have little to complain about. To the posters who have said I live in a *hithole, I'll disagree. When I leave the city, it will be related to decisions made at the State House rather than those made at City Hall. It is too bad that a discussion about a Mayoral election has to get littered with comments meant to insult the good, law abiding citizens who still make up the majority in Boston.
Best regards.
There are some great areas in Boston. Where Garandman lives, Popes Hill, and the area around Ocean Street in Dorchester. That doesn't even mention West Roxbury, Brighton-Allston, and a good chunk of Hyde Park and Roslindale. Or South Boston, much of Charlestown, along Commonwealth Ave. The parts that are not so desirable are small by comparison and for the most part outsiders don't go to them.
The only thing I'd really criticize Menino for is the overbuilding in Downtown, the Back Bay, the South Boston Seaport District, and the Longwood Medical Area. The streets haven't kept up with the construction and increased occupancy, let along the parking. Still, that's brought a lot of revenue into the city and given a lot of people, residents or not, good jobs.
If anyone has complaints about the schools, I'd suggest that they look in the mirror. Anyone who knows the first thing about how schools work knows that the biggest predictor of how a kid will do is how involved the parents are. Look at the number of poor Asian kids that graduate from Boston schools and go to really good colleges. These are kids who in many cases didn't even speak English when the came here, and yet the excelled. That's because their parents set the standards. As much as we complain about the schools, the fact that kids can get free schooling regardless of the economic condition of their parents is something you don't see in most other countries.
There is a lot to love about Boston and as you say most of the stupidity comes from the State House, not City Hall. I don't like Menino's position on a lot of the Democrat part line stuff, but sometimes I think he just says that so that the city can get money from the state and federal governments.
Finally, when you look at the corruption in other big cities across the country and then look at Boston, things are pretty good here. One city councilor convicted of taking bribes? Look at other cities where the Mayors have gone to prison for taking bribes. Unlike other cities, I don't think Menino cashed in as Mayor.
Boston could have done a lot worse for Mayors over the last 20 years. Boston Police, Fire, and EMS are all well regarded public safety agencies across the country. None are perfect, but again compare them to other major cities like Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, and even New York and the city is in good shape.
If it weren't for the stupid gun laws (in MA) and my hating winter more and more, I'd love to live in Boston.
That was very well written. I for one am guilty of lumping beacon hill in with boston and treating them interchangeably.
Walsh is a big time union guy who said that the first thing he will address if he wins is "gun violence in the streets". Connolly wants to audit schools. Big difference there, imo. Connolly has been pretty silent on the 2A front, which makes me somewhat hopeful.I don't expect much gun love from either but who is the less terrible choice on 2a in the mayors race? Part of me is rooting for Walsh just because Menino can't stand him and if Menino doesn't like someone, that is a good thing.
Walsh is a big time union guy who said that the first thing he will address if he wins is "gun violence in the streets". Connolly wants to audit schools. Big difference there, imo. Connolly has been pretty silent on the 2A front, which makes me somewhat hopeful.
Anyone familiar with the councillor at large race? Eight names that I'm not familiar with...
Edit: looked up the pair running for district 9 (Allston-Brighton) District City Councillor, and Bronner is a gung-ho supporter of gun buy-backs, while Ciommo, the current councillor, is quiet about firearms, as far as I can tell.
Edit2: looked up the 8 running for councillor at large. While, predictably, no one has openly spoken out in support of gun rights, the 4 that haven't spoken out against them appear to be Kelly, Flaherty, Murphy, and Ross. In the primary, Flaherty came in a close second, Murphy third, and the others way behind.
The candidates agreed on several issues. Both talked about the need to improve education in order to prevent gun violence. Connolly stressed the need to connect young people in middle school with social and emotional support; Walsh advocated reforms to keep kids in high school and treat the trauma that children see on the streets. Both talked about the need for stronger gun laws nationally and for more efforts in Boston to trace guns used in violent crimes. Connolly also argued for the reinstitution of a gun buyback program.
Had conversations with both campaigns about that.stronger gun laws nationally and for more efforts in Boston to trace guns used in violent crimes. Connolly also argued for the reinstitution of a gun buyback program.
Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas said the cost of a gun buyback program outweighed the benefits of the program. Since most crimes are committed using illegal firearms, Haas said past programs in other cities, including a 2006 gun buyback program in Boston, demonstrated that criminals don’t often turn over weapons to police that are used in crimes.
“These guns are extremely valuable for the people who use them for illegal purposes,” Haas said. “We’d never be able to give them enough money to equal the value they place on those weapons and to get those kinds of firearms off the street.”
Read more: http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridg...opts-out-of-gun-buyback-program#ixzz2jh6m4VKA
As I mentioned earlier, one of the main principles of my administration will be collaboration. This will be especially true with public safety. Communities and police departments across the country are increasingly realizing that collaboration is crucial in working to deter violence, especially gun violence. Here in Boston, the majority of gun violence homicides are done by youth who are involved in gangs. In addressing this problem, Boston is becoming a national model with the success of the Partners Advancing Communities Together program. PACT was designed in 2010 to zero in on a small amount of targeted young people most likely to commit gun violence, or be the victims of gun violence. Close monitoring and services were best realized by connecting Boston Police Department, community groups, and multiple other agencies that serve and monitor these small amounts of youth involved in violent crime. Weekly interagency meetings allow for sharing crucial information and providing the best services possible. As mayor, I would seek to continue and expand up successful programs like this.
I would also like to expand our street workers programs. This will allow experienced and enlightened community members, who often have learned from their own past mistakes, to establish relationships with community's suffering from violence and help these communities intervene before violence escalates. I will use successful street worker programs like the ones at BCYF, and will seek to connect with the Boston Foundation to learn from some of the successes they've had with a program they fund called Street Safe.
Communities in collaboration with police and concerned agencies can work to address this problem as a team. It's been done before and can be done again.
One of the most effective ways to stop crime is to maintain a committed, mobile police force, with the necessary resources to keep a constant presence in all of Boston's neighborhoods. While I am mindful of the city's budgetary limitations, as a City Councilor I have made it a priority to preserve funding for police officers.
As gangs become more organized and sophisticated, we need to use innovative law enforcement strategies for curbing gang violence and drug sales. In Ceasefire programs, police officers compel gang members to attend a meeting, demand that the shootings end, and promise severe punishment directed at the entire gang if they do not end the violence. This is an effective and efficient way of showing gangs that we are serious about making Boston a safe and livable city.
Although Massachusetts has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, Boston continues to lose residents to gun violence every year. I will support any and all efforts to limit illegal weapons in our city, including reinstating a gun buyback program to get handguns off of our streets. I will also be a strong voice in support of national background checks, assault weapon bans, limits on magazine sizes, and the closing of gun show loopholes to reduce the flow of guns into Boston from states with weaker laws.