It looks like some folks on the City Council are growing stones:
With time running out on this year’s session, City Councilor Maureen Feeney is under fire for bottling up dozens of ordinances in her committee – including one changing mayoral succession and another requiring fire trucks to be replaced after 10 years
For years I’ve seen Boston City Councillor Maureen Feeney pimp the city at Mayor Menino’s behest. From crippling public health when Boston City Hospital was privatized; to betraying City workers with sick-building syndrome from the mold, fungus, and bacteria in City Hall; to enabling violations of state law in the Election Department, Feeney is always available to do the Mayor’s bidding – particularly if it involves fucking over people in her District.
A backlog of 40 proposed ordinances is languishing in Feeney’s powerful government operations committee. The measures require a public hearing before the council can vote on them.
There are only three more meetings before the end of the 2009 City Council term, but all hell’s gonna break loose in 2010.
[...] pm This is just silly, so silly in fact that I find myself agreeing with Maureen Feeney, whom I despise: At the hearing and meeting, she went on about being raised to vote, vote, vote. When several [...]
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[...] Goo-Goo Watch: Term Limits Filed under: Astroturf, Boston Politics, City Council, Progressive — Paul Simmons @ 4:16 pm Tags: Activists, Progressives, Sweat-equity activism This is just silly, so silly in fact that I find myself agreeing with Maureen Feeney, whom I despise: [...]
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