A remarkably stronger Mayor Thomas M. Menino held court Thursday in his office at City Hall, speaking with new vigor about his plans for Boston, reflecting on his eight-week hospitalization, and suggesting that he may indeed seek a sixth term this fall.
“I still have the energy,” Menino told a half-dozen reporters as he avoided directly answering a question about whether he will run for reelection. “If I believe I can make a difference and move the city forward, that’s my future. If I believe I’m going to just sit here and get the glories of the last 19 years, that’s not Tom Menino. I have a lot more things to do. I have a lot more things I want to accomplish in this city.”
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This piece reads like an articke about the twilight years of Fidel or Chavez!
"If I believe I can make a difference and move the city forward, that’s my future." - The best way to do that is to let someone with new energy and ideas take over.
"He shifted the conversation to the city’s harbor islands, saying the archipelago could be ripe for homes, commercial development, or a dock for liquefied natural gas tankers." - Why not just permit facking in the Public Garden?
"I want to be at 102 Chesterfield St. as quickly as possible..." - That makes two of us.
"I’m slowing down to a level that most people feel is full steam." - Trust me, not everyone.
"...you can’t do it. But then you see the notes you get from people." - Here's one more note: PLEASE RETIRE.
Why are you so nasty? What has Menino ever done to generate your disrepect and ire?
I don't live in Boston, I worked in Boston until recently. I think the city is a much better place since Menino became mayor and the population is actually increasing. For the first time in decades people aren't trying to escape the city.
I think it's up to the voters of Boston to decide whether he should continue as mayor. He's their mayor, not mine, and I believe in democracy.
A friend of mine is from the Deep South. When he moved to Mass to continue his work with a major airline, all of his neighbors congratulated him for moving to state known for having an open-mind. When he showed up for work, one guy called him a Redneck. My friend looked at this man and said, "at least the south is trying to get over its racial hate and disrespect for women." I thought this was harsh at the time, but that was four years ago.
Stupidity, sexism, and racism know no geographic bounds, they are largely determined by education and economic status. News comments, on the other hand, generally have a direct relationship to the article they are attached to, which leads me to wonder, what on earth does this anecdote have to do with Boston's mayor?
Even if Menino was healthy it would be long past time for him to go. The city is in a stupor and needs some new ideas and fresh approaches to it's problems. Menino belongs to the past and He is stifling the future
Wow. He could stay awake past 30 minutes! Such stamina! Please.
Ronald Reagan was a few days short of 70 when he became President. Are you an age bigot?
Do you have Alzheimer's, or did you just forget that Reagan did?
Is this a Boston city employee 'perk' to be allowed to use the Parkman House as a freebie hotel?