Valedictory, it certainly was not.
Mayor Menino’s 20th State of the City Speech was most notable for what wasn’t in it: any hint of his political mortality. His long-awaited speech, delivered before a loyal audience at Faneuil Hall, differed little in tone or message from most of the ones that had preceded it.
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Did anyone understand what he said?
He could barely talk due to his shortness of breath.
I hate to say this Mayor Menino, but I used to support you as a mayor, but the longer you stay in the office the less I support you. You raised the assessment of my house in Fields Corner from $181,000 to $250,000 this year, and you gave State Street Corporation an $11.5 Million tax break - even while the firm had sent hundreds of Boston jobs to INDIA, and just wiped out 260 Boston Middle Class jobs last week. mayor Menino, if you want to secure a couple of jobs for your grand children in the future - (1) Please raise your own property taxes in Reedville by 40% and (2) give away your own job, and not the jobs of others. "TERM LIMITS" time folks.