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Paul McMorrow

Don Chiofaro strikes less confrontational tone

By Paul McMorrow

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  June 12, 2012

Don Chiofaro has been on his best behavior lately. The normally voluble developer has been lying low for several months, declining to take reporters’ phone calls and passing up chances to publicly sink an elbow into Mayor Tom Menino’s ribs. This is a sharp turn from years of gleeful antagonism toward City Hall over Chiofaro’s plans to demolish the Harbor Garage, and the shift recognizes that confrontation has gotten Chiofaro nowhere with Menino. But will the change in tactics get the developer what he wants?

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