At-large City Councilor Steve Murphy predicts the items we know about that are missing from the BPL are only "the mere tip of the iceberg" and is calling on all of the library's trustees to follow President Amy Ryan and submit their resignations immediately.
"In the coming days as the investigation continues, I suspect that we will find many other items have disappeared," Murphy said in a statement. Murphy, chair of the council's public-safety committee, had scheduled a hearing on BPL security for next Monday even before Ryan announced her resignation, mere hours after library trustees had voiced their confidence in her.
"It is imperative that the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Jeff Rudman and the other current board members follow President Ryan's lead and step down immediately, so that Mayor Walsh can move forward and appoint new leadership to guide the BPL through this crisis," he said.
The committee hearing begins at 11 a.m. on Monday in the council's fifth-floor chambers in City Hall.
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What’s his agenda?
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 2:45pm
Does he want to stock the board with his cronies?
He must be running for
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:14pm
He must be running for something. Murphy's always running for something..
Also
By adamg
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:28pm
He likes to get mad and threaten people.
Candidates challenging the City Councilor
By theszak
Fri, 06/05/2015 - 1:12pm
How would you get more folks to vote?...
Candidates challenging the City Councilor
http://bostondocuments.blogspot.com/
Qualified List Of Candidates For Councilor-At-Large
Preliminary Municipal Election Tuesday, September 8, 2015
1) Michael F Flaherty, South Boston, Present City Councilor At Large
flahertyforboston at gmail.com
2) Bryan D Fuller, South Boston
bryandfuller at gmail.com
3) Annissa Essaibi George, Dorchester
annissaeg at hotmail.com
4) Stephen J Murphy, Hyde Park, Present City Councilor At Large
councilormurphy at aol.com
5) Ayanna S Pressley, Dorchester, Present City Councilor At Large
ayannap at ayannapressley.com
6) Michelle Wu, South End, Present City Councilor At Large
michelleforboston at gmail.com
Another Menino-era system
By Anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 2:47pm
Another Menino-era system seems to be seeing the light of day....
hmmm
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 2:47pm
i'm interested to see what will become of this. Adam, keep us updated!
-anon
wow
By Malcolm Tucker
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:27pm
I always find it hilarious when people "sign" something they're writing online, like Facebook comments that end with "--Bill LePetomane" when it's obvious that Bill LePetomane is the one posting the comment. This is even funnier, though, because you signed it "-anon". I bow to your superior ironic abilities, anon. You are a king among men.
Come on, you know if he
By chaosjake
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:54pm
Come on, you know if the Honorable Governor signed a Facebook comment, it would be with the full "William J. Lepetomane"
[img]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg3Mjg1NDk3...@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg[/img]
glad my allusion wasn't lost
By Malcolm Tucker
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:29pm
I make it a mission to include Mel Brooks references in at least 45% of my comments.
Signing off with a blog URL is even more obnoxious
By BullDetector
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:57pm
Do they really think that we find their comment so interesting that we are going to go peruse their blog posts?
I dunno, I've clicked over to
By chaosjake
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:57pm
I dunno, I've clicked over to Suldog's site on a slow day before.
Artwork
By BostonDog
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 5:07pm
I'm glad BPL is cleaning house but somewhat lost in all this is $1,000,000 worth of painting and other rare items have been stolen. It would be nice to see more stories about the investigation and leads and less about the need for staff changes.
I sure hope they aren't just considering the stolen items gone for good like some unreturned library book.
UPDATE: Credit where credit is due. Seems like things are not stolen as I (and most of Boston) had been lead to believe and just misfiled. Hopefully everything else is found and the administrative changes improve things further.
premature
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:10pm
That seems premature to be saying publicly, unless he has definitive non-public information that more items are missing.
Cuz
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:19pm
he's the one who hid, er, "misfiled", them.
If the BPD mounted Police were not disbanded and allowed
By bulgingbuick
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:12pm
to guard the Library, as Murph had suggested, none of this would have happened.
Yup.
By MattyC
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 5:13pm
Horses are excellent filers.
Criminal Investigation
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:14pm
Are we going to see a major criminal investigation into this, the kind that would make someone who took items years ago extremely nervous?
I don't know whether items were actually taken, or just misfiled. But if they were taken, I'd really like the thief or thieves to be caught, as a warning to others. Otherwise, it's just another way that Boston is open season for public sector theft.
Who would be better for the Library Board?...
By theszak
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:25pm
Who would be better for the Library Board?...
THEY FOUND THE MISSING ARTWORK!!!
By FenRes
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:54pm
Breaking news on Globe website!!
what a twist! (artwork has been found)
By kernelPanic
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:56pm
BostonGLobe online is reporting that the 2 missing pieces that triggered all this stuff were found. "80 feet from where they should have been filed ..."
Huh.
By MostlyHarmless
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:22pm
As if this wasn't what anyone who has ever worked in a library was saying the entire time.
It's almost like there was a... dare I say it... political agenda?
Well now
By lbb
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:31pm
Doesn't Marty "Shoot first, think later" Walsh look like the world's biggest horse's ass? Yes, yes he does. Bets on when he unjams that foot from his mouth?
Easy answer
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:50pm
Never ever.
stubborn beyond reason when he's wrong
By Anonymous
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 7:05pm
I agree. He's stubborn beyond reason when he's wrong. Ask him to apologize to Amy Ryan and offer to tear-up her resignation.
Also Councilor Murphy demanded the entire board resign based on his 'suspicion' that there is another shoe to drop in lost and stolen artwork at BPL. He is being completely irresponsible. He doesn't deserve to be a city councilor with that kind of council. It's reactionary.
Where do you think Walsh and Murphy are going with this? Do you think it's a rational approach based on the facts?
I hope we don't have to go through another round of fighting library closings.
I demand the resignation of Steve Murphy
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 06/05/2015 - 9:24am
Based on my suspicion that we've only seen the tip of his asinine iceberg.
And I know we're not supposed to talk about looks, but if anybody looks like they're rotting from the head, it's Murphy.
well
By Steeve
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:52pm
To be fair, he always looks like a horse's ass. Size is debatable.
Doesn't Marty Walsh look like
By chaosjake
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 4:56pm
[img]https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/...
Yes, but that's just his face. It's got nothing to do with the BPL.
CAPTION CONTEST!!!
By lbb
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 5:29pm
"...you mean Superman isn't real?"
"You Sunk My Battleship!"
By be
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 5:44pm
"You Sunk My Battleship!"
Ahh
By Sock_Puppet
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 6:28pm
That feels better.
Good thing we're outside.
you're on the wrong track critcizing his looks, imo
By Anonymous
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 5:33pm
Menino sounded like he couldn't speak intelligently but we learned to judge him by what he valued and the decisions he made, not how he sounded or looked.
Yup
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 6:01pm
I'm not a fan, but any politician's looks are off limits.
But only...
By lbb
Fri, 06/05/2015 - 3:27pm
...if the politician is male. All women everywhere are fair game, but call out a man for having a stupid expression on his face, and that's just OFF LIMITS!
'scuse me?
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 06/05/2015 - 4:34pm
Have you ever seen me comment on the appearance of any politician?
Actually, I have. A while back, there was a bit of a running joke between me and a lesbian poster here, in which she and I each facetiously expressed the opinion that a certain city official, whom we both thought very attractive, 'obviously bats for my team.' Which I subsequently publicly retracted, specifically on the grounds that commenting on the appearance of a government official was creepy and inappropriate.
Good point
By anon
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 7:29pm
In the end, I judged Menino for failing to improve BPS and staying in office for at least one term too long, not on his looks.
I take your point, but I
By chaosjake
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:05pm
I take your point, but I think his skin is thick enough to handle our little game. Besides, if you make me judge him on his values and decisions, we go way past "horse's ass" to "dangerously incompetent, corrupt, and hellbent on driving this city into the ground."
I voted for him over Connolly, and it was the worst vote I've ever cast.
The only reason I can't totally agree....
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:09pm
... is we don't know what kind of stunts Connolly would have pulled had HE been elected.
But there is no way on earth that I will ever vote for this guy again (except to "vote him off the island").
make the argument!
By Anonymous
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:19pm
I think you're headed in the right direction when you say "dangerously incompetent, corrupt, and hellbent on driving this city into the ground," not because I necessarily agree but because you're forming an argument. You're critiquing how he does the job and arguing he doesn't do it well.
The next step is to cite an example that folks recognize as a bad decision or dumb policy, show how, maybe show it's a trend and you've made a strong argument.
Long Island shelter debacle....
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:25pm
... ring any bells. ;-}
dissent
By Anonymous
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:49pm
I criticize Mayor Walsh often and on many issues. I voted for him. I like him. I disagree with him on more than a handful of important issues.
I work hard to be clear about my position and why I disagree with his. Join me! I'll join you when I agree with your dissent.
You think he handled the Long Island evacuation,,,,
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:54pm
... with no adequate relocation plans (even yet) well. Yes, I guess we are not in agreement.
I think it was irresponsible
By Anonymous
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 10:48pm
I think it was irresponsible not to place every homeless and person in recovery in a bed the night they evacuated from Long Island These people don't have resources, collectively we do.
I'm still trying to ascertain if this was always just about a broken bridge and public safety crossing it (and why we didn't care about putting them on the street) or whether the eviction was handy for other purposes, too. If so, what purposes, If so, shame.
Well,,,
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:10pm
My feeling is that this sort of careless shoot-from-the-hip style typifies almost everything the present administration does -- except, perhaps, for the unflagging Olympic cheerleading (and obfuscation)..
I find it infuriating at times
By Anonymous
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:37pm
He does move awfully fast and often without thinking of the bigger picture. I don't like the way he handled long island bridge, it was irresponsible. I assume he didn't fabricate the urgency but just the same it's clear he left vulnerable people out to dry
On the Olympics, he seems to be willfully disregarding the substance of the dissent of which there is much and it has merit.
He is known as a person who listens. He is not listening. If he does not listen and respond to the dissent, I will not vote for him if he runs again.
If he is known to be,,,,
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:42pm
.... "a person who listens" -- why does he not seem to do this very much now that he is mayor? Very perplexing. And massively disappointing,
Even the stupid little stuff...
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:46pm
Let's.... umm.... make street cleaning more effective by ending the practice of removing the cars that are impeding the street sweeper..... yeah, that makes sense.
I know the city council passed a law last summer....
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:47pm
... that makes space savers illegal....
... But I'm not going to enforce it.
We've got cops making $392K per year....
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 9:51pm
..... but hey, how about $34 million per year in salary increases.
I just spent, like, 20
By chaosjake
Fri, 06/05/2015 - 11:25am
I just spent, like, 20 minutes writing a thoughtful response to this comment, only to have it get lost when I tried to preview it. Now it will go into bullet points, because I'm too lazy to write it all out again, and I don't owe you any justification of my beliefs, anyway.
Minor issues:
Major issues:
I was a big Menino supporter. He was (and Angela still is) my neighbor. But he was a public figure, and fair game for the jokes I made about his mumbles and his giant head. I'll keep making jokes about Walsh's doofy face. Jokes are table stakes for a politician.
Missing Boston library art found, trustee told
By kvn
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:57pm
Both rare works of art missing from the Boston Public Library have been found, state Rep. Byron Rushing told the Herald this afternoon.
Rushing, a BPL trustee, said in a phone interview that he received a text message from library president Amy Ryan saying the two missing prints have been recovered.
But he said he did not know the circumstances around their discovery or if it was determined how they went missing.
"The question is how did they get misplaced? That's very important to find out exactly where did they find them," Rushing said, adding that the board never dismissed the possibility that the prints were misfiled even amid the FBI and Boston Police probes. "Now misfiling is not a good thing. We certainly want to know the circumstances."
An official announcement is expected this afternoon, a source added.
The two prints were a 1504 engraving by Albrecht Durer, worth $600,000, and a 1634 Rembrandt etching, worth between $20,000 and $30,000. The disappearance of both prompted investigations by the FBI, U.S. Attorney's office and Boston Police.
Ryan handed in her resignation yesterday, saying she would leave her $195,000-a-year job in July due to the ongoing controversy over the missing art.
Library officials are also investigating a report that a set of gold coins may have disappeared decades ago under the library's watch. And following a heated board meeting yesterday during which she made no mention of other probes, Ryan then revealed to reporters that officials were probing a separate report that several pages from a music manuscript donated to the library were also missing.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_cov...
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