Posted early this morning on the East Boston Open Discussion on Facebook (you have to be logged into Facebook to see it and its comments):
TO THE PERSON THAT SLASHED MY TIRE YOU LEFT YOUR FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE TRASHCAN YOU LEFT TO SAVE YOUR SPOT AND I HAVE YOUR TRASH CAN IF YOU WANT IT BACK COME GET IT THE POLICE WILL BE KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR TODAY IT IS A COMPANY TRUCK AND I AM NOT WORRIED THE TIRE CAN BE REPLACED
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I'll just check with the boys down at the Crime Lab
By Scratchie
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:25am
They got four more detectives working on the case. They've got us working in shifts!
Well, you never know
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:30am
If there is somebody on that block that the cops hate and think might be involved, running the prints would be a good way to have an excuse to go after that somebody (particularly if they are on probation).
boston/metro area
By Scumquistador
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:37am
is one of the windiest populated areas in the entire country "of course my fingers prints are on the trash barrel your honor, every trash day everybody's barrels blow all over the sidewalk/porches/street/whatever/etc and we all have to move them"
i mean i dont know why i bothered even being that specific, but yeah, nobody is proving anything about slashed tires with fingerprints on a trash barrel, for a number of reasons.
If that's the case, I doubt
By Scratchie
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:38am
If that's the case, I doubt the cops would need the fingerprints to go hassle whoever they feel like hassling. More likely, it's one of their high school buddies.
Can't wait for the "Making a
By anon
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:00pm
Can't wait for the "Making a Tire Slasher" documentary on Netflix.
Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck...
By Andrew
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:59am
... or the Creedence.
Yeah, well
By stummo
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:58pm
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
this is a great post
By Scumquistador
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:27am
because its got layers and layers of what i assume have to be jokes, bravo
What are the chances
By Sock_Puppet
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:38am
The criminal mastermind wore gloves?
Or...mittens
By J not logged in
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:51pm
Durp
Thanks Marty for enabling
By anon
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:15am
Thanks Marty for enabling this crap with official policy.
The first murder over this townie stupidity is on his hands if the city doesn't grow a pair and put and end to infantile space savers.
Unfortunately..
By SoBo-Yuppie
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:40pm
..Mayor Marty is a townie himself. He condones this crap.
No more townies as Mayor!!! We need new blood with new ideas.
Mahty
By anon
Tue, 01/26/2016 - 7:51am
The Mayor is not from Charlesrown. You yuppies want to live here, get the terminology right.
I think you meant to thank Tom
By Waquiot
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 3:47pm
Since it is the previous mayor's policy, continued.
And you better believe there have been slashed tires in Boston for decades before Walsh was elected.
I'll "thank" whomever's in office
By Rob O
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 4:13pm
Walsh is the mayor. It is currently his responsibility to create and enforce the City policy on space savers. When he is voted out of office next year, I will look to the next mayor to make and enforce a policy.
When Menino was mayor, I wrote him about his backwards policy. Now he's no longer mayor. Among other reasons I'm not asking him to change the policy.....
Yes
By Waquiot
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 5:22pm
Because (1) there will emerge a candidate who will make this the cornerstone of their campaign and (2) the citizens of Boston, who support space saving (remember that poll last February that showed a lack of support for Boston2024 but a large support for putting cones out after one shovels) will decide that they are wrong.
Menino was okay with this, as was Flynn, as was White. If they were doing it when Collins was mayor, he probably would have been okay with it, too. Don't hold your breath that whoever comes after Walsh will be any different.
Several Illogical Jumps
By Rob O
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 5:46pm
I don't expect a space saver policy to be the cornerstone of a mayoral campaign, but it is an issue that generates a lot of emotion, I think they'll be asked about it during the campaign, and I will consider a candidate's stance on it before casting a ballot. Do not worry though, I know I can't hold my breath until the next election, so I won't try.
I don't remember the poll that you reference or the results. I do think the issue is perfect for a referendum as it's a simple issue that does not require extensive voter education. I also think a referendum would give a mayor political cover, which I think is important, as I consider Menino's and Walsh's gray policies to be political attempts to split the baby. In fact, I've already written Walsh suggesting a referendum.
As others have noted, the logic behind space savers has changed as Boston has become more dense and there is no longer always a spot to shovel out. So stances on space savers from before 2000 don't really interest me. I think the voters of Boston and their opinions are ever changing, so I'm optimistic.
I've been lazy today
By Waquiot
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 5:48pm
Here's the poll. I'm bummed Boston2024 is not a part of the story, but they polled both at the same time.
They didn't do a neighborhood breakdown, but my bet is that space saving is more popular in areas that Walsh carried in 2013, while it is less popular is areas Connolly carried (with perhaps the exception of West Roxbury.) This means that if Walsh moved on this, he might lose his "base" while not necessarily pick up new support. It's all politics, my friend.
Thanks
By Rob O
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 5:56pm
Thanks for the link.
As a Connolly supporter from Charlestown against space saving, I agree on all fronts.
EDIT: Wow, I'm surprised by the huge support (70%) for space savers. I'll wait for a larger sample size or more information about statistical significance here before I give up the fight, though.
Menino
By lbb
Tue, 01/26/2016 - 9:11am
Menino was a coward, as was Flynn, as was White, as is Walsh.
Yeah, we're going to stop
By BPD
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:17am
Yeah, we're going to stop everything and send over the CSI unit solve this ultra important case.
Punctuation.
By tcf098
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 11:26am
That is all.
Time to adopt new snowplow policy?
By karenz
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:03pm
If the city plowed all of the streets so people could park, for example on a schedule like street cleaning, it would get rid of the issue once and for all!
That's too easy.
By jmeltzer
Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:19pm
Can't be done.
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