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Walsh to veto Council raises
By adamg on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 4:17pm
The Dorchester Reporter alerts us that the mayor will say nay to the raises the council voted itself a couple weeks ago.
However, the $20,000 raise - which would also mean pension increases for councilors - got enough votes to show the council could override a mayoral veto. The raises would go into effect in 2016, which might be soon enough to save the councilors from poverty.
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Wonderful
I solid move from the new mayor, it was smart to stand up the council even though I am sure it lost favor with them.
Stenograph Record of Boston City Council 8 October 2014
Stenograph Record file 10082014cc.txt - alternate plaintext version of Wednesday 8 October 2014 Public Meeting of Boston City Council including remarks of City Councilors re Docket 1471 ordinance amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances Chapter 2-8.1, Salary of City Councilors
http://anopenbostoncitycouncil.blogspot.com/2014/11/file-10082014cctxt-a...
No veto
At least according to Eugene O’Flaherty.
"The city’s corporation lawyer, Eugene O’Flaherty, issued a statement after the vote saying that the council lacked the authority to overrule the mayor on spending issues."
If it goes in effect in 2016
If it goes in effect in 2016 it technically is no longer a spending issue since it's not applicable to current budget
If this passes
hopefully very few of the dinks who voted for it will be around to receive it.
Tito start looking for soup lines buddy!
We'll see how this plays on budget negotiations.
The Mayor will need to build some bridges to get his budget past, or at least turn a few of the pro-raise councilors around - maybe we'll get the mounties back.
No worries
Walsh just has to wrap himself up in the citizens who are glad he just cut these turkeys off at the knees.
He just made a stand with sanity and the voters will thank him for it and he knows that. The councilors will get beat next election by anyone who stands up and says "I'm with Walsh on that one".
Retract your vile slander of our noble species
How dare you confound politicians with our noble species!
I don't think Linehan is going quietly into the night
As much as I'd like see some new blood from Southie, idk who's going bump him. Maybe if Chinatown and the South End start to throw their weight around - but, I'll only believe that when I see it.
Hidden public information at Boston City Council.
Council President Linehan represents the out of date Boston City Council lack of openness. Still hidden are the a) Full Transcript of Captions for hard of hearing, deaf, ESL English as a Second Language folks from the Webcasts of Public Meetings of Boston City Council and the b) Stenograph Record. A more interactive Boston City Council could make available a) the Full Transcript of Captions and b) the Stenograph Record letting people comment, send feedback, suggestions and questions to Councilors' remarks from the Public Meetings of Boston City Council.
Proto-Bletchley Park decoding, trial effort at converting the Stenograph Machine .sgstn StenoGraph StenoNote file
http://anopenbostoncitycouncil.blogspot.com
Also hidden are c) Council District Maps with Bordering Streets of Council Districts labelled clearly and d) the Boston City Council Library/Archives kept at too long an arms reach from municipal researchers. Digitizing the Collections of the Boston City Council Library would be a worthy project of historic preservation.
Sorry I'm late
Blah, blah, state law, fines, jail time. You know the spiel.
Off to rake leaves.
Wrong group
Only union cronies can get unjustified raises
ONLY...
HARD WORKING LEVEL HEADED CEOS IN THR PRIVATE SECTOR GET JUSTIFIED RAISES.
Right
But, at least in some cases, being a CEO takes a little more than having a pulse.
Atta Boy
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