An open letter to Angela Menino

Dear Angela, Reams have been written and will continue to be written about your beloved husband, Tom; hours have been spent broadcasting his myriad accomplishments as Boston's longest running mayor. History will reflect on the many things he did to leave his imprint on the city and, indeed, the region. Future generations will marvel at the …

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All hail Menino

Congratulations to Boston's longest serving mayor.  In the 1970's, as a young aide to state Senator Joe Timilty, he told a few Beacon Hill colleagues his goal was to be mayor of Boston.  They laughed at what seemed an unlikely prospect, but he did it, and he did it his way. With respect to the …

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Menino v. Connolly an intergenerational competition

One need look no further than Joe Fitzgerald's column in today's Boston Herald to know why City Councillor John Connolly's mayoral bid is such an uphill race.  Fitzgerald looks at Menino through his wife Angela's eyes.  Angela is much loved and, wherever Tom Menino goes, she is there.  She talks about how far he has …

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