Yeah, I'm offended, but that seems to be a regular occurrence when I open a Globe or consider this s*** state.
"On Mission Hill, years of flaws fixed in hours; City rushes to tidy up at funeral site" by David Abel and Donovan Slack, Globe Staff | August 29, 2009
.... The city’s sudden splurge of attention to the neighborhood’s smallest blemishes astonished longtime residents, many of whom said they have been seeking such work for years.
“I walked out here and thought, ‘What in the world is happening?’ ’’ said Seth Burns, 47, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years and watched in amazement as the street sweepers went up and down Tremont, as if on a conveyor belt. “Never in my life have I seen anything like this here. When you call the city or your landlord, you get nothing. But I guess all it takes is to have the president come to town. Now, they’re doing everything.’’
Burns wasn’t complaining, but others found it curious that the city had the ability to act so quickly in areas they said had been long neglected.
“It’s like putting paint on a house that’s fallen down,’’ said Irving Stallings, 44, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years. “It’s actually kind of upsetting, almost like they’re sugarcoating our problems, trying to make it look better than it really is.’’
That's AmeriKa all over: IMAGE before SUBSTANCE!
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Perhaps the last time the city undertook such a makeover was in 2004, when it was host to the Democratic National Convention. At the time, the city spent months and about $2.7 million on sidewalk repairs and street paving near the convention.
Spiffing up Mission Hill is not expected to cost anywhere near that amount, of course. City officials have not yet tabulated the expense, but said the work - which began just 72 hours before the funeral - is well worth it.
“The eyes of the world are going to be on Mission Hill, so it’s an opportunity to come out and make it look the best we can,’’ said Thomas Tinlin, commissioner of the city’s Department of Transportation.
He said the effort, which included the departments of Parks and Recreation, Water and Sewer, and Property and Construction Management, was a “labor of love’’ and would ensure Kennedy “gets the sendoff he deserves.’’
Yeah, but F*** the PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE!!!!
YOU BET I've had it with the DAMN ELITISM and the STATE THAT SERVES THEM not us!
Michael Galvin, the city’s chief of public property, tried to downplay the effort, which has included new street signs and the removal of tree limbs. He compared the work to what the city does for Red Sox victory parades or Sail Boston....
I'm glad you tax monies to spare, Boston, as schools are being shut down a cops laid off.
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Taxpayers Got Took By Tall Ships Massport Nabs Suicide Painter
Then again, I'm just an insensitive complainer, right?
“He survived a deadly plane crash and now THIS,’’ blogger Perez Hilton tweeted. “I can’t stop crying.’’
Sorry, I only cry for the victims of our war lies.
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