"Menino weighs offers from academic world; Opportunities at Harvard, BU, NU, Suffolk" by David Abel | Globe Staff, October 22, 2013
LOWELL — With 77 days left in office, Mayor Thomas M. Menino spoke publicly Monday for the first time about his plans after he leaves the job he has occupied for two decades.
Menino told a forum at the University of Massachusetts Lowell that he has received offers to lecture and organize conferences at Boston, Harvard, Northeastern, and Suffolk universities.
“I’ll make a decision in the next couple of weeks,” he said. “I haven’t made a deal yet, so nobody is the front-runner. I’m a mercenary right now.”
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At least you kids know what that rise in tuition will be paying for.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Menino is leaving office with an 83 percent approval rating"
Related: Davis helps Mideast police counterparts
Commissioner Davis accepts job helping ex-convicts
I guess he didn't get the DHS job.
Also see:
"Obama makes Homeland Security pick" by Michael S. Schmidt | New York Times Syndicate, October 18, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to nominate Jeh C. Johnson, who framed many of the administration’s national security policies as the Defense Department’s general counsel during Obama’s first term, to become the next chief of the Homeland Security Department, according to administration officials.
If confirmed by the Senate, Johnson will fill the vacancy left by Janet Napolitano, who resigned in July to lead the University of California.
Johnson has little experience with some of the issues Napolitano faced, such as border security, immigration, and cybersecurity.
During his tenure at the Defense Department, he spearheaded the end of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. He also shaped the Obama administration’s policies on the detention of terrorism suspects and on targeted drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia.
The policies that are under fire right now for being war crimes?
Johnson, a former federal prosecutor, often sought broader latitude in the use of government power on national security issues. He has close ties to the president and was one of Obama’s advisers and fund-raisers during his first presidential campaign.
Oh, I feel $afer already!
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