A 2015 audit of the BPD turned up various issues with the department’s overtime system. Were any of them corrected?
The Globe never bothered to put a Spotlight on it these last five years of John Henry's reign until now?
Like they are aiming the stream at you during contract negotiations:
Rachael Rollins to join national push for reconciliation commission to confront racism
Beep-beep:
Residents speak out after white man followed, harassed Black Groveland resident
Just make sure you follow at a safe distance.
"Quincy Market reopens, but expect a slow summer; “We all hope we can survive this, but it really depends on whether people come out,” one owner said" by Tim Logan Globe Staff, July 1, 2020
With Quincy Market opening for the first time in more than three months, the event had a bit of a celebratory air. Market standby Violin Viiv was there, bowing out her instrumental electric pop tunes. A photographer snapped pictures as big glass garage doors swung up to open the market’s side sheds, but any actual celebrations were limited.
Complicating matters, many of the merchants have been locked in a dispute with their landlord, Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a New York-based real estate firm that operates Quincy Market under a long-term lease with the city. While Ashkenazy deferred rent for local merchants in April, May, and June, they plan to add that money to future payments. Merchants, and the Boston Planning & Development Agency, are pushing for reductions, or at least more time, to help ride out slow months likely to come.
What a shame, but time to reboot!
The bigger concern is simply lost foot traffic. That reduced foot traffic was evident on Wednesday, which after some late-morning showers turned into the sort of sunny summer afternoon when Quincy Market would usually be packed with tourists. There were a smattering of people browsing at Newbury Comics and poking around the T-shirt shops, and a few lunched alfresco beneath umbrellas at Ned Devine’s, but the Colonnade food court, normally packed on a weekday, was all but empty, and Violin Viiv played to just a handful of people sitting, mostly in masks, on the Market’s main steps, not the usual smiling hordes.
That's odd; the impression I got from the pre$$ talking points was that the reopened recovery is going very, very well.
Cheers owner Tom Kershaw — who was able to maintain all of his outdoor seating, despite distancing requirements, thanks to a new, expanded patio — said he’s optimistic that some business will return and many merchants can ride this out, but he acknowledged that the typical drivers of summer business aren’t going to help much this summer. “We get a lot of people from cruise ships, but they’re not cruising, and bus tours, but they’re not touring,” he said. “We all hope we can survive this, but it really depends on whether people come out,” and that was the other point of Monday’s reopening, said Linda DeMarco, president of the Faneuil Hall Merchants Association -- to remind Bostonians that the historic market at the heart of their city is back open for business.....
Pathetic, and that name has got to go!
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I actually feel sorry for them because it's a reminder that you can never go home again.
City councilors, activists push for reduced fares, more transit funding
Where does the money come from, and they are going to fix the decrepit and neglected piece of $hit first, right?
Healey demands that N.H. fireworks seller stop mailing ads to Mass.
Isn't that a little out of her jurisdiction?
Stay tuned for an explo$ive trial.
More than 100 Massachusetts school committees demand state pay for COVID supplies
The first paragraph says:
"More than 100 school committees across Massachusetts have passed resolutions in recent weeks imploring the state to cover all costs districts will incur next school year protecting students, staff, and others from the coronavirus."
That's strange. The headline gave them a bad rap, implying that they collectively have very high standards or are especially hard to satisfy, while the opening paragraph says they are making more of an earnest or desperate appeal as they exploit the COVID-19 crisis and are "bracing for the release of guidelines this month that will outline social distancing on school buses" when the kids are brought back this fall.
If they are brought back:
"Mass. reports 261 new coronavirus cases, 28 new deaths; tempers earlier report of zero deaths" by Jaclyn Reiss Globe Staff, July 1, 2020
State officials reported Wednesday that the coronavirus death toll in Massachusetts had risen by 28 to 8,081, and that the number of cases had climbed by 261 to 109,143, as key metrics monitored by the state lingered at low levels relative to the local springtime surge. The numbers reflected both confirmed and probable deaths and cases.
I'm sick of the fudged numbers, aren't you?
The state also tempered the news that Tuesday had been the first day in months without a reported coronavirus death. That number was due in part to a cleanup of data that sought to identify and remove duplicate reports, a Department of Public Health spokeswoman said.
Oh, they are COUNTING THINGS TWICE or MORE?
I'm shaking in rage at this point!
The spokeswoman said in a statement. “It is possible, per usual, that a death could be reported at a future date as occurring on June 30th. As more information comes into DPH over time, the Department reports updated data on deaths on the day they occurred (in the daily dashboard).”
Yeah, they will backfill when needed!
Yeah, they will backfill when needed!
The dashboard released Wednesday did not include any reporting on deaths for Tuesday. The most recent date listed was Monday, with seven deaths.
During a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Governor Charlie Baker made a short mention of the zero new deaths statistic, but did not elaborate.
Speaking earlier Wednesday, Baker continued to tout declines in key metrics the state is monitoring for the pace of reopening, but warned that residents should still continue to wash their hands, wear face coverings, and observe social distancing. “There are no victory laps from COVID. It’s not going to take the summer off,” he said.
Says the liar with blood on his hands.
Baker also highlighted programs that are helping residents suffering from food insecurity, speaking from the YMCA of Greater Boston, which has partnered with the MBTA, the city’s food bank, and other organizations to prepare and deliver meals to families and seniors.
Meanwhile, across the nation, other states — especially in the South and West — were continuing to deal with a rise in COVID-19 numbers on Wednesday.....
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Related:
"What would it mean if the United States was seeing 100,000 cases a day of coronavirus? Experts say it could mean health care systems getting overloaded in the hardest-hit areas of the country, and they underlined the need for continuing vigilance in places like Massachusetts, where the pandemic is currently dwindling....."
The experts they turned to were Fauci (Massachusetts will soon look like Thailand), Lipsitch, and Osterholm, who warned that hospitals would be overwhelmed.
You know, the same sh*t they said back in March. It never happened, the hospitals were never overrun, but we get what can be described as nothing less than this TORTURE from officialdom and the pre$$.
I need to stop torturing myself with this garbage.
Also see:
Actual number of COVID-19 cases is 12 times higher than reported, with 50 percent more deaths, says MIT study
It's just jump-the-shark lies now, folks. Screeching in hysteria is the no longer believable agenda-pu$hing propaganda proffered by the pre$$.
They have taxed us to our limit as they endle$$ly jab at us with their RNA vaccines, and for those who don't know, RNA=DNA=GMO! They have already done it to the plants and animals, and now they are coming for us!
"With the coronavirus spreading rapidly in other large states such as California, Florida, and Texas, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that New York City would not resume indoor dining at restaurants next week as anticipated. The decision to indefinitely delay indoor dining, which was made in conjunction with Governor Andrew Cuomo, comes as New York officials are increasingly concerned that the increase in virus cases in more than 30 states could trickle back to New York, which has managed to rein in the outbreak. “Indoors is the problem more and more,” said de Blasio. The move to delay indoor dining came on the heels of a similar announcement by Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey to halt a planned restart of indoor dining that was to have gone into effect Thursday, and in California, Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered indoor operations at restaurants, bars, wineries, and movie theaters to shut down in 19 counties, including Los Angeles, following a spike in cases and lax adherence to social distancing protocols. In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday said she was closing indoor seating in bars in parts of the state, including a city with a bar that has been linked to a rising number of infections."
The torture of the American people continues as they CHOP up your resistance:
"Seattle police turned out in force early Wednesday at the city’s “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators’ encampments and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. As residents of the neighborhood near the city’s downtown watched from balconies, police cleared out the protesters’ tents from a park within the zone and made sure no one was left in the park’s bathrooms. At one point, a loud bang was heard in the park, followed by a cloud of smoke. One man dressed in black was peacefully lead away in handcuff and other demonstrators sat on the ground until their small group was handcuffed and detained. Police also tore down fences that protesters had erected around their tents and used batons to poke inside bushes, apparently looking for people who might be hiding inside. After police dispersed the protesters, heavy equipment was brought in to remove the concrete barriers that demonstrators had erected in to block roads. Debis from the encampments was carted away on flatbed trucks as officers strung yellow caution tape from tree to tree warning people not to reenter....."
The mayor ordered the "Summer of Love" occupation cleared after they showed up at her mansion and called for her head, and how do you like the show arrests signaling the end of the state-sanctioned psyop?
I guess that was then and this is now (why has she not been relieved of her privilege yet, Globe?).
"A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly spraying painting swastikas on a Muslim woman’s car parked on Lantern Road and the words “white power” on the street last month, police said Wednesday. Jason Pagliuca, of Revere, was arrested Tuesday night on charges of defacement of real or personal property and assault, and assault and battery or property damage for the purpose of intimidation, police said in a statement. He was due to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon. The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which is representing the woman, issued a statement thanking police for their investigation into the June 11 incident. “As you can imagine, my client is very happy and relieved by this news,” said Barbara J. Dougan, civil rights director at the organization. “She greatly appreciates the investigation that was done by the Revere police that led to an arrest, as well as the outpouring of support she has received from the community and even from total strangers.” The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was notified by police of the Pagliuca’s arrest on Wednesday morning. She said her car has been vandalized before “but at least this time, someone was arrested. I used to lie awake at night, worrying about my car. Now I feel safer,” according to the CAIR-MA statement. Information from the public helped lead police toward Pagliuca, police said. A search warrant executed on Pagliuca’s home turned up evidence “directly related” to the incident and arrested him, police said.In the statement, Police Chief David Callahan denounced the alleged vandalism. “The arrest in this case should serve as a warning to anyone who seeks to intimidate or spread hate in our city,” Callahan said in a statement."
Time to clean up the rest of this $hitstorm:
Norwood declares state of emergency following Sunday’s severe storm
A firefighter and cat were injured, but at least the turtles swam to safety.
"As heat sears US, soaring energy costs foreseen" by Will Wade and Chris Martin Bloomberg News, July 1, 2020
As the United States faces a blisteringly hot summer, millions of people already reeling from the coronavirus’s economic fallout are about to face sharp increases in electric bills that may drive some to the brink of financial ruin.
With soaring temperatures expected in July and August, people stuck at home because they’re unemployed or working remotely will depend on air conditioners more than ever. That’s going to drive up power bills by as much as 25 percent in parts of the United States at a time when they were already a significant hardship for about 50 million people, according to analyst estimates and the US Department of Energy.
Those increases, which will amount to as much as $50 more per month, may be manageable for most middle- and upper-income families, but they’ll be a heavy burden for those near the poverty line who spend a disproportionate amount of their income on utility bills. In many cases, they’ll be families whose lives have already been upended by the pandemic.
Then leave the f**king thing off!
“There will be people faced with figuring out whether to pay their bill or put food on the table,” said Sindy Benavides, chief executive officer of the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Washington-based civil rights group. “It’s a storm waiting to happen.”
That is totally at odds with the $tronger $afety net I have told about.
Almost the entire contiguous United States has a high chance of having a long, hot summer, according to the US Climate Prediction Center. California has already suffered two heat waves, while New York, Boston, and Philadelphia have all reached or exceeded 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.....
Well, something is “about to get very hot” around here, and it isn't the temperature outside. It's been a cooler than average spring and first two weeks of summer save for maybe one day.
Don't let that spoil the narrative from you, though.
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Norwood declares state of emergency following Sunday’s severe storm
A firefighter and cat were injured, but at least the turtles swam to safety.
"As heat sears US, soaring energy costs foreseen" by Will Wade and Chris Martin Bloomberg News, July 1, 2020
As the United States faces a blisteringly hot summer, millions of people already reeling from the coronavirus’s economic fallout are about to face sharp increases in electric bills that may drive some to the brink of financial ruin.
With soaring temperatures expected in July and August, people stuck at home because they’re unemployed or working remotely will depend on air conditioners more than ever. That’s going to drive up power bills by as much as 25 percent in parts of the United States at a time when they were already a significant hardship for about 50 million people, according to analyst estimates and the US Department of Energy.
Those increases, which will amount to as much as $50 more per month, may be manageable for most middle- and upper-income families, but they’ll be a heavy burden for those near the poverty line who spend a disproportionate amount of their income on utility bills. In many cases, they’ll be families whose lives have already been upended by the pandemic.
Then leave the f**king thing off!
“There will be people faced with figuring out whether to pay their bill or put food on the table,” said Sindy Benavides, chief executive officer of the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Washington-based civil rights group. “It’s a storm waiting to happen.”
That is totally at odds with the $tronger $afety net I have told about.
Almost the entire contiguous United States has a high chance of having a long, hot summer, according to the US Climate Prediction Center. California has already suffered two heat waves, while New York, Boston, and Philadelphia have all reached or exceeded 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.....
Well, something is “about to get very hot” around here, and it isn't the temperature outside. It's been a cooler than average spring and first two weeks of summer save for maybe one day.
Don't let that spoil the narrative from you, though.
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Oh, thank God the Provincetown International Film Festival isn’t canceled anymore!
