By adamg on Wed., 5/14/2014 - 10:34 pm
David Bernstein takes a look at a resolution before the City Council today to recognize the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's desegregation ruling. Ten councilors voted for it while councilors Bill Linehan, Steve Murphy and Sal LaMattina voted "present."
LaMattina and Murphy talked to Bernstein about why he voted that way; Linehan and Yancey, who sponsored the measure, didn't return his calls.
UPDATE: Linehan did talk to the Globe, said Yancey filed it at the last moment and he didn't really have a chance to read it and he wasn't going to vote on something he didn't have a chance to consider.
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Council Gong show
By anon
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 5:34am
Profiles in courage this vote on either side was a joke. How about a real hearing on the safety of the thousands of sixth and seventh grade school kids who will forced off yellow school buses next September and onto overcrowded T trains which will result in more delays do to fights, mayhem and kids being subjected to junkies,whinos and perverts on their daily commute.
Whinos?
By Sock_Puppet
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 6:35am
So you ride the T a lot, then?
So...
By Sally
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:29am
The kids will bring the fights and the mayhem; the junkies, whinos (sic) and perverts will do the rest? Please. A middle school bus is hell on earth compared to your average T train.
And yet, somehow ...
By adamg
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:31am
Sixth and seventh graders at some Boston schools (the exam schools) have had to rely on the T to get to/from school for ages and have yet to die.
How about
By anon
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 10:07am
Kids WALK to their neighborhood schools instead? Every neighborhood in Boston has a school that's within walking distance for the vast majority of the students living there.
Do you know what a map is?
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 1:34pm
Maybe you should look at one sometime. Not every neighborhood has a walking distance school that can accommodate all the kids who are close to it.
True
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 05/16/2014 - 6:11am
Most of them have been torn down or converted into apartments by now.
Apartments...
By Michael Kerpan
Fri, 05/16/2014 - 12:04pm
...or residential facilities for the elderly -- lots of these in Roslindale (plus Roslindale High School).
Apropos of nothing else, the
By Rob
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 2:35pm
Apropos of nothing else, the very hearing you're calling for already happened a few weeks ago.
Kinda feel like this might
By Rob
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:05am
Kinda feel like this might all be avoided if we just had the stenographic record, right?
Thezak kind of has a point
By Bob Leponge
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 9:06am
Elected officials tend to behave better when their actions (which, by law, are a matter of public record) are actually and easily accessible by the public.
Linehan update
By anon
Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:43am
So LInehan's story is that the motion was filed at the last minute, and he didn't have a chance to read it, blah, blah, blah. Shorter version. Linehan is a liar.
Captioning full text. Last Public Meeting. Boston City Council.
By theszak
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 2:19am
Now available ! Full text. Complete Captions from the last webcast. All Captioning for hard of hearing on the last webcast of the Public Meeting of Boston City Council, available via
http://www.cityofboston.gov/contact/?id=12
CITY OF BOSTON
Current Status on Captioning
n Current live Captioning – Available on Cable TV and Internet
ß Boston City Council meetings and hearings
ß Approximately 200 per year, roughly three 2-hour meetings per week
ß Usually between 10 am – 3 pm, Monday-Friday
ß Boston Redevelopment Authority
ß Approximately 48 hours per year
ß Twelve 4- hour monthly meetings, 6pm Thursday evenings
ß Boston School Committee
ß Approximately 104 hours per year
Mayor Walsh has also committed to adding additional boards and commissions, likely the Public Improvement Commission (where sidewalk permits originate) and Zoning Board of Appeal. Both are expected to start within the month.
n Challenges over the years
ß Location
ß Software
ß Audio Quality
ß Cost of live transcription
n Going Forward
ß Improve reliability
ß Resolving audio issues in various hearing rooms
ß Making presenters aware of the importance of using audio equipment
The City is planning to install a TV in the City Council; Chamber that will show live captions for those attending in person. This is in the budget for July 2014 build project.
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[ Boston Founded in the Year of Our Lord 1630. ]
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[ God Be with Us as He Was with Our Fathers. ]
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[ Civitatis Regimine Donata AD. 1822. ]
[ City Status Granted by the Authority of the State in the Year of Our Lord 1822. ]
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If you haven't read the act
By Waquiot
Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:58am
It's right here. I suppose making a video and putting it online is not a violation of the act, but it is coming close.
Guess!... the 1947 legislator? who filed Chapter 447 Acts 1947
By theszak
Tue, 05/20/2014 - 1:56pm
a) Guess!... the 1947 legislator? who filed the bill for Chapter 447 Acts 1947
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/
http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/oversigh...
b) also of interest the 1909 legislator who filed Section 29 Chapter 486 Acts 1909
c) and the 1934 legislator who filed Section 1 Chapter 185 Acts1934
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/libraries/services/a...
http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/oversigh...
Clerks
https://malegislature.gov/People/ClerksOffice/House
Acts 1947 c447
Acts 1909 c486 s29
Acts 1934 c185 s1
d) Of note for a favorite legislator's Legislative Aide
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Joint/J25
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 914 FILED ON: 1/15/2013
HOUSE NO. 2787
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PRESENTED BY:
Antonio F. D. Cabral
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act further regulating access to public records.
PETITION OF:
NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
Antonio F. D. Cabral 13th Bristol
Denise Provost 27th Middlesex
By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2787) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and Denise Provost relative to access to public records. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1735 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
An Act further regulating access to public records.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 7. Chapter 447 of the acts of 1947 is hereby amended by striking the following:
“; provided, that the substance of debates by and among the members of the city council shall not be so published or published elsewhere at the expense of said cityâ€
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/BillHtml/124483?ge...
e) Other related amendments, laws, Regulations, cases, rules, ordinances, practices
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepardize
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> If you haven't read the act
> By Waquiot on Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:58am
> It's right here. I suppose making a video and putting it online is not a violation of the act, but it is coming close.
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1947/...
ACTS, 1947. --- CHAP. 447.
Chap.447
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PUBLICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE OF DEBATES IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 486 of the acts of 1909 is hereby amended by striking out section 29, as amended by section 1 of chapter 185 of the acts of 1934, and inserting in place thereof the following section: --- Section 29. Within ninety days after the passage of this act and thereafter there shall be published at least once a week and distributed and sold under the direction of the mayor and on terms to be fixed by the city council and approved by the mayor a paper to be known as the "City Record." All advertising with reference to the sale of property for non-payment of taxes shall appear exclusively in the City Record. All other advertising, whether required by law or not, with reference to the purchase or taking of land, contracts for work, materials or supplies, and the sale of bonds, shall appear in said paper, and in such newspaper or newspapers as the mayor, in his discretion, may order; a list of all contracts of one thousand dollars or more, as awarded, with the names of bidders, and the amount of the bids; appointments by the mayor; and changes in the number and compensation of employees in each department, shall be published in the City Record. Failure to publish in such newspaper or newspapers as the mayor may order shall not invalidate any purchase, contract or sale made or action taken by the city. The proceedings of the city council and school committee together with all communications from the mayor, shall be published in the City Record; provided, that the substance of debates by and among the members of the city council shall not be so published or published elsewhere at the expense of said city.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 24, 1947.
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1947/...
City Record boston
https://www.google.com/search?q=city+record+boston
Information about changes to 1947 Mass. Acts, chap. 447 via
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/
Tracking it, the 1947 amendment has a 1909 special act as its inception.
The original special act, 1909 Mass Acts, chap. 486, section 29 has as its last sentence the following... "The proceedings of the city council and school committee together with all communications from the mayor, shall be published in the City Record."
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1909/...
1934 Mass. Acts chap. 185 makes some changes to the 1909 and replaces the text of section 29.
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1934/...
1947 Mass. Acts chap 447 adds this text to the end of section 29... "provided, that the substance of debates by and among the members of the city council shall not be so published or published elsewhere at the expense of said city."
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1947/...
1973 Mass. Acts chap. 1177, section 63, removes "and school committee" from the last sentence of section 29.
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1973/...
SECTION 63. The third sentence of section 29 of said chapter 486 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "and school committee".
1974 Mass. Acts chap. 276, section 59, removes "and school committee" from the last sentence of section 29 again.
http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1974/...
SECTION 59. The third sentence of section 29 of said chapter 486 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "and school committee".
More information to 1947 Mass. Acts, chap. 447.
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/
In the index to the 1947 Journal of the House of Representatives there was an entry under the heading of Boston for the bill prohibiting the publication in the Boston City Record of the substance of debates in the city council. The references of 1080, 1126, 1143, 1219 (amend); enacted, 1260 (ch. 447) are to page numbers within the 1947 Journal of the House.
On page 1080, there is a reference to House, No. 2079. House, No. 2079 refers to Senate, No. 530, App E and is a reprint of page 2 of House No. 2079.
Senate No. 530 is 71 pages and is titled "Report of the Special Commission Studying the Boston City Charter", April 1, 1947.
Other contents
Supplementary statement of Mr. Rand
Supplementary statement of Representative Johnson
Supplementary statement of John A. Breen and Frederick W. Roche
Minority report of Judge Daniel J. Gillen
Minority report of Rupert S. Carven
Proposed legislation Appendix A.
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E (identical to page 2 of House No. 2079)
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I, partial bibliography
Appendix J, changes in methods of electing the Board of Aldermen and the City Council since 1821
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