{"id":2249,"date":"2013-12-11T01:11:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abnewsflash.com\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2013-12-11T21:51:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T02:51:26","slug":"the-mayor-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/abnewsflash.com\/?p=2249","title":{"rendered":"The mayor and me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This website does not come with a lot of perks. \u00a0Actually none, until tonight. \u00a0Thanks to Emilee Ellison of the mayor’s office, I received an invitation to Mayor Menino’s annual, and final, holiday press party at the Parkman House. \u00a0Years ago, I landed in city hall as an aide to newly elected councilor Brian McLaughlin (District 9, Allston Brighton), the same moment Tom Menino became councilor for District 5 (Hyde Park Roslindale) and Ray Flynn took over as mayor from Kevin White. \u00a0City hall was entertaining, lots of characters. \u00a0I will never forget Dapper O’Neil dropping a Lugar pistol on my desk as he explicated his heroics during WWII. \u00a0Menino was lucky, in those days we referred to his district as Sleepy Hollow.<\/p>\n

The party was fun, free drinks, great food, had fun schmoozing with the bartenders (another one of my jobs) and people I hadn’t seen since my city hall days. \u00a0And wow, the Parkman House looks amazing.<\/p>\n

Above all, thanks to Mayor Menino. \u00a0Public service takes a toll, especially when you are responsible for a major city like Boston. \u00a0You cannot get away from the daily tough stuff, whether it is a shooting or a snow storm or the missed school bus pickup. \u00a0It is just there, and the mayor is there, and people look at him to blame, or fix it. \u00a0So thanks, and good luck to him and his wife Angela.<\/p>\n

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