Posted on 06/17/2004 6:54:24 PM PDT by Libloather
I hear Ted Kennedy has a Parking space (one) that he rents for 2000 a month , maybe he can chip in on the fares.
FMCDH(BITS)
I live in the Boston area and Tom Menino IS nuts!
No point bringing cars to a city that will be in major gridlock for a week.
It will be madness because the city just can't handle it,especially with I-93 closed for a good portion of the day.
Now, there's a Democrat for certain. Then again, we had Bill "So what if I drop a half-mill a night?" Bennett so maybe we shouldn't talk about gambling, a legendary tax on stupidity....
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Good news at last for DNC
By Boston Herald editorial staff
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
See, there are happy endings, even where the upcoming Democratic National Convention is concerned.
First there was that love-in in Southie by the L Street Bathhouse with the head of the New York delegation, Herman ``Denny'' Farrell Jr. proclaiming the beachfront clambake site ``lovely.'' And as it turned out, in a delightfully unscripted moment, a number of those working out in the bathhouse weight room during Farrell's tour were black.
Sometimes ``history'' is just that, Farrell quickly learned. And perhaps he wasn't the only one. In this most tribal of cities, there's nothing like criticism from an outsider to make the locals appreciate how far we have come.
With that little tiff resolved, convention organizers next scored a sound compromise with the city's cab drivers over cut rate vouchers to be given to delegates. More often than not, convention organizers of both parties hired buses to transport delegates en masse to their often far-flung hotel rooms. Boston Mayor Tom Menino, attempting to secure a piece of the business for cab drivers, proposed the vouchers.
It took a lot of shouting across the conference table, but an agreement was finally reached, setting the voucher amount at $12 and allowing the cabbies to insist on a three-person minimum. Massport agreed to waive its usual $1.75 fee and allow cabs transporting delegates to bypass the taxi pool.
The system will allow drivers to collect a decent fare and a fair piece of business. It's amazing what can be accomplished when everyone agrees to come to the table and reason together.
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