Menino Serves Up Another Fluffer-nutter
Oh, THIS will help.
Sorry, Tom, but this is about you trying to pass yourself off as an effective leader while doing nothing to address the very real and growing problem of urban youth violence. This is just what we DON'T need - another feel-good do-nothing policy, the likes of which have become all too familiar in these parts.
Let me see if I understand this correctly. In an effort to curb youth violence in the community, the mayor wants to bring back nighttime football games, which were previously banned in an effort to curb youth violence in the community. Huh? Am I missing something here?
I'll give you one guess as to how much real impact any of this will have.
Yeah, kids might be getting gunned down in our city parks by violent gun-wielding thugs, but hey, FREE ICE CREAM! Now, I feel safe.
BOSTON -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino has ended the city's decades-old ban on night high school football, saying he wants to help heal communities scarred by a recent spike in crime.
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"This is about building relationships between different kids from different neighborhoods," Menino told The Boston Globe. "Getting them to understand each other, work with each other, play against each other and become friends with one another."
Sorry, Tom, but this is about you trying to pass yourself off as an effective leader while doing nothing to address the very real and growing problem of urban youth violence. This is just what we DON'T need - another feel-good do-nothing policy, the likes of which have become all too familiar in these parts.
Night high school football was banned after a 1958 brawl broke out during a preseason exhibition involving all the teams in Boston. The fight spilled into the streets of Egleston Square and sparked outrage around the city.
Let me see if I understand this correctly. In an effort to curb youth violence in the community, the mayor wants to bring back nighttime football games, which were previously banned in an effort to curb youth violence in the community. Huh? Am I missing something here?
I'll give you one guess as to how much real impact any of this will have.
"Our city kind of had a tough summer, so sometimes it's good to bring in some good security, some free ice cream, have people come sit in the stands and just enjoy themselves," said Kenneth Still, athletic director of the Boston public schools.
Yeah, kids might be getting gunned down in our city parks by violent gun-wielding thugs, but hey, FREE ICE CREAM! Now, I feel safe.
