Bring Me the Head of...ANYONE!

From the Boston Globe:

At least nine high-level positions in the administration of Mayor Thomas M. Menino are vacant or filled by temporary "acting" chiefs. As the mayor, newly elected to a fourth term, prepares to ask for resignation letters from his department heads this week, government observers and watchdogs say he should be filling long-empty jobs.

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Menino declined to discuss his plans for open or temporarily filled jobs, saying only that he was sending e-mails to department heads asking for resignation letters last week.

"I'm going to tell them I value the work they've done for the city all these years and ask them to hand in a resignation," said Menino. "We can't stand still. We want new faces, new ideas, and new programs. We'll look at programs that don't work and they'll have to go. Change is good. Nobody likes to hurt people's feelings, but in the long run it might be good for the individuals and for the city."

Translation: This city's going nowhere with my having been at the helm for the last twelve years. So, get out there and find me some folks to fire for it.

Thus, the Legend of Teflon Tom lives on.