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Article: A well-tuned political machine, powered by zeal ; Menino's army of neighborhood workers a 24/7 force for constituents, and for him
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2009
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This story was reported and written by Stephanie Ebbert, Michael
Levenson, and Donovan Slack.
On their own, they are petty encounters: A couple of "friends" of
Michael F. Flaherty were admonished by city workers to get off his
Facebook page; a state aide got advice from a city official that led
to a parking ticket being dismissed; a Sam Yoon campaign office was
cited by city inspectors for having too many window signs.
But taken together, these seemingly inconsequential incidents
offer a rare window into the workings of Thomas M. Menino's City
Hall, a place where not even the most trivial slights go unnoticed
and the smallest opportunities unnourished.
If Menino is the urban mechanic who ...