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Article: Skepticism greets Menino's public housing plan
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 22, 1995
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In front of what was supposed to be a sympathetic crowd of elders,
Mayor Menino yesterday presented his two-year plan to turn around
public housing: building-based management, stepped-up security,
tenant participation in all decisions.
But Menino was greeted with deeply rooted skepticism.
"The residents of these buildings are sick and tired of promises,"
said Oscar Farmer, a resident of Martin Luther King Towers in
Roxbury. "This is not only inhuman, it's inhumane."
Menino tried to rise to the challenge by giving his pledge a
special edge, vowing that "there will be a lot of heads on the
chopping block" at the Boston Housing Authority unless he sees major
change within six months. But ...