Word: costs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have something "more dignified." In reply, one William E. O'Halloran of Newtonville took pen in hand and tongue in cheek. A mere $65,000 was "not nearly enough," O'Halloran opined in the Boston Globe's letters column. But there is another way that "will cost us nothing and accomplish much." Concluded O'Halloran: "There is no longer any viable reason we should call our river after an obscure and no-account English King. We should spend nothing and rename the Charles River the Curley River...
...levels, and to keep tabs on all developments affecting domestic agricultural production. I soon discovered that his idea of keeping tabs consisted of reading a few magazines and departmental circulars. As for passing on my analyses, he concentrated mostly on perfecting my painfully learned bureaucratic jargon. So at a cost of $15,000 a year to the taxpayers, I slowly cranked out reports that Bob could have (and once had) written. Bob himself...
...town (shipping and sightseeing), and it stands to lose as much as $250 million in tourist dollars from cancellation of the festival. Normally jammed this time of year, the city's hotels are half empty. Meanwhile, despite protection by 350 state police and 600 national guardsmen at a cost to the city of $100,000 a day, Bourbon Street merchants began to complain of lost business and increased shoplifting. They promptly smacked a $30 million damage suit on the striking cops and the Teamsters, the union that represents them...
...Valenti and his negotiators raised the stakes. This time they demanded, among other things, an increase in base pay, from $11,964 to $16,764, for patrolmen, contract coverage for ranking officers, and binding arbitration in disputes over noneconomic issues. The city balked. The new demands would have cost an additional $ 19 million, which it claimed it did not have. Morial accused the Teamsters of trying to wrest control of the police department from the city. The police walked out again, despite a back-to-work court order...
...tree down. An official of the parks department in Queens happened to spot the fallen tree and asked whether LoGiudice had a permit to ax it. LoGiudice could not tell a lie. No permit. He was sent a bill. Value of tree destroyed: $1,287. Replacement cost of three-inch flowering cherry tree: $200. Inspection fee: $25. Discount: $200 (unexplained). Net owed...