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...Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced on Tuesday the formation of a task force intended to reexamine the amount of voluntary payments made by universities and other non-profit institutions to the city...
...city needs all the revenue it can get right now,” said Jessica Shumaker, a spokeswoman for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the agency responsible for development projects in the city. “I think [the mayor] is examining any way that more revenue can be brought in, whether it’s by bringing new projects online so they can add to the tax base, or by examining what institutions are paying what...
...didn’t the mayor call for this study when colleges and universities were on better financial standing?” Jon Romano, a Flaherty spokesman, wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Perhaps if we had done this work before, our city—and its budget—would be better prepared to endure the current economic downturn...
...whom he poked. She poked back.” Koenigs views Palmer’s “youth and origins” as her most appealing characteristics. But while Palmer may hail from the Palin state, she is quick to point out the differences between herself and the mayor of Wasilla. “She knows how to play the flute and I don’t,” Palmer says. “She’s a maverick; I’m not much of a maverick. She shoots things; I love animals...
...decides against Kennedy, Paterson could name an upstate candidate with downstate appeal, like popular Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, an African-American Democrat who could win over liberal voters in New York City. (Brown garnered 6% overall in the Marist poll and 10% among upstate voters.) State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, besides polling even with Kennedy in the Marist survey, offers Paterson another benefit. The "accidental" governor - who replaced Eliot Spitzer after his resignation amid a highly publicized sex scandal - will have to run for his own office in 2010, and Cuomo could be a formidable challenger in the Democratic primary...