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...ideological impasse over a Harvard-sponsored residential development project in Allston has inflamed long-standing criticisms about the role of the Boston Redevelopment Authority—an especially pertinent topic given that Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, facing his most competitive mayoral race in years, is standing at the center of the controversy...
...We’re still waiting to see if Mayor Menino in the last weeks can deliver on what we’ve felt was a promise to bring Harvard to the table in a serious way,” said Brent Whelan ’73, a member of the Harvard Allston Task Force. “Will he use his influence with Harvard, or do we need a new mayor for that...
...Menino, a 16-year-incumbent with de facto control of the BRA, is known for his extensive clout in the City’s planning and development. A recent feature in the Boston Globe, noting that Menino’s support is often crucial to a project’s success, stated that “perhaps nowhere else in the nation, has a mayor obsessed so mightily, and wielded power so exhaustively” over such matters...
...commitment, announced last night by Boston Redevelopment Authority Director John F. Palmieri, has yet to be put in writing, but pertains to a 0.7 acre site currently occupied by the Brookline Machine Company that Harvard quietly purchased late last year. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino is now pressing the University to immediately begin exploring the feasibility of initiating residential development on the site, according to Palmieri...
Despite his seemingly invulnerable political position, the 66-year-old Menino found himself challenged this year by three much younger candidates, all of whom promised to bring change and transparency to Boston. But Menino has thus far overwhelmed opponents using his superior campaign manpower and war chest. According to the Globe, Menino’s campaign had $939,000 to spend as of a week ago, compared to Flaherty?...