It’s incredible that police officers have become the target of anger over the justice system that did not indict cops involved with the deaths of teens Mike Brown and Eric Garner. Public citizens made those decisions, not the police. Assassinating…
Category: Editorials
Police Are the Cavalry
Sometimes things happen in a controversial way when it comes to police crime fighting. However, police have a difficult job to do and hard decisions have to be made under dire situations that really have nothing to do with the…
Disruption or Consequences?
Disruption was 2014’s trendy cliché. A new idea comes along and, poof, out with the old. Business school types are enthralled. New technology and new ideas are part of the disruption. But some businesses and industries are vulnerable, sometimes because…
Opinion
Ted Tomasone never forgets his roots Once again, the Regional Review commands former North End resident Robert “Ted”, Tomasone for providing special activities in the community throughout the year. He coordinated the annual North End Christmas luncheon that benefits needy…
North End Christmas Parade Sets the Holiday Spirit
The holiday spirit was spread through the North End as the 44th annual North End Christmas Parade hosted by the North End Athletic Association (NEAA) made its way through the community. Hundreds of families found their way to Puopolo Park…
Downtown View Wishing Charlie Well
Charlie Baker won the gubernatorial race in November fair and square. I do not necessarily believe he won because he was a different candidate than he was four years ago. I do not necessarily believe he won because Martha Coakley…
Opinion
More positive police stories should be published Police behavior continues to dominate the news. Protest, rallies, speeches and violence have and will continue to be covered extensively as they should be. However, there is never any positive stories produced about…
It’s Certainly Not Chump Change
Saying he was “troubled” by the findings of a Herald report citing a pattern of apparent bid splitting by the city’s Property Management Development and took issue with the department’s director Michael Galvin’s characterization of the payouts as “chump change”…
New Licensing Board Should Benefit Neighborhood
Three new members to the City of Boston’s Licensing Board have been appointed by Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The Licensing Board regulates alcohol, food, hotels/inns, lodging houses, fraternities/dormitories, billiards/pool tables/sippio, bowling alleys and fortune teller licenses. The newly-constituted Licensing Board…
Downtown View
When our children were young, they asked what their father, a lawyer, did at work. I told them, “He gives advice to people.†But that was hardly an adequate explanation. They eventually learned what lawyers do through family discussions, visits…