Posted on 06/14/2023 2:44:32 PM PDT by jdt1138
The Boston City Council narrowly passed a $4.2 billion operating budget that cuts roughly $31 million from the police department.
The spending plan was approved Wednesday via a 7-5 vote, and will now be submitted to Mayor Michelle Wu, who can choose to veto or accept the amendments the Council made to her initial budget.
The Council approved roughly $52.9 million in amendments, but the two that drew the most opposition were those that would reduce the Boston Police Department and Veterans office budgets by $30.91 million and $900,000, respectively.
Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson of "Boston's Hijab Day" fame chaired the budget hearings that led up to Wednesday’s vote, spoke of efforts to put forward amendments that tackle systemic racism, and invest in communities of color. Certain preventive measures are going to help people survive, she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Michelle Wu another Chinese Spy that’s helping destroy the US ?
I bid farewell to Boston, (well, Cambridge) in 1977. Now when I tell folks I’m a refugee, they understand.
let it burn
you get the government you deserve
More killings...More robberies...more rapes. That’s what they are going to get.
They gave to pay for the illegals somehow!
Good.
In other news....
Florida Hires $31 million Worth of Police.
“...cuts roughly $31 million from the police department...”
Atta way Boston!!!!! Be “tough on crime”....ROFL
The soon-to-be Portland on the Atlantic, how stupid can these people get? obviously really stupid.
I guess that, in short order, Boston will resemble San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, Detroit, etc.
As Boston devolves, just more Northeastern Liberals moving out of state to someplace they don’t belong, to set about ruining that place.
From January:
Short-Staffed ‘Boston Police Department Is in a Dire Position,' Commissioner Says
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/short-staffed-boston-police-department-is-in-a-dire-position-commissioner-says/2938522/
So? That’s what the Boston scum want.
They already f’d up Vermont completely and New Hampshire somewhat.
Yup
That’s gonna result in “real” hardships for those folks, who can’t afford to flee the city. It makes me sad and very, very angry to see my country treated this way!
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