Thomas M. Menino, Boston’s longest serving mayor, has died at 71

bostonglobe.com ^ | 10/30/2014 | Bryan Marquard and Jim O’Sullivan

[massmike]

Thomas Michael Menino, who insisted a mayor doesn’t need a grand vision to lead, then went on to shepherd Boston’s economy and shape the skyline and the very identity of the city he loved through an unprecedented five consecutive terms in City Hall, died Thursday. He was 71 and was diagnosed with advanced cancer not long after leaving office at the beginning of this year.

[cripplecreek]

In his honor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GatuATlVhA

[ColdSteelTalon]

And the fires of Hell are licking his soul...

[Responsibility2nd]

His Eulogy:

We are ga——ed here (mumble mumble) to pay resp ... (mumble mumble) Thomas Me—— born on (mumble mumble) and he was a gre— and had (mumble mumble) and was very devot-— and fought hard to (mumble mumble).

Etc.

[CharleysPride]

I hear Bob Newhart is to deliver the eulogy..

[stephenjohnbanker]

Your opinion of him?

I haven’t lived there (Newton) since 1976. (Kevin White Machine)

[Boston Blackie]

I have a sudden urge for Chick-fil-A.

[buckalfa]

Prayers for his soul and family or course, but is he the same Mayor who allowed his police department to violate the Constitution at will during the search for the Boston Marathon bombers?

[Calvin Locke]

Of all his memorable missteps, the one about not turning in illegal aliens caught in the act of GTA, because "that's not the kind of city Boston is".

Professional courtesy?

[tanknetter]

Not quite yet. Hopefully he’s getting a little talking to about employing the power of the State to intimidate and deny Christians from their religious liberty and conscience. As he did with Chick Fil A.

I just think it’s fair for guy’s like him to know why they’re spending eternity slowly roasting over an open fire, before the lever on the trap door is pulled.

[who knows what evil?]

Even the Red Hampshire (a suburb of Boston) media is involved in a regional slobberfest over Menino’s passing today...ick.

[massmike]

Your opinion of him?

If I can't think of something nice to say,then I won't say anything...

I will,however,post a picture.

[Mears]

When I read last week that he was discontinuing treatment I figured it wouldn’t be long.

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[stephenjohnbanker]

When I finished college, I moved to Los Angeles, as it was as far away as I could get from Boston leftists, and stay gainfully employed : )

[clintonh8r]

May he shelter in place.....

[Mears]

“When I finished college, I moved to Los Angeles,”

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I’d take Boston over LA anytime.

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[fieldmarshaldj]

Adios, Mumbles. RIP.

[AU72]

Howie Carr said he wasn't going to call him 'Mumbles' today. He saw him a few weeks ago and had a pleasant conversation with him.

He recalled having him on the show a few years after he cut a PSA asking for contributions to fight 'prostrate' cancer.

[sockmonkey]

Thomas Menino, five-time mayor of Boston, long time gun control advocate and co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns died..

I’m sure some are deeply saddened.

[Cicero]

He was a Mafioso, and you could hardly expect a conservative to win election in Boston. But on the whole, he did a good job and reined in the spending he inherited.