Boston Mumbles Along
Apr 18th 2006RavenBuy a Gun Day & Politics & Raven
Ohh here he goes. Boston Mayor Mumbles (Thomas) Menino has put together a summit. With mayors from cities all over America. What is the summit about:
GUN CONTROL.
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that he and New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will meet with mayors from more than a dozen other cities next week to discuss working together to prevent gun violence.
Mayors from Philadelphia, Dallas, Miami, Washington D.C., Providence, Seattle, and Trenton, N.J. are also expected to attend the meeting next Tuesday at Gracie Mansion in New York.
Menino, who reached out to Bloomberg in January after hearing him talk about gun violence in his inaugural address, has said he and Bloomberg would form a panel and tour the country asking other mayors to join them in crafting and lobbying for federal legislation to help cities and towns address the issue.
The number of homicides in Boston reached a 10-year high last year. The number of fatal and nonfatal shootings through April 6 this year was 99, up from 57 for the same period last year.
Don’t think it’s not coincidental that Mumbles makes this announcement on Buy A Gun Day.
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One Response to “Boston Mumbles Along”
Ogre on 19 Apr 2006 at Wed 19 April 2006 12:02:23 #
Come and get mine, Mumbles…you can try.