The City Budget, We Deserve Better!
April 9, 2009
Hello My Friends,
Today, the Mayor passed his budget to the City Council and there were very big hits to two of the most important departments of our municipality, namely the teachers and the police officers.
As I stood at a community meeting Tuesday night at the Murphy School in Dorchester, I realized that our city is bleeding to death in political mess. The meeting was to discuss the future plans (shutdown) of the highly successful preschool program at that center. I listened to parents and community residents, people affected by the proposed changes and those just worried about the community impact.
Our communities are built upon the commitment of the city to provide certain services; education and safety are two of the most important. In the next few weeks you need to be vocal with your elected officials, namely the mayor and the council, however, we know from experience that many if not all of the councilors have ever balked at the budget.
I want to offer you an opportunity to make a change and elect someone whom will stand up to the mayor and to the other councilors for the sake of our neighborhoods. I am that person, and I would be honored to work for and with you to make real and lasting change in our city government.
I will use my seat to move our city towards being fiscally sound. I will work to eliminate the waste of city bureaucracy and patronage. I will demand that we make the focus of the councils work for the neighborhoods, not just in attending meetings and making speeches, but putting all my efforts into making real and lasting changes. And I will fight to lower the property taxes and make it a financially realistic goal.
I will do this because I believe that you, the residents of Boston should not have to worry every year about rising costs and services diminishing. We all deserve better.
Please consider supporting me in this battle for better representation in our council and for stronger neighborhoods for our city. I am Marty Hogan and I humbly ask for your support.
Thank you.