Mayor Marty Walsh is committed to leading Boston by listening to what residents have to say. This was exemplified by the community meetings he held leading up to his inauguration and the ones he will put into practice starting on Monday. “Mondays with the Mayor” will kick off on Monday, March 24, at a Boston town hall near you.
The idea of making the mayor so accessible, of course, is so that he can hear thoughts, ideas and concerns directly from the mouths of Bostonians, as opposed to him hearing them through a game of municipal telephone, completely through the ranks of city government.
“Mayor Walsh will answer constituent questions on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis, and constituents will also be welcome to submit written testimony to the Walsh Administration,” noted the mayor’s press office in a statement. “Translation services will be made available upon request. ”
Kicking off “Mondays w/ the Mayor” in #Brighton 3.24- join me & dept heads for in-person conversation. #ourboston pic.twitter.com/rPWelpY3s0
— Mayor Marty Walsh (@marty_walsh) March 21, 2014
Topics of discussion abounds as there are no scheduled talking points or limitations on what Bostonians can ask of, or engage with, Mayor Walsh about.
News of the new town-hall-style meetings come just after Mayor Walsh announced $18 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, representing a 2.47 percent increase from last year’s funding award.
The homeland security subsidy will be put to use at the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, surely a concern for not just Bay Staters, but those who trek to Boston to participate in the annual race, given last year’s devastating tragedy.
According to the mayor’s press office, security measures will “include specialized equipment for police, such as bomb-detecting K-9s and command vehicles; new fire detection equipment, and investments made in communications interoperability so that first responders can communicate with one another.”
The Monday event will take place at Another Course to College, located at 20 Warren Street in Brighton, at 7:30 p.m.
