Thursday, January 31, 2013
Since the Newtown school tragedy, 14 Massachusetts mayors have joined the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino hosted the Massachusetts delegation of the Mayor's Against Illegal Guns coalition today as they continued their push on Congress to enact national legislation that will decrease gun violence. “Earlier this week, I asked the City of Boston to stand with us on guns and say enough is enough,” said Menino at the Parkman House on Beacon Street. “As Mayors, we have a responsibility to our residents to do all we can to make our neighborhoods safer. Today, we’re calling on every community in Massachusetts to stand with us. We must keep the pressure on Congress to take swift action.” Menino praised the Massachusetts federal delegation for signing onto the Fix Guns Check Act, which would require background checks for …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Mayor Setti Warren will meet with Boston Mayor Tom Menino and the Massachusetts delegation of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Newton Mayor Setti Warren will head into Boston tomorrow and join more than a dozen Massachusetts mayors to discuss ways to move forward with gun reform. The meeting will include Massachusetts mayors who are a part of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group co-chaired by Boston Mayor Tom Menino. According to a press release issued by Menino's office Wednesday, Thursday's meeting will feature discussion on how to "continue to pressure Congress to take action on common sense gun control." The mayors will talk over ways to mobilize constituents and build support for gun reform, the press release said. They will also film a PSA asking for plan to prevent gun violence. Warren is one of 26 Massachusetts mayors who have joined the Mayor's …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
The annual Mayor's Community Prayer Breakfast will be held next Wednesday, May 23, at Boston College.
Along with a number of local officials, community members and religious leaders, Mayor Setti Warren will welcome Boston Mayor Tom Menino to the Mayor's Community Prayer Breakfast next week. The annual event, which will be held Wed., May 23 at Boston College, aims to bring together community members from all walks of life and religions to support the Foundation for Racial, Ethnic and Religious Harmony. Last month, Warren announced he will name the annual Community Prayer Breakfast in honor of former Newton Mayor Theodore "Teddy" Mann, who founded the breakfast in 1975. “I am delighted that Mayor Menino will be joining us to celebrate the legacy of Mayor Mann, and I look forward to welcoming him to Newton,” Mayor Warren said in a press …
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Adam Maleson
12:59 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
I'd like to see Setti Warren take a stand against police brutality. Because there is at least one officer on the Newton Police Force who should rightly be called a member of the Newton Police Excessive Force. The mayor and the police of Newton are lucky that I have no prior history of broken bones or fractures in my right arm or wrist, because the officer who twisted my right arm excessively in … more ›