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SouthBoston TODAYOnline • On Your Mobile • At Your Door JUNE 6, 2013; Vol.1 Issue 32 SERVING SOUTH BOSTONIANS AROUND THE GLOBE Fire Chief Abraira Resigns. School Chief This Johnson Is Leaving. Who Is Next? Week’s SOUTH BOSTON TODAY staff report Poll oston Fire Chief Steve Abraira, Mayor Tom Menino’s Page 10 Bhandpicked appointment resigned this week due to a ‘no confidence’ letter signed by the 13 deputy fire chiefs of his command staff at the Boston Fire Department. The letter cited what the deputy fire chiefs refer to as Abraira’s ‘failure to take command’, his deputy chiefs also alleged that Abraira debate by leaking their letter of April management style and handling of the had acted as a spectator at major fire 26th to the press, has made it impossible South Boston Today @SBostonToday Boston Marathon bombings. A Boston scenes, instead of taking command, as for me to continue to do my job.” Globe report stated that the deputy his predecessors did. The letter from the Fire Chiefs sent to chiefs sent a letter to Menino in late Abraira defends himself stating in his the Mayor in April states the following. Go to our South Boston Today April accusing Abraira of failing to show letter of resignation that he felt compelled “At a time when the City of Boston page to vote on our weekly poll. leadership after the bombings because he to resign because “the baseless attacks needed every first responder to take did not take control of the scene and left by the Deputy Chiefs, especially their decisive action, Chief Abraira failed to get Make sure you like & share it in the hands of law enforcement. The actions of making this a matter of public CONTINUED ON page 15 CONTINUED on page 12 $75 Off $20 Off Brake Service A/C Service 1160 Dorchester Avenue $37.50 off each axle (most vehicles) 617.436.0900 With Coupon. Expires 7/18/13 With Coupon. Expires 7/18/13 www.dorchestertire.com DORCHESTER TIRE SERVICE DORCHESTER TIRE SERVICE 2 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com June 6, 2013 time in history and had just begun turning out the first EDITORIAL jet fighters. Overlord”; the invasion of Yes, it was a Normandy - D-Day; the largest long time ago “D-Day” armada in world history up to which only means oday is June 6th and that point. Only the invasion of we have enjoyed it’s a day the media has Okinawa, “Operation Iceberg”, the benefits of T been counting down to. was larger. their actions and Newsprint and TV news coverage No one can accurately describe sacrifice for a long will be wall to wall from now the fear and horror of being under time. The epitaph to the foreseeable future. Some fire, but veterans, past and present, on our Viet-Nam would argue for the wrong reason. would mostly agree the opening Monument speaks Sixty-nine years ago the true scene of “Saving Private Ryan” and loved one might be destroyed. for all veterans of all wars. “If Americans, now in their eighties, comes closest to portraying the Failure or delay would have given you forget my death, then I died in marked this day for eternity with a sheer terror. Yet those Americans Germany and Japan the time to vain”. Yeah, the circus is in town cause and a courage that resulted pushed on through that madness, perfect the atomic weapons both but let’s not lose sight of the brave in the country we have today and slaughter and carnage knowing if were working on. Germany had and honest Americans who saved we must never forget. “Operation they failed their country, homes already used missiles for the first this town for the circus to be in. “He that can have patience can have what he will” - Benjamin Franklin Last week’s poll results: Last week’s poll question was prompted by the BRA’s role in its oversight on development in South Boston and elsewhere in the City of Boston. Should the next Mayor of Boston allow the BRA to oversee Boston’s real estate development without a master plan? Here’s how readers answered. Make sure you like & -YES 12% share South Boston -NO 88% Today with your friends! www.southbostontoday.com www.SouthBostonToday.com South BostonToday @SBostonToday SouthBoston PO Box 491 • South Boston, MA 02127 TODAYOnline • On Your Mobile • At Your Door South Boston Today is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements beyond the cost of Publisher Editor In Chief Managing Editor the space occupied by the error. All South Boston Today produced artwork, design, and layout John Ciccone Brian R. Mahoney Brian P. Wallace remain the sole property of South Boston Today. Reproduction in whole or part is strictly forbidden. South Boston Today reserves the right to cut, edit or reject any copy without notice. [email protected] • [email protected] South Boston Today is a Series of the Today Publications Series LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Deadlines 396 West Broadway • 617.268.4032 • Office hours: Mon-Fri 10:00am - 2:00pm Press Copy - Tuesday at 3:00 P.M - Advertisements - Space Reservation - Monday at 5:00 P.M. Ad Material - Tuesday at 3:00 P.M. Camera Ready Ads - Wednesday at 9:00 A.M. June 6, 2013 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com 3 InformationThe Center There Would Be a Bond between Oklahoma and South Boston SOUTH BOSTON TODAY John Ciccone Note: talk back to John Ciccone by email at [email protected] ost Americans watched courage was “grace under pressure”. their situation. Oh, and notice there other areas of the northeast. We share with disbelief, the The people of Oklahoma seem to was little or no looting either. It’s not similar traits. To people in Oklahoma Mshocking tragedy that was epitomize that definition by the way their way. It’s not the way of people as is the case with people in South taking place in Oklahoma a little they live their lives. in America’s Heartland to act like they Boston, the important things to us over 2 weeks ago, only to have it I think that if the people of Moore, are helpless in bad times, just like it’s are our faith, family, true and real happen again to the area a few days Oklahoma were to come into not the way of South Bostonians. friendships, long held and strong held later. Like most of my fellow South contact with a group of traditional I believe people here have more in traditions, patriotism and of course Bostonians, I have lived through South Bostonians, an instant bond common with the folks in Oklahoma that spirit of rugged individualism and blizzards and even the occasional would be felt among all. Here in than perhaps with people from some CONTINUED ON page 10 hurricane but have never experienced our neighborhood, when tragedy the raw, brutal destructive power of strikes one of our own, whether it is class 5 tornadoes. I think that unless an illness, a house fire or whatever we personally were in the path of one comes our way, people quickly rush of these monster storms, it would be in to help no matter what the need. difficult to even imagine winds strong Neighbors often dig deep into their enough to toss 18 wheel tractor trailer pockets to help with money. They trucks around and reduce entire towns strap on a tool belt and climb a ladder to rubble in the matter of minutes. to help with repairs, grab a paint As we sat glued to our TV screens brush, a hammer or a broom to help CONTINUED on page 4 witnessing from afar what was restore a damaged home. Meals are Home of the happening to our fellow Americans cooked and delivered to those dealing in the Heartland, our own hearts went with a major catastrophe. As South 32 oz Bucket out to them. They lost everything Boston residents, we are seldom alone that they owned; in some cases, even in time of need because in most cases, we know tradition dictates that, like a their lives or the lives of loved ones. Our 2 Locations: Talking to family members, friends close family, help is all around us. and neighbors about this in the days As the tornados came and went in 758 Adams Street that followed, many of us agreed recent days and weeks prior, and the Dorchester that the emotions felt were extended initial shock from all that incredible far beyond just sympathy for these devastation turned to determination, 106 Dorchester Street tornado victims. Other feelings were we saw Oklahomans, these great South Boston of admiration, pride and awe as these Americans, climbing onto piles of courageous folks emerged from the debris where homes once stood to destruction all around them, picked search for possessions that might be Follow us on Twitter themselves up, dusted themselves off salvageable and yes, even for missing @psgourmetcoffee and went right to work helping their family members and friends, working neighbors. They were not cowed and side by side with each other to try they were certainly not defeated. to recover. They did not sit idly by, Like us on Facebook They got right to the task of cleaning waiting for the government to come to psgourmetcoffee up and preparing to rebuild. President the rescue. There was no whining, no John F Kennedy’s definition of complaining or blaming of others for 4 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com June 6, 2013 Questions Remain On School Assignment Policy SOUTH BOSTON TODAY puts children and families in a win/lose lottery, and said the toll is devastating.

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