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What's Good for Eastie Wasn't Good for Southie! SouthBoston TODAYOnline • On Your Mobile • At Your Door AUGUST 29, 2013; Vol.1 Issue 44 SERVING SOUTH BOSTONIANS AROUND THE GLOBE What’s Good For Eastie Wasn’t Good For Southie! SOUTH BOSTON TODAY What A Difference 15 years Makes! Where Is The Outcry For Sharing The Wealth? Staff Report years ago, when the Boston Betterment Trust was elected officials and Mayor to the Trust was for ‘negotiated MA Convention and formed as the vehicle to engage Menino had the authority to vet benefits’. 15 Exhibition Center in those negotiations. the Cathartes project because of a In the face of mounting public was seeking to locate in South The first of such agreements was “memorandum of understanding” criticism by the Boston Globe and Boston, the South Boston elected a $6 million community benefits signed by the late City Councilor community activists around the officials at the time agreed to package with Starwood Hotels, Jim Kelly and the Mayor in City, especially from communities allow a new convention center the developer of the Convention 1998, which set up the Trust and of color, the Mayor and the BRA in a cleared industrial section of Center Headquarters Hotel, the empowered it to negotiate with reneged on the deal and joined the community in exchange for Westin. Following that residential developers of South Boston real in a chorus of criticism of the negotiated community benefits developer Cathartes Investments estate for concessions to the South Trust, Councilor Kelly and local including, housing, jobs, (their ownership has since been Boston community. In 2000, citizens who were associated management training, small sold) also made a deal with the the MOU had been under siege, with it. The Betterment Trust was business partnerships, discounted Trust. In exchange for letting since it supposedly contravened portrayed in the media as a bunch use of facilities and other such Cathartes build luxury housing on the spirit of linkage agreements of self-serving extortionists, opportunities, as well as the a large parcel near the site of the mandating that developers’ notwithstanding the fact that the creation of a community-based future convention center in South concessions to affordable housing purpose of the Trust was to insure ‘Trust’ empowered to negotiate Boston, the Trust would be given be shared equitably by different that residents of South Boston, further benefits from developers, land and seed money to build 120+ neighborhoods. It is important being asked to accept extensive especially related to affordable units of affordable housing. to note that the ‘linkage’ formula commercial and high income housing for South Boston The Betterment Trust, which was never intended to be touched, residential development in both residents and beyond. The South was organized by South Boston inasmuch as the authority granted CONTINUED ON page 6 Go to our South Boston Today This Week’s Poll On Page 2 page to vote on our weekly poll. Make sure you like & share South Boston Today @SBostonToday 2 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com August 29, 2013 Now in the waning “last call” “Parking Freeze?” moments of the administration the EDITORIAL First it was that developments by City is pushing through virtually every s pointed out last week which is still in effect, sought to MBTA stations were exempt from proposal in the pipeline, parking or in assessing the goals limit pollution in South Boston by the parking requirement. Then we not. In fact, the potentially ludicrous and accomplishments of placing a Federal limit on the number were told residential parking on the “innovation district” is just a cover to A create tiny 500 square feet apartments the last twenty years under this of parking spaces allowed in South waterfront did not count and they administration, there often is a large Boston thus reducing the vehicles were exempt from the freeze. As if under the guise of “creating more gap between the two. and accompanying exhaust. In fact a pollution from residents’ vehicles was housing and the false assertion that the “I will not Manhattanize South cap on the number was placed and a not harmful. green generation doesn’t use cars like Boston and the waterfront” was the “parking bank” was created. The first two of possibly seven hotels before”. Therefore, they’re all built Mayor’s response when critics voiced Initially, with Boston’s cooperation, has been approved for D Street with with no parking. Funny, but about fears of high rise encroachment and the plan showed promise. Boston the community acknowledgement that 6 months before we began our 500 overdevelopment smothering the helped with a requirement that every at least some hotels are needed for the square foot innovation apartments, town. Fears based on a 1993 study new unit created had to have at least BCEC to be successful. This of course New York City began allowing 300 citing South Boston as having the one parking space. The solution has led to the proposal of a “Boutique” square foot apartments in Manhattan. third highest respiratory ailment worked hand in hand with preventing hotel at Broadway Station. This Starting to see some similarities? rate the in the country and the EPA overdevelopment and pollution. “Boutique” will be 146 feet which is It would seem to me that if we try to under the Clean Air Act in 1996 There is, however, only so much taller than those by the BCEC. In fact bridge the gap between the goals and thus instituting the South Boston space. Greed began its incessant most feel if it is allowed at all it’s about accomplishments we’ll be back on parking freeze. This “freeze”, clamoring. 50 feet too tall. that famous “bridge to nowhere”. “I don’t know that there are any shortcuts to doing a good job” -Sandra Day O’Connor This Week’s Poll Do You Think Mayor Menino’s 20 Year Reign Represents An Administration That Was: Inclusive – All Boston Residents Were Treated with Fairness, Respect and Allowed the Opportunity to Prosper Make sure you like & OR share South Boston Exclusive – A Few Select Friends and Groups Reaped Most of the Benefits 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. 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Some are actually real life way of life and want to pass their there is an occasional touch are somehow the fault of the United leftover hippies; relics from days beliefs onto a new generation. I of Fall in the air. The days States of America. They will try gone by and philosophies that were They would like nothing better are getting shorter and many their best to convince you that hatched back in the 1960’s who than to use you, their students, to of our young South Bostonians religion (especially Christianity never grew up or outgrew their help them tear down and destroy are preparing to enter college as and Judaism), patriotism, love of warped sense of values. Others are America’s greatness. It’s who they freshmen. It is this time, every community and even close family younger radicals who for whatever are, it’s what they believe and it’s year when we direct this column ties are trivial core values. They reasons have developed hatred and what they live for. to those new freshmen to prepare will slowly but methodically disdain for the traditional American CONTINUED ON page 9 them for something that they won’t attempt to revise history and make ever get in any university brochure it sound as though our country’s or curriculum guide. And that is Founding Fathers were evil tyrants a heads-up about the very distinct and unenlightened bigots. They Get Your SUMMER possibility that they will run consider their classrooms their own into what are often called ‘Nutty personal captive audiences to mold Running @ Professors’. Let me explain. into their leftwing image. Does this Surveys show that a number of sound kind of far-fetched? Just ask American colleges and universities; some of your older brothers and both public and private, have sisters and friends who went before Limit one coupon per customer per visit. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. Shop must retain coupon. 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