SouthBoston TODAYOnline • On Your Mobile • At Your Door FEBRUARY 6, 2014; Vol.2 Issue 12 SERVING SOUTH BOSTONIANS AROUND THE GLOBE Absolutely! Young families have moved out to the suburbs in droves the last seventeen years This Week’s in search of good, free education for their children. They can’t Poll On afford high rents or mortgages and private education for their Page 2 children. Little League Baseball has dropped from 16 teams to 6. Pop Warner Football couldn’t find enough children to field an A or B team last year. When we South Boston Today see young couples with a young baby, rather than seeing hope for a revival of families in South Boston, those of us that run sports leagues joke that they’ll likely be moving out within the Quality School or more Condos? year. But it’s no joke. @SBostonToday SOUTH BOSTON TODAY not much of any family housing At a recent public meeting a Special Commentary to SBT - Sean Monahan during this time frame. I think young father said he has two s South Boston in short we have more luxury condos and young children and if we don’t supply of condos? Thousands apartments than this town can get a good charter school in Go to our South Boston Today I have been developed over handle already. Southie, he’s moving out. We page to vote on our weekly poll. the last 17 years, mostly the Is South Boston in short supply know, we’ve heard that story Make sure you like & share 650-1000 square foot variety - of high quality Charter Schools? 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Applications for the lottery are due March 7, 2014. Please call us or visit www.upacademyboston.org and upacademydorchester.org 2 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com February 6, 2014 EDITORIAL Drivers Licenses for the ‘Undocumented”? Why? f a student from the state that illegal student gets a discount who follow the law. This state waiting their turn as the law says of Rhode Island, New that American kids from outside is now in a push to grant drivers they must. Hampshire, Maine or for of Massachusetts are not entitled licenses to undocumented persons, Studies report that the cost that matter any other state to. Is this fair? The answer is which will not only enable them to to Massachusetts taxpayers in the union, American no. By granting undocumented drive a vehicle within the law, but caused by illegal immigration is Icitizens all, want to attend a immigrants in state tuition rights, will also allow them to possess an staggering. These same taxpayers Massachusetts state college, they the governor and legislature have official government ID. Will voting will now be expected to shell out must pay the full price – the out placed a burden on Mass residents be next? even more money if those, who of state tuition cost. As most by expanding the eligibility pool Let’s call this exactly what are not even supposed to be here, know, there is a lower rate for for the limited number of in state it is. This is the sanctioning, are given driver’s licenses. No Massachusetts residents to attend tuition seats and also opened the with reward, the act of breaking matter what organizations that these Bay State schools. It’s door to tuition aid/grants/financial our nation’s laws. It’s not only advocate for illegal immigrants or called ‘in-state tuition’. It’s one of assistance - essentially a free ride unfair to American citizens who politicians say in their arguments, the benefits or ‘perks’ of being a for some at the possible expense are expected to obey all laws, the bottom line is that it falls resident of Massachusetts. But, if to legal residents as there is only or be punished if they don’t, to the taxpayers, who have had a student is living here illegally, so much funding to be shared. but it’s also a slap to the many enough of bearing the financial under the law now, thanks to Massachusetts will also now push immigrants who came to this burden of these efforts. 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February 6, 2014 SOUTHBOSTONTODAY • www.southbostontoday.com 3 InformationThe Center Teens with Snow Shovels/Buck Never stops at This White House SOUTH BOSTON TODAY John Ciccone Note: talk back to John Ciccone by email at [email protected] t the request of John Mullen potential jobs shoveling out cars and is dropping faster than a sky diver increased regulations, the NSA spying and the other veterans from clearing sidewalks and stairs in case with 2 broken ripcords. Two thirds of scandal, the Obama Administration’s Athe Thomas F Fitzgerald Post we get a big accumulation from either Americans now say that the feds are resistance to projects like the building regarding the World War ll Memorial predicted approaching storm. These are becoming too big, too powerful and of the Keystone Pipeline, which will on the beach, we will make an appeal good kids; we’ve known them since too intrusive into the private lives of bring our country much needed energy to all the concerned patriotic South they were babies and they haul in a lot American citizens and that people and jobs are all contributing factors Bostonians who have been leaving of money when it snows by clearing are becoming more dissatisfied with in the growing disapproval of the flowers at the memorial itself. The act it with their shovels faster than some the job it’s doing. And it’s no longer feds. Let’s not forget the debacle of of leaving those flowers is very much heavy equipment operators do it with just Republicans who feel this way. A Obamacare that’s been forced on the appreciated. It shows how much people a front end loader. Hard work does not growing number of Democrats are also public with virtually no input by those in this neighborhood care about the faze them in the least. They even give becoming unhappy and Independent it’s being pushed on. Add in scandals sacrifices made by our war veterans. It senior discounts and will sometimes leaning voters by the millions are like Benghazi, Fast and Furious and the is hoped that this practice will continue work for free if they see someone is turning sour on Washington DC. A IRS targeting of groups it doesn’t like forever. The other part of the request disabled. Yes, they also have hearts of combination of growing tax burdens, CONTINUED ON page 8 comes in the form of asking that you gold and neighborhood pride. return to the memorial to remove the It occurred to me how this practice flowers you left once they die or begin of squads of local kids; armed with to wilt. Replace them with fresh flowers their shovels making money clearing or even artificial plants if you like. But snow had been a familiar sight in South in some cases, the dying flowers are Boston for generations.