http://samcoren.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] samcoren.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square 2013-06-26 11:14 pm (UTC)

Both viewpoints? We've gotten the other view (the city's) for years from waterdowned press releases and sound bites, Tom. Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Big campaign donations are in a sense a modern, legal form of bribery. FRIT employees, and other real estate developers (along with DCI the design firm working on Beacon St who was featured in Part 1) have been the mayor's biggest donors for years. They get special treatment from the city in terms of exclusive big money contracts and zoning board approvals. People scoff at the $500 yearly single donation maximum for individuals, but boy it sure looks suspicious that out of town people's college-aged children are donating to our mayor...in non-election years...and when the guy's run unopposed two elections in a row...

All that money adds up. Take a peak at campaign donators for other mayors in MA and see just how many real estate developers donate to our mayor vs. others.

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