Walsh says Boston âis not just my hometown, itâs my heartâ in likely final State of the City address
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated January 12, 2021, 7:40 p.m.
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âNo city is better prepared than Boston to meet this moment,â Walsh said Tuesday evening in what is likely his final State of the City address. (Photo by Erin Clark/Globe Staff)
In what was likely his final State of the City address, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said Tuesday night that the city is well-positioned to rebound from an unprecedented pandemic, while imploring people to continue to fight racism, calling it âour deepest moral obligation.â
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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
WASHINGTON-BOUND, WALSH SAYS FAREWELL Boston Mayor Marty Walsh offered an emotional farewell last night to the city he s governed since 2014.
Headed to Washington as President-elect Joe Biden s nominee for Labor secretary, Walsh said during his
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An emotional Boston Mayor Marty Walsh delivered what may have been his last State of the City address on Tuesday, as he prepares for a new post as President-elect Joe Biden s labor secretary.
Acknowledging his pending departure, Walsh said that he ll bring the city, my heart, with him to Washington, and that as part of the Biden administration, he will work to make sure it s the best federal partner Boston and America s cities ever had.
Walsh gave the annual speech virtually, devoting much of it to the coronavirus pandemic that s ravaged the city and country. But he also touched on his achievements not only from the past year but over his seven-year tenure at City Hall. And he declared that Boston may be struggling, but it s positioned for a strong recovery.
With the shakeup, the only two declared candidates to date, City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu and District 4 City Councilor Andrea Campbell, have sought in recent days to capitalize on their early forays into the election. Both have rolled out key endorsements, boasting both their broad networks and community roots to set the stage early in what will likely be a turbulent race. Advertisement
On Saturday, Wu’s campaign unveiled its support from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the councilor’s former Harvard Law School professor. The high-profile endorsement was followed on Monday with another from the Sunrise Movement Boston, the local chapter of the national grassroots climate justice organization, and on Tuesday with support from OPEIU Local 453 and the Alliance of Unions at the MBTA.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is preparing to give what's expected to be his final State of City address as he prepares for a new post as President-elect Joe Biden's labor secretary.