In governmental and nongovernmental roles, Mr. Slavet helped move Boston "to something that was professionalized, that was governed by rules and fairness," said former congressman Chester G. Atkins.
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In the late 19th century, Boston’s largest open space was renamed Franklin Park, after a “founding father” who advanced science by flying a kite in Philadelphia. If Benjamin Franklin can be credited with inspiring the park’s spring festival, the name change was, above all, a ploy to help fund the public treasure by tapping his estate. Over the next two centuries, the mission
Amid its spat with the Wu administration, the Boston Landmarks Commission is being accused of overreaching its authority by pushing to designate the interior of a private property a historic landmark to kill the owners’ housing development plans.
A Boston city councilor with a record of ducking key public safety votes and overseeing a budget last year that sought to cut millions from the police department left the room this week to avoid voting on four police contract funding requests.