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poll, Falchuk’s share of the vote had advanced from 2 percent to Tired of the partisan infight- 5.4 percent on the heels of seving which he says prevents Mas- eral candidate forums where he sachusetts political leaders from was able to broadcast his message accomplishing anything substan- to a wider audience. tive, former health care company Falchuk says he would tackle executive Evan Falchuk took an growing income inequality in entrepreneurial approach — he Massachusetts by attacking what started his own party. he says are the two greatest drivRunning for governor under ers of inequality in the state: the United Independent Party housing costs and health care banner, Falchuk has been touring costs. the state with “The govhis message ernment is that change doing the bidis possible — “The government is ding of either outside the big compadoing the bidding of current politinies or people cal structure. with money at either big companies or “We have a the expense of people with money at political proeveryone else,” cess that’s not the expense of everyone he said. “You r e p r e s e n t a - else. You can see lots can see lots of tive,” he said, examples of in an interview of examples of policies policies that with the Ban- that do this, and that’s do this and n e r. “ T h a t ’s that’s what gets why I’m doing what gets to this point of to this point this by found- income inequality.” of income ing a new inequality. — Evan Falchuk political party, “These are the United the two biggest Independent drivers. They Party, which happen to creis based on simple ideas: they ate and worsen income inequalare that everyone is equal, that ity. One aspect of this that is not everyone’s civil rights have to be discussed enough is that income protected, and the government’s inequality is affecting black and gotta spend taxpayer money Latino people more than anyone wisely.” else.” Falchuk sees his candidacy as To lower housing costs, which a first step in changing the polit- in the Greater Boston area are ical equation on Beacon Hill. If among the highest in the nation, he is able to secure at least three Falchuk says the state must make percent of the vote in November, it easier to build new housing. the United Independent Party A key part of that equation is to will become a registered party in persuade suburban communities the state, opening the door for to build more by providing more candidates to raise funds. In an funding for education. With Falchuk, continued to page 6 Oct. 8 WGBH/Emerson College
Mayor Martin Walsh announces his new housing plan Oct. 9 in front of the One Greenway construction site in Chinatown. The ne plan tar ets housin for lo - and middle-income residents seniors and students. ( ayor s ffice photo by sabel eon)
Walsh presents housing plan for a growing Boston Sandra Larson Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has released a sweeping new housing plan that aims to serve all income and age groups and protect the city’s neighborhoods from gentrification and displacement as a projected 91,000 new residents seek housing in the coming decades. Boston’s population is expected to exceed 700,000 by 2030, spurring a need for 53,000 new housing units and 16,000 new dormitory beds to house all demographic groups, including low income, middle class, college students and a growing number of senior citizens, according to the report.
These projected needs, along with plans for realizing them, are laid out in “Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030,” unveiled by Walsh Oct. 9. At a podium set against the backdrop of the One Greenway project in Chinatown, a mixed-income residential tower now under construction, Walsh spoke of the goals and actions formulated by the Housing Task Force he assembled shortly after taking office in January. “We are growing. People of all ages want to live in Boston, and we want to embrace that,” Walsh said. “But a bigger Boston must also be a better Boston. Prosperity must reach every neighborhood. We
have to plan for growth, not just react to it. And we have put forth a bold plan: It’s a plan with wide community input, it is rigorously data-driven, and it is achievable.” Construction of residential buildings in Boston has flourished as the economy recovers, but most projects have created high-end luxury units too small for families and priced far out of reach for the majority of Bostonians. Even households earning $70,000 a year can afford only 14 percent of the homes currently on the market in Boston, according to the report. While 41 percent of rentals are affordable to these households, that number is shrinking rapidly as rent prices soar. housing plan, continued to page 8
New Hub coalition calls for police reforms Yawu Miller
Protesters turned out for a rally last week outside police headquarters to demand changes to the department’s policies. An report last ee detailed racial disparities in the number of people stopped uestioned searched and obser ed by police. ( anner photo)
Following the release of a report detailing a disproportionate number of blacks stopped, frisked, interviewed or under surveillance by Boston police, a coalition of civil rights groups is demanding that the police department adopt reforms to protect the civil liberties of Bostonians. The newly-formed Boston Coalition for Police Accountability called on police to outfit officers with body-worn cameras, provide receipts for all persons
stopped by officers with the officer’s name and reason for stop and to post data on police stops on the department’s website. “This data belongs to the public,” said Carl Williams, staff attorney for the ACLU of Massachusetts, speaking during a rally in front of the Boston Police headquarters. The police are considering the coalition’s recommendations and other ideas, according to Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross. ACLU, continued to page 12
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Linkage fees fund $1 million in job training grants Sandra Larson
to take those linkage fees and redistribute them back into the community, focusing on job training and placement,” said Trinh Nguyen, who directs the JCS program. What’s notable about this round of grants, she said, is an intentional emphasis on “permanent and quality” jobs. She said JCS made a concerted effort to allocate funds to training programs that are tied to areas of growing job opportunities and that take an integrated approach, crossing industries or services. Nguyen cited two grant recipients as particular examples of integrated training tailored to a ready job market: BEST Corp. Hospitality Training Center received a $90,000 grant and is collaborating with Local 26 of the H o t e l Wo r k e r s U n i o n a n d hotel companies to train and
T h e C i t y o f B o s t o n ’s J o b s a n d C o m m u n i t y S e rvices Office recently awarded over $1 million to 19 community-based employment and workforce development programs. Individual grants, announced last week, range from $25,000 to $90,000 and are administered through the Neighborhood Jobs Trust, one of two funds supported by “linkage” contributions from large-scale real estate development projects as a means of providing benefits to Boston residents who may be affected by developm e n t in t h e ir nei g hb o rhoods. Linkage fees are a provision of the Article 80 development process, and they also support the Housing Trust Fund. “The purpose of the NJT is
place employees in hotel jobs in the South Boston Convention Center area; the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Association is using a $50,000 grant to help train grocery store workers and place trainees in the new Roche Bros. and Whole Foods stores slated to open in Downtown Crossing and in the South End. Another recipient is Project Hope, a Roxbury nonprofit serving low-income and homeless women and families. The $50,000 NJT grant will fund a portion of a program to train women for call center and front-office positions in medical centers, according to Larry Elgart, Project Hope’s director of workforce development and employer partnership. The 12-week program aims for placements in sustainable and career-track jobs that can lead to supervisory or patient service coordinator roles, Elgart said. Action for Boston Community Development received $50,000 for its Early Education NextSTEPS program, which prepares Boston residents with little higher education for entry-level jobs such as assistant teacher in the early education field.
Stacy McHugh, NextSTEPS coordinator, said the 15-week program involves coursework in child growth and development and college-level writing, non-credit training in CPR and first aid, and career and life skills training such as resume preparation and personal financial management. After the initial session, participants who complete 450 hours of work in a childcare center are eligible for certification with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. “There is a huge need [in the early education field],” she said. “And no one else is offering this initial training for free.” Last year, 29 trainees ranging in age from 17 to 65 went through the 15-week program and the majority of them now have paying jobs in the field. One trainee who earned the EEC certification has seen her hourly wage rise from just over minimum wage to $13.50, according to McHugh. “Early education is not a field where people make a lot of money,” she said, “but being in the classroom may not be the long-term path for all of them. Having that experience in a classroom can open up a wealth of possibilities. Trainees in our program say, ‘I want to be on a career path. I want to do better for my children.’” The JCS grant money will allow NextSTEPS to continue on into the spring session, McHugh said, though
the program continues to seek more long-range funding. The Neighborhood Jobs Trust funds are distributed periodically through a competitive request for proposal process when enough funds accumulate, Nguyen said. The recent round of grants is the first to be awarded in about three years, but Nguyen said JCS aims to make it a more regular process, as nonprofits benefit from a more predictable schedule of funding opportunities. The other grant recipients are Asian American Civic Association, Building and Construction Trades Council of the Boston Metro Area, Community Servings, Friends of Boston’s Homeless, International Institute of Boston, Jewish Vocational Service, Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans, Operation A.B.L.E., Project Hope, Project Place, St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children, STRIVE: Boston Employment Service, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, WORK Incorporated, YMCA of Greater Boston and YouthBuild Boston. Some of the programs offer tailored services to particular groups of jobseekers, such as veterans, women, and English language learners. Have no fear. Meditate without care and progress steadily. You will be uplifted and will not fall. The Lord of the universe will do all your work. — Swami Muktananda
A recent Project Hope Workforce Development and Employer Partnership class on their graduation day. The program trains Boston residents for front-office jobs in medical centers. (Photo courtesy of Project Hope)
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Mortgage giant refuses to deal with foreclosure victims Yawu Miller Lavette Sealls would like to re-purchase the Hyde Park condo she lost to foreclosure in 2010, and a nonprofit lender is ready to lend her the money. “My son and I applied for a loan through Boston Community Capital to buy back to the property,” she said. B u t F a n n i e M a e h a s n ’t responded. “We haven’t heard anything,” Sealls commented. “No response. Nothing.” Sealls may have to wait a while for that response. The Federal National Mortgage Association — known as Fannie Mae, which holds her mortgage, has a policy of not selling foreclosed properties to former owners. Last week, Sealls joined activists from City Life/Vida Urbana for a protest in front of the John Joseph Moakley Federal Court House in support of a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley for violating the state’s foreclosure prevention law. The law, passed by the Legislature in 2012, bars banks from discriminating against former owners or entities selling to former owners when auctioning or
selling foreclosed homes. Coakley’s office sued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in June of this year. At last week’s hearing, attorneys for the lenders filed a motion to dismiss the case, a common tactic in lawsuits. “It makes no sense for our federal government to stand in the way of this work to help struggling families stay in their homes, and it is illegal for Fannie and Freddie to do this in Massachusetts,” Coakley said in a press statement. “For too long, Fannie and Freddie have been roadblocks to progress in addressing this foreclosure crisis, and I urge them to immediately reverse their policy on this common-sense program.” Founded in 1938 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal program, Fannie Mae was created to stimulate the housing market in the United States. The organization buys mortgages from banks and mortgage companies, freeing those entities up to write more mortgages. The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — known as Freddie Mac — was founded in 1971 to compete with Fannie Mae and further stimulate the home loan market. During the 2008 subprime
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mortgage crisis, and the resulting great recession, as thousands of Massachusetts residents lost their homes to foreclosure, nonprofits like Boston Community Capital began looking at ways to help former homeowners buy back homes they lost to foreclosure. Typically, the nonprofits will
buy the foreclosed properties at auction, then provide the former owners with a loan to re-purchase the home. But Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have steadfastly refused to sell homes to former owners as a matter of policy. “Former homeowners who are foreclosed upon must vacate the property unless they are able to satisfy the full debt of the foreclosed mortgage, including interest and the costs of pursuing the foreclosure,” a spokeswoman for Fannie Mae told the Banner earlier this year.
While Fannie Mae will not sell to former owners, the mortgage companies are selling to speculators, who housing activists say are driving up rents and selling residential buildings for high profits. “This is taxpayer money going to a policy that is at its core about breaking up communities,” said Lisa Owens Pinto, interim executive director of City Life/Vida Urbana. “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own half of all foreclosed properties in the country. If you want to see movement on this, they have to change their policy.”
City Life/Vida Urbana organizers staged a protest recently in front of the Moakley Courthouse to protest Fannie Mae’s refusal to sell homes back to their former owners. (Banner photo)
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No stop-and-frisk without probable cause to arrest Many people have endured the agony of being aggressively accused of various offenses when they are actually innocent. That is how a young black man feels when he is the victim of the police stopand-frisk routine. The policy requires that the police must believe the suspect has committed a crime or is about to do so in order to justify a brief, and often humiliating detention. Passersby tend to view such incidents as deserved apprehensions of law breakers. However, a study by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts of such interrogations in Boston between 2007 and 2010 found few beneficial results. Of 204,000 stops recorded in the police department’s database, only 2.5 percent resulted in the seizure of illegal contraband or arrests. This is not a satisfactory success rate for a very invasive practice. Some citizens insist that the stop-and-frisk procedure is an essential element of good police work. However, prior to 1968 the police in America lacked the legal authority to stop-and-frisk anyone without probable cause to make an arrest. In the case of Terry v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court extended the right to stop and interrogate a person on the street if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed a crime or is about to do so. An external pat down is permissible only if the officer believes the person “may be armed and presently dangerous.” Only when a frisk reveals a concealed weapon is a search permissible. As in New York, the ACLU study reveals that stop-and-frisk in Boston has not been a successful anti-crime deterrent. In fact, the disproportionate hassling of young black men by the police is destructive of satisfactory police-community relations. According to the ACLU report, 63 percent of its 204,000 interrogations were of blacks who constitute only 24 percent of Boston’s population.
Apologists for police policies assert that the greater number of stop-and-frisks occur in black high crime areas, so it is expected that blacks would be more frequently targeted. In 2004, three years before the period covered by the ACLU report, the Boston Police Department was sufficiently concerned about complaints of racial profiling that they conducted a telephone survey to determine citizens’ attitudes toward the police. The issue was to inquire whether Boston police officers are viewed as fair and respectful. While residents of most neighborhoods responded in the affirmative — 71.7 percent — the results were quite different in the black areas. Only 41 and 54 percent respectively of the residents of Roxbury and Mattapan agreed. Reporters also found countless stories of alleged abusive behavior by the police. The pent up anger provoked or energized by stop-and-frisk prevents the development of congenial police-community relations. Such cooperation is a useful relationship for fighting crime. Inadvertently, stop-and-frisk as now employed actually sabotages sound law enforcement. The damage to race relations caused by stopand-frisk is hardly worth the paltry arrests that result. Police departments on their own should reinstate the standard for stop-and-frisk that was the law before the 1968 Terry case. The police officer must have probable cause for arrest. A bulge in the pocket that appears to be a concealed weapon would still justify an external pat down. The Supreme Court decision in the Terry case merely establishes that the easier standard for stopand-frisk is constitutionally acceptable. However, the court does not require police departments to implement the new standard. African Americans are fed up with police harassment. Adoption of the standard before Terry would help to relieve the tension.
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Speculators driving up housing costs
Kudos to City Councilor Tito Jackson for holding a hearing on corporate real estate companies. Everyone in Roxbury is affected by their speculative transactions. We all see rents increasing. And anyone who owns a home is probably aware now that real estate values have more than recovered from the crash of 2008. The increased value of property in Roxbury should provide some comfort to the people of Roxbury, who have lived with low real estate values for decades. The increasing value of real estate should bring some measure of prosperity to Roxbury homeowners and their families. But with the attention of speculators who seek to extract maximum profits with minimum investment, it’s less likely that the benefits of a surging housing market will be widely shared. These real estate companies are
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sion it is to provide low-cost, good quality homes for community residents, are ill-equipped to compete with speculators, who are able to put down cash for the properties they’re snapping up. The people who buy the condos these speculators are developing also lose out, paying top dollar for homes that haven’t undergone significant renovations. Truly speaking, the wealth these speculators are making on Roxbury real estate is coming at the expense of the community.
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OPINION Unemployment stats paint a dangerously incomplete picture Imara Jones Last week the Department of Labor released the September jobs report, one of the key indicators of the nation’s well-being. The report, which could be the last before the midterm elections, shows that the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.9 percent, down from 10 percent when Obama took office in 2009. However, not all the information contained in the September Employment Situation Summary was good news. Close to 50 percent more Latinos are without work than whites. Black unemployment is double that for whites, with more than one out 10 African-Americans without work. Nearly half of all young black men in many of the nation’s largest urban areas are jobless. The tough news doesn’t end there. The unemployment rate for those under 30 is nearly double the official number, according to analysis by Generation Opportunity, a non-profit organization that focuses on millennials. But these numbers weren’t enough to dampen the mood. On Friday, when the jobs data was released, the White House Council of Economic Advisers put out a statement declaring that “our economy has bounced back more strongly than most around the world.” The Wall Street Journal echoed the economic comeback drum beat by stating that the employment announcement was “lifting hopes” for an economy that’s still flat on its back in many ways. But the trouble with the official unemployment rate is that it may not tell us much about what’s happening in the real economy. Beyond the terrible numbers for blacks, Latinos and people under 30, there’s an even larger conundrum that casts doubt on using the official unemployment rate to measure economic health. The truth is that the 5.9 percent unemployment rate doesn’t factor in the millions of people who have stopped looking for work or dropped out of the workforce all together. This trend, measured by something called the “labor force participation rate,” shows that fewer people are effectively working than at any point in almost 40 years. As the Department of Labor states, many Nearly half of all young of these potential job-holders are not looking for work “because they black men in many believe that there are no jobs avail- of the nation’s largest able for them.” urban areas are jobless. Analysis from the Economic Policy (EPI) Institute calls these frustrated job-seekers the “missing part of the puzzle” in understanding what’s really going on economically. Their research shows that if you include the nearly 6 million missing workers into official unemployment calculations, the jobless rate nearly doubles to 11 percent or nearly 1 out of 9 people. As if this wasn’t enough there’s an even larger number that points to our currently reality. If we factor in people who work part-time but want full-time jobs, our economy would be nearly 20 million jobs short of where we need to be for everyone to make ends meet. That’s higher than all of the jobs lost during the Great Recession. The truth about where we are may be why Democrats continue to struggle in the run-up to November’s elections. Predictions by leading political scientist such as Larry Sabato and statistical websites such as Five Thirty-Eight have barely changed over the last six months. The latest round of opinions and estimates continue to give Republicans the edge in taking the Senate and making modest gains in the House of Representatives where they already hold the majority. Especially difficult terrain for Democrats is the South. As The Wall Street Journal reports, official unemployment in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Tennessee has gone up this year. Blacks and Latinos suffer disproportionately from joblessness in these states, and their votes could prove critical in key Southern races. For candidates who rely on these groups to show up at the polls, the potential that they’ll skip voting due to worsening economic conditions is a worry. As former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told CNN “most people this fall are going to vote on economic issues.” If economic frustration also leads to poor turnout of people under 30, America will take a very different course during the last two years of Obama’s presidency. The everyday economic reality of people in the United States—where 7 out of 10 Americans believe believe that the recession has continued more than five years after it was declared officially over—may also mean a different political reality after the November 2 elections. Whatever the electoral outcome, the hope is that millions more people will gain a financial reality that actually matches the upbeat media messages. Imara Jones is the Economic Justice contributor for Colorlines.com. Originally published on Colorlines.com.
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What do you think should be done to improve police relations with the community?
They have to get out there and know the people. Be more human. Understand why people make the mistakes they make.
There’s a lot that need to be done. A lot of people don’t trust the police, even if they haven’t done anything illegal. Police are supposed to be working for us.
Better communication. I think police are concerned about all the wrong things. They bother people sitting in parks and hanging out in the communities where they live.
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Police need to stop abusing their authority. They’re supposed to protect and serve. No one is safe if they’re abusing their authority.
Less police out there harassing our youth. There needs to be a balance. The city spends too much money on police and not enough on youth programming.
Everybody should be more responsible for their action — police and community residents need to be more respectful and more responsible.
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State Representative Gloria Fox and Benaree Wiley The Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus is proud to announce that State Representative Gloria Fox and Benaree Pratt Wiley, Principal of The Wiley Group, will receive MWPC’s highest award for their work as role models for girls and women everywhere, particularly in African American and communities of color, and for their work expanding opportunities for diversity. The 27th Annual Tribute to Abigail Adams will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 from 6 p.m.–8 p.m. at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, and will be emceed by WGBH personality Callie Crossley. Representative Gloria L. Fox, of Roxbury has served the people of the 7th Suffolk District since 1985. Over her more than 25 years as the Dean of the Boston delegation, Representative Fox has been a strong advocate
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many municipalities struggling to meet the costs of educating children, the prospect of adding more housing units is seen as a prohibitive drain on their coffers. “The reason they don’t think it’s in their best interest is because education funding has been flat for the last decade,” said Falchuk, who advocates increasing Chapter 70 state aid for education. “The cost of it has gone up because of the cost of health care. There needs to be more money going to cities and towns for education.” To lower the cost of health care, Falchuk says he would ban hospital mergers, which he says drive up costs, and move toward a state-imposed fee schedule to eliminate disparities in hospital costs. Limiting how much hospitals can charge would help cut down on waste, according to Falchuk. “The studies on waste in hospitals show 30, 40 percent of spending in hospitals is wasted,” he commented. “And that’s from paper files and the repeated things that happen that are of no benefit to the patient. Let’s say you get rid of 5 percent of the waste, that’s $2 billion a year.” Falchuk becomes animated when he delves into issues of government spending, health care and taxes, occasionally slowing down to explain the thornier issues, like the state’s flat income tax, which requires that everyone pay the same rate on their income, regardless of how much they earn. The federal income tax is progressive, meaning that the
more tax payers earn, the higher the rate at which they’re taxed — a system widely thought to be more fair than the flat tax. “We’ve got a tax code that’s got its roots back in the early 20th century,” Falchuk says. “We’ve got a constitutional amendment that requires us to have a flat tax collections system, which constrains the ability to be modern and creative in how we do our tax collections. I think that should be repealed.” Falchuk proposes the establishment of a tax modernization commission that would propose reforms to make the tax code simpler and fairer. “It won’t happen with the current leadership,” he says. “We need to get new people in the Legislature — independent people — so we can act on these things. If the Legislature has shown that it won’t even vote on these kinds of issues, we need to change the Legislature.” One part of the tax code Falchuk says he would change is in the $770 million in special tax breaks the state gives to corporations. “As a businessman, I never went to the state and said, ‘hey can you give us a break on our taxes if we hire people, but that’s basically what happens with a lot of these big tax breaks,” he said. The problem, according to Falchuk, is that the tax breaks don’t really work. He cites Raytheon and Fidelity Investments as examples of corporations that received generous tax breaks from the state as inducements to remain here. Both corporations ultimately left the state, taking jobs with them. Ultimately, according to
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Falchuk, taxes are a small factor in businesses’ decisions on where to locate their headquarters. “Look at the biotech industry,” he said. “There’s a reason the biotech industry is consolidating in places like Boston and Cambridge. We have Harvard and MIT and all these research labs. Having access to those scientists and being able to support them and figure out how to get their things into the market, that’s just smart business for them. “These are some of the biggest companies in the world in one of the most successful industries in the world. They make decisions for some pretty fundamental reasons. And a couple points here and there on taxes is gravy for them.
“I think the notion of giving big companies big tax breaks doesn’t make sense. It’s trying to revive an economy from 50 years ago that doesn’t exist anymore. What we need to be focused on are the things that drive the economy in the 21st century, which are small
and medium-sized businesses. “Lowering the cost of health care and lowering the cost of housing are two critical components of this. And in a state where we’re not constructing housing, there will not be sustained economic growth.”
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Death of Haitian dictator prompts debate in Boston Clennon L. King The family of former ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier had to settle for a private mass. But earlier last week, rumors of a state funeral fueled a raucous debate among Haitians at home and expatriates here in Boston. At a broadcast studio, area restaurants and barbershops, Haitian nationals defended and attacked the idea of a state funeral, including the voices of some who suffered at the hand of the Duvalier regime. “It’s a slap in the face for those seeking justice, and for the rule of law,” said Patrick Sylvain, 48, professor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University. “If you were to spend money and time to create a funeral for Baby Doc, it would undermine the whole notion of democracy.” Duvalier died in Haiti Oct. 4. He had returned to the country in 2011, after fleeing a popular uprising there in 1986. The day after his return, he was arrested and ultimately charged with corruption and human rights violations. He pleaded not guilty to the charges during his trial, which began in Feb. 2013. Sylvain blamed Duvalier’s regime for forcing his father and uncle into exile, and confiscating family property. He also lamented losing an older brother who worked as a detective in league with Duvalier’s Tonton Macoutes, a civilian militia
believed to be responsible for deaths, disappearances and detentions. “Hundreds of thousands were killed by the father and the son,” said Sylvain. But Cambridge barber Pierre Joseph, 54, felt state honors were due the dictator. “He’s our ex-president. I think he deserves a state funeral,” said Joseph, who, at age 22, immigrated to Massachusetts, ranked third among states with the largest Haitian populations, behind Florida and New York. “I don’t think he was a bad person. He just had bad people around him.” On the heels of Duvalier’s fatal heart attack Oct. 4, Haiti president Michel Martelly paid homage on Twitter, calling him “a true son of Haiti.” A spokesman for the president later said protocol dictated a state funeral for all former heads of state. That triggered a week’s worth of public outcry by Haitians at home and abroad, including in Boston. “A state funeral would have been an acknowledgment for bad behavior,” said human rights activist Josue Renaud, 57, as he sat in the studios of Radio Concorde 1580 AM above Mattapan Square, the epicenter of Boston’s Haitian community. The radio show host recounted a haunting childhood memory where at age 12, a 24-year-old neighbor and family friend was taken away by the Macoutes in his hometown of
Cap Haitien. “Every day, we saw him walking by talking to us. And then one day, he disappeared,” said Renaud. “So, many men have disappeared.” Community activist Jean-Claude Sanon, 55, who voiced support for a state funeral, said Boston was indeed full of Haitian families who suffered at the hands of the Duvalier regime. “Yes, quite a few people have been put in jail for a long time and have disappeared,” said Sanon,
adding he didn’t blame the local families offended by talk of a state funeral. But Irlande Plancher of Hyde Park, 50, a colleague of Sanon’s, stressed since Duvalier was never convicted of any crime, he deserved his due. “You have to understand he is the past president,” she said, “And you didn’t find him guilty of anything.” Still, a private mass is the only thing planned as of Friday for the ex-president at his Catholic high school, according to Duvalier’s lawyer. And while no official word has been issued by the Martelly administration or the Embassy of Haiti in Washington, DC, the Haitian diplomatic community in Boston did not mince words Thursday.
Gladys Joseph of Boston’s Consulate General of Haiti on Copley Square said by phone, “No state funeral will be planned.” Duvalier became ‘president for life’ upon the death of his father, Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, at age 19 in 1971. He fled to France in 1986 after years of alleged corruption and abuse that triggered public uprising. Then, in January 2011, he returned to Haiti on the heels of the Earthquake, ultimately facing criminal charges that included crimes against humanity. I don’t care what he did before,” said state funeral supporter Jean Gilles, as he walked along Blue Hill Avenue. “He’s not in the jail and they didn’t arrest him.” dictator, continued to page 10
Cambridge barber Pierre Joseph, right, listens as Georges Jean, left, voices support for a state funeral for Haiti’s late dictator. (Clennon L. King photo)
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The new plan aims to stimulate development of varied housing options and to curb displacement of longtime residents in the face of rising prices. “The market is producing high end units all around us,” Walsh said, “but the communities were built by seniors, low-income residents and middle-class workforce people. ... We have to make sure that as we grow, we protect and enhance the diversity that makes Boston a great city.” The plan calls for creating 6,500 new affordable housing units in the city. For seniors — projected to be the fastest growing population demographic — the city will work to support aging in place in their own homes as well as to create 5,000 new units of senior housing. The rate of middle-income workforce housing construction will be doubled in order to create 20,000 units affordable to households earning between $50,000 and $125,000. Production of mid-priced homes and apartments has been a stubborn challenge for Boston, where land and labor costs are high and housing demand is strong, pushing market prices up. Developers can reap greater profit from high-priced luxury units and they benefit from federal tax credits when they build low-income affordable housing. But there are few incentives to build for the middle, exacerbating a scenario in which some neighborhoods are increasingly becoming home to wealthy people in market-rate units and poor people in
subsidized units, with the middle class largely priced out. One strategy to create more mid-priced housing will be to lean on colleges to build more on-campus housing. Walsh administration officials predict this will free up 5,000 housing units in neighborhoods such as Fenway, Mission Hill and Allston. The new housing goals also include an excess 4,000 units to loosen the market, in an effort to keep supply ahead of demand to stabilize market prices. In his speech, Walsh highlighted new tactics and new collaborations to lower development costs. “We will provide zoning relief, tax incentives, streamlined permitting, and free up city-owned land,” he said. “Developers will work with us in a transparent process. And my former colleagues in the building trades are looking at different ways to deliver construction in a different way, so they can be part of the solution.” John Barros, the city’s chief of Economic Development and a Housing Task Force member, expressed confidence that the city can and will take steps to reduce building costs, including rezoning for greater density and streamlining the permitting process. Speaking to the Banner after Walsh’s speech, he said the city has tools to hold developers to promises on middle-income housing creation. “There are levers the city can pull,” he said. “We’re on this.” The 131-page housing plan report includes goals and actions for meeting housing needs for each population segment as well as sections on strong and healthy neighborhoods, preservation of current affordable housing stock and green/sustainable housing.
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The $185 million Troy Boston apartment complex is representative of luxury housing developments being developed in Downtown Boston, Chinatown and the South End. Rents in luxury units range from $2,300 for a studio to $5,000 for a two-bedroom. (Banner photo) For strong neighborhoods, the plan emphasizes mitigating gentrification and providing housing options for people at various income levels and life stages. More affordable housing is to be added to sections of Boston that currently have little, while mixed-income developments will be directed to areas that already have a high concentration of income-restricted affordable units. Another action step is exploring land trusts as an anti-displacement strategy, and the report refers specifically to the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative’s longtime work in that area. “The inclusion of the community land trust proposal in the report demonstrates the Walsh administration’s commitment to development without displacement,” noted DSNI executive director Christopher Jones in an email. “We need to make sure that [the housing plan] doesn’t end up on a shelf,” Jones added. The plan was developed over several months by the mayor’s Housing Task Force, made up of housing and community advocates, nonprofit and for-profit developers, building trade representatives, data experts, academics, state legislators and representatives of several city and state agencies. Demographic data and analysis were provided by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The report directly addresses raising home ownership for people of color, calling for greater attention to discrimination in lending practices and disparities in buying opportunities in order to increase
diversity in the ranks of home owners. Dion Irish, director of the city’s Office of Fair Housing and Equity and a Task Force member, expressed satisfaction with the process and the plan. While fair housing doesn’t have a chapter of its own, it’s infused throughout the plan, he said. He noted in particular the plan’s attention to fair lending practices and a new initiative to increase lead-safe housing options for families. “I don’t think anyone has been left out,” said Irish in a phone interview. “If we missed anything,
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“It’s not really solving the affordable housing problem,” Lowe said. She praised the process as a “sincere effort” and acknowledged positive steps toward increasing middle-income housing, but said a true solution requires more regulation and federal investment as well as strong affordability preservation strategies such as nonprofit acquisition of housing. Chinatown is one of the areas facing sharply rising rents that spark fears of displacement of housing plan, continued to page 9
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longtime lower-income residents. As the housing plan was announced, the local community was highly visible at the event, from Great Taste Bakery’s table of coffee and pastries to leaders of Chinatown agencies mingling in the crowd, to a podium appearance by Janelle Chan, executive director of the Asian Community Development Corporation. The nonprofit ACDC is co-developer of One Greenway. Chan spoke to the Banner about One Greenway, which she said will have the highest percentage of affordable units of any single Boston project right now, with 40 percent — 152 of 363 units — designated for moderate, low or very-low income tenants. “We’re hoping this won’t be the only one,” she said. “Chinatown wants more affordable housing. There’s no NIMBY-ism in this neighborhood.” Chinatown aside, the “not-inmy-back-yard” attitude that some Boston neighborhood groups take against high-density housing could very well be an obstacle in achieving the city’s ambitious housing goals. Boston Globe columnist Lawrence Harmon noted recently that Walsh has been hesitant to push even moderately dense projects in the face of residents who “reflexively oppose” new construction on their turf. The plan is expected to generate $21 billion in new development, and to create an estimated 51,000 construction jobs over 17 years. The final sections of the report address ways to fund the surge of new housing, and accountability and efficiency improvements to ensure a transparent process and steady progress. The city will need an additional $20 million in resources annually to support the costs of building city-funded housing. Funding sources may include more efficient use of state and federal resources, adjustments to the local Inclusionary Development Policy and developer-paid linkage fees, and evaluating adoption of the Community Preservation Act, which allows a property tax surcharge to fund open space and affordable housing. The plan gains strength from its sophisticated data analysis, a team drawn from diverse community and government segments and what appears to be a commitment by the Walsh administration to new collaboration between government, labor and private developers. In addition, plans include
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formation of a Housing Innovation Lab that draws together local academic and private-sector thinkers to help devise policy, financing and design solutions for housing challenges. Irish noted the Task Force is not disbanding with the completion of the report. Members have been charged with staying engaged, reconvening periodically and keeping an eye on progress. “The report creates a road map for how we want to address problems. I think the difference will be seen over time,” Irish said. “The ongoing work will be what makes this plan real.” For more information, see the full “Housing a Changing City” report at bit.ly/Boston2030, and follow the Twitter hashtag #Boston2030 for news and discussion.
University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley, second from right, presents Robert L. Peabody, second from left, with a photo of his father Gov. Endicott Peabody signing legislation to create UMass Boston in 1964, during a public celebration of UMass Boston’s 50th anniversary, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in the Boston Common. Also on stage are Chair of the UMass Boston Board of Trustees Henry Thomas III, far left, and former Massachusetts Senate president Robert E. Travaglini ’74. (Photo by Jim Walker/Courtesy of UMass Boston)
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Retiree Georges Jean, 69, made no secret he was a huge fan of JeanClaude Duvalier as he sat in Haitian-owned Isaac’s Barber Shop on Cambridge Avenue in Cambridge. “That’s my guy. That’s my
guy,” he repeated in Haitian Creole, referring to the late president. “He did a good job for the country. There was mutual respect and everything was going well.” But some Haitians living in the Greater Boston area feared speaking on the subject, pro or con, despite living more than 1,500 miles from Haiti’s shores.
Somerville restaurant patron Joel Esperiance, 64, politely declined comment. “My appearance on television may show up in Haiti,” he said, at Highland Creole Cuisine, speaking in Creole. “I am afraid people will call my family and they will be threatened.” Such intimidation is the legacy
of the Duvalier regime, said Sylvain. Equally crippling was the failure of young Haitians to know their history. “You have generations of Haitians over the last 25 years, who do not know the hundreds of thousands who were killed by the father and the son.” As a result, this demographic
sees no harm in planning a state funeral. Cambridge resident Renaud Vincent, 39, counted himself among those young people. “I was pretty little when he was in power,” he said. “But grownups said, during Duvalier’s rule, Haiti was better, that there was a lot to eat and security was much better.”
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Asian professional group forges connections with SBA Martin Desmarais The Boston chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals has been supporting Asian businesses for almost three decades, but recently the group has increased its efforts to connect Asian businesses with the wider Boston business community. A new arrangement with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts District Office will facilitate that effort. NAAAP Boston leaders and SBA Massachusetts District Director Robert Nelson signed a strategic alliance on Oct. 4 that will directly connect the Asian business group and its members to the services and support that the SBA offers to small businesses. “We are very excited to form this strategic partnership with the SBA in promoting the leadership development of Asian American professionals in all fields,” said Eric Lam, president of NAAAP Boston, which has about 450 members. “Core to our mission in building leaders, NAAAP Boston will be able to help entrepreneurs in the Greater Boston area succeed through leveraging the resources and networks that SBA can offer.” The mission of the NAAAP is to cultivate, support and promote Asian American professionals through professional development programs, community services engagements and industry connections. The NAAAP has 27 chapters throughout the United States and one in Toronto. The first chapter was formed in New York in 1982. Boston established the second chapter in 1986. SBA District Director Nelson
pointed out that the two groups are joined by a common mission — helping entrepreneurs to succeed and grow in Massachusetts. An official agreement between the two organizations allows both to work more closely to ensure that the interests of Asian American entrepreneurs are adequately attained. The SBA, a U.S. federal government agency, works to maintain and strengthen the country’s economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses. It has four main approaches to provide support for businesses: providing access to financing, entrepreneurial development, facilitating access to government contracts, and small business advocacy to Congress. The SBA also has a network of small business development centers throughout the country. While the SBA’s services are offered without ethnic or racial consideration to any small business that seeks them out, Yan Yu, a spokeswoman for NAAAP Boston, said it was important for her group to solidify a close relationship with the SBA because Asian American businesses have traditionally not looked outside of their community for support. Yu stressed that breaking this pattern is critical for the further success of the Asian American business community in Boston and in the United States. She believes the partnership with the SBA can help do that. “By making our partnership with the SBA official it will open doors,” Yu said. “Many of our members didn’t really know what the SBA has to offer, so this gives
them a connection and an easy way to go to them. “Another thing we really want to do is develop the relationship with the government agencies because that is part of how we can have more influence,” Yan added. “Strategy-wise, we did not emphasize this development before but now, working with the SBA, I think that is the first step.” SBA District Director Nelson said joining forces with NAAAP Boston is part of his agency’s efforts to expand their reach as well. “We are a relatively small agency so the only way we can do what we do is through partnerships and relationships. One
of the big things we have been trying to do this year is connect with underserved communities,” Nelson said. “We want to make sure there is equal access and opportunity.” Nelson is particularly excited about connecting with the Asian American business community since the Asian American population is one of the fastest growing in the United States. With a growing population of young entrepreneurs in the Asian American community, and increased government efforts to support the community, such as the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, there is a bright future for the NAAAP, he said “All of this comes together and it makes perfect sense to sign an agreement with them,” Nelson said. “This just formalizes that this is something that is really important to the SBA, the economy and their community.” In Massachusetts, the SBA’s
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“We are researching body cameras, receipts, all of that,” he said, speaking to reporters during the rally. “We never threw any of that off the table.” Boston police routinely observe, question, stop, frisk and search people. The data from such encounters is entered into the department’s Field Interrogation and Observation database. Police use the database to track criminally-involved individuals. That data showed that blacks made up a disproportionate number of those observed, stopped, questioned, frisked or searched by police — 63 percent — despite making up only 24 percent of the city’s population. Conversely,
whites, who make up 47 percent of the city’s population, were stopped only 22 percent of those stopped by police. ACLU staff note that the police gave little justification for why individuals were targeted by police, listing “investigate a person,” as the reason for 75 percent of the entries in the FIO database. In only 2.5 percent of the listed 204,000 stops or investigations was contraband recovered, suggesting police are casting a wide net, but yielding little in the way of arrests. Police initially reacted to the release of the report by noting that the data was old, and claimed that gang membership and prior criminal record increased the likelihood that a person would end up being stopped, questioned or observed by the police. “The study showed that officers are repeatedly stopping or observing individuals with criminal records and/or gang membership (5% of the individuals FIO’ed account for more than 40% of the total FIO’s),” reads an entry in the Police Department’s blog. The ACLU report covers data the BPD turned over from the years 2007 to 2010, but police have not released data for 2011 through 2013. At the rally last week, members of the Boston Coalition for Police Accountability and Superintendent-in-Chief Gross spoke to reporters, giving differing analyses of the ACLU report. Gross told reporters that the data, now three years old, is outdated. “It’s a new mayoral administration,” he said. “It’s a new police administration.” In recent years, the department has instituted trainings in the police academy to teach officers how better to relate to members of the black community and has revised its rules and regulations pertaining to field interrogations, according to Gross. Rahsaan Hall, deputy director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, questioned how much the department could have changed in three years. “Even though it may be old data, it’s not ancient data,” he said. “Some of those officers who were out on the street doing those racially targeted stops — they’re still out there now.” Gross said the police remain open to any criticism. “We do have great relationships with the community, with the black clergy, with black elected officials,” he said. “When things come to our attention, fine. Let’s address it. The young men and women of the community, if they have problems, let’s address them. This is not like other cities that are going through turmoil. If have a beef, they can come and talk to us.” If you desire liberation, purge darkness from your heart. Banish the agitation of pride. Through the practice of meditation, become increasingly pure. Make your life taintless. — Swami Muktananda
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Small businesses at head of trend in new job creation Martin Desmarais Hiring continued to rise through last month and small businesses are leading the way, adding the most employees across the United States. Both the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics and payroll processer ADP released data showing substantial increases in U.S. jobs in September. The Bureau of Labor Statistics put the total at 248,000 new jobs and ADP reported 213,000 new jobs. For both organizations, that number is an increase over the new jobs added in August, and highlights a hiring trend that has seen U.S. businesses continue to add new jobs consistently throughout 2014, after a drop in hiring in January. In New England, ADP reported 10,000 new jobs in September. Massachusetts added 5,530 jobs. “Economists are encouraged by the trend and its continuation of a longer hiring pattern,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics. “Job gains remain strong and steady. The pace of job growth has been remarkably similar for the past several years. Especially encouraging most recently is the increasingly broad-based nature of those gains. Nearly all industries and companies of all sizes are adding consistently to payrolls.” The ADP National Employment Report also highlights the surge in hiring for U.S. small businesses as companies with fewer than 50 employees out-hired all others by adding 88,000 jobs in September, and 48,000 of those jobs were created by businesses with less than 20 employees, which equaled the total number of jobs added by medium-sized businesses. Only large businesses with more than 1,000 employees came close to matching the performances of this country’s small businesses, hiring a total of 77,000. Brendan King, CEO of the Boston-based staffing firm King & Bishop, and a pundit on hiring trends and data, is particularly enthused by the hiring growth in small businesses. He suggested overall this is a good sign for the economy, because when small businesses hire, they typically go through a much more rigorous decision-making process to do so and are not going to rush to hire someone without considering all
the factors impacting the bottom line. “When you are a company and you have 1 to 50 people, hiring is a big investment, if you are a big company hiring is diluted,” King said. “These small businesses, if they are going to hire someone, it has to be done with thought and a lot of intent.” King called small business “the backbone of the U.S. economy” and “the unsung hero” for that reason. He believes tracing the hiring from small businesses can really highlight whether the economy is improving or not. Last month, the manufacturing sector made a big jump in hiring, adding 35,000 jobs — more than double the amount of jobs added in August. Retailers, shipping companies and utilities added 38,000 in September and financial services gained 5,000. While healthy car sales can be credited for much of the gains in manufacturing, King pointed out that the manufacturing industry can provide perhaps one of the biggest boosts to adding new jobs and lowering unemployment, with a reported 600,000 manufacturing jobs unfilled in the United States this year alone. Considering many manufacturing companies are small, specialized businesses, there is still untapped growth from more U.S. small businesses, according to King. “It is not like there is a huge boom, but they are definitely wanting for qualified jobs,” King said. At the end of the day, King is encouraged by any hiring that is putting workers in industries where they are experienced. “We are talking about people being in the right job because of the skill they have, and that is the hiring that really matters,” he said. Robert Nelson, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts District Office, which provides support and development to small businesses, said he is also excited to see U.S. small businesses leading the way in the new hiring data. But he is not surprised. “The stats show that two-thirds of new jobs have been created by small businesses and in this recovery it is absolutely the small businesses that continue to be drivers,”
Nelson said. Nelson added that the SBA is passionate about helping small businesses grow jobs and in turn help grow the economy. “If we can help businesses grow revenue and they need to hire more that is what we are all about,” he said. Nelson is also quick to mention the performance of the manufacturing sector in recent job growth
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and also laments the lack of qualified employees to fill the demand for jobs in the industry. According to Nelson, this is a critical issue that must be resolved for the economy to truly hit its potential. But he is not sure how it will be dealt with. “Trade schools and colleges are not going to be able to keep up with demand from manufacturing,” Nelson said. While experts are thrilled about the rise in small business hiring, the fact that hiring continues to top 200,000 a month is important because that is the number of new jobs that is generally required to lower the unemployment rate. In line with that, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate declined in September to 5.9 percent. Among the major worker groups, unemployment rates declined in September for adult men (5.3 percent), whites (5.1 percent) and Hispanics (6.9 percent). The rates for adult women (5.5 percent), teenagers (20.0 percent) and blacks (11.0 percent) showed little change over the month. “September’s jobs-added number marks the sixth straight month of employment gains above 200,000,” said Carlos Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of ADP. “It’s a positive sign for the economy to see the 200,000plus trend continue.”
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“Our mission is much broader than doing beautiful shows,” says Meg Fofonoff, director and executive producer of Fiddlehead Theatre Company which she founded in 1993. For the past 20 years, Fiddlehead has been known for producing high quality musical productions and performances at different venues in and around Greater Boston. In 2012, they finally found a home when they struck a partnership with the City of Boston to become the resident theatre company at the historic Strand Theatre. Their success with the production of Ragtime at the Strand in the fall of 2012 helped to begin the conversation which led to the eventual partnership with the city. Fofonoff said the Strand was a perfect fit. “I’m very sentimental and nostalgic about theater venues as well as the art of what we do,” she said. “Every theater has a certain vibe, a certain feel. When I walked into
Lexington director discusses ‘The Forgotten Kingdom’ Colette Greenstein Playing this Sunday, Oct. 19 at the 4th Annual Arlington International Film Festival is the film The Forgotten Kingdom directed by Andrew Mudge of Lexington, Mass. The feature was shot all over Lesotho and in Johannesburg, South Africa from 2010 to 2011 using South African actors for the main roles. “We ended up deciding to go with professional actors based in Johannesburg because we felt that they had a caliber of skill that we needed to carry the movie,” says director Andrew Mudge. AIFF’s Jury Award winner for Best Narrative, The Forgotten Kingdom is about a young man named Atang Mokoenya (Zenzo Nggobe) who leaves the slums of Johannesburg to bury his estranged father in the remote, mountainous village of where he was born in his ancestral homeland of Lesotho. While there, Atang recalls the memories of his youth and falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo, (Nozipho Nkelemba) now a school teacher. Guided by an orphan boy (newcomer Lebohang Ntsane) both literally and figuratively through the homeland
he has forgotten, Atang faces his own past and a bittersweet future. Director Andrew Mudge recently spoke with the Banner about the passion project.
What was it that made you want to tell this story?
Andrew Mudge: My brother was in the Peace Corps in Lesotho in 2001 to 2003. I went over there in 2002 to just visit and to tour. I really loved the country. It’s such a mystical country. I hadn’t ever heard of it, Lesotho, and this country inside of South Africa. It sort of reminded me of the American West in the old days. People travelling on horses sort of wrapped in blankets. It’s so not what you think of the people of Africa. This is a very different, unique branding of Africa. The scenery is stunning. The mountains are beautiful.
money to their families. What started happening in the ’90s is that it sort of became like ground zero for HIV/AIDS, the gold mines of Johannesburg and people were shipped home in boxes. They died and families would send off their love ones and would basically come home for their own funerals. I thought that was interesting, and also in this part of Africa you have to be buried
Is this story The Forgotten Kingdom based on someone?
AM: No, it’s not. What happened is I heard stories of men leaving Lesotho and all these countries all over southern Africa going to Johannesburg. It’s always been this kind of destination of men wanting to go work in the gold mines and bring home
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that theater you could hear the voices, you could feel the power. It has a very special feel and a sort of warmth.” The Strand Theatre, which will celebrate its centennial in 2018, has had a long and storied history. It opened on November 11, 1918 showing movies and vaudeville performances, which were the most popular form of entertainment in America at that time. Since then the Strand Theatre has hosted a wide array of productions from concerts and plays to movies and musicals. Continuing in this long tradition of live entertainment, the Fiddlehead Theatre Company opens its second fall season at the Strand this Friday, October 17 with Elton John and Tim Rice’s pop-rock musical Aida. It’s a contemporary take on Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless love story between enslaved Nubian princess Aida and Egyptian soldier Radames. As forbidden love blossoms between the two, the lovers are forced to choose death or to part ways forever to show allegiance to their
people and their countries. Playing the character of Aida is Springfield, Mass., native Ta’Nika Gibson. The 23-year-old studied classical voice and opera as an undergrad at New York University and as a grad student at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Ta’Nika always believed that she would be singing the opera Aida. “Throughout college I obsessed over the opera AIDA and it’s just so crazy that I’m going to be singing the musical,” says Gibson of her first major theatrical role. Gibson always knew she wanted to perform. Ever since she was a baby “she was singing in church and tap dancing in high heel shoes.” Adopted twice as a child, Ta’Nika was awarded a scholarship to The MacDuffie School in Springfield (now in Granby, MA), where she was the lead in all of their musicals. While at the private boarding and day school, headmistress Kathryn Gibson became her guardian and eventually Kathryn
in the same place where you’re born. There’s something allegorical about that, sort of magical, and we don’t really have anything quite like that in our culture. I thought what a beautiful springboard for a story because you have an estranged father-son living in the big city of Johannesburg which is such an extreme from Lesotho. And the father dies and the son has to bring his body back to bury him in the homeland. I thought that’s a good story.
Africa but we also didn’t get hassled. It was completely neutral. But, what was difficult was there isn’t any infrastructure in Lesotho, so a lot of the crew members had to be South African because there isn’t any training. It was a long shoot and we had a crew where we kept people away from home for a long time. Petrol and food is not cheap over there. I think the biggest challenge was trying to make a low-budget film where you have so much traveling around and so many different locations, which was my choice.
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AM: We didn’t receive any support from Lesotho or South
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Scullers audience welcomes Rachelle Ferrell back to stage Kevin Peterson Rachelle Ferrell started her superb set at Scullers Jazz Club with questions that the audience has been asking her: “What have you been doing? Where have you been?” Her response was short: “I know, it’s been a moment and I have a lot to share. … It feels like it’s been ten thousand and seventeen years.” For the fabulously gifted jazz vocalist the “sharing” over a 1 hour and 20 minute set was extraordinary, an opportunity to herself as a mature artist at seemingly her highest mark. She began her performance with the Survivor from the upcoming album titled The Art and Soul of Rachelle Ferrell, a funk-driven blues that depicts the backside of a bad romance. Ferrell, as everyone during her set witnessed, is mightily gifted, possessing a vocal range that easily travels the ranges from bass to soprano, which is a talent seldom heard performing American jazz on the level of excellence that she performs. More than that, Ferrell acknowledges her role as a medium with music as a mode. “I come to satisfy you. I come
to please you. I come to make you feel good,” she cooed from the stage to her enthralled audience intimately packed into the room overlooking the Charles River on a crisp autumnal half-mooned night. At the age of 50, Ferrell stands at the middle of her life fully developed as an American singer,
“I come to satisfy you. I come to please you. I come to make you feel good.” — Rachelle Ferrell
possessing an enormous, meticulously trained talent and the ability to move her audience with awe into states of tears, lust, anger or resignation. She proclaims song in tonal ranges that pay tribute to the best of what Sarah Vaughn and Aretha Franklin have produced.
Farrell, who grew up outside Philadelphia, started with music early at 3 years old, playing the violin. Soon it was clear that her talent at voice was her prime instrument. Before and after attending Berklee College of Music she would sing backup for contemporary pop artists, including Vanessa Williams, Patti LaBelle, George Duke and Lou Rawls. She is remembered by the broader American audience for her ode to the comedian Bernie Mac during his memorial service in 2008 where she and her composition Thank You Lord, that celebrated the “life of the little chocolate boy from the south side, tall dark and handsome was he, with a smile worth more than a king’s ransom to me.” But jazz is Ferrell’s home. Her rendition of My Funny Valentine is stunning. A show tune first performed in Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s 1937 musical Babes in Arms, the song conveys the sentiments of a lover, the deep compassionate concerns of the heart. Ferrell reifies the intended meaning of the song with huge feeling and the sentimentality that leaves behind any notions of triviality or casual concern.
Rachelle Ferrell. With Bye Bye Black Bird, Ferrell channels Ella Fitzgerald exactingly. Her abilities at scatting reminds the audience of the genre’s exciting appeal and the electric current it can give to the most ordinary songs. Ferrell ended her set with Autumn Leaves, a song made
popular during the heydays of jazz and was introduced popularly by Frank Sinatra. Ferrell made the song a communal event by getting the entire audience to sing portions of its lyric as she glided effortlessly off the stage at the completion of her magnificent performance.
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and her husband, David (a classical cellist), adopted Ta’Nika as their daughter during her junior year. David, too, recognized Ta’Nika’s gifts, and one of the first things he said to her when she moved into their home was ‘we have to get you voice lessons’. He had seen her perform at school and knew that she had a great voice, recalls Gibson. Meg Fofonoff also recognized Ta’Nika’s talent when casting for the title role in the musical. “She does have a very special presence, a kind of majestic presence and an amazing voice,” Fofonoff said. “I think [she] will take the role where I think it needs to go.” With a powerful score that features stirring ballads and rousing choral numbers, Elton John
and Tim Rice’s AIDA is a modern crowd-pleaser that embraces multi-cultural casting and exuberant dancing, staging and singing. Gibson, who has 13 songs in the musical, is preparing for her role with a voice teacher she found in NYC. Up until this past January, Ta’Nika was singing opera fulltime and couldn’t even sing along with the radio. But now, her voice teacher has “unleashed the belt” that she knew she had within her. AIDA is the first of three Tony-Award winning rock musicals scheduled for Fiddlehead’s 2014–2015 season at the Strand, with the second being The Wiz slated for February 13–22, 2015, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar as the final musical of the season playing April 24– May 3, 2015. The Strand will be busy. And that’s a good thing, according to Fofonoff. “The Strand is a theater that needs to be preserved to death,”
she said. “Certainly it’s appreciated by many and needs to be appreciated by more. And more people need to come to it not to just to see what we do but all the wonderful community groups like Jose Mateo, Boston Children’s Chorus and all the other wonderful groups that perform there as well. It’s a very special place and we just wanted to partner with the city.” AIDA will be presented in collaboration with AIDS Action Committee, with 5 percent of every ticket sold going to support AAC’s programs. Fiddlehead Theatre Company presents the exclusive Boston production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA Friday through Sunday Oct. 17-19 and Oct. 24-26 at the Strand Theatre. The Strand is located at 543 Columbia Road in Dorchester, MA. Tickets are $25-$45 and can be purchased by calling the box office at 617.229.6494 or online at www.fiddleheadtheatre.com.
Ta’Nika Gibson stars as Aida in the Fiddlehead Theatre Company’s production of the Elton John/Tim Rice pop-rock musical AIDA.
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AM: I don’t have any kids and this feels like the equivalent to that. It’s this love-hate relationship. It’s a teenager now and I just want to get on with my life. I’m very tied to it and I’m very proud of it. It’s both inspired me tremendously and also left me a little bit cynical about the landscape of the independent film nowadays.
Why is that?
AM: I think it’s really hard. There’s so much noise out there and there are more films. What is happening now is that the attention spans of everyone out there are also competing with YouTube videos. In other words, if you’re going to unwind at night there’s a lot of things you could do to unwind. TV has had this incredible resurgence. There’s so much stuff out there and because of the digital age people don’t pay for our content like we’re used to, and therefore the filmmakers are hurt by that. It’s one of those things where you almost wouldn’t have done it if you didn’t know,
but you’re glad you didn’t know.
What do you hope people take away from seein this film at the festi al
AM: I think people will get out of it a sweet story that takes place in a land and a country that they don’t really know anything about. It’s sort of shining a light into a forgotten part of the world. The Arlington International Film Festival runs from October 15–19. The Forgotten Kingdom plays on Sunday, October 19 at 4 p.m. at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. For tickets and information, visit www.AIFFest.org.
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Analysis: blacks at greater risk in police shootings A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males. Ryan Gabrielson, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Eric Sagara Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts — 21 times greater, according to a ProPublica analysis of federally collected data on fatal police shootings. The 1,217 deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012 captured in the federal data show that blacks, age 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, while just 1.47 per million white males in that age range died at the hands of police. One way of appreciating that stark disparity, ProPublica’s analysis shows, is to calculate how many more whites over those three years would have had to have been killed for them to have been at equal
risk. The number is jarring — 185, more than one per week. ProPublica’s risk analysis on young males killed by police certainly seems to support what has been an article of faith in the African American community for decades: Blacks are being killed at disturbing rates when set against the rest of the American population. Our examination involved detailed accounts of more than 12,000 police homicides stretching from 1980 to 2012 contained in the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Report. The data, annually self-reported by hundreds of police departments across the country, confirms some assumptions, runs counter to others, and adds nuance to a wide range of questions about the use of deadly police force. Colin Loftin, University at Albany professor and co-director of the Violence Research Group, said the FBI data is a minimum count of homicides by police, and that it is impossible to precisely measure what puts people at risk of homicide by police without more and better records. Still, what the data shows about the race of victims and officers, and the circumstances of killings, are “certainly relevant,” Loftin said. “No question, there are all kinds of racial disparities across our criminal justice system,” he said. “This is one example.” The FBI’s data has appeared in
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The data, for instance, is terribly incomplete. Vast numbers of the country’s 17,000 police departments don’t file fatal police shooting reports at all, and many have filed reports for some years but not others. Florida departments haven’t filed reports since 1997 and New York City last reported in 2007. Information contained in the individual reports can also be flawed. Still, lots of the reporting police departments are in larger cities, and at least 1000 police departments filed a report or reports over the 33 years. There is, then, value in what the data can show while accepting, and accounting for, its limitations. Indeed, while the absolute numbers are problematic, a comparison between white and black victims shows important trends. Our analysis included dividing the number of people of each race killed by police by the number of people of that race living in the country at the time, to produce two different rates: the risk of getting killed by police if you are white and if you are black. David Klinger, a University of
circumstances cited for the use of deadly force; the age of those killed.
percent of all those killed by white officers.
Who gets killed?
What were the circumstances surrounding all these fatal encounters?
The finding that young black men are 21 times as likely as their white peers to be killed by police is drawn from reports filed for the years 2010 to 2012, the three most recent years for which FBI numbers are available. The black boys killed can be disturbingly young. There were 41 teens 14 years or younger reported killed by police from 1980 to 2012. 27 of them were black; 8 were white; 4 were Hispanic and 1 was Asian. That’s not to say officers weren’t killing white people. Indeed, some 44 percent of all those killed by police across the 33 years were white. White or black, though, those slain by police tended to be roughly the same age. The average age of blacks killed by police was 30. The average age of whites was 35.
Who is killing all those black men and boys?
Mostly white officers. But in
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Does the data include cases where police killed people with something other than a standard service handgun?
Yes, and the Los Angeles Police Department stood out in its use of shotguns. Most police killings involve officers firing handguns. But from 1980 to 2012, 714 involved the use of a shotgun. The Los Angeles Police Department has a special claim on that category. It accounted for 47 cases in which an officer used a shotgun. The next highest total came from the Dallas Police Department: 14.
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the group is counting on the new SBA initiative to deliver benefits. On its own NAAAP Boston has increased its efforts to connect with the rising number of Asian American entrepreneurs. The group launched its Entrepreneurship Committee in 2011. This committee has steered a consistent schedule of workshops and events to support members starting and growing companies. “Over the last five to 10 years entrepreneurship has become a very big thing in the Asian community. A lot of young entrepreneurs have chosen to start their own businesses,” said Yu. “We noticed the trend and we really want to capture this thing.” This past weekend, the
organization held its first-ever Asian Business Festival at Dewey Square in downtown Boston. The Oct. 12 event was attended by approximately 750 people, featured 30 vendors and was a day of celebration of Asian American entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian-owned or Asian-focused businesses and nonprofit organizations. Ian So, a member of the organizing committee for the event, said the NAAAP Boston hopes to hold the Asian Business Festival every year as a culmination of the continual efforts to support the Asian-American business community. “The vendors found that it was a very valuable experience to them by generating new leads and exposure to their business. We will do this again next year, and we are excited to make it bigger and better,” So said.
LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. M425, AIR RIGHTS GARAGE, D STREET, SOUTH BOSTON, MA. The Authority is seeking a qualified multidisciplinary consulting firm or team, with proven experience, to provide professional services including planning, urban design, programming, design, resident engineering and construction related services relative to the design of a multi-level, multi-user parking facility on top of the structurally reinforced I-90 tunnel on Massport’s Core Block parcel in South Boston. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner. The consultant shall demonstrate experience in several disciplines and including but not limited to Structural, Civil, Architectural, Urban Planning and Design, Parking Systems and Operations, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Vertical Transportation, Geotechnical, Landscape Architecture, Code Compliance, Environmental Permitting, Noise and Vibration, Cost Estimating & Project Controls, Lean Construction, Construction Phasing, and Sustainable Design. The scope of work shall include, but not be limited to program definition, permitting, preliminary design, final design, bidding, construction phase services, cost estimating and resident engineering. The scope of the project includes the design and construction of a multi-level, approximately 1,700 space parking garage partially over the existing Interstate 90 tunnel structure built by the Central Artery and Tunnel Project (CA/T) on Massport’s Core Block parcel in South Boston. 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Once the HQ Hotel team has been designated, which is anticipated in Spring 2015, the Consultant for the Air Rights Garage will be expected to coordinate efforts with the Hotel team, particularly as it is anticipated that the HQ Hotel design will include pedestrian connections to the Air Rights Garage. Massport expects that this project will be built using a CM at Risk. The selected consultant team must be familiar with the requirements of MGL Ch. 149A, have experience working closely with Construction Managers throughout the design process and have experience preparing multiple bid packages in support of the CM’s buyout of the project. The contract will be work order based, and Consultant’s fee for each work order shall be negotiated; however, the total fee for the contract shall not exceed $7,000,000. In recognition of the unique nature of the project and the services required to support it, the Authority has scheduled a Consultant Briefing to be held at 2:00pm on Monday, October 27th, 2014 at the Capital Programs Department, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128. At this session, an overview of the project will be provided, the services requested by the Authority will be described, and questions will be answered. Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifications that provides detailed information in response to the evaluation criteria set forth below and include Architect/Engineer & Related Services questionnaires SF 330 (www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486) with the appropriate number of Part IIs. M/WBE Certification of the prime and subconsultants shall be current at the time of submittal and the Consultant shall provide a copy of the M/WBE certification letter from the Supplier Diversity Office, formerly known as State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) within its submittal. The Consultant shall also provide an (1) original and fourteen (14) copies of litigation and legal proceedings information, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, in a separate sealed envelope entitled “Litigation and Legal Proceedings”. See http://www.massport.com/bus ness-with-massport/capital-improvements/resource-center for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements. In order to be eligible for selection, all aspects of Chapter 7C, Section 44 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be satisfied including the majority of the firm’s Board of Directors or ownership shall be registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the applicable provisions of the statute. Consultants shall furnish professional registration status of the firm’s board of directors or ownership. All individuals responsible for technical disciplines shall, upon commencement of the project, be registered Architects or Engineers, in that discipline, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Authority may reject any application if any of the required information is not provided: Cover Letter, Insurance Requirements, Litigation and Legal proceedings, Registration of the Board of Director as defined in MGL Chapter 7C Section 44, and SF330 Part IIs for the Prime and every sub-consultant. The above-mentioned information shall be highlighted in the Cover Letter. The submission shall be evaluated on basis of: (1) current level of experience and knowledge of the team for similar projects, particularly the Project Manager. In particular managerial and communication skills of the Project Manager.
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(2) geographic location and availability of the Project Manager, resident inspectors and other key personnel to be assigned to the project (3) experience and expertise of subconsultants (4) demonstrated ability to use BIM for programming, design and construction of all architecture and engineering disciplines. The consultant’s proposed BIM Manager must have demonstrated experience in developing BIM Execution Plans, and must have managed directed and implemented BIM in more than 3 projects during the pre-construction and construction phase. (5) demonstrated experience in Lean Construction or long term experience working collaboratively with Construction Managers selected early in the design phase. (6) experience with program definition including potential for mixed use (7) demonstrated ability to produce clear and effective design documents within tight time frame (8) familiarity with MGL Ch. 149a, CM at Risk procurement with multiple bid packages and filed sub-bid trades (9) cost management and scheduling capabilities (10) M/WBE and affirmative action efforts, please indicate the proposed % of M/WBE participation (11) current level of work and past performance with the Authority (12) experience with sustainable design concepts and resiliency (13) project understanding and technical approach to this project The selection shall involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of a minimum of three firms based on an evaluation of the Statements of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a final selection of the consultant by the Authority. The Authority reserves the right to interview the firms prior to final selection, if deemed appropriate. By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The exception to this standard agreement is the insurance requirement of $1,000,000 of commercial general liability. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage. Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 1/2” x 11”), no acetate covers. An (1) original and Fourteen (14) copies of a bound document and one PDF version on a disc each limited to: 1) an SF 330 including the appropriate number of Part IIs, 2) resumes of key individuals only each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section E, 3) no more than ten (10) projects each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section F, 4) no more than 3 sheets (6 pages) of information contained under SF 330 Section H addressing the evaluation items (except for the litigation and legal proceedings history), and 5) no more than 2 sheets (4 pages) of other relevant material not including a 2 page (max.) cover letter, SDO certification letters, covers, dividers, and other required information. This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 021282909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66. The procurement process for these services will proceed according to the following anticipated schedule: EVENT
DATE/TIME
Solicitation: Release Date
October 15, 2014
Deadline for submission of written questions
October 31, 2014
Official answers published (Estimated)
November 7, 2014
Solicitation: Close Date / Submission Deadline
November 13, 2014
Times are Eastern Standard Time (US). Questions may be sent via email to CPBidQuestions@massport.com subject to the deadline for receipt stated in the timetable above. In the subject lines of your email, please reference the MPA Project Name and Number. Questions and their responses will be posted on Capital Bid Opportunities
webpage of Massport http://www.massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/ CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1507-C1 FY15-16 TERM INTERIOR BUILDING REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD & WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO REMOVE AND/OR INSTALL INTERIOR PARTITIONS, HUNG CEILINGS AND CABINETS AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT AND HANSCOM CIVIL AIRFIELD ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000). Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER GLM 183A:6
Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1514-C1, FY15-17 AUTHORITYWIDE OVERHEAD DOOR REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.
By virtue of a Judgment and Order of the Boston Municipal Court, West Roxbury Division (Docket No. 1206CV000866) in favor of the Trustees of The Village at Cleary Square Trust against Carlos Rosario establishing a lien pursuant to GLM 183A:6 on the real estate known as Unit 21A of The Village at Cleary Square Condominium for the purpose of satisfying such lien, the real estate will be sold at Public Auction at Twelve (12) o’clock P.M. on the Twelfth (12th) day of November, A.D. 2014 at 21A Business Terrace, Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 02136. The premises to be sold are more particularly described as follows:
NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 The work includes PROVISIONS OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN OVERHEAD DOOR SYSTEMS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2)-YEAR PERIOD AT ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY AVIATION AND NON-AVIATION FACILITIES LOCATED AT BOSTON, BEDFORD & WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($90,000.00). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Description: the condominium unit known and numbered as Unit 21A, with a mailing address of 21A Business Terrace, Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts 02136, (the “Unit”), in the condominium known as The Village at Cleary Square (the “Condominium”) located at 54-64A Business Street and 2-33 Business Terrace, Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts 02136, created pursuant to Master Deed dated as of April 1, 2005 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 36794, Page 211, as amended by First Amendment to Master Deed dated June 29, 2005 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 37434, Page 126, by Second Amendment to Master Deed dated February 14, 2006 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 39341, Page 225, and by Third Amendment to Master Deed dated November 17, 2006 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 40839, Page 116 (the “Master Deed”). The premises are conveyed subject to all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, agreements, rights of way, and encumbrances of record to the extent in force and applicable, including without limitation a certain Notice of Activity and Use Limitation dated March 29, 2005 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 36794, Page 170. The premises are also conveyed subject to and with the benefit of terms and conditions of (a) the Master Deed, (b) the Condominium Documents (as defined below), and (c) Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 183A. The Unit is shown on the Master Floor Plans of the Condominium recorded with the Master Deed and on the Unit Plan of the Unit (the “Plan”), which is attached to the Quitclaim Deed recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 43642, Page 54, and which contains a verified statement of a registered architect in the form required by the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A, Sections 8 and 9. The premises are conveyed together with (a) an undivided 2.824 percentage interest in both the common areas and facilities of the Condominium and the organization of unit owners through which the Condominium is managed and regulated, and (b) such other rights and easements appurtenant to the Unit as may be set forth in any document governing the operation of the Condominium, including, without limitation, the Master Deed, the Declaration of Trust dated as of April 1, 2005, and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds on April 4, 2005, in Book 36794, Page 314, and any administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto (all of which are hereinafter referred to as the “Condominium Documents”). The Unit is further conveyed with the exclusive right and easement to use Parking Space No. 39 as described in the Master Deed and as shown on the Site Plan of the Condominium recorded with the Master Deed. The Unit shall be used for residential purposes only.
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
DESCRIPTION
DATE
TIME
EXE-034
Security Equipment Maintenance and Repair Services (Re-Bid)
11/06/14
2:00 p.m.
F233
RFQ/P Actuarial Services Related to GASB No. 45
11/14/14
11:00 a.m.
To access and bid please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.
Marquise Michael-Luis Brooks-Gomes IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 11/06/2014. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 2, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU13P1075EA Citation on General Probate Petition Estate of: William F Pettipaw Date of Death: 04/16/2013
To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Mary Owens Mone, Esq. of Mashpee, MA requesting that the Court fix and determine her compensation and expenses and direct payment thereof from the estate generally or as the Court may determine pursuant of the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 215, Section 39A. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 11/06/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. WITNESS, HON. Joan P Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 02, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate
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Terms of sale: A deposit of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at the office of Schofield Law Group, LLC, 29 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 700, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. In the event of an error in this publication, the description of the premises contained in the Quitclaim Deed recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 43642, Page 54 shall control. Other terms to be announced at the sale. The Trustees of the Village at Cleary Square Trust, Lienholder, by their attorneys: Schofield Law Group, LLC, 29 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 700, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, (617) 557-4545. 2014
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Marquise Michael Brooks be allowed to change his name as follows:
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
OFFICE SPACE
Docket No. SU14C0368CA
In the matter of Marquise Michael Brooks of Roxbury, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Marquise M Brooks requesting that
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