Veterans for Peace says City of Boston reneged on St. Patrick’s Day parade agreement

[unhappycamper]

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/03/13/veterans-for-peace-says-city-boston-reneged-patrick-day-parade-agreement/0y1mRPB2JKCfMcf23QRIrO/story.html

Veterans for Peace says City of Boston reneged on St. Patrick’s Day parade agreement
03/13/2013 6:42 PM
By Martin Finucane and Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

Veterans for Peace, a national veterans’ group that has organized a second St. Patrick Day’s parade following the traditional parade in South Boston, is crying foul because, it says, the city has backed out of an agreement this year not to run street sweepers between the two parades.

The group asked a federal magistrate judge today to issue an emergency ruling ordering the city to abide by the agreement.

The judge, who has been presiding over the case for years, didn’t immediately issue a written ruling but said from the bench that, despite the city’s interpretation of one of his previous rulings, he had never meant to order the sweepers to roll between the two parades.

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But on Friday, the city, citing the 2004 ruling by Collings, informed the group that, while it would leave the barricades in place, it would deploy the street sweepers.



unhappycamper comment: I'm sure Mayor Menino would love to hear your thoughts on this decision.

Mayor Menino's hotline: [phone] (the line has been busy since last night, so perseverance is key)