Free Boston - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : On the other hand, the city receives a lot of state support for public transit and infrastructure.
57% : "Boston is the dominant cultural, political, and economic force in the state," says Keith Mahoney, who served as Boston's director of state relations under the Thomas M. Menino administration from 2006 to 2010.
57% : Given that Boston is the most populous city in Massachusetts -- a hub of commerce, health care, transportation, and much more -- it shouldn't come as any surprise that a lot of state investment goes toward city infrastructure and services.
54% : Boston also has to seek state approval to make even superficial changes to local elections and on trivial matters like renaming the city's pension program for municipal employees.
50% : But there have been few, if any, major legal challenges to state oversight.
46% : But the tax spike wasn't Wu's choice -- it was a decision made by the state government.
45% : " Since state oversight technically applies to all municipalities in Massachusetts, Forman would like to see Boston and smaller cities like Lynn, Worcester, and Pittsfield form a coalition to push the state Legislature on issues that benefit all Massachusetts cities.

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