Dear Friend,

Just a quick note to say thank you for re-electing me to the Boston City Council for another two year term. I am humbled by the strong show of support the people of District 5 have given me. I pledge to work even harder during my next term to improve the lives of all the residents of District 5 and the City of Boston.

With warm regards,
Rob

Consalvo’s concerns don’t grate on business
By Wayne Woodlief | Thursday, March 18, 2010 - Op-Ed |

No way is it crazy to hold a City Council hearing on encouraging a phased-in replacement of those ugly, unsafe storefront metal grates with modern perforated grill gates you can see through. As long as merchants are given time to get through this recession so they can afford to get rid of those blighting graffiti-magnet metal ones, it makes sense.

It also isn’t silly or loopy, as a Herald story and bold headline proclaimed on Tuesday, to think about rubberized sidewalks - right, recycled rubber, shock-resistant and easier for walking - on streets where adjacent tree roots have caused concrete to bulge, risking pedestrian life and limb.

These are among the brainstorms of District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo, a neighborhood-guy, who deserves to be praised, not mocked, for thinking (and proposing) outside the box. More

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Polluters: smile and say cheese
March 15, 2010

$6000 Cameras to Catch Illegal Dumping in Boston?
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Boston declares war on cheapskate suburbanites, contractors dumping their crap in the city
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“The budget presentation followed a controversial but unanimous vote that will enable students from six elementary schools in Roslindale to have automatic admission to that neighborhood’s Irving Middle School.
No other neighborhood has such an arrangement between a group of elementary schools and a middle school.
But Roslindale school parents pushed for the move because their neighborhood is the only one that does not have a school that serves students in kindergarten through Grade 8.”

Decision expected March 10 on Roslindale K-8 option
By Reginald Zimmerman
GateHouse News Service
Posted Mar 04, 2010 @ 07:21 PM
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Roslindale gets closer to K-8 option
By Reginald Zimmerman
GateHouse News Service
Posted Mar 01, 2010
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