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Rename Christopher Columbus Park as Tom Menino Park

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nathan
11 years ago

no brainer

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Diane Donovick
11 years ago

I now love in Sydney Australia but want to be included in this petition. It is the least Boston can do to remember a wonderful man.

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Eric Jacques
11 years ago Featured

Tom Menino is the most important Italian American in Boston History. A park that serves as the gateway to the North End and and our proud Italian heritage would be best served as Tom Menino Park.

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Cathleen Fitzgerald Smith
11 years ago

Thank you Mayor

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Rich Kourtz
11 years ago

Brighton, MA

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Diane Dooley
11 years ago

Chris Columbus OUT....Tom Menino IN!

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Shannon Sabree
11 years ago

he was awesome!

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David Merrill
11 years ago

this is the best idea I have heard in a while

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Mike Burggren
11 years ago

Let's meet under the arbor in Menino Park. Has a natural ring to it.

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Stefan Mogielnicki
11 years ago

RIP Mr. Mayor! Tom Menino deserves a park, square, building, arena and a statue after him!

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Lisa Herman
11 years ago

Yes this is an important legacy to Mayor Menino!

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Sophia Garmey
11 years ago

Two birds, one stone. Brilliant idea!

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Betsy Shure Gross
11 years ago

Terrific and appropriate tribute !

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j tmberlake
11 years ago

what a wonderful idea and a fitting tribute to a man who loved his city and did so much for her!

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Simon Micaelian
11 years ago

A tribute of this caliber is due for a man who has given so much to the CIty of Boston.

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Gordon Dieterle
11 years ago

As a native New Yorker, I want to recognize the deep impact that Mayor Menino made on the renaissance that Boston has experienced. He helped make Boston the amaxi

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Leroy heard
11 years ago

Well deserved

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Dev Luthra
11 years ago

A wonderful initiative.

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Louise Ryder
11 years ago

Louise Ryder (Dodds)

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Bilbo Biscotti
11 years ago

Honestly, it's time we move past this Columbus glorification. Sometimes we Italians just love to dig our heels into the wrong side of history, and we need to acknowledge what's right in front of us - Columbus was just another creep looking for recognition at all costs. He certainly never did anything remarkable without doing something equally as despicable on the other end of the moral spectrum. Menino was in office for 20 years, and had about as clean of a record as you can get. Naming this park "Who gives a sh!t park" would be more proper than leaving it named after Columbus.