“Pump Leads Police to Pull Job Offer” headlined the local section of the Boston Globe today. The article, written by Shelley Murphy, trails the tribulations of a criminal justice student who was offered a job as a police officer and had his offer revoked on the count that he wears an insulin pump. The young man filed a discrimination complaint, and is trying to fight his way onto the staff.
The second article was on the election for a new city councilman after the death of their beloved James M. Kelly, who died earlier this year due to brain cancer. The adored politician held office for 23 years without ever coming close to being voted out. The next article was titled “Dog Lover’s Lambaste Lawmakers for Considering Ban on Pitt Bulls” by Lisa Wangsness, and centered on the hundred fifty people who showed up to a state house fighting for the breed. The breed has a negative reputation for being bred to fight but veterinarians and animal behavior specialists say that any dog will act the way it is taught by its owner, and proposed the idea that the breed should not be banned yet rather the owners should take responsibility for the actions of their dog. The low amount of crime stories and large minority population, gives a hint that Boston might actually be a nice place to live, highly cultural, with a population that cares about political issues. Unlike Miami, there are no stories about politicians with Cuban drug links, and no permanent heat waves. On the other hand it seems like a pretty cold yet comfortable place to live.
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