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Wednesday, March 17, 2004
DEMS STAY PUT. With the
logistical nightmare posed by holding the Democratic National
Convention at the FleetCenter becoming more and more apparent,
Governor Mitt Romney has lent his voice to those saying that the
gathering should be moving to the new convention center in South
Boston. (Globe coverage here;
Herald coverage here.)
Given that it's almost certainly
too late to make such a dramatic shift, it's worth reminding everyone
that the idea was publicly floated for
the first time last
December 19, in Cosmo Macero's Herald column.
Macero's money graf:
"If we got the call from
the mayor or the committee ... I believe we could do it," says Jim
Rooney, chief executive of the Massachusetts Convention Center
Authority and Menino's one-time chief of staff. "It would look
different. But it could and would be made to look like a good
media event, which is by and large what conventions are."
The traffic and security concerns
would be so much more easily solved at the desolate South Boston
location than at the FleetCenter, which is the hub of the Greater
Boston's public-transportation network as well as the nexus of the
city's highway system.
But, of course, the move isn't
going to happen. All we can do is hope for the best.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
