Menino transition team urges wide change Sees `serious' flaws in city government

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: April 12, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Mayor Menino's transition committee yesterday proposed sweeping changes in the structure and staffing of city government in a document that delivers a chilly assessment of the City Hall that Menino inherited from former Mayor Raymond L. Flynn.

The report says the quality of city services is "adequate," despite "serious organizational, financial and operational handicaps" that hamstring city employees and managers.

It paints a grim picture of turf-conscious department and agency heads who spend more time fighting one another than working together on common city goals.

The report also calls ...

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