Tonight, I Am Pleased To Announce That

The True Privilege Of Being Mayor Is That I Have The Opportunity To Be Everyone's Neighbor.

One Of Our Key Strategies Has Been To Restructure Traditional High Schools Into Small Learning Communities With Personalized Attention And A Range Of Options.

And For The City's Birthday, We Will Host Events In Every Neighborhood Of The City, Inviting All Of Our Residents To Share In The Celebration Of Boston's Great Epic - The Story Of Neighbors Who Support One Another Where It Matters Most.

For Every $5 That Boston's Economy Sends Up To Beacon Hill, The State Gives Only $1 Back To Us.

In The 1990s, We Introduced Boston's Community Policing Strategy. We Reversed The Tide Of Violent Crime That Threatened Our City, And We Established A National Model For Preventing And Fighting Crime.