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In Honor Of The Taxpayers Who Funded It And Built It!  Boston, Massachusetts, USA [photo source: Johnny Cheese] 5.21.2006
Father Mahoney. Roman Catholic Priests don't pay taxes, do they? They're exempt, no? Do they pay into Social Security? Do they get a pension when they retire? Do they pay taxes on that pension? Just wondering. I'll assume that he is a non-taxpayer.  Non-taxpayer Roman Catholic Priest Father Mahoney played a major role in resolving a dispute between some non-Jewish Charlestown Townie Taxpayers who wanted the Boston agents and all the taxpayers to refer to the The Taxpayers' Bridge as the Bunker Hill Bridge and some Jewish Charlestown Taxpayers who wanted the Boston agents and all the taxpayers to refer to the The Taxpayers' Bridge as the Zakim Bridge. Why do I always feel, when I come in contact with stories like this one above, that I want to blastoff to an astral local many miles deeper than even the Da Vinci Code (the book) would dare travel to? Rocketboom! 12.18.2005
Skateboard Decks Rolling For New Park. With the assistance of the taxpayers who call themselves Charles River Conservancy, Cambridge soon-to-be-taxpayer skateboarders have been campaigning for a new, world-class skate park under ramps of the The Taxpayers' Bridge near the soon-to-open North Point Park on the landmass called East Cambridge. As part of fiat-currency-unit-raising activities for the Charles River Skatepark, boarders - or their taxpayer parents (who will one day in the near future weep as their sons and daughters receive their draft orders) - can now purchase a specially designed "deck." The unique skateboard is produced by Worship Skateboards on Cambridge Street, sells for 45 Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units and comes in two sizes. A portion of sales will go directly to skate park construction, with a generous benefactor offering to quadruple Worship's donations. To date, the Charles River Conservancy has raised more than 800,000 Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units and construction could start next year. 12.11.2005
Holy Hub's Hot Spots. By taxpayer Sam. I see the Boston Society of Architects will sponsor an address on Dec. 14th from 6PM - 8PM at the Boston Public Library's Rabb Hall (free admisssion) about the changing intersection of faith and religious architecture. It's got the arresting title of "Sacred Places/Sacred Spaces." I was intrigued by the subject yet found myself pondering a parallel universe -- secular spots that are sacred. Where on the landmass called Boston are they and what defines them? Is it simply a matter of being old? Does a place have to be drenched in history or will mere beauty do? In other words, is secular sacredness born or earned? The Observer has thought long and hard about these thumbsuckers and come up with a list of arbitrary judgments that I can say with some confidence will please no one. But if it produces extensive carping, I'll sleep well. For starters, a sacred place must change you when you enter it. It must emit a spiritual pheromone that alters your sensibilities. For another, it must have character. Beauty alone will not get the job done, at least in the beginning. That's why the Boston Taxpayers' Garden is a sacred space but Post Office Square, despite its extreme makeover, is not. There are a million quirky things about The Taxpayers' Garden, from the monument memorializing the first surgical use of ether to the Swan Boats, that elevate the place above straight pulchritude. Post Office Square, in contrast, is simply pretty. It may yet become sacred. With the exceptions of battlefields and charnel houses like 9/11's Ground Zero, character must be earned over time. The Taxpayers' Bridge, however beautiful Mr. X claims it to be, is at the end of the day just a bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge is holy. The most sacred secular space in Boston is Fenway Park. No surprise here. You sense its aura every time you near it. It was not sacred when it opened, but through years of heartbreak and rare success it burrowed deep into our psyche and forged a bond with us more profound than anything else in the city. This attachment transcends baseball. The second most sacred secular space in Boston is Filene's Basement. Don't argue with me about this. I'm talking the real one in the bottom of the grand store of the same name about to be vaporized in yet another tiresome corporate takeover -- not the tacky suburban franchises. The Basement is exhibit A in the case against sacred beauty. It seduces us with its gorgeous homeliness and robust urban melting pot. Corporate lawyers and blue-haired old ladies pore over goods like tapirs, sniffing and poking, lost in their pursuit of the deal. And it's not just the deal. It's the hunt for the deal that is sacred. 11.5.2005
Aaron Brown: War Porn Censor. "I saw things on the first Sunday of the war, that, [even] if you put a gun to my head I [still] wouldn't have put them on TV because it was just too- it was pornographic, in my view. But it certainly showed the violence of war." He worked hard on "the smirk" -- the tiny smile that tended to polarize viewers into fans or enemies. But he appeared reluctant to travel out of the studio, preferring the old-school anchor's occupation of directing and helping explain [and censor] the news that others filed. 10.28.2005
The Boston Taxpayers' Other Green Monster. By taxpayer Sean who dwells on the landmass called Marblehead. Every time I head south to the landmass called Boston, as the skyline comes into view and there is one span of ocean water separating me from the Massachusett taxpayers' historic yet modernized hometown capital, I shake my head with disgust - not for the city itself but rather for the corroded, flaking, ugly, hulking structure known as the Tobin Bridge, over which I must pass while driving in my auto. I hear stories of billions upon billions of the taxpayers' US Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units being spent by the agents on the myriad of infrastructure revitalization and modernization projects known collectively as the "Big Dig" and I think to myself, "Didn't the agents have any money left over to paint this hideous beast?" Enjoy miles of scenic, riverside walk-ways along the banks of the Mystic river. The Tobin bridge is a dramatic backdrop to the river views (hit the page and scroll down to the photos two up from the bottom). While watching the television program Discovery Channel one night, I saw The Taxpayers' Bridge featured as one of the 10 most spectacular bridges on the planet, primarily due its novelty as a broad asymmetrical suspension bridge. The only way the Tobin would be on a show is if the show was called "The World's Most Ugly and Deteriorated Taxpayer Structures." One is not inspired with confidence when crossing over the water via this rusted and corroding rotting-pea-green bridge infested with increasingly visible advancing brown rust that has overtaken every visible section of its apparently aging steel. It may be strong and safe, but it doesn't look strong and safe. Every time I traverse, in my auto, this ugliest stretch of road on the landmass called Massachusetts, I wish the agents would take my three US Federal Reserve Note fiat currency units toll fare and use 100 percent of it to just buy paint. It's not much, but it would add up over time. Or maybe take every taxpayers' toll currency units for one day and buy just paint. I don't care if its pea-green paint. But buy some paint and find some willing brave agents to go out there and slap a fresh coat on that thing. Certain key agents must have forgotten that appearance matters. The Boston taxpayers' gateway to the north via the Tobin Bridge is like an angel-food wedding cake with a little scoop of dog poop on top - all that time, effort, and money invested over the last two decades in the taxpayer-works projects that updated Boston for the 21st century seem somehow diminished by what must be passed in getting to the good stuff. This may not affect those who enter the city from the south or the west, but coming into the city from the North Shore need not be a nose-pinching, finger-crossing and disappointing experience. I would be very surprised to learn that the Tobin Bridge has been painted in my lifetime. The time for doing a little routine maintenance on this piece of aging taxpayer infrastructure is past due. It may not be as glamorous as designing and constructing an engineering marvel such as The Taxpayers' Bridge, but the agents should not totally neglect the Tobin Bridge anymore. One Green Monster on the landmass called Boston is plenty (hit the page and scroll down one). 10.23.2005
Peace Bridge Expansion Project for the Taxpayers: Arch or Cable-stayed? The engineering firm that Christian Menn, designer of the The cable-stayed Taxpayers' Bridge for the Boston taxpayers, is a part of, might ultimately be a sub-contractor to the engineering firm that might win the contract for the companion to or replacement of the Peace bridge which connects the landmass called Buffalo to the landmass called Ft. Erie. Christian's firm has proposed a Cable-stayed design.   To see all the submitted designs, which currently seem to all be either of the cable-stayed or rigid-frame-arch variety, go here: http://www.peacebridgex.com/yourinput_bridges.asp (copy and paste this link into your browser) 10.16.2005
Call Me Marge. The bright, revealing self portraits of Magaret McCann depicting her busy mind catch you and keep you - in many, the curls of her hair hold everything from The Taxpayers' Bridge to Bettie Page. In others, she is living in the styles and subjects of artists from Robert Crumb to Frida Kahlo.  "Call Me Marge," 48" x 24", oil on canvas by Margaret McCann. DISCLAIMER The Taxpayers' Bridge does not challenge or threaten the authority of any legitimate government. The information on this website is provided in accordance with the right to free speech. It does not constitute accounting, tax, or legal advice. Anyone seeking such advice should consult a competent professional. READERS AND USERS OF THIS WEBSITE ARE PARTICULARLY URGED TO OBEY ALL LAWS IN THE UNIVERSE! |
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