BOSTON — Citing safety concerns, city officials announced Thursday they plan to close Lansdowne Street, a popular destination for fly balls clearing Fenway Park's left field wall, to vehicular traffic during days and nights when the Red Sox are playing home games.
The precaution, however, has nothing to do with baseballs and broken windshields.
The lightning-fast approval of a $40 billion state budget by the Massachusetts House of Representatives this week offers a glimpse into what's wrong around here.
Closed-door meetings, amendments shackled together or tossed aside — and then two days of debate and away we go.
