Description: Dukakis, Bulger and Keverian say they do not know what kind of taxes and budget cuts the public will tolerate.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/04/1989
Description: Bulger and Flynn correspond coolly on incinerator site. Citizens advisory committee on solid waste disposal arrive at no consensus either.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1987
Description: Legislative leaders hint strongly at necessity of new taxes to solve the fiscal crisis. Keverian, Voke, Lashman. Bulger walks with Pat McGovern.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/10/1989
Description: State Ethics Commission needs to know circumstances behind $250,000 loan/fee received by William Bulger, not fully explained on his financial disclosure statement. Extortion. Harold Brown.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/16/1988
Description: Republican John DeJong submits nomination papers to challenge Bulger in state senate race. Walks with dog through Back Bay. Voter registration sign. People enter McCormack building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/01/1990
Description: Roanne Sragow, sworn in as district court judge, requested Alan Dershowitz as speaker at ceremony; Gov. Dukakis forbids his attendance because of feud with William Bulger. Bellotti tries to be diplomatic.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/28/1990
Description: Men in front of James Michael Curley Recreation Center aka L Street Bathhouse in South Boston. Exteriors of the building. Governor Ed King talks and poses for pictures, shakes hands, and talks to constituents. State Senator William Bulger walks across street toward L Street Bathhouse. Bulger shakes hands and makes jokes. They hold a press conference. Bulger says he spent five summers lifeguarding at the Bathhouse and it was the best job he ever had. He endorses Governor King for reelection. King presents Bulger with a check for $15 million from state takeover of Hynes Auditorium. Senator Chester Atkins joins them at podium. Shots of reporter Janet Wu listening to the press conference. King continues talking about the accomplishments of his administration. King leaves press conferences and shakes hands. Wu asks King why he chose to give the check to Bulger rather than the mayor, and why they held the press conference at the L Street Bathhouse.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/09/1982
Description: Chaos on final day of legislative session, trying to pass bills at last minute. Bulger on convention center authority. David Locke and Saundra Graham deplore short shrift given to serious matters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/05/1988
Description: "Ground breaking" ceremony for the Central Artery project (aka the Big Dig), where they used welding equipment to dismantle a bridge, rather than shovels to literally break ground. Interview with Public Works commissioner Jane Garvey on nature of the project and its funding. Michael Dukakis and William Bulger speak at the ceremony. At the same time, a public hearing is being held at the State House, where State Inspector General Joseph Baressi is trying to overhaul the way the state does business with consultant, which Baressi thinks is a problem with the Central Artery project. Following the edited story is b-roll of the construction site environs and the ceremony, as well as excerpts of Dukakis's speech, Bulger's speech, and other speakers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1990
Description: Gov. Dukakis announces at press conference that he will make FY90 budget cuts of $500 million with wide-ranging line item vetoes. Richard Manley, James Braude, William Bulger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1989