Cameras at select intersections…

She says that all non and for profits will be asked cajoled and “if necessary demand” to participate in the public private partnerships

Lukes is calling for partnerships and outsourcing to nonprofits and outside private companies for services and networking…”public and private [services] are blurred”…she questions what we should be in the business of managing.

“my Mission is to make Worcester meaner greener smarter and leaner.” -lukes

Night Of Firsts

Big applause for Konnie as the first female…and for Gerttrude Halstead as Worcester’s poet laureate.

Indictment/Inauguration in a few

We’re making every effort to live blog the event tonight, but the Vegas odds are as follows:

No one can find parking at Mechanic’s Hall; those who do bitch about the cost: 3 to 2

Konnie Lukes makes a reference to “progress,” couching it with a word like “cautious” or “eventual:” 4 to 1

Lukes and Rick Rushton hug: 18 to 1