The Metric: Taking a measured view of the news
Her campaign pitch was "Dianne delivers," and that she did. (We don’t mean liquor licenses—another story entirely, to which we all know the ending.) From 2004 to 2008, the state senator from Roxbury secured more money via earmarks for her Boston district than any of her counterparts in the city’s delegation, using budget amendments for causes both noble and picayune and setting the benchmark, for better or worse, by which successor Sonia Chang-Díaz will be judged after taking office this month.
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Parks and Public Spaces: $7,384,000
1, 2 Roxbury skating rinks and pool: $3,529,500 x 2
3 Roxbury Heritage State Park: $100,000
4 Southwest Corridor Park (lighting, repairs, and hiring horticulturist): $225,000
METCO: $3,000,000
5–7 $1,000,000 x 3
Anti-crime Initiatives: $725,000
8 Providing local housing authorities access to criminal offense information: $75,000
9 Grant program to prevent youth violence: $500,000
10 Special homicide grand jury: $150,000
UMass: $700,000
11, 12 William Monroe Trotter Institute: $350,000 x 2
Minority Community Groups: $700,000
13, 14 Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción “Pathways to Technology": $100,000 x 2
15 Mass Alliance for small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses: $500,000
Job Training: $675,000
16, 17 Radius Specialty Hospital technology tutorials for employees: $300,000 x 2
18 Job-training initiatives at healthcare institutions: $75,000
Women and Children: $499,925
19 Latinas y Niños (hiring educator for Latina women and their children at drug/alcohol rehab center): $99,925
20 Aid to Incarcerated Mothers: $100,000
21 Women’s Career Mentoring Program: $200,000
22 YWCA Boston wellness program for girls affected by healthcare disparities: $100,000
Veterans: $402,471
23,Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in
24 Roxbury: $228,771 & $173,700
Gays and Lesbians: $300,000
25 Commission on gay/lesbian youth for school health programs: $200,000
26 Violence-prevention education to support gay and lesbian students: $100,000
Other
27 Museum of African American History: $250,000
28 Hynes and Boston Common Parking Garage Commission: $80,000
NOTE: Data was collected from state Senate amendment records, final General Court budget bills, and gubernatorial veto records.
