no one has been to a christening in boston in the last ten years that mayor thomas menino hasn't been too, counselor connolly, counselor ross, those of you from outside the city, government officials, city officials from other cities, do you share that view? >> absolutely i share that view. i have enormous respect for the council and the thomas menino administration and you are right that cities need government, that respect government. one way to think of this is an abundance of land hides many sins but when people are crowded together they need management to deal with congestion and contagious disease if and urban schools and the issues we are facing. those problems don't get solved by the private sector. they need a functioning government and so it has always been. 100 years ago we had city government long before we have a large active national government because it was so critical, a natural result of its density. there's a reason people in boston like government more than men can do. they needed more and that is central and not going away. we are blessed in this regard. we contin