Boston mayor, Thomas Menino, has proposed selling city hall to private developers. How did this guy get so far behind the times? Our modern corporate-state world has long operated on the premise that government - whether federal, state, or local - is for sale to the highest bidders who want to enjoy the use of the state's coercive powers. "Fighting city hall" is passe. "Buying city hall" is now offered as forward-looking public policy.
May the ghost of Sam Adams haunt the building!
