http://blog.firstnight.org/blogs/firstnightboston/archive/tags/new+years/menino/default.aspxTags: new years, meninoenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://blog.firstnight.org/blogs/firstnightboston/archive/2008/11/29/buttons-on-sale.aspxSat, 29 Nov 2008 15:02:00 GMT2a701d0f-4d2f-4f2a-9f30-d52ebc8bb2bd:45Joyce1<p>I know at least one ardent First Night supporter who has a button - Mayor Menino.&nbsp; He bought it yesterday at Shaw&#39;s (that&#39; right, even the Mayor&#39;s not on the guest list for First Night, because he KNOWS how much we need that button revenue.&nbsp; There were lots of TV cameras there, so you might have seen coverage on WBZ-TV (our television sponsor) or channels 5, 7, 25 and Univision.&nbsp; You may have also heard me on WBUR or WBZ-TV, as I had my usual day-after-Thanksgiving 15 minutes of fame yesterday.&nbsp; (Here&#39;s the WBZ radio segment: <a href="http://wbz.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&amp;audioId=3132617">http://wbz.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&amp;audioId=3132617</a>). </p> <p>There&#39;s also a great article by Brian MacQuarrie&nbsp;in today&#39;s Boston Globe about the state of First Night in the midst of this economic downturn we are in. You can see that here: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/29/first_night_organizers_working_at_full_speed/">http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/29/first_night_organizers_working_at_full_speed/</a>. <br /></p><p><img src="http://www.firstnight.org/Resources/Documents/Blog09_Mayor.jpg" alt="Mayor Menino&#39;s First Night 2009 Button" width="259" align="" border="" height="173" hspace="" /></p> <div><p><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/ashmont_photos/IMG_4458.jpg" alt="Mayor Menino buys his First Night button" width="1" border="0" height="1" /></p></div><img src="http://blog.firstnight.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=45" width="1" height="1">meninonew yearsfirst night