One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime.

Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.

Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.

Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues.

I'm driven. I have the opportunity to change people's lives.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.