Boston City TV, MA Broadband and Cable, 12 Jan 2023

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From YouTube: Honoring Mike Lynch On His Retirement from the City of Boston

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Mayor Wu welcomes Mike Lynch and his wife Jane to the Mayor's Office to celebrate his 38+ years of public service to the City of Boston.
The Mayor presented Mike with a gift and read a proclamation, declaring January 12, 2023 to be "Mike Lynch Day in the City of Boston."

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Public service is an honor for all of us, but it also is sacrifice and it is hard work and it is always being on the front lines of figuring out how to evolve, to the being one step ahead of how people are receiving information. And you know the number of um devoted fans and viewers.

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Out there, who are really.

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Getting a lot of their news from our city channels is, is huge, I think anyone who would be shocked how many people, when I'm out and about they'll, say oh I, saw you on this or that Council committee or that for programming that was put together and take.

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This so thank you guys.

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um And just the the ability for Boston to have had an anchor over so many years, so many administrations, and so many changes in the communications landscape has really helped us stay connected to our communities in a way that wouldn't have been possible without you. Okay, so thank you for, for you and the whole family for your service. I wanted to present you with this Revere Bowl.

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Making sure that your legacy of service and very grateful, maybe I'll, you know, since we have a Capital, read a little bit of the Proclamation, then um official Proclamation from the city of Boston, whereas for over 37 years and through five administrations, Mike Lynch has served the city of Boston admirably and during this time Mike has worked as a lab assistant, lifeguard Deputy press secretary and director of public affairs for Boston City Hospital and Boston University Medical Centers they merged into the new BMC and got.

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Whereas since 1996 Mike has been the director of the city's broadband and cable office where he ushered, Boston City TV into the digital age was key in developing a partnership with WGBH, creating Boston, kids and family TV was responsible for digital equity and inclusion efforts, licensing compliance and consumer advocacy for wireless broadband and cable providers, Peg programming and funding support, assisted with City fiber deployment and bow net development and was a supportive, dedicated partner to Boston, Neighborhood, Network media being and whereas Mike is active in local government Broadband issues through the national league of cities, public technology, Institute Alliance for Community media and many other groups where people across the country are looking to your leadership and whereas, on the local level, Mike also gives back and serves on the board of Boston centers for Youth and families.

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Volunteers with the Boston Latin School Association, the roach Community Center, and the Massachusetts Open Water, Swimming Association, and whereas this may be my favorite part, whereas Mike was born in Roslindale.

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A resident of West Roxbury Mike is married to his wife Jane with two adult children. Therefore, I'm Michelle Wu, mayor of the city of Boston, do hereby Proclaim January 12 2023 to be Mike Lynch day in the city. Thank you very much.

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I have to make that my new resume.

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Well, um I'll just share again how incredibly lucky the city of Boston has been in having someone like you might and I think that I've learned so much from you and the conversations that we've had and I think that your perspective of seeing the lens of implementing the cable franchise act and thinking about Equity from the lens of how do we connect people to the information that helps them live better lives and as the internet rolled into Boston, and we started to talk about Wireless licenses and digital equity and creating Bonet things like having the vision to have a city fiber Network that connected every building every student every resident in the affordable housing units?

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That's you and a lot of people don't know that it's you! Maybe you don't want other people as long as I know I'm good. Now. Everybody knows because we celebrated on Michael and.

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I think that there's.

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So much that you've done that I said like I. Think epic is the right term and you do it without a lot of uh Spotlight, always on the other side of the camera. That's what you have from your crew. That's.

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On the other side of.

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The camera so um we're lucky, and we wish you good luck and don't be a stranger I.

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Won't be a stranger one of my regrets will be I'll miss our little back and forth.

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Such Lively discussions since Yasha left upstairs mayor. Thank you very much. Very much appreciated. I was thinking as I came and I said to Jane. Usually I think this is maybe the second time that I've come into the mayor's office. Looking forward to it. The.

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First time, Tom.

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Manino said I could have this job in 1996 every time after that, I was in trouble.

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Every time I was.

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In the doghouse, so it's a pleasure to come up for a new purpose. Thank you very much.