Thomas Menino

Thomas Menino

Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the current mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. He is the city's longest-serving mayor. A native of Boston, Menino served on the city council for several years before becoming mayor. He worked to bring the Democratic National Convention to Boston in 2004. He was the subject of public debate in 2012, when he said he would work to prevent Chick-fil-A from coming to Boston over the organization's stance against gay marriage. In late March 2013, a Boston reporter said that Menino would announce that he is not running for re-election as mayor. He served as Mayor during the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.