2011: How god-awful (or awesome) was it?

In this week's It's Our Money podcast, reporters Holly Otterbein and Doron Taussig bicker about whether 2011 was a good year or not.

On the bright side, City Council reformed both the zoning code and the horribly-named business-privilege tax. But from the glass-half-empty perspective, there were huge School District cuts, the $905,000 buyout of ex-Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, the property-tax hike, Congressman Pat Meehan's new 7th district, a scandal involving the former chair of the School Reform Commission, and ... you get the idea.

Listen here.

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