Viewpoint: City Hall will see marked change in allocating public resources

Behind the desk of late Mayor Tom Menino was a large portrait of U.S. President Harry S. Truman. The portrait was there because Menino believed in Truman’s “the buck stops here” principle — the idea that spending and resources, for good or bad, run through a strong-mayor government and are the best way to create a financially stable city. Under Menino, former Mayor Martin Walsh, and former Acting Mayor Kim Janey, the buck stopped at the mayor’s desk, with budgeting being a cornerstone…