John Kerry fined for not cleaning snow outside his house
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been fined for not clearing snow near his home in Boston.
On Thursday, Boston officials said they slapped John F. Kerry with a $50 fine for failing to clear the snow-clogged sidewalk on the Pinckney Street side of his Beacon Hill mansion. It was a very public rebuke of one of the city’s most famous dwellers, The Boston Globe reported.
Kerry, who was en route to Boston after an overseas trip, was not in town when a massive blizzard struck New England.
The secretary will promptly pay the fine, his spokesman Glen Johnson said Thursday afternoon.
“Diplomats — they’re just like us,’’ Johnson said. “Secretary Kerry was working overseas while the blizzard packed a wallop back home.”
Kerry was in Saudi Arabia attending the funeral of King Abdullah with President Obama.
Boston’s Citizens Connect website had a picture of the snow, and the blog Universal Hub posted the image. The picture shows a snowy sidewalk alongside Kerry’s brick mansion with yellow hazard tape strung next to it.
The ticket was issued at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Johnson confirmed.