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No room at Senator Brown’s office

A group of teenagers calling for more summer jobs got a civics lesson they didn’t anticipate on Thursday when they tried to pay a visit to US Senator Scott Brown.

About 25 students, along with several community activists and Councilor Felix G. Arroyo of Boston, were hoping for a meeting with Brown when they were intercepted at the entrance to the John F. Kennedy Federal Building. They were told that Brown’s office could not accommodate a group of their size and were denied entry.

The aborted meeting with Brown followed a rally on City Hall Plaza and a hearing on summer jobs in the City Council’s chambers. The group started out at about 150 strong, but had dwindled by the time the students tried to visit Brown’s office.

“They never even got to the metal detectors,’’ said Mswati Hanks, a community organizer in East Boston. “They had been {protesting} for about three hours by that point, and they were disappointed that they weren’t even allowed in the door.’’

More:
http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-23/metro/31382847_1_summer-jobs-fairs-job-creation