MAYOR MENINO WANTS LEADERS TO SEE THE LIGHT OF NEW FENWAY

          Boston Mayor Thomas Menino yesterday "rejected" an
     estimated $500M renovation plan for Fenway Park and "urged
     lawmakers to back" the $545M new ballpark project proposed
     by the Red Sox, according to Meg Vaillancourt of the BOSTON
     GLOBE.  Menino, referring to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey
     conducted at no cost for the city (see THE DAILY, 9/28):
     "This review makes it clear that we need a new ballpark
     because the problems associated with trying to renovate --
     and the costs of doing so -- are just too great."  Save
     Fenway Park proponents are "not giving up," and some
     "skeptics note that Menino was a strong proponent of a new
     ballpark long before the study was released."  But both the
     mayor and Pricewaterhouse officials "vehemently denied the
     review was biased" toward a new park (BOSTON GLOBE, 9/29).