The election calendar plays tricks with our minds — and I’m not referring to Donald Trump’s antics. There are 11 weeks until Election Day, but Labor Day comes late this year and despite seeing Halloween decorations for aquariums at Pet ...
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Today (August 9) is Michael Brown Remembrance Day nationally, and this afternoon I marched with a big crowd of people of all colors from Harvard Square to Central Square along Mass Ave, which the police had closed off for the ...
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“Let’s make a plan” was the theme of one of the three teams that pitched for the contract to lead the citywide master planning process in a four-hour dog and pony show that I attended on Monday night at City ...
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I write on a (delayed) Amtrak train back from a quick trip to Manhattan, where my 21-year-old daughter has a summer internship. Each time I visit New York City I am reminded of how excited I was to move there ...
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I am officially on the ballot for the Cambridge city council election on Nov. 3rd. Thank you to all who signed my nomination papers. To date 26 candidates have pulled papers, making the 2015 election potentially another record-setting field. Such ...
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Last week I collected more than enough provisionally certified signatures to see my name on the ballot for City Council in November. I stood outside Fresh Pond Market on two afternoons, and the conversations I had with neighbors and customers ...
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We’re off and running! Last week I and 21 other candidates (including all nine incumbents) “pulled papers” to officially declare we are running in the 2015 election for Cambridge City Council. We (and any other prospective candidates who pull papers ...
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Last week provided several occasions for me to take stock, to look ahead, and to celebrate. On Wednesday I said good-bye to my colleagues at Community Charter School of Cambridge, leaving my job of the past three years to campaign ...
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This week I spent quite a bit of time thinking about sidewalk design, street plantings, and “placemaking.” Sidewalks are not a new preoccupation. The lack of sidewalks along New Street was one of the first issues I got involved with ...
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Two of my platform values are urban mobility and the environment, and this week I attended two meetings that highlighted new connections to the Charles River. The first, on Tuesday, was a public meeting about a proposed new multi-use path along the ...
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