With 26 candidates for City Council all vying for your attention and your #1 vote this Election Day, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture. So I want to take a moment to answer one important question: What’s at ...
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A group of residents has submitted a petition that will appear on the Cambridge City Council’s August 7 agenda to ask that a non-binding resolution be placed on the November 2017 ballot to ask voters if they would support public ...
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Now that I’ve taken my seat as a Cambridge City Councillor, I have launched a web forum at jandevereux.com, where I am posting updates on local issues and links to related news stories. Please subscribe to receive my email updates ...
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The official results of the 2015 Cambridge City Council election confirmed that I finished 6th in #1 votes (1307) and was the 4th (out of 9) to reach the winning quota of votes (1786). First off, my heartfelt thanks to everyone ...
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I follow a Twitter account called @WomenSayingSry, written by one of my 21-year-old daughter’s witty friends, in which women *apologize* for things they shouldn’t. The author lists her location as “hopefully not in your way!” Here are a few of ...
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Cambridge has some of the best educated voters in the nation, but our Proportional Representation voting system would seem to require its own advanced degree to master. This year, 23 City Council candidates (including yours truly) are asking for your ...
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Election Day is just 2 weeks away. When I first declared my candidacy 10 months ago I wrote, “The stakes in this election could not be higher.” If anything, campaigning has taught me that the stakes are higher than I’d ...
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The final four weeks of any campaign are an endurance test. My schedule last Tuesday was typically marathon-esque: the day began with a meet and greet breakfast hosted by a friend who lives in the Riverview condominiums overlooking the Charles ...
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Last week I made a short video in support of Black Lives Matter in Cambridge. My campaign manager Nora shot it on her iPhone, while I stood on the 3rd Street park with Alexandria Real Estate’s new Binney Street building ...
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I am pleased to announce that I earned the endorsement of the Cambridge Residents Alliance along with my allies, Councillors Dennis Carlone and Nadeem Mazen, and fellow challengers Mike Connolly and Romaine Waite. The CRA’s announcement states, “Coming from different ...
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