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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Many of my female friends have called me “brave” to run. They don’t say it aloud, yet I know what they’re thinking, so I laugh and say it for them: “Yes, I know, I must be out of my mind, ...
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Last Tuesday night I attended a fundraiser for the Cambridge Weekend Backpack Program, an all-volunteer organization that provides a backpack full of weekend meals to 220 students in 10 Cambridge elementary and middle schools (two breakfasts, two lunches, milk, fruit). ...
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Monday’s City Council meeting drew over 50 speakers to the public comment period; most of us were there to express an opinion on the Normandy Twining re-zoning petition, which was up for a vote. (For those who have not been ...
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Over the weekend of May 15-16 my new campaign manger, Nora Bent, and I attended two full (read: very long) days of training in how to run an effective grassroots political campaign. Organized by Mass Alliance, a coalition of progressive ...
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Over the course of my campaign I will be blogging weekly about the civic meetings and events I attend. This exercise will give me an opportunity to share my thoughts and ideas with voters. I hope readers will share their ...
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