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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If you are a property owner in Cambridge (only about 35% of residents are), you probably have noticed “CPA” as a line item on your tax bill. (On my last bill the amount was $188.85.) CPA stands for Community Preservation ...
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I attended three community meetings this week at which residents of three different areas expressed strong opinions, outrage and fear on three very different issues affecting their neighborhoods: violent crime, street construction, and rats. Monday’s community meeting concerned the murder ...
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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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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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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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