We did it…again! I was re-elected for another two years on the City Council. The unofficial results of the 2017 Cambridge City Council election were released on Wednesday night after a hand-tally of the auxiliary ballots. Turnout was up sharply ...
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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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I am proud to have earned an endorsement for my re-election campaign from the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, the state chapter of the National Women’s Political Caucus, whose mission is to recruit, train and elect women. This year is the ...
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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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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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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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