Mara DolanMelanie Thompson is #mapoli pic of the year. @[email protected].
SueThis is the news on the #MA-06 race you can find if you look. That requires someone to look and there's hardly anything to find
Their websites are bare bones. I've seen no local campaigning
Who and where are the MA-06 candidates @[email protected]?
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#mapoli
There's a Congressional race in #MA-06, but you'd hardly notice. Of course more than half are undecided
What voters want is for their candidates to campaign to them, not a small group of party 'leaders' @[email protected]
andovermanews.com/first-campai...
#Mapoli
First Campaign Polls Show Near...
First Campaign Polls Show Near...
Crystal Huff (they/them)The GoFundMe to support the laid off City of Somerville staffers who were in the process of organizing a union is now at $4500 out of a $15k goal.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/unjustly-laidoff-somerville-public-workers
AndThisIsMrsPeacock 🏳🌈WELL-INTENTIONED BUT DUMB LOCAL POLITICIAN: We need to stop letting developers get rich off the housing crisis!
ME: How does the city meet its already-inadequate goal of 10,000 new apartments in 3 years without, uh, developers?
WIP:
ME: Do you support a modest tax rate increase to fund the local housing authority building 10k units of municipally owned and operated housing? Because that would be fine.
WIP:
ME: [sigh]
I guess at least my city councillors still eat out at the same restaurants as me.
Tyler SimondsBoston.
Massachusetts.
What do we make of Mayor Wu shutting down the office of green infrastructure? While there is certainly work to do in the private sector, I feel disappointed considering she looks to have also pumped the brakes on common sense transportation work. (And I’ve heard from multiple sources that this is true.)
#BosPoli #climate #MAPoli #news #transportation #water #Boston #MA
Massachusetts.
What do we make of Mayor Wu shutting down the office of green infrastructure? While there is certainly work to do in the private sector, I feel disappointed considering she looks to have also pumped the brakes on common sense transportation work. (And I’ve heard from multiple sources that this is true.)
#BosPoli #climate #MAPoli #news #transportation #water #Boston #MA
StreetsblogMASSEven with $80 tickets, @[email protected] still expects to lose millions of dollars on World Cup transit service, which is imposing massive and unusual logistical challenges for the agency. Find out why from @[email protected]:
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/28/e...
Even With $80 Tickets, MBTA Ex...
Even With $80 Tickets, MBTA Ex...
TOMORROW: The MA legislature will host a public hearing for the proposed "Act to enhance the safe use of micromobility devices."
Here's how to participate – either in person, or virtually
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/27/m...
'Micromobility' Bill Gets Publ...
'Micromobility' Bill Gets Publ...
I know I'm just banging more on the same drum, but this letter to the editor about city of Somerville staff working toward a union was published LAST MONTH.
This month, layoffs primarily hit non-union staff. NOT a good look!! #SomervilleMA #SomerPoli #MApoli
https://www.cambridgeday.com/2026/04/14/somerville-city-staff-voice/
Somerville city staff want more of a voice on changes
In a March 31, 2025, Cambridge Day story on Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson, the Mayor described the departmental restructuring plan, the removal of several department heads, the upcoming requirements for a less-flexible citywide telework policy, and his administration’s policy priorities. These are critical conversations that have major impacts on the effectiveness of how the city operates and […]