Quentin and I got engaged this weekend, and I could not be happier!
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Roslindale to Cambridge. I care about local politics, especially housing. I'm bigger irl.
Christopher SchmidtFinal result: In favor of delay:
Patty Nolan
Joan Pickett
Paul Toner
Ayesha Wilson
Denise Simmons
If someone dies cycling on Cambridge Street in 2026, those are the 5 people who voted in favor of it.
Shoshana 🏳️⚧️
Garrett WollmanFinally got around to reading TransitMatters' report on modernizing the Framingham/Worcester Line, which is the one that actually matters to me. You'd think I would have read it when it first came out, but the only new proposal in it (and it's one that I have also made) is a relocated and elevated Framingham station. Needless to say I agree with pretty much everything in the proposal and want to see it implemented soonest. https://transitmatters.org/s/TransitMatters-Modernizing-Framingham-Worcester-Line.pdf
I've already read The Affordable City in ebook but I still needed a physical copy
Honestly even the early 70's wasn't a big boom. For that, almost nationwide, you have to go back to the 1920s.
If you're under 35 and have always lived in MA, you have never experienced a housing boom.
I don't know how much to read into all the incumbents making it this cycle when that hasn't happened in a while. I hope it's that more voters got the message that voting your actual preference really is best in a proportional representation system, but it could also be that w/3 open seats people want to make sure we had some stability too.
PR works! Even the councillors I don't love, it's pretty easy to see why they got elected: enough voters want their conservatism. That's good democracy.