All: We’re two-thirds through the summer, and hopefully fully through heat waves.  As for the pandemic – our city is doing incredibly well in the statistics used to measure progress fighting the coronavirus.  Massachusetts and Middlesex county are also doing well – but Cambridge numbers are much better than the state.  So far, we have flattened

All: It’s another sweltering summer day. Another day when we should SHAVE THE PEAK, meaning use as little electricity as possible from 3 – 7 pm. Otherwise, if demand is so great that every possible source of electricity has to be used – some New England electricity gets generated by coal – which defeats the purpose of

All: Another hot summer day. Another day of pandemic. Another day of wonder. I did get away to a beach in South Dartmouth Massachusetts recently (pictured) – highly recommended – when Walden Pond fills up by 8 am, try going a bit further afield. And despite limited parking, many state beaches are available especially if

Starlight Square coming in August – a parking lot in Central transformed into an outdoor community space. An amazing idea that I hope we replicate (Image courtesy of Central Square BID) All, The one official meeting during the summer is tomorrow – Monday, and the agenda is quite long with many items of note. I

First: This email is relatively long (even for me) since I’ve tried to include an overview of what the council has done so far this term and issues on which I have focused more specifically. And, it’s been an all encompassing time, hence the length. Please read, comment, give feedback.  I ran for City Council

Mass Ave in Central Square being prepped for outside dining Hi all,  I wanted to make sure you were apprised of the upcoming committee hearings over the next week, since many of the conversations will be of interest. While there has been a pause on committee hearings over the last four months due to COVID,

Garden Street this morning All: Happy Summer! This will be a summer unlike any I (and likely you) have ever experienced. With the pandemic still raging in parts of the world, alongside the mass movement to address systemic racism, we have work to do as a country, state, city and human being. We are lucky

This morning (6/19) outside City Hall Hi all, This morning, the City Council raised the Juneteenth flag in front of City Hall, commemorating the day that word of emancipation reached Texas, the last state to receive notice of the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two years earlier. As with much social history, the question

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked a national movement that was long overdue, and have spurred cities and towns to take action on a local level.   I fully support the policy order proposed for a vote by the Cambridge City Council to reallocate up to $4.1 million from the

Photo of 16th street leading to the White House (Business Insider), painted by Washington DC staff, helped by the community. Site of repression by federal forces on peaceful protesters. “Those of us who hope to be their allies should not be surprised, if and when this day comes, that when those who have been locked