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How Somerville got to zero bicyclist or pedestrian deaths for four years, and how to keep it going
While not having residents and visitors mowed down by motorists should be a baseline expectation, our success is in contrast with the towns around us with the same goal.
A response for renters after 100 years of humiliation
Yes, we need rent control. Not because it will work, but because it won’t. Economists predict it will crash property values. That’s not my problem.
JT Scott: Announcing my resignation as Ward 2 councilor
This may come as a surprise, and I’d like to take a moment to explain this choice – and why I’ll be asking one of you to step forward and fill this role.
State representative Mike Connolly responds to campaign claims by challenger in 26th Middlesex District
On the eve of the Democratic primary, I want to correct the record about my work in the House of Representatives and in our Cambridge and Somerville community.
Hit the federal government where it hurts: Let’s withhold taxes
Not transmitting income tax monies to the federal government is a federal offense. I would support taking that risk.
Amateurs’ ideas for the Reid Overpass are still better than the latest ideas from the state
A pedestrian-bike roundabout bridge makes sense, or a slimmed-down roundabout featuring a genuinely novel approach to fixing the 47 bus route.
Why a Cambridge Democrat registers as a Republican in conservative Florida
Take it from a former resident: That a progressive activist would register to vote as a Republican in a conservative part of Florida is perfectly reasonable.
Voters deserve higher standards from their candidates
Candidates for public office face far, far too little scrutiny. And our politics is worse for it. A healthy free press is one of the best ways to improve things.
Cambridge and Somerville have a housing champion in state representative Mike Connolly
Going from a policy concept to an official part of state housing strategy in a single legislative term is almost unheard of, but Connolly achieved it.