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.
A response for renters after 100 years of humiliation
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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.
Cambridge is again covered by ShotSpotter gunfire tech, police say
Cambridge’s ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system is operational across all previously covered parts of the city as of Monday, police said.
Don’t expect later last calls, as World Cup bar changes disappear into a giant State House bill
The later last calls that revelers enjoyed during the World Cup appear to have been taken off the menu. “Conviviality districts” with alcohol to-go could still happen.
AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
On this journey, as far and fast as we’ve come in tech, we’re still at home with bureaucracy
Here’s how human lives can make a four-month ordeal out of a process that’s seemingly been transformed by the wonders of modern technology.
Preferred Reid Overpass replacement design keeps a two-lane bridge for cars on Memorial Drive
A redesign for a traffic overpass in Cambridgeport has come down to two options, one drawing support, from the four shown in January that were universally disliked.
ShotSpotter gunfire tech is restored for 90 days as Cambridge turns to new ‘resident assembly’ for answers
The gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter will be restored for 90 days while city manager Yi-An Huang brings the question of a permanent return to residents.
Somerville meetings, July 20-27: Debate about body-worn police cameras nears a decision point
Take part in meetings on demolitions toward development, swapping in a cannabis seller and the purchase and other costs of body-worn cameras on police.
Empty and underused, 90 Washington St. drains Somerville’s lifeblood
I am honestly open to anything for the 4-acre parcel at 90 Washington St. – the city could build a zoo if it thought it would make the money back.