Campaign finances, by the numbers
Took a little spin around the reported fundraising by City Council candidates and oh, my!Takeaways from area council debates, part 1
The four area councils held candidate debates for contested races. There was a debate for the Ward 1 ward race (sort of), both Ward 2 races, both Ward 3 races, and the Ward 4 school committee race. (There may have been one more before I got there.)Some takeaways, including thoughts about political courage.LWV forum takeways — Ward 2 ward
If you haven’t already, please go watch the Ward 2 candidates forum between Councilor Emily Norton and challenger Bryan Barash, competing for the Ward 2 ward councilor seat. This promised to be one of the more interesting debates in the series of informative...LWV forum takeways — Ward 6 at-large
If you haven’t already, please go watch the Ward 6 candidates forum among Councilors Vicki Danberg (aka Dewberg*) and Greg Schwartz and challenger Alicia Bowman, competing for the two Ward 6 at-large councilor seats. This is another useful discussion in the...Fix congestion? Maybe not.
I’ve been to a lot of public meetings, read a lot of campaign materials, and watched a lot of candidate forums. There seems to be near-unanimous consensus that we’ve got to fix traffic congestion in Newton and that new development can’t make traffic...Where do you stand on density and climate change? A proposed classification system
Part of what makes posting on Village 14 fun is how the criticism and responding to the criticism sharpens one’s thinking on a topic. Some of us, in posts and in the comments, are frustrated by self-proclaimed environmentalists who do not make housing density in...Jake and the shelves
Apropos of the attention he’s getting, I share this anecdote about Jake Auchincloss. A few years ago, I was doing a shift at the then twice-yearly swap event at Rumford when Jake rolled up with his then fiancée. In the back seat was a nice set of shelves they...LWV forum takeways — Ward 5 at-large
If you haven’t already, please go watch the Ward 5 candidates forum among Councilors Deb Crossley and Andreae Downs and challenger (and former Alderman) Paul Coletti, competing for the two Ward 5 at-large councilor seats. This is a particularly entertaining and...What do you want from your next US Rep?
What are the top three qualities you want to see in the replacement for U.S. Representative Joseph Kennedy III, who will be challenging Senator Ed Markey in 2020, as Newton’s representative to Congress?VIDEO: Ward 5 City Council forum among Crossley, Downs, and Coletti
Here’s the NewTV/Newton League of Women Voters debate between among incumbents Deb Crossley and Andreae Downs and challenger (and former Alderman) Paul Colletti, who are running for the two Ward 5 City Council at-large seats.
Decision 2019: Ward Five Councilor at Large from NewTV Government on Vimeo.
The Riverside Shakedown, aka the #lennytax
I’m beginning to doubt the concerns about developer omnipotence. A development-skeptical activist and an at-large councilor walked into a the Mark Development office recently and left with enormous changes to the Riverside development, without conceding anything themselves.