by Sean Roche | Nov 9, 2017 | Newton |
We don’t do this very often, but I want to lift this comment Brian Yates wrote and give it its own post. The very model of graciousness: Thanks for the kind words, particularly from Andreae. I do look forward to working with you to raise the money to replace the... by Sean Roche | Nov 9, 2017 | Newton |
Did you get a voter guide from any of the 24 folks recently elected to serve on the City Council in 2018? (I got lists from three councilors-elect.) Can you forward them to me at sean<dot>roche< @t> gmail < dot>com? I’ll pull together some...
by Sean Roche | Nov 9, 2017 | Newton |
You get to set one 2018 objective for our newly elected mayor, Ruthanne Fuller, what is it? Try to suggest something that can be reasonably accomplished in a year, without a significant change to existing laws, and without a significant new budget allocation. by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
Before we go down the path toward the ill-conceived and hastily prepared 8/8 council downsizing proposal, let me suggest an alternative: submit the recently rejected charter proposal as a home-rule petition. With one minor change. Make the eight ward-tethered... by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
I’m old enough to remember when Lisle Baker was a ward alderman and also president of the board. It infuriated me to no end that, on a board with two-thirds of the members elected city-wide, the most powerful position on the board was held by a guy elected by so... by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
Three long-time councilors ran for mayor and gave up their council seats. (Presumably one could have hedged her bets, but she did not.) Two councilors rode off into the sunset after long tenures. And, two incumbents were unseated. Especially given that only six* of... by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
I know, I know. The body’s still warm. But, the No victory was a Charter Commission own goal. (Mixed metaphor violation noted.) The commission ignored the widely predicted political consequence of choosing city-wide voting for ward-tethered councilor candidates,... by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
In the Ward 4 ward councilor race, it would be interesting to know: How many Ward 4 voters wrote in Allison Sharma the Ward 4 at-large race How many Ward 4 voters wrote in Allison in both the at-large and the ward races (the base coverers) The second number is key,... by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
The number of women on the twenty-four member City Council will jump from nine to twelve (assuming Allison Sharma’s review of write-in votes falls short). As I discussed here, the possible outcomes ranged from eight to fifteen women. Jim Cote, Jay Ciccone, and...
by Sean Roche | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
Updated to fix sloppy language and to reflect more up-to-date information on actual write-ins. This has to be Allison Sharma’s worst nightmare. Chris Markiewicz won the Ward 4 ward race with 1122 votes, 152 more votes than the write-in total of 970. According to... by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
It appears that Allison Sharma’s write-in campaign to defeat otherwise unchallenged Christopher Markiewicz has come up short. It’s hard to tell at this point, but it looks like Allison will finish 150-250 votes shy of Chris’s 1,122. According to her... by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
Contested School Committee races: in Ward 1, Bridget Ray-Canada beat Kathleen Marchi (7,478-6,677); in Ward 2, Margaret Albright crushed Cyrus Vaghar (12,041-2,341); in Ward 3 Anping Shen handily beat Eileen Sandberg (8,132-6,833); and in Ward 8, Matthew Miller...
