Warren: I will not allow the anger I feel …to drive me to hate my fellow Americans

Warren: I will not allow the anger I feel …to drive me to hate my fellow Americans

​Mayor Setti Warren shared this via his campaign email list this morning…
Yesterday, Tassy and I sat our two kids down to talk about Charlottesville. We spent the weekend darting around the house turning off TVs when the terrible images of the racist terrorist attack popped on their screens, but if you’re a parent, you know you can only protect your kids from the truth for
Mayor Warren affirms Newton’s commitment to Paris Climate Accord

Mayor Warren affirms Newton’s commitment to Paris Climate Accord

This just in from the mayor’s office.

Newton Mayor Setti Warren will join over 80 mayors from across the country in signing a statement that affirms their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.

“If Washington will not lead on climate change, cities and states must step in,” said Mayor Warren. “I am proud to sign this statement that affirms Newton’s commitment to the principles and goals outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement, joining us in partnership with cities across the country and countries across the world to protect the

What will be Setti Warren’s legacy in Newton?

What will be Setti Warren’s legacy in Newton?

Setti Warren is engaged a series of “lasts” as Newton’s mayor. In February, he delivered his final “State of the City” address. This past Tuesday, he delivered his final city budget. On May 24 he will host his final “Mayor’s Community Prayer Breakfast” at Boston College. In June, it will be time for his final Newton North and South graduations as mayor….and so on.

Although Warren will occupy the mayor’s office until the end of this

Newton and Needham to MassDOT: We object to proposed Needham St delay

Newton Mayor Setti Warren and Needham Selectman Chair Matt Borelli have sent a joint letter to MassDOT objecting to changes that would delay the redesign of Needham Street/Highland Ave.

The City of Newton and the Town of Needham strongly object to the proposed delay the redesign will have on the Corridor project and to the fact that MassDOT has taken this step absent consultation with elected and appointed officials in our two communities.

TAB editor questions Warren’s Administration’s mixed message on 40B

In a new column, Newton TAB Editor Andy Levin raises a question that’s been bothering me for a while too: How is it that Newton Mayor Setti Warren can champion growing Newton’s affordable housing stock while his Planning Department and the Zoning Board of Appeals continues to cite a questionable claim that Newton has met its 40B threshold?

This sizeable anti-development movement is being enabled by a city government that on one hand has a “housing strategy” but on the other has taken a position that makes achieving the goals of the plan extraordinarily difficult.

Mayor Warren requests external review of School Committee practices

Newton Mayor Setti Warren is calling for an independent review of School Committee governance to ensure future committees “can operate effectively as a group” following the controversial handling of anti-Semitic incidents at F.A. Day Middle School, The TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports.

In an unusual move on Monday, Warren emailed the entire School Committee listing four actions he argued should be taken following a series of TAB stories about an outside investigator’s report on graffiti incidents at Day

Should Creem, Balser, Khan and Lawn override Baker’s pay cut veto?

On Friday Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a pay raise package for legislative leaders, judges and others but considering that the Senate approved the raises 31-9, and the House supported it 116-44, the votes clearly exist to override the governor’s veto.

Should they?

In particular do you support our local delegation — Reps. Ruth Balser, Kay Khan and John Lawn, or state senator Cindy Creem — voting to override the veto?

Or do you think Setti Warren was right when he