Even as people criticize the state of affairs, it’s hard to get them behind any one solution

Thank you to the volunteers behind the override campaign!

The opposition to the overrides continously brings up the same, continously debunked points against it

Discussion on the petition to the state house to update our linkage fees, which will allow Medford to get more revenue from big developers

What does transparency mean, and how much effort does it take to make a truly transparent local government?

Reading between the lines on a new policy

An overview of the bills I’ve submitted over the past year and where they’re at now.

FAQs on questions 6, 7, and 8, which would fund Medford’s schools and roads and a new fire headquarters

The fighting the mailers from the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, which oppose local and statewide affordable housing initiatives

How Proposition 2.5 squeezes municipal funding in the long-term, leading to cuts in services and reduced maintenance of our infrastructure

An overview of our current ADU laws

A discussion about a wonky idea I’ve been pushing in City Council’s zoning process that would substantially help out development in Medford

A discussion about the capacity of Medford’s relatively limited staff in carrying out municipal services

The tenants at 208 Main Street are facing eviction from their homes

A look at the numbers behind Medford’s affordable housing problem

How, specifically, can Medford fund affordable housing?

In my first video, a discussion of support for the legalization of plant medicine in Massachusetts

A recounting of our first city council meeting of the term

What books I’m reading and the reasoning for raising the salaries of the Medford School Committee