Jan 6, 2022 – Patrick Barrett (property owner) and Gus Rancatore (ice cream man) officially cut the ribbon at the original location of Toscanini’s on Main St. in Central Square. They have been quietly open for the past week, but now it’s officially open (and delicious).
Gus cuts the ribbon
This episode was recorded on Jan 4, 2022 at 6:00pm. Topics: Inauguration and Election of Mayor; history of mayoral elections; Plague Report and forecast; committee appointments pending; civility pledge; work vs. inflammatory posturing; prospects for new councillors; failure to produce committee reports; cleaning up old business prior to taking up new business. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters
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This episode was recorded on Jan 4, 2022 at 6:30pm. Topics: Looking ahead; competing proposals for alternate police response; Chapter 30B and contracting for alternatives for police response; HEART proposal – no experience, no qualifications; no expertise; search for City Manager and City Clerk; housing/zoning alternatives, form-based zoning; ideology/movements vs. good ideas and compromise; role of councillors as eyes, ears, thermometer of resident views and concerns vs. imposing ideology on residents. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]
Jan 3, 2022 – The newly inaugurated 2022-23 Cambridge City Council today unanimously elected Sumbul Siddiqui as Mayor for the 2022-23 City Council term. The vote for Vice Chair (traditionally referred to as Vice Mayor) was 5-2-2 for Mallon-Simmons-Nolan. Alanna Mallon again elected Vice Mayor.
| EVENT | BA | DC | AM | MM | PN | SS | DS | PT | QZ | RESULT |
| Ballot #1 for Mayor | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | SS | Siddiqui 9-0 |
| Ballot #1 for Vice Chair | AM | PN | AM | DS | PN | PN | DS | DS | PN | Nolan 4, Simmons 3, Mallon 2 |
| Siddiqui switch to Mallon | AM | PN | AM | DS | PN | AM | DS | DS | PN | Nolan 3, Simmons 3, Mallon 3 |
| Zondervan switch to Mallon | AM | PN | AM | DS | PN | AM | DS | DS | AM | Mallon 4, Simmons 3, Nolan 2 |
| McGovern switch to Mallon | AM | PN | AM | AM | PN | AM | DS | DS | AM | Mallon 5, Simmons 2, Nolan 2 |
BA=Burhan Azeem, DC=Dennis Carlone, AM=Alanna Mallon, MM=Marc McGovern, PN=Patricia Nolan, SS=Sumbul Siddiqui, DS=Denise Simmons, PT=Paul Toner, QZ=Quinton Zondervan
The Mayors of Cambridge (1846 to present)
The City Clerks and City Managers of Cambridge
Note: Later in the day, the newly inaugurated School Committee chose Rachel Weinstein (a.k.a. “Member Rachel”) as its Vice Chair who will be responsible for naming members and Chairs to the various subcommittees of the School Committee.
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