Episode 639 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 7, 2025 (Part 1)
This episode was recorded on Jan 7, 2025 at 6:00pm. Topics: Remembering those we lost in 2024; death of former Cambridge Superintendent of Schools Robert S. Peterkin and some comments on the Cambridge Public Schools, the ultimate futility of social engineering; no paper of record; unwelcome City Hall, rumor, innuendo, and defamation; dissing the public as “neighborhood defenders” and NIMBYs; some truth about the AHO; the good leverage of the Special Permit process; the “Ending Exclusionary Zoning” trojan horse, eliminating setbacks, maximizing height and density; some issues with proportional representation; Neville Center; Job Training Trust Home Rule Petition; amendments to Cycling Safety Ordinance, misrepresentation of facts by advocates. Host: Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]
Episode 640 – Cambridge InsideOut: Jan 7, 2025 (Part 2)
This episode was recorded on Jan 7, 2025 at 6:30pm. Topics: Fines or taxes for vacant storefronts and commercial properties – or a better approach; infinite extension of cannabis business gaming of the economics; choosing to not be inside the tent, saying what you think; Draw One Bridge Replacement and retrograde activism, better proposals such as the Charles River Dam Walkway and the new North Washington Street bridge; Charter revision status report and some dreadful alternate proposals pending from incumbents re: budget control, appointing City Solicitor, direct election of mayor, 4-year City Council terms (with major changes in election quota) w/o any recall provision, Council approval of department heads. Host: Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]