Cambridge Civic Journal Forum

July 21, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 511-512: July 20, 2021

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Episode 511 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 20, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on July 20, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: NYC mayoral RCV primary completed; Boston mayoral election and Independent Expenditure PACs; Cambridge candidates and nomination papers, esp. Kathleen Kelly & Caroline Hunter; Candidate Pages; political “times”; buzzards circling for #2 votes behind ill-fated candidates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 512 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 20, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on July 20, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: “car storage”, rhetorical warfare, subverting the dominant paradigm; real vs. Potemkin changes; Animal Farm and strategic political dishonesty; Cambridge water – treatment, quality, watershed, fire protection, redundancy. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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July 7, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 509-510: July 6, 2021

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Episode 509 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 6, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on July 6, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Nomination papers; candidates; “movement politics” and PACs/slates; Toomey, Bowman exit; full-time or part-time; registered voter facts; turnout; prospects for no-excuse absentee (mail-in) voting. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 510 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 6, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on July 6, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: NYC mayoral primary and Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in fits and starts; RCV fallout among partisan pundits; Tree Protection Ordinance amended; creeping toward statism; car “storage” and rhetorical aggression; cannabis zoning and promotion; $65 million in Covid rescue funds eyed as free money; Charter Change may be heading to ballot or State Legislature; political approval for City boards and the abandonment of proportionality. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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June 15, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 507-508: June 15, 2021

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Episode 507 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 15, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on June 15, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Flattening the curve; reopenings; Temple Street and varying views of environmental justice; AHO realities; Central Square Library rhetorical competition; progressive vs. sensible; misrepresenting “the community”; alternatives to the misguided Missing Middle; rejecting unilateralism. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 508 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 15, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on June 15, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Tree Protection Ordinance; misrepresenting “the community”; lack of civic education and targeting “low-information voters”; afterschool programs & community schools; overeagerness to spend $ from American Rescue Plan; federal funding and the long view on infrastructure projects; City Manager hiring process continues; NYC mayoral primary and RCV; candidate updates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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June 2, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 505-506: June 1, 2021

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Episode 505 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 1, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on June 1, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Optimistic Covid update; serendipity; Planning Board seeks members; Charter review and the quest for power; conflict between elected mayor and city council; FY22 Budget coming to a vote; Gaza via Zoom and Public Comment as political theater. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 506 – Cambridge InsideOut: June 1, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on June 1, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Petition to gut Neighborhood Conservation Districts, echoes of Robert Moses and “urban renewal, remembering Jane Jacobs; Missing Middle Muddle and fictional zoning narratives; nothing to address the general affordability of housing; The “HEART” proposal vs. the Task Force on the Future of Public Safety; misrepresenting “the community”; when will City buildings reopen?; Redistricting coming; mayoral races in Somerville, Boston, and NYC. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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May 18, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 503-504: May 18, 2021

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Episode 503 – Cambridge InsideOut: May 18, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on May 18, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Looking back; camaraderie of the unmasked; Apollo & Cambridge; Budget hearings and political theater; trickle-down politics; boycotts, divestment, and Chapter 30B; Plan E and city management; digital equity/municipal broadband – and Cable TV. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 504 – Cambridge InsideOut: May 18, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on May 18, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Legal tussles over acoustic music; License Commission; emerging from the pandemic; end of the emergency – beginning of the questions; voting post-Covid; eviction moratorium to end; sidewalk & street dining – temporary or permanent; election year rhetoric; emergent candidates and PR realities; Starlight future. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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May 5, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 501-502: May 4, 2021

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Episode 501 – Cambridge InsideOut: May 4, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on May 4, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: candidates; charter review; School Committee; FY2022 Budget; tax abatements, budget hearings; remote participation a mixed bag; Police Department Budget. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 502 – Cambridge InsideOut: May 4, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on May 4, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Green Roofs Petition ordained; mandates & inefficiency; affordable homeownership and the limitations of limited equity; $500 million bond proposal; electric vehicle charging and the future; legal counsel for councillors?; Plan E Charter facts; charter reform in secret – more power, less accountability. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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April 20, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 499-500: April 20, 2021

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Episode 499 – Cambridge InsideOut: Apr 20, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Apr 20, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: compost collection returns, digital equity study released, on vaccinations and VW Buses, School Superintendent pseudosearch, City Manager selection, the shortcomings of remote government, web pages for City Council committees, staff for committees vs. personal aides, micromanagement vs. policy-making. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 500 – Cambridge InsideOut: Apr 20, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Apr 20, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: 500th milestone; City Boards & Commissions and public participation; obsolete info on City web pages; legal counsel for City Council?; updates on municipal election candidates. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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April 7, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 497-498: April 6, 2021

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Episode 497 – Cambridge InsideOut: Apr 6, 2021 (Part 1)

This episode was broadcast on Apr 6, 2021 at 6:00pm. Topics: Covid forecast, school reopening, Superintendent decision; remote possibilities; Day of Reckoning for colleges; appointments to Boards & Commissions and City Council meddling; Housing Choice and voting thresholds, one-way zoning. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 498 – Cambridge InsideOut: Apr 6, 2021 (Part 2)

This episode was broadcast on Apr 6, 2021 at 6:30pm. Topics: Housing Choice and legalities; composting, recycling realities, City purchase of rubbish toters; City Council micromanagement; worst outcomes of Charter change; political patronage; emerging candidates and 2021 Municipal Election Calendar. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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