Cambridge Civic Journal Forum

July 6, 2022

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 555-556: July 5, 2022

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge government,Cambridge InsideOut,elections,history,School Committee — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 8:36 am

Episode 555 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 5, 2022 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on July 5, 2022 at 6:00pm. Topics: July 4 weekend wrap; benefiting from the existence of a problem, tales from the death of rent control; Charter revision history, ideas and concerns. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 556 – Cambridge InsideOut: July 5, 2022 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on July 5, 2022 at 6:30pm. Topics: Charter Review Committee; election methods – corrections and pitfalls; School Committee as forgotten stepchild of charter revision; Cambridge Jazz Festival; retirements of Louis DePasquale, Jim Monagle, Arthur Goldberg, Jim Maloney. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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May 21, 2022

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 549-550: May 17, 2022

Filed under: Cambridge,Cambridge government,Cambridge InsideOut,City Council,schools — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 10:25 pm

Episode 549 – Cambridge InsideOut: May 17, 2022 (Part 1)

This episode was recorded on May 17, 2022 at 6:00pm. Topics: Hiring the City Auditor (Joseph McCann), City Clerk (Diane LeBlanc), and City Manager (4 finalists); the ability to say NO as an essential quality in a city manager; reports on the Budget Hearings; councillors on their best behavior – especially in regard to Police Dept. and Community Safety budgets. Apologies for the poor audio/video quality. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

Episode 550 – Cambridge InsideOut: May 17, 2022 (Part 2)

This episode was recorded on May 17, 2022 at 6:30pm. Topics: Alewife Moratorium pending – Quadrangle and Triangle, roadway connections, bridges, and some history – connecting the cul-de-sacs; blurred Envision; YIMBY cult vs. thoughtful consideration of where density makes sense; Cambridge schools, vocational education, and opportunities; discussion of municipal broadband continues to ignore Cable TV; broadband options and financial risk. Apologies for the poor audio/video quality. Hosts: Judy Nathans, Robert Winters [On YouTube] [audio]

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November 13, 2021

Final 2021 Cambridge Election Results

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 2:23 am
Final Official City Council Results (Nov 12)
(in order of election)
Siddiqui, Sumbul
Simmons, E. Denise
Nolan, Patricia M.
Carlone, Dennis J.
McGovern, Marc C.
Zondervan, Quinton Y.
Azeem, Burhan
Mallon, Alanna M.
Toner, Paul F.

Final Official School Committee Results (Nov 12)
(in order of election)
Wilson, Ayesha
Fantini, Alfred B.
Bhambi, Akriti
Weinstein, Rachel B.
Rojas Villarreal, José Luis
Weinstein, David J.

All three ballot questions passed (Final, Official)

Final Official City Council results:
Council2021-Official
Distribution of #1 Votes by ward/precinct – City Council 2021:
Council2021ward-precinct
City Council 2021 – #2 Vote Distributions
Council2-2021
Alternate Measures of Popularity – 2021 City Council Election
Council2021rank
Final Official School Committee results:
School2021-Official
Distribution of #1 Votes by ward/precinct – School Committee 2021:
School2021ward-precinct
School Committee 2021 – #2 Vote Distributions
School2-2021
Alternate Measures of Popularity – 2021 School Committee Election
School2021rank

Who would replace each of the elected city councillors and School Committee members should a vacancy occur? Replacements are determined from the ballots used to elect each councillor or School Committee member. I ran the tabulation software with the 2021 ballot data and here’s what I found:

City Council Replacement
Azeem Sobrinho-Wheeler
Carlone Williams
Mallon Sobrinho-Wheeler
McGovern Sobrinho-Wheeler
Nolan Williams
Siddiqui Sobrinho-Wheeler
Simmons Sobrinho-Wheeler
Toner McGuirk
Zondervan Sobrinho-Wheeler
 
School Committee Replacement
Bhambi Hunter
Fantini Hunter
Rojas Villarreal Lim
D. Weinstein Johnson
R. Weinstein Hunter
Wilson Johnson

November 6, 2021

2021 Cambridge City Council and School Committee (Unofficial) Election Results

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,City Council,elections,School Committee — Tags: , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 9:56 am

For those who like their information in spreadsheets….

Cambridge City Council
Council2021-Unofficial

Cambridge School Committee
School2021-Unofficial

September 28, 2021

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the votingest of them all?

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , , , — Robert Winters @ 6:50 pm

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the votingest of them all?Vote!

Sept 28 – Political campaign organizations love to do “opposition research” on other candidates. One of the things they often inquire about is voting history. Fortunately, I have all that data on hand, so allow me to save you the trouble. Bear in mind that younger candidates, recently naturalized citizens, and candidates who only recently moved to Cambridge (or moved back to Cambridge) are at a bit of a disadvantage in terms of the totals. Though I have all the voter histories for 45 city-wide elections going back to 1997, here are the voting records for just the November elections (24 of them). [Note: It’s possible that some records were corrected in the intervening years, but the table below comes from the original voter history files with some updates I made over the years as better information became available.] – Robert Winters

Candidate reg_date n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 Total
Fantini, Alfred B. 7/9/1982 n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 24
Nolan, Patricia M. 10/5/1992 n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 24
Simmons, E. Denise 6/1/1987 n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 24
Toner, Paul F. 8/18/1984 n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 24
Carlone, Dennis J. 10/4/1980 n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n06 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 22
McGovern, Marc C. 9/30/1994 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 22
Moree, Gregg J.  4/18/1984 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n20 21
Weinstein, David J. 8/28/2002 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 19
Zondervan, Quinton Y. 6/4/2004 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 17
Mallon, Alanna M. 9/27/2004 n04 n06 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 15
Williams, Nicola A. 8/30/2006 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 15
Hunter, Caroline M. 7/19/2021 n97 n98 n99 n00 n01 n02 n03 n04 n05 n06 n07 n08 n09 n10 14
Johnson, Daria A. 6/24/1996 n00 n03 n04 n07 n08 n12 n13 n14 n16 n18 n19 n20 12
Weinstein, Rachel B. 7/28/2009 n09 n10 n11 n12 n13 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 12
Lim, Christopher 7/18/2006 n06 n08 n10 n12 n14 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 10
McGuirk, Joe 3/5/2010 n10 n12 n13 n14 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 9
Siddiqui, Sumbul 6/6/2006 n14 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 7
Levy, Ilan 7/13/2015 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 6
Pierre, Frantz 6/21/2003 n05 n08 n10 n11 n12 n15 6
Rojas Villarreal, José Luis 9/19/2015 n15 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 6
Bullister, Dana 6/4/2016 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 5
Skeadas, Theodora Theo 6/10/2016 n16 n17 n18 n19 n20 5
Azeem, Burhan 10/14/2015 n16 n17 n19 n20 4
Bhambi, Akriti 8/6/2018 n18 n19 n20 3
Hicks, Tonia D. 8/15/2018 n18 n19 n20 3
Sobrinho-Wheeler, Jivan 3/28/2018 n18 n19 n20 3
Wilson, Ayesha 11/14/2017 n18 n19 n20 3
Eckstut, Robert 8/8/2019 n19 n20 2

August 2, 2021

Cambridge City Council and School Committee Candidates – 2021 [FINAL]

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,City Council,elections,School Committee — Tags: , , , , — Robert Winters @ 6:45 pm

Nomination Papers - 2021 Cambridge Municipal Election

List of candidates who pulled nomination papers for the 2021 Cambridge City Council or School Committee election - updated Aug 23, 8:25pm
CandidateBornOffice SoughtAddressSignatures SubmittedSignatures CertifiedNotes
Simmons, E. Denise1951City Council188 Harvard St., 0213988(July 16)83July 1
McGuirk, Joe1965City Council314 Columbia St. #1, 0214150(July 6), 35(July 26)46+33=79July 1
Sobrinho-Wheeler, Jivan1992City Council187 Brookline St. #3, 0213943(July 15), 26(July 16), 2(Aug 2)39+25+2=66July 1
Nolan, Patricia M.1957City Council184 Huron Ave., 0213846(July 8), 14(July 12)44+14=58July 1
Zondervan, Quinton Y.1970City Council235 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., 0214188(Aug 2)78July 1
Siddiqui, Sumbul1988City Council283 Sidney St. #3, 0213944(July 6), 46(July7)41+43=84July 1
Pierre, Frantz1982City Council22 Water Street, Unit 808, 0214148(July 7), 35(July 12)44+24=68July 1
McGovern, Marc C.1968City Council17 Pleasant St., 0213983(July 20)80July 1
Mallon, Alanna M.1970City Council3 Maple Ave., 02139100(July 13)95July 1
Williams, Nicola A.1963City Council8 Brewer St. #5, 0213852(July 13), 48(July 26)48+44=92July 1
Eckstut, Robert1985City Council251 Western Ave. #1, 0213969(July 28)62July 1
Toner, Paul F.1966City Council24 Newman St., 02140100(July 9)96July 1
Bullister, Dana1990City Council155 5th Street #1, 0214149(July 26), 44(July 30)37+38=75July 1
Ribitzky, Roy1989City Council163 Webster Ave. #3, 0214140(July 27), 18(Aug 2)33+12=45
(did not qualify)		July 1
Skeadas, Theodora Theo1990City Council988 Memorial Drive #185, 0213846(July 8), 49(July 14)42+44=86July 2
Moree, Gregg J. 1957City Council25 Fairfield St. #4, 0214049(July 21), 29(July 28), 22(Aug 2)42+23+19=84July 2
Carlone, Dennis J.1947City Council9 Washington Ave. #6, 0214063(July 26)59July 2
Azeem, Burhan1997City Council35 Speridakis Terr., 02139100(July 27)82July 7
Hicks, Tonia D.1970City Council337 Pearl Street, 0213950(July 26), 9(July 28)45+9=54July 7
Carrasquillo, Santos1989City Council188 Harvard St. #3B, 02139did not submit signaturesJuly 8
Levy, Ilan1967City Council148 Spring St., 0214175(Aug 2)55July 30
Wilson, Ayesha1982School Committee15 Concord Ave., 0213844(July 1),38(July 9), 18(July 29)43+38+18=99July 1
Weinstein, David J.1972School Committee45 S. Normandy Ave., 0213850(July 16), 10(Aug 2)50+9=59July 1
Rojas Villarreal, José Luis1971School Committee19 Cornelius Way, 0214150(July 26), 9(July 27), 10(July 28)46+9+10=65July 1
Fantini, Alfred B.1949School Committee4 Canal Pk #203, 0214148(July 12), 50(July 14), 2(July 15)48+50+2=100July 1
Lim, Christopher1975School Committee48 Pleasant St, 0213949(July 8), 16(July 9)40+15=55July 7
Bhambi, Akriti1988School Committee311 Cardinal Medeiros Ave. #1, 0214193(July 12)91July 8
Weinstein, Rachel1974School Committee60 Standish St. #1, 0213865(July 19)61July 12
Kelly, Kathleen
1960School Committee17 Marie Ave. #1, 02139did not submit signaturesJuly 14
Hunter, Caroline M.1946School Committee23 Rockwell St., 0213995(July 22)82July 20
Johnson, Daria A.1976School Committee2 Leighton St. #413, 0214183(Aug 2)73July 23

On Wed, July 21, the Election Commission certified all signatures shown that were submitted through July 21.
On Wed, Aug 4, the Election Commission certified all remaining signatures submitted through the Aug 2 deadline.

There will be 19 City Council candidates and 9 School Committee candidates on the ballot.

Candidates needed 50 certified signatures to qualify for the ballot.

2021 Cambridge Candidate Pages

Vote!

June 30, 2021

2021 Cambridge Municipal Election: Nomination Papers

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 1:35 pm

2021 Municipal Election: Nomination Papers

City SealJune 29, 2021 – Nomination papers for City Council and School Committee will be available beginning Thursday, July 1st at the Election Commission office, 51 Inman Street, Cambridge. The office will be open on Thursday, July 1st from 8:30am until 5:00pm. The deadline to file nomination papers is Monday, August 2nd at 5:00pm. When visiting the Election Commission office please use the side entrance located on Inman Place until further notice. The 2021 Municipal Election Calendar is posted on the Commission’s website: www.cambridgema.gov/election

The requirements to run for City Council or School Committee are:

1. The person must be a registered voter in Cambridge. To register, one must be 18 years of age by Election Day, a U.S. citizen and a resident in the City of Cambridge.

2. The person must file no fewer than fifty (50) and no more than one hundred (100) certifiable signatures of registered voters in the City of Cambridge.

The Commission has prepared an information kit for candidates containing important dates, Commission policies, services, and publications. The kits will be available with the nomination papers on July 1st.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

May 5, 2021

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 501-502: May 4, 2021

Filed under: 2021 election,Cambridge,Cambridge InsideOut — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 5:15 pm

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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