And then there were two... (Boston, Chelmsford: transplants, crime, school)

[bostongymjunkie]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

This is not most of West Roxbury. I wish they would secede.

But you can say this about many people in all neighborhoods.

[WestieWhitie]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Such as?

Absolutely nothing, though that’s still a whole lot better than this other candidate who killed a project that would have kept close to a thousand of deep-pocketed yuppies and investors from having close to a thousand triple-deckers luxocondoed and the current tenants getting booted to Brockton or Lawrence.

[bostongymjunkie]

Originally Posted by WestieWhitie

Absolutely nothing, though that’s still a whole lot better than this other candidate who killed a project that would have kept close to a thousand of deep-pocketed yuppies and investors from having close to a thousand triple-deckers luxocondoed and the current tenants getting booted to Brockton or Lawrence.

Which project was that?

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Such as?

The good food program I mentioned earlier, paid parental leave for city workers, byob for restaurants without liquor licenses, the plastic bag ban, short term rental regulation, corporate tax breaks.

She has her name on a good amount of stuff.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Boston Shudra

The good food program I mentioned earlier, paid parental leave for city workers, byob for restaurants without liquor licenses, the plastic bag ban, short term rental regulation, corporate tax breaks.

She has her name on a good amount of stuff.

good food program-

nice


paid parental leave for city workers-
sifted through google, ctrl+ f her name on numerous articles can't find her name on this, but when I did see a mention of an alteration/expansion of the policy implemented by Marty early on in his admin... it mentioned Lydia Edwards, Michelle Wu and Annissa.



BYOB for restaurants without liquor licenses -
sifted through google, ctrl+ f her name on numerous articles can't find her name on this. Did see ayanna Pressley and Michelle Wu's name though. This has also been a failure of program sadly. Havent been to one or heard of one place in Boston with it certainly not in Rox/Dot/Mat/HP, the paces it was supposed to help. Program was delayed 2 years in its initial rollout...


the plastic bag ban-
an unpaid intern in Baltimores District 1 office introduced that and got it passed, I know because I was an intern with her. That's surface/minor stuff. I'm not even super in support of it (tough on small biz owners)


short term rental regulation-
sifted through google, ctrl+ f her name on numerous articles can't find her name on this


corporate tax breaks-
bad thing

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by bostongymjunkie

But you can say this about many people in all neighborhoods.

No some neighborhoods in Boston want to see the culture and those of the city change entirely (Roxbury Mattapan). Some people want to protect the city's environmental future (JP, Roslindale). Some people want to open up the downtown area and future development open for ALL residents (Eastie Chinatown).

Not every neighborhood votes so narrowly an without greater desires.

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

short term rental regulation-
sifted through google, ctrl+ f her name on numerous articles can't find her name on this

https://assets.ctfassets.net/1hf11j6..._3.21.2018.pdf

Seems like she co-authored an amendment with Edwards (who has endorsed her per the campaign website) onto an ordinance of Walsh’s.

corporate tax breaks-
bad thing

Should be “more accountability” for corporate tax breaks:

https://assets.ctfassets.net/1hf11j6...ss-Release.pdf

Sad to hear byob didn’t amount to much.

[bostongymjunkie]

The point is that in every voting district there is a sizeable contingent of people who weight their vote more toward their own specific interests often at the expense of the bigger picture. Also, in the case of Boston different neighborhoods obviously prioritize different issues based on their impact on the neighborhood. Although I would be interested to see your claims above supported by some type of data.

[GeePee]

To be fair. West Roxbury does seem more like Dedham than it does Boston

[bostongymjunkie]

Originally Posted by GeePee

To be fair. West Roxbury does seem more like Dedham than it does Boston

It is definitely more of a suburban-like environment, no doubt.