VOTING INFORMATION:
Election Day is Nov. 2
Early voting from October 23 to the 29. Find out Early Voting Days and Hours HERE for all three available locations:
Election Day is Nov. 2
Early voting from October 23 to the 29. Find out Early Voting Days and Hours HERE for all three available locations:
- Main Branch of the Public Library - 449 Broadway
- Cambridge Water Department - 250 Fresh Pond Parkway
- Valente Library Branch - 826 Cambridge Street
- Thursday, October 28th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Friday, October 29th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Update: Dennis Carlone's website is: HERE.
CURIOUS ABOUT THE ELECTION and where our candidates receive their donations? Or, what all the political pacs mean? See our graphs and chart (below) for City Council candidates and current Cambridge political groups and endorsees. When candidates take sizable funding from real estate interests it suggests that on some issues they may be more inclined to vote in a manner that benefits these individuals' interests. When candidates take significant funding from individuals who do not live in Cambridge it makes one question how closely aligned their interests are with local residents.
CCC is one of only two of the political groups in Cambridge that are specifically local in focus. 97% of our donations are from local Cambridge residents. That means our policy issues are framed by factors within the City itself. Note: while both Paul Toner and Joe McGuirk initially advocated for more bicycle lanes with stakeholder input per their Vision Zero Coalition statements, more recently they have come down in opposition to safe bicycle lanes.
PLEASE READ: Frogs-R-Us: Its Unrestrained Development that is threatening to boil us if we don't hop to polls
and Playing Monopoly in Cambridge is not just a game
Frogs-R-Us addresses some of the issues around developer interests and investments in Cambridge; Playing Monopoly takes up core issues in the architectural preservation issues around a move by another political party to gut long-standing conservation and historic preservation efforts in Cambridge
and Playing Monopoly in Cambridge is not just a game
Frogs-R-Us addresses some of the issues around developer interests and investments in Cambridge; Playing Monopoly takes up core issues in the architectural preservation issues around a move by another political party to gut long-standing conservation and historic preservation efforts in Cambridge
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Above image left; the cover to Jean-François Batellier’s 1978 cartoon collection, “No Deposit, No Return.”; right: cover of Cambridge Monopoly game.
THANK YOU again! Wed. Sept. 29th, the City Council Ordinance Committee sent back to the City (manager), a plan (petition) to gut our citywide preservation efforts. The committee asked the City Solicitor to determine if the petition was even legal and have required the petition to work with the CHC on possible compromise language.
Video of the October 29 Ordinance Committee Hearing on the petition to limit Neighborhood Conservation Districts with a majority of the public commentary opposed to this attempt to let developers have more power. Watch CHC Executive Director, Charles Sullivan on the building and social history of this area: www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/historicalcommission/pdf/echistoryandresarchitecture.pdf
Video of the October 29 Ordinance Committee Hearing on the petition to limit Neighborhood Conservation Districts with a majority of the public commentary opposed to this attempt to let developers have more power. Watch CHC Executive Director, Charles Sullivan on the building and social history of this area: www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/historicalcommission/pdf/echistoryandresarchitecture.pdf
THANK YOU! CCC's 2021 City Council Candidate Forum on Sept 26 from 4-6 PM went off without a hitch with a great Host Kerry Costello, a great moderator, Chuck Hinds, and a terrific group of City Council Candidates. Over 100 people were in the audience. A video of the event is now posted on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dnK2HglPr-8
Read about CCC's City Council Endorsees BELOW and on our Election Page.
Read about CCC's City Council Endorsees BELOW and on our Election Page.
Read the candidate questionnaires and news about the 2021 Cambridge City Council Election: www.cccoalition.org/election.html
NEED TO REGISTER TO VOTE? GO TO: bit.ly/Register2voteMA
Register to vote by October 13, 2021
VOTE BY MAIL Apply for Mail-in Ballot by Oct 19, 2021
Email: elections@cambridgema.gov Fax: 617-349-4366
Mail to the Cambridge Election Commission 51 Inman Street. 0213
Return Ballot to above address by Nov. 2
*Allow up to 7 days for ballot delivery by mail in each direction.
OTHER VOTING OPTIONS
Ballot Drop Box or Early Voting Sites: bit.lydropboxsites
Or VOTE IN PERSON ON NOVEMBER 2
Where to Vote? bit.ly/VotingPlaceMA
Register to vote by October 13, 2021
VOTE BY MAIL Apply for Mail-in Ballot by Oct 19, 2021
Email: elections@cambridgema.gov Fax: 617-349-4366
Mail to the Cambridge Election Commission 51 Inman Street. 0213
Return Ballot to above address by Nov. 2
*Allow up to 7 days for ballot delivery by mail in each direction.
OTHER VOTING OPTIONS
Ballot Drop Box or Early Voting Sites: bit.lydropboxsites
Or VOTE IN PERSON ON NOVEMBER 2
Where to Vote? bit.ly/VotingPlaceMA
Recent Cambridge Citizens Coalition Research and Opinion Pieces published in Cambridge Day
Promoting a More Livable Cambridge
Change can’t wait. We need bold, progressive polices to address our most pressing issues
POLICIES THAT MATTER ON:
1. Environmental Equity - addressing climate change can't wait! Safeguard trees and green spaces in every neighborhood.
2. Housing - stop gentrification, end exclusive single family zoning, create a real path to home ownership; add more mixed income housing
3. Smart Growth - we need a Citywide plan for smart growth (people before profits)
4. Neighborhoods are key (retain and build on naturally affordable longterm sustainable housing)
5. We live in an historic city; let's work together to preserve our rich architectural diversity.
6. Policies for equity (from Broadband and HEART to Universal Pre-K)
Recent CCC Events
... an August 2 City Hall Rally co-sponsored by 15 Cambridge groups supporting trees.
An important rally hosted by My Brothers Keeper and focused on recent gun violence (photos below) preceded the above tree rally at this same site.
Earlier, on June 17, 2021, many CCC leaders were out in support of a housing rally. the Peoples Housing Rally, opposing the misnamed Missing Middle Housing petition that sought to up-zone the whole city to add more luxury (market-based) housing in backyards and other areas (see images below).
WE ARE ALREADY IN A HOUSING CRISIS - DO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT WORSE?!
Assault on Neighborhood Conservation Efforts
This petition has been introduced and forwarded by City Council to the Ordinance Committee. This petition ,that one could call the "Neighborhood Conservation District" (NGC) Assault Petition, was received from an individual often allied with the pro-developer political Pac calling itself "A Better Cambridge (ABC)." The petition seeks to gut Cambridge's long standing architectural preservation means, local areas established by neighbors to preserve the unique eclectic mix of housing in their area. What this petition does? It removes the right of citizens to petition the City on this matter, enabling City Council (who already must approve any new Conservation District after the study period, to stop the process before it even starts. Citizens will lose long established rights. And, Council (not citizens) can change the language of established districts, and have redefined criteria for existing Boards, from District residents who bring professional knowledge to these issues, to simply ones ownership status. Who benefits? Largely out-of-time developers, and non-resident monied investors (many of whom represent national and global financial interests), and those seeking to build large McMansions inconsistent with our long-standing local neighborhoods. Why this matters? Cambridge, founded in 1630, one of the oldest planned cities in America. Its history, and the legacy of its rich architecture matters - whether we are talking about workers cottages or more elite residences, workplaces, or one time battlegrounds. Because Cambridge neighborhoods matter, and this is just one more effort (based in part on a national drive) to end restrictions on developers and investors to build more luxury housing in this already very dense and very historic city - further gentrifying these areas, and forcing out long term lower income residents. We know that Neighborhood Conservation Districts help to keep rental and housing costs more stable, but this is not just about economic issues, and we know that our tourism economy and local businesses are dependent on our unique historical and architectural legacy; This petition is also about environmental sustainability - maintaining sound architecture. Please write City Council at: council@cambridgema.gov and CC the City Clerk at: cityclerk@cambridgema.gov
Read: the "Neighborhood Conservation District Assault Petition" at www.cccoalition.org/docsinfo.html
Read: the "Neighborhood Conservation District Assault Petition" at www.cccoalition.org/docsinfo.html
