Part 1: Running Through the Tape I've had this newsletter sitting in Drafts for over a week, so this one's a double-header: The pace of the campaign has been incredible. I'll recap another time, but to everyone: from the half dozen volunteers out lit dropping with me right this minute, to the campaign volunteer hitting "send" on this email while I finish knocking doors (👋), to the people who signed up for newsletters but haven't received any until just now (sorry--read the backlog at this...

Picking Up the Pace That pedal power bike was going nowhere fast, but you can't say the same for me. We're less than a month from Election Day, and I'm still knocking hundreds of doors every week, sometimes with help from special volunteers: I've been to living room meet-and-greets, park potlucks, and meet-your-neighbor events. Ken invited me after I met him at a Streetwise talk. Cindy responded to a cold email I sent her back in early July(!) to ask about urban tree canopy. A knocked door...

Big Endorsement: Honored to be one of two challengers on this eight-candidate slate. In February, Cambridge City Council passed maybe the most significant local zoning changes in the country when it ended Exclusionary Zoning and allowed by-right construction of multi-family housing. That big step followed a decade of advocacy from A Better Cambridge, a nonprofit dedicated to housing affordability. Cambridge has the most expensive rent in Massachusetts. IYRYK--If You Rent, You Know. The...