11. There are protests, and we take the streets, and a whole bunch of the people are coming together and voicing a message of conscience.
David P. Maher
1. Yes. I actually helped draft it.
2. I chair the University Relations committee of the city council. I believe we began a great dialogue with the university with the zoning petition, taking a big jump forward in a very strained relationship between the city and the University.
3. I don’t necessarily think that there is a finite dollar amount. Rather, the University needs to step forward and help with our schools, and contribute like they did with their housing issues.
4. I think the ballot question is ill-advised...I absolutely support the city taking steps on affordable housing. I absolutely don’t support the city putting the burden for such initiatives on small property owners.
5. I think the way we’re doing it. Two years ago the voters of Cambridge passed the Community Preservation Act (CPA) to allow us to leverage the money we’re spending on affordable housing...Quite frankly, we should be the example to other communities.
6. The statistics show that crime is down, however we must take these recent crimes very seriously. We should look for ways to better coordinate our efforts.
7. The public schools, and the crisis in our public schools, is a priority...The lack of confidence in our public schools is alarming. We must work to regain this confidence... Superintendents and principles from all over the world come to the Ed school to learn best practice, how is it that we don’t have best practice here?
8. I voted for the smoking ban.
9. I don’t think they’re [students] really involved in local politics and that’s too bad...There is a tendency to look more at international and national issues rather than local issues, but there is definitely a place for students in local politics... I eat late all the time, and it is a struggle to find a place in Cambridge.
10. Daedalus.
11. I like to walk along the river, through the square.