Today, Michelle Wu signed a measure into law for the first time as mayor of Boston. The measure is to divest city funds from the fossil fuel industry. This is an astronomical move for a city like Boston and will create the groundwork for … [Read more...]
Back to the Future – Time to Get Back to Work on Issues before the Boston City council
I’m dropping out of the twitter echo chamber on the Michelle Wu discussion. It’s hard to express yourself in 140 characters without resorting to insults and enough of that. I plead guilty to helping to crowd out other important policy … [Read more...]
What do we know?
A couple of days ago I put up a post in defense of Michelle Wu. I purposefully stayed away from the comments and twitter until the next day, convinced I would wake up to ALL CAPS screeds calling me anything but a child of God. Thankfully, … [Read more...]
Progressives, Let’s Give Michelle Wu Some Slack
Michelle Wu has been taking some heat for her decision to support Bill Linehan to lead the Boston City Council. Linehan is not a favorite in progressive circles, but that's exactly why I think Michelle made the right decision. Now, Wu, one … [Read more...]
How to Win In Boston: Race, Class, or Being Michelle Wu
Boston's 2013 municipal election was extraordinary not just as the first open Mayoral race in twenty years or the free-wheeling preliminaries, but because Marty Walsh and Michelle Wu secured victory with very unorthodox neighborhood … [Read more...]