October 21, We also have translations in 11 languages. Shall this city approve the charter amendment proposed by the city council summarized below? Under the proposed amendment, the Mayor and City Council would hold budgetary powers together, with the power to modify and amend appropriation orders. As is the case now, under the amendment only the Mayor may initially submit a budget or appropriation order. Murphy too is behind on social media.
He does have a compaign site, but it's under the last election's domain, when he ran for Treasurer of the Commonwealth. Surely someone in his campaign knows how easy it is to replace the domain name and route the old traffic to it as well.
He needs some media hygiene, such as removing a duplicate FB page, updating his most active one to include links to his campaign site, adding some video, and fixing the Flickr link from the current text line.
Ryan runs a low-cost gum and paperclip campaign, but isn't too bad on social media. Both his tweets and videos are concise and beefy. He has serious political, economic and philosophical point to make. He clearly writes and video edits to make his view accessible. As we say in the biz, he understands chunking. Modified for new media, he gets his points across in under 2-minute videos. Some make better use of social media here.
In addition to buttons for donating money or volunteering, there's great opportunity here. Various visitors prefer different social media and will be attracted to related links on buttons. Everyone except Dorcena and Flaherty present easily accessible social media buttons. Arroyo and Connolly have the widest range. Only Arroyo has an RSS feed button for news, although Pressley serves this function with a newsletter subscription link. Actually her solution is savvy in capturing a voter's email.
Connolly and Pressley both have Flickr links. These would tend to attract those who volunteer or attend rallies and events. People love to see their pictures or those of folk they know.
Otherwise, this is not an interactive medium for candidates. As for URL, the site address, three were smart and fortunate enough to get their names. Mnemonic sites are best. Arroyo is lucky his father didn't squat on that domain. Dorcena and Pressley had singular enough names to grab. The other three ended up with sites have URLs long enough to encourage misspelling and unintuitive enough to make the curious struggle.
As for Murphy, he just needs to update the domain to the current race. Again, Dorcena is new to this, but all seven tweet. Arroyo and Pressley in particular are prolific, often informing followers where they'll be or have been.
He served as an aide to former councilors John Tobin and Sam Yoon as well as in the administration of former Gov. Deval Patrick. He supports shifting resources from the Boston Police Department to mental health professionals and social workers.
She served as senior legal counsel to Sen. She volunteers as an attorney with the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance.
Louijeune advocates increasing opportunities for Boston residents to buy homes and making more land available for the construction of affordable units. Born in the Dominican Republic, Mejia grew up in Dorchester with a single mother and was the first in her family to graduate high school and college.
Before running for the council in the race, she headed the Collaborative Parent Action Network, a group that organized Boston parents around educational advocacy.
During her first term in office, she has focused on providing resources to families affected by the COVID pandemic, providing resources for small business owners such as barbers and hairdressers who have lost business during the pandemic and legislation to bring greater transparency to city government.
Monteiro grew up in Boston, the daughter of Cape Verdean immigrants. After graduating high school, she had a son and worked her way through Quincy College, earning an associate degree, and bought a triple-decker where she and her parents live. She is currently employed as a social worker.
She advocates ending all information-sharing between the Boston Police Department and the federal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and shutting down the controversial gang database.
Murphy was born and raised in Dorchester, where she raised three children and still lives. She is a veteran Boston Public Schools teacher and special education coordinator. She says she would advocate for quality schools in every neighborhood, trauma training for teachers and staff, increased access to recovery services for people suffering from opioid addiction and community policing strategies.
Nee-Walsh grew up in Boston. Her father worked as a U. Postal Service letter carrier. She says her union-oriented family taught her the value of hard work. Nee-Walsh has for the last 15 years been a Local 7 iron worker. Nee-Walsh said she supports tutoring to help students who have been affected by the pandemic and the expansion of vocational programs in the schools.
Owens has run for various electoral positions over the past few decades and briefly considered a bid for mayor before jumping into the at-large city council race. On a website he launched for a run for Congress, he says he opposes new liquor licenses for Boston restaurants and the conversion of affordable apartments into luxury housing.
Boston native Donnie Palmer is an Army veteran, special education teacher, youth mentor and prizefighter. He advocates for students to be educated closer to home in order to foster parent participation and says he would work with the police department to help create sports programs for local youth. Spillane was born and raised in Hyde Park. Most recently, he worked on the staff of District 8 Councilor Kenzie Bok. Spillane says the city is spending too much money on its school system while not investing enough on improving outcomes for students.
He advocates expanding pre-K options for families and constructing new school buildings. He says he would prioritize construction of affordable housing and that he would work to make sure reforms to the police department are fully enacted. He is currently working on a doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University. His platform calls for the expansion of pre-K seats and says he will consult with teachers around issues such as class sizes.
He says he supports community policing and would work to repair relations between police officers and the communities they patrol. Six of the nine city council districts have competitive races. The following are candidates running for those contested seats. Baker grew up in the Savin Hill section of Dorchester, where he currently resides.
He was elected in During his 10 years in office, Baker has focused on constituent services. He has spoken out against rent control and the regulation of the short-term rental industry.
McBride moved to Boston 13 years ago to attend Northeastern University. He advocates re-opening the Long Island shelter to provide services for people facing addiction and homelessness as well as the decentralization of the types of services concentrated in the Mass and Cass area.
He supports the construction of affordable housing in the city. With current District 4 Councilor Andrea Campbell running for mayor, nine candidates are vying for the seat she leaves vacant.
He eventually moved to Boston, met his wife, also a Cape Verdean immigrant, and raised their family. Barros is a lifelong Boston resident. When he was 14, Barros got involved with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, where he got leadership training, learned how to organize, and contributed to the transformation of several Roxbury neighborhoods.
Years later, after graduating from Dartmouth, and a stint in the business world, Barros went on to head up the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative before his more recent stint as chief of economic development under Walsh.
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