Universal Hub - city council

What's a progressive in the big city to do?

adamg — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:09 +0000

WBUR reports on progressives fretting about the City Council winding up next year just as white and XYish as "old Boston." Or as 'BUR calls these folks, "self-styled progressives," because God forbid people be allowed to identify their political leanings without a reporter casting some doubt on what they really are by adding some empty phrase like "self-styled." But I guess we could expect no less from self-professed reporter David Scharfenberg.

Landlords have to start reporting energy and water use to the city

adamg — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:44:10 +0000

By a 9-4 vote, the City Council today approved an ordinance that requires owners of commercial buildings larger than 35,000 square feet and residential buildings with more than 35 units to file annual reports with the city on their resource consumption - along with their annual emissions of greenhouse gases.

The goal of the new law is to help curb greenhouse emissions and just make Boston a more resource-efficient kind of place.

Murphy decides to try to stay on city council

adamg — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:46:11 +0000

No mayoral race for him, the Herald reports.

At-large candidate comes out swinging against opponents

adamg — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:52:14 +0000

Shaun Ivers of Jamaica Plain plans to formally launch his campaign today in Geneva/Bowdoin, but first he took a few potshots against rivals Michael Flaherty, Steve Murphy, Ayanna Pressley and Michelle Wu.

There is no place in an at-large race for candidates like Michael Flaherty who are only interested in issues that pertain to their own neighborhood. That’s what district races are for. ... This city does not need more hack politicians like Michael Flaherty and Stephen Murphy, nor does it need self-interested opportunists like Michelle Wu and Ayanna Pressley. When elected I promise serve the people – not exploit them.

Meanwhile, the Jamaica Plain Gazette reports that two employers whom Ivers claimed to be working for as a freelance writer say he never worked for them.

Ivers's complete release:

Self professed un-politician seeks at-large seat on city council

adamg — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:18:27 +0000

Shaun Ivers, a Jamaica Plain real-estate agent and consultant, said today he's running for one of the four at-large city-council seats this fall, vowing not to become another mayoral kowtower engaging in "meaningless soapbox grandstanding:"

Although I have worked with politicians in the course of pursuing school and housing causes, I am not of the politician’s class. I do not come from a family of self-entitled politicians, nor have I ever been a legislative aid bidding my time until I can win an election to become the boss.

Ivers, who moved to Boston from Philadelphia six years ago, says he would bring:

A fresh perspective and new ideas to bolster innovation, increase job security, reduce homelessness and create new treatment opportunities for those suffering from addiction.