The budget for FY23 pensions is $152 million out of the $2.5 billion dollar operating budget. Before you move on to your next uninformed talking point, overtime is budgeted at $43 million. So about $200 million/year combined which is less than their debt interest payments alone.

I don't think he's the guy to say this. He was asked 2x at the press conference if he had Healey's full support including increased funding if needed. The first time he didn't answer the funding portion, the second time he said he would not use funding as an excuse and would work with what he has. It's hard for me to read that as anything other than Healey telling him that he will get no more funding for operations, which is reflected in her budget.

FYI Daniel Totten is Quinton Zondervan's aide, not a councillor.

> not to be pedantic, but I hate when people say "return cash to homeowners". Like, no they dont. what they do is not raise tax rates, and offer a tax incentive to not rent out your house. Returning money would be like what the Mass did last year when they sent us a check.

That's not accurate to Cambridge. We not only don't raise the rate, we lower it every year so that your amount paid doesn't increase. We're not even limiting that increase to inflation or any other factor, just saying no increase. There's no need to constantly cut taxes, we can and should pay for nice things.

They haven't figured out the exact financing for it yet, but the majority will likely be bonded out over a few years and those bonds paid back over their terms. Cambridge has plenty of free cash, for example, we regularly return cash to homeowners($22 million last year) as we can't decide what else to do with it. It's also likely that we also get some contributions from private partners.

Nothing needs to be cut to fund this.

They never removed the board, they just forgot about it for a few decades. The traffic board would not have any say over a city ordinance anyways, they only have a say on road rules and regulations i.e. parking fines. Furthermore, the new traffic board will only serve as an advisory group, they'll have no direct power.

Good news in my opinion and definitely the correct decision.

About 1/2 as many during the winter, which is still a large amount on this segment. And separated bike lanes will only improve the winter retention.

You know they haven’t built new bike lanes there, right?

That's about the going rate in the area, but if you're able to drive outside of the city, it should get significantly cheaper.

They park in bus stops and browse police FB groups.

Looking at the street view over the years, you can see there was a white background that slowly faded away revealing the old sign underneath.

The data actually shows significantly reduced enrollment in the elementary schools.

Not to mention the other building is all 1/2 bed units. I don't think we'll see many families in these buildings. Of course even if we did expect a lot of families, the project should still be built.

Looking at their enrollment numbers, it appears Braintree schools are down about 500 students from their peak in 2018.

Well we have inclusionary policies, so all new market rate housing over 9 units brings affordable housing along with it. We also have good evidence that both market rate and affordable housing construction decreases displacement.

Boston's population growth isn't particularly notable. 8.5% population growth over a decade compared to some southern cities growing 20-30%. We would probably see similar numbers if we actually built enough housing, but we're not even close.

My policy for my 2021 Crosstrek is $340/6 months with:

Bodily/Uninsured/Underinsured $100,000/$300,000

Property Damage $50,000

PIP $8,000 with 0 deductible

Collision with $500 deductible

Deductible $500 but $0 deductible for glass

$50/day rental reimbursement

You seem to have a grudge against YIMBYs that you're making part of all of your comments. But you're continually misstating YIMBY beliefs. YIMBY is not "build anything, anywhere". Some YIMBYs believe that, while others do not. Look at how prevalent the idea of Japanese zoning is in the YIMBY world or missing middle zoning. None of the YIMBY organizations in MA(Abundant Housing MA, ABC, Somerville YIMBY, etc.) that I know of are pushing for build anything, anywhere.

> 2) is anti-YIMBY. “We don’t start from the premise that adding housing is a negative,” said Driscoll. “That doesn’t mean build anywhere, any how, any size.” If you're anti-YIMBY, be happy about that.

Kim Driscoll is famously a YIMBY.

2021 Crosstrek in North Cambridge and I pay $350/6 months with Geico. Progressive quoted me around $900 for the same coverage.

Along with these OL slow zones, they also haven't fixed the slow zone along the Lechmere Viaduct which was supposed to be part of the shutdown work /:

So far there have been 0 days this winter that I couldn't bike. A few days ago was close, but I also wouldn't have driven if it were any worse.

The solution to drivers turning into the lanes is to add a yellow flex post at intersections.

No, it was the angled barriers at the entrance that some reckless drivers managed to flip their cars on.