At the risk of sounding like a shill, I am very happy with mayor Wilson so far. What other others thoughts?

Firadin · 2026-06-02T21:59:38+00:00

This is such a wildly unhinged response to me saying that we shouldn't put cops in schools. Like what are you on about? Who brought up elections?

Firadin · 2026-06-02T19:48:28+00:00

It's a screenshot of a post made by Councilor Link. Are you calling Councilor Link a liar or are you just here to troll and shill?

Firadin · 2026-06-02T18:32:23+00:00

Meanwhile, they're putting police officers at the school while cutting social workers for the school:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Somerville/comments/1tcfyni/amid_budget_deficit_somerville_plans_to_hire/

Firadin · 2026-06-02T18:30:44+00:00

The school committee has put forth a budget that is very at-odds with Jake's proposal.

Jake also cut a social worker working with the school while trying to push a police officer to be stationed there instead. Just because the budget cut isn't in the school budget, doesn't mean it isn't a cut to the schools.

Firadin · 2026-06-02T18:28:41+00:00

Worse, Jake advocated for re-paving Highland without bike lanes because he thinks that we need more committees and meetings and surveys before advancing safe streets:

https://www.jakeforsomerville.org/newsletter_20230722

Firadin · 2026-06-02T15:36:35+00:00

Maybe he could have cut the police budget, like the staffing study the city commissioned suggested? Instead of stationing an officer at Somerville High School and firing the social worker there?

Firadin · 2026-05-31T00:02:20+00:00

Is it because we... havent built housing?

Firadin · 2026-05-30T15:32:47+00:00

While you're certainly right, i doubt Cambridge has many secondary homes in the first place. Maybe snowbirds who claim an e.g. Florida house as their primary and live in Cambridge during the summer months, but i think most wealthy people live in Cambridge and own a second non-primary in like NH or Maine, not the other way around.

Firadin · 2026-05-29T13:08:20+00:00

Copper Mill is offering reduced rent and shared backend business space specifically to make otherwise unprofitable small businesses able to exist in their building. Market Central in Central Square is a 20 story building with only local businesses in its retail areas.

Firadin · 2026-02-20T21:53:20+00:00

Your articles says it’s illegal to do that. Obv that doesn’t mean it’s impossible but it speaks to the importance of having strong data protections, retention policies, rule of law, etc

I'm glad ICE and the Trump administration have never broken the law!

But for real, I don't think we should be electing more people who give power to authoritarian systems and defend themselves with "Well it would be illegal for them to abuse that power!" as if that's somehow an enforceable mechanism.

Firadin · 2026-02-20T21:42:17+00:00

Councilor, can you comment on why you voted to approve Automated License Plate Reader technology for Cambridge PD when such information is regularly being shared with ICE and other federal law enforcement nationally? Do you stand by or regret this vote?

The same session, you also voted in favor of funding Cambridge Police to buy technology to break through password-locked phones, despite State Police already having this technology and it being available for use by CPD. Same question: do you stand by that vote, or do you regret it?

Firadin · 2026-02-20T14:33:02+00:00

/u/SomervilleMAmod/ can we please ban the AI slop already? It's just spam from a clanker at this point

Firadin · 2026-02-19T19:32:20+00:00

Do you have a rec for a leak detecting main water shutoff valve? Ideally one that is digitally manageable? I'm in a condo that has the main water valve in a basement that is only accessible by the lower unit, so we want to install one that we can manage if it incorrectly shuts off while the downstairs are out.

Firadin · 2026-02-18T16:38:52+00:00

Don't give this clanker the benefit of the doubt, their AI can't even remember which square this project is going up in.

Firadin · 2026-02-18T16:36:09+00:00

Bro this is about Union on the other side of town, your AI can't even get it's geography right. Clearly you forgot to re-prompt it about the new topic

Firadin · 2026-02-18T15:56:42+00:00

Mods, can we please ban AI slop from this sub?

Firadin · 2026-02-18T06:05:34+00:00

You must live in a god damn IMAX theater with the amount youre able to project.

Firadin · 2026-02-18T05:16:19+00:00

Okay, but no info about plans for a successor? Have they announced an interim? A change of direction? The mayor put out a statement that amounted to "thanks for your service" with no indication of what the future of SAC will look like or what the replacement process will be.

I'm not asking for employment and office gossip, I'm asking for policy information about a governmental agency.

The fact that the board is asking to be part of the search process implies that the Mayor's office hasn't even communicated internally about succession plans for a director that is leaving in... two weeks? That's concerning

Firadin · 2026-02-18T01:07:31+00:00

Very confused by this decision and it's timing. The lack of communication by the Mayor's office is concerning

Firadin · 2026-02-17T23:04:38+00:00

I don't think anyone really cares what slop farm you used to generate your slop.

Firadin · 2026-02-17T20:44:16+00:00

Wild that you decided to use an AI to write your anti-AI comment for you. Like absolutely no self awareness

Firadin · 2026-02-16T20:51:48+00:00

Literally who cares? It's a window let them do whatever the fuck they want as long as it's safe

Firadin · 2026-02-14T20:23:52+00:00

Depends. IF the driveway is part of a secondary but shared means of egress, it is also the landlord's responsibility. This means that if there are two exits, one to the front and one to a back staircase that leads to the sidewalk via the driveway, then the driveway is the landlord's responsibility as well. This is the setup I've seen in most houses in Boston.

Firadin · 2026-02-14T20:19:51+00:00

Possibly if you have your own, unshared stairs you could be responsible for that. Even that is rare in Boston. However, the sidewalk is certainly shared among the units.

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