Election aftermath

By Marc Levy

Published: November 5, 2003

My vote does not automatically betoken disaster. The Cambridge election yesterday bears that out — somewhat. Why, Henrietta Davis, my No. 3 vote for city council, was re-elected, and Marjorie Decker, my No. 6 vote, and so on …
In fact, five of my nine votes for city council came through, and four of my six [...]

Election Day

By Marc Levy

Published: November 4, 2003

Don’t I feel like an idiot. Trying to rate and rank Cambridge candidates by reading the Cambridge Chronicle (unsatisfying, disjointed factoids), gathering brochures (self-serving, uncritical mush) or consulting the city elections commission (essentially a list of candidates) is exhausting and nearly pointless.
Had I only known about the Cambridge Civic Journal Web site. Cool, especially for [...]

Election eve

By Marc Levy

Published: November 3, 2003

Cambridge elections are tomorrow, with responsible decision making complicated as usual in a place where the political spectrum usually ranges between Left and A Little Further to the Left.
It makes the process more difficult to always be working when meetings or debates are held, but it must be confusing for other citizens as well; our [...]