The Spy and WHCP Community Radio continue with our ongoing monthly series on the most current affairs of the City of Cambridge.
This month comes with several changes. The first is that City Council president Lajan Cephas, who has assumed the role and responsibilities of mayor after Mayor Andrew Bradshaw’s criminal indictment last month, will be our guest. And the second is that WHCP volunteer Kevin Diaz has replaced the retiring Mike Starling as co-host of our program. Kevin is the former politics editor for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in Washington, D.C., and lives in Cambridge with his wife, Judy, who recently was named to replace Mike as the new station manager of WHCP.
In our conversation with President Cephas, we asked her about the current status of Mayor Bradshaw and his decision to take a personal leave of absence rather than resign from office, which the City Council had unanimously recommended. We also ask her about how the absence of the mayor impacts the business of the city, the morale of her and her colleagues, city staff, and such important initiatives as Cambridge’s waterfront development project. We also ask her to summarize the Council’s first year and what she anticipates in 2022.
This video is approximately 16 minutes in length.
Puddy Kat says
Making the landlords responsible of the backgrounds of it’s tenants? What about reform, how does this help the community besides creating more homeless and crime? And which population of people will this affect the poor under represented what a joke. So if im “accused” of committing a crime an that shows on my record guilty or not from something that happened 10 years ago i could continue to be punished today for housing ??? What sense does this make? It sounds like profiling at its best,this dumb law doesnt give people the opportunity to get their lives together from a mistake if you scare the landlord’s to rent to reformed ppl because they fear fines from the city, you must of ate to many fruitloops lady, watch the upcoming ballets these are not the people that belong in leadership.
Mary Turner says
How’s it possible for the Mayor to conduct his duties when he get no respect. Get him out Better Cambridge not further corrupt