Below is the text of a letter we sent to Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeal, signed by our co-chairs. June 19, 2015 Dear Members of Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeal: On behalf of the Jamaica Plain Progressives Steering Committee and our…
Category: Testimony
Rental Inspection Ordinance Hearing Today
The Boston City Council holds a hearing today at 4:30pm on revising or gutting last year’s Rental Inspection Ordinance. Reasonable technical fixes — such as those proposed by the Mayor that target non-owner occupied housing — are a welcome addition to any new…
JP Progressives Testimony on Congressional Redistricting
PDF Version of JPP Redistricting Letter November 10, 2011 Dear Redistricting Committee: We are writing today to ask that the Redistricting Committee reconsider its decision to split the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain between the new 7th Congressional District and the…