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Councilor pushes city to negotiate higher payments from colleges While universities are not required to pay taxes under the law and PILOT contributions are voluntary, Gary Rosen said Worcester should negotiate more aggressively.

Rosen genuinely has no idea what is happening in higher education, does he?

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TABLED ITEMS 17a. 17b. 17c. 17d. 17e. 17f. 18. ORDER of Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes - Request City Manager request City Solicitor provide City Council with a legal opinion regarding the process of instituting a residential rent control program and the resulting impact of implementing such a program. (Held Under Privilege - Lukes September 17, 2019 and September 24, 2019 and Tabled - Lukes October 15, 2019) RESOLUTION of Councilor Khrystian E. King - That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby support Representative Rebecca Rauch and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz’s SD 699 HD 1283, An Act effectuating equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Bill. (Held Under Privilege - Bergman February 9, 2021 and Tabled - Bergman February 23, 2021) ORDER of Councilor Etel Haxhiaj and Councilor Thu Nguyen - Request City Manager work with appropriate departments and stakeholders to establish an Office of Housing Stability in an effort to prevent the involuntary displacement of city residents who are in the process of being evicted or at the risk of losing their housing, as well as to enact policies to combat displacement, homelessness and enhance tenants’ rights. (Held Under Privilege - Haxhiaj July 18, 2023 and Tabled - Haxhiaj August 22, 2023) PETITION of Gordon Davis request City Council request Standing Committee on Public Safety investigate the issue of systemic racism and public safety with public hearings included. (Tabled - Toomey May 14, 2024) ORDER of Councilor Khrystian E. King - Request City Manager conduct an equity audit of all city departments every five (5) years. (Held Under Privilege - Mero-Carlson December 10, 2024 and Held Under Privilege - Toomey December 17, 2024 and Tabled - Nguyen January 7, 2025) COMMUNICATION of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to how the U.S. Department of Justice's report on the Worcester Police Department differs from the account of the municipality. (Held Under Privilege - King April 29, 2025 and May …

TABLED ITEMS 17a. 17b. 17c. 17d. 17e. 17f. 18. ORDER of Councilor Konstantina B. Lukes - Request City Manager request City Solicitor provide City Council with a legal opinion regarding the process of instituting a residential rent control program and the resulting impact of implementing such a program. (Held Under Privilege - Lukes September 17, 2019 and September 24, 2019 and Tabled - Lukes October 15, 2019) RESOLUTION of Councilor Khrystian E. King - That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby support Representative Rebecca Rauch and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz’s SD 699 HD 1283, An Act effectuating equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Bill. (Held Under Privilege - Bergman February 9, 2021 and Tabled - Bergman February 23, 2021) ORDER of Councilor Etel Haxhiaj and Councilor Thu Nguyen - Request City Manager work with appropriate departments and stakeholders to establish an Office of Housing Stability in an effort to prevent the involuntary displacement of city residents who are in the process of being evicted or at the risk of losing their housing, as well as to enact policies to combat displacement, homelessness and enhance tenants’ rights. (Held Under Privilege - Haxhiaj July 18, 2023 and Tabled - Haxhiaj August 22, 2023) PETITION of Gordon Davis request City Council request Standing Committee on Public Safety investigate the issue of systemic racism and public safety with public hearings included. (Tabled - Toomey May 14, 2024) ORDER of Councilor Khrystian E. King - Request City Manager conduct an equity audit of all city departments every five (5) years. (Held Under Privilege - Mero-Carlson December 10, 2024 and Held Under Privilege - Toomey December 17, 2024 and Tabled - Nguyen January 7, 2025) COMMUNICATION of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to how the U.S. Department of Justice's report on the Worcester Police Department differs from the account of the municipality. (Held Under Privilege - King April 29, 2025 and May …

This list of tabled items still on the Worcester City Council agenda is wild

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Worcester residents defy city chicken ban as backyard flocks grow “I think they hope we will go away like other petitions in the past but we aren’t,” one chicken supporter said.

"“I think they hope we will go away like other petitions in the past but we aren’t,” said Shearstone."

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#WorcPoli in a nutshell

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Worcester's law department is laughably terrible at its job because it always agrees with the City Manager. It has been this way since I moved here 18 years ago. The problem is that its incompetence costs taxpayers millions upon millions upon millions. #mapoli #worcpoli

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I submitted this ticket about a failure to clear a sidewalk, dangerously so in this case, on 2/13.

The city assigned it a task number on 2/14.

The police checked for snow on 3/20.

They let me know today, 3/21.

How is any part of this okay?

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#worcpoli imagine how beautiful this would be running down Main from Chandler down to Webster Square (and beyond)

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The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line - Worcester Regional Research Bureau The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line looks at the need & vision of the Line, explaining ongoing/future work that unlock its promise.

This report, The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line, was a labor of love for a rail line that holds a lot of promise. Please take a look, read, and let me know what you think! #worcpoli #mapoli

www.wrrb.org/reports/2026...

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The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line - Worcester Regional Research Bureau The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line looks at the need & vision of the Line, explaining ongoing/future work that unlock its promise.

WRRB - NEW RELEASE - The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line looks at the need and the vision of what that service could look like, explaining ongoing and future work that could unlock its promises.

Read the report: www.wrrb.org/reports/2026... #WorcPoli

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Worcester has disabled comments on all social media posts and we STILL don't have a citywide alerts system.

311 is woefully inadequate and downright hostile sometimes.

Council rules have seemingly changed to limit public participation as well (petitions, topics, etc.).

This is Fine.

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The City of Worcester dismissed the complaint, saying that they were on “police business.”

They can park in any of the (again) TWELVE parking spaces set aside in the garage, if they are on such business, rather than making it more dangerous for picking up and dropping off passengers.

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For every complaint about Mill St we should add 3 more if these bollards across the city

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Grafton selectman says teacher contract talks could fix budget crisis Tensions remain high in Grafton as officials seek a way to address a a roughly $1.2 million budget deficit.

While people talk about lowering or eliminating income taxes, check out how limiting property taxes in MA continues to impact local budgets dealing with regular and unavoidable cost increases #mapoli #worcpoli

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3 days left to order your $20 No Kings 3 T-shirt pre-order.
March 28. Institute Park. 1–3 PM.
Order before March 12: secure.actblue.com/donate/wi-nk...
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a quick Google says those start at $250K and go up from there.

We thought that was the highest and best use of $250,000 or more?

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Someone send this to everyone on Worcester city council and the CM

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cc: #worcpoli

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Thomas S. Green Public Service Awards - Nominations Open! - Worcester Regional Research Bureau Thomas Green Public Service Award nominations are open & recognize unsung heroes of public service in Worcester County! Deadline is March 27.

The Thomas S. Green Public Service Awards Committee is accepting nominations for unsung heroes of public service in Worcester County! The deadline is Friday, March 27!

Nominations can be emailed to wrrb@wrrb.org or submitted via the online form: www.wrrb.org/thomas-s-gre... #WorcPoli

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Some of us used to try to do this ourselves with spreadsheets:

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WRRB has long analyzed data on elections and voting in Worcester. This dashboard continues this trend by analyzing Worcester's municipal election results from November 2025.

Interact the Data: www.wrrb.org/reports/2026... #WorcPoli

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Healey encourages parties to "work together" Governor Healey calls for Holden and Worcester to work together after Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court refuses Worcester's final appeal in sewer rate verdict.

Sure sounds like the governor is doing her version of Seinfeld's "Good luck with alllll that."
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Governor Healey on Holden/Worcester court decision

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"Attorney Gagne said during the trial that “nobody is above the law”, in an effort to scold Etel Haxhiaj for her bravery. Perhaps he should have reserved those words for the members of the Worcester Police Department who, in violation of their oath to protect and serve the most vulnerable in our city, actively protected ICE and allowed them to kidnap one of our own."

"Attorney Gagne said during the trial that “nobody is above the law”, in an effort to scold Etel Haxhiaj for her bravery. Perhaps he should have reserved those words for the members of the Worcester Police Department who, in violation of their oath to protect and serve the most vulnerable in our city, actively protected ICE and allowed them to kidnap one of our own."

"... the Worcester Police Department who, in violation of their oath to protect and serve the most vulnerable in our city, actively protected ICE and allowed them to kidnap one of our own."

Hell yes, @andrewjmarsh.bsky.social

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#WorcPoli please

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Thanks to the way plows have piled up snow, there is no way to safely cross from Grove to Park St if you aren't tall enough to step up onto snow banks and balance yourself on the shifting melted/not/ice.

This is an aspect of what we call Car Culture.

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It was never about the snow The quiet lessons of local power

"Concerns are filtered not through their merit, but through how inconvenient they are."

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Eureka Street trial open notebook Haxhiaj on trial, police's relationship with ICE on the stand

Update on the Worcester PD case against former city councilor Etel Haxhiaj:
open.substack.com/pub/billshaner/p/eureka-...
#ice #WorcesterMA #worcpoli #WorcesterPD #WorcesterPolice

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point five, Worcester When I posted about the Worcester School Committee taking up the FY27 budget projections for the first time , we didn't yet have the FY25 ...

#worcpoli, FYI who-cester.blogspot.com/2026/02/poin...

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Bureau Brief - WPS Strategic Plan Evaluation - Worcester Regional Research Bureau WRRB & WEC developed an interactive Tableau dashboard & Bureau Brief that displays progress on the Worcester Public Schools' Strategic Plan.

WRRB, with Worcester Education Collaborative, developed the Worcester Public Schools Strategic Plan Evaluation Tool, an interactive Data Dashboard & Bureau Brief that displays progress so far.

Use the Dashboard or Download the Brief: www.wrrb.org/reports/2026... #WorcPoli #worcedu

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Now there's a headline you won't see most places I had to darkly laugh when I saw this headline in the T&G  last week : headline reads "City Council passes 90-day parking ban near Worceste...

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Our apartment has sidewalks with so little snow on them it looks like they pressure washed it away.

Then you cross the street and almost fall immediately.

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