JT Scott

Ward 2 City Councilor in Somerville MA, pronoun ambivalent. Office Hours Every Friday 8-9am at 269 Washington St (or online)

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Office Hours have changed! After 6 years of weekly office hours, I'm needing to change the hybrid link and the time. Now, every Friday morning from 8-9am at https://t.co/oA3qSM0qO5 or on my front porch at 269 Washington Street!

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@3deckerlaura Borges is a family owned outfit here in Somerville that does great work, they replaced an old clay sewer line in a real tricky spot for me and have done good (and fast) work for other neighbors too

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@NikDeCostaKlipa I can be of no help here

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@tadhgpearson @SomervilleInfr1 @SomervilleCity Holy cow, that doesn't look particularly safe. I'll ping engineering.

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Video from Tuesday's meeting about FAB zoning is now available at https://t.co/w3IxE9hnEf

(Sorry for the audio glitch that cut out the first Question from Wiley and Answer from Dir Lewis; it's good past that.)

[CourtWatchMA @CourtWatchMA]

#NoCostCalls will be rolled out THIS FRIDAY (December 1)! #KeepFamiliesConnected

Securus has posted a set of Frequently Asked Questions & Answers online, with information about getting refunds on prepaid calling and other concerns:
https://t.co/PLCjVzndLR

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@somershade1 @BenForWard3 I would also note that Oakland's MACRO is co-located and hosted by the Oakland Fire Dept, explicitly NOT the OPD.

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Oh for the love of sweet jiminy christmas

[Emma Platoff @emmaplatoff]

MBTA officials have known since *April 2021* that the Green Line Extension didn't meet construction requirements. It opened anyway.

Gov. Healey said "senior MBTA officials" under Charlie Baker "knew" & "did not disclose" issues with the tracks

Bombshell—https://t.co/9B3Ghb2267

[Representative Erika Uyterhoeven @rep_erika]

🚨🚨🚨 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

THANK YOU @maura_healey!!!!!

Thank you to all the incredible community organizers, advocates, city and town electeds, and residents who fought for this! ✊ #mapoli #somerpoli

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Sadly, it's not "construction", it's worse: City Hall hasn't had a functional boiler in years, so every year the City rents one and parks it out front to power the heating system. That's the big fenced off thing where the bike rack used to be.

crumbling infrastructure, etc etc

[Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade1]

I will take this moment to complain, ever so briefly, that the construction on Central Hill has reduced the bike parking at City Hall from four (4) spots to two (2).

Hopefully temporarily.

5/?

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

No date yet for the next meeting, but I really appreciated hearing from you and am looking forward to continuing the conversation. In the meantime, feel free to visit my office hours and go to the Union Square Neighborhood Council's meetings! https://t.co/M8RtesNWun

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Hey y'all, with the move to Zoom auto-uploading and hosting videos from neighborhood meetings has gotten a bit harder. But the Somernova meeting from 9/25 is now uploaded!

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

You can find the video at https://t.co/fYYh8maWom - I'm still working on adding captions and trimming it, but if you want an early look go right ahead, and send it to your friends, too!

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@gobbles @BenForWard3 @SomervilleCity That job was supposed to be well underway by now, but the paving contract was postponed until 2024. You can see the design and more at https://t.co/atCPzj45QS

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@OjikutuBisola @RobbieForChange And of course, thanks to @wutrain for showing up too! It's great to highlight the progress in the past year and change, and there's so much more public policy work to be done.

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Glad to be on the Commons today to celebrate #RecoveryDay

We need to care for our neighbors, to keep them alive and give them a chance to find that path to long term recovery.

It's past time for action. SOMERVILLE needs shelters, and we need an Overdose Prevention Site now!

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

Thanks to @OjikutuBisola and @RobbieForChange for the words today highlighting the racial inequities and lack of housing supports that we need to overcome - let's work together in strength and courage to lead the way on making Recovery reachable for our neighbors.

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

(Man, I get on twitter for the first time in a few weeks and noticed that you can't even see everyone's RTs on posts anymore? Sheesh)

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

I've posted up a new newsletter, covering Somernova, Sally's, Zoning, and a whole host of other topics. Check it out!

https://t.co/tYhekyHNKg

[JT Scott @JTforWard2]

@3deckerlaura I'm hosting a neighborhood meeting for this proposal on MONDAY, SEPT 25. You can join us in person at 7pm at 15 Properzi Way, or online at https://t.co/hosUtkamuN