Category Archives: City committee

Press release: Upcoming candidates forums

Posted on by

From Carolyn Rosen:

The Medford Democratic Party will be holding two Candidates’ Night Forums with a local focus on the highly contested School Committee and City Council races.

The School Committee forum will be held on October 7th beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Alden Chambers at City Hall with a small reception at 7:00 p.m.  Candidates will be asked questions by guest panelists, who will include representatives of the local newspapers, the Medford Transcript and the Medford Daily Mercury, with the addition this year of Medford’s newest online newspaper Insidemedford.com.   Our guest citizen panelist this year is community activist Gwen Blackburn, Chairperson for the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Racial Imbalance Advisory Council.

The City Council forum will be held on October 21st beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Alden Chambers at City Hall with a small reception at 6:30 p.m.  Candidates will be asked questions by representatives from the Medford Transcript, the Medford Mercury and Insidemedford.com.

Both events will be televised live on Channel 16.

This year’s moderators for the event are Democratic City and Ward Committee members, former State Representative Anthony Giglio and Carolyn Rosen.

The public is invited to attend these informational events to see and hear the candidates running in the general election on the November 6th ballot.

Sept. meeting featuring Martha Coakley

Posted on by

The Medford Democratic City and Ward Committees will host Attorney General Martha Coakley at their September Meeting in the Alden Memorial Chambers of Medford City Hall on Wednesday evening, September 9th at 6:30 pm.

The Committee encourages all interested residents to join them for refreshment, starting at 6:00 pm, followed by what promises to be an enlightening presentation with the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments to the Attorney General.

Dr. Quaye, Ward Six Chairperson, commented: “Given the current financial situation in the Commonwealth, I am interested to learn from Attorney General Coakley the measures that are currently in place to deal, not only with our economic challenges, but the social impact those challenges bring. I am confident that the evening’s agenda will provide for lively and informative discussion that would both resonate our cherished democratic ideals and reassure us of the Commonwealth’s commitment to protect and promote the general welfare.”

Attorney General Coakley, a resident of Medford, began her public career in 1998 when she was elected Middlesex County District Attorney. During her eight-year tenure, she established herself as a passionate advocate for public safety, emphasizing the importance of working with community leaders, schools and law enforcement in a variety of diverse and multifaceted prevention efforts.

As the 46th Attorney General of Massachusetts, she is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth and a resource to residents who are facing challenges in the area of consumer protection, fraud, civil rights violations, health care and insurance issues.

The evening, which is being sponsored by Ward Six Democratic Committee, will begin with refreshment, followed by Attorney General Coakley’s speech, and conclude with a general meeting of the Democratic City and Ward Committee. All interested residents are asked to arrive by 5:55 pm to allow sufficient time for the refreshment, the speech, and questions and commentary.

Local steps to prevent climate change

Posted on by

Susan Altman of the Medford Climate Action Network and Tufts graduate student Dallase Scott spoke at this past Wednesday’s City Committee meeting. The topic was educating Medford residents about how they can help prevent climate change.

Click to download the PowerPoint slides that accompanied the presentation or a document with home energy saving tips. Another resource is the book The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Finally, here are two more documents with ways to save energy.

May City Committee meeting

Posted on by

The Medford Democratic City Committee will hold its May meeting on Wednesday, May 13, in the Alden Chambers of Medford City Hall. There will be a social period with light refreshments at 6:30, followed by the business meeting at 7:00. The guest speaker will be Susan Altman, who will speak on the topic of energy consumption.

Ward caucuses

Posted on by

The ward caucuses to elect delegates to this spring’s Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention will be held Saturday, February 7, at 10 a.m. sharp at Medford City Hall. Anyone registered in Medford as a Democrat as of December 31, 2008 is eligible to vote for delegates and/or be nominated as a candidate for delegate. There are no absentee votes, and individuals who are not present may only be nominated as candidates if a seat has no in-person nominees.

Upcoming Democratic City Committee meeting

Posted on by

There will be a Democratic City Committee meeting on Wednesday, December 10, at 7 p.m. at the South Medford Fire Station. The location has been changed due to an event at City Hall that evening.

December 10 Meeting Agenda