INBOX: Mayor Wu appoints Kairos Shen as new chief of planning, replacing Arthur Jemison, who has returned to Detroit Shen worked under Mayors Menino and Walsh

"All those problems are relegated, on the news, to Roxbury, but we have a lot of those problems. And we should be working in solidarity with other people who have these problems.” - Michael Patrick MacDonald @MickPaddyMack tells Chris Lovett in Dorchester Reporter

What an honor, Dorchester Reporter recognized nationally! Thank you Press Forward for recognizing the value of local community news. This is possible because of our amazing team and the incredible neighborhoods we cover. Bill Forry

The Globe reports business groups are offering a compromise on the tax-rate adjustment measure. Even with shock absorption in the next tax bills, there could still be more fiscal turbulence without some new revenue, austerity, or redeployment of commercial space.

Trump wins Dorchester's 16-12 precinct, which Biden won narrowly last time.

The share of Boston’s operating revenue coming from the property tax has risen dramatically over the last two decades from 55.9% in FY06 to 71.1% budgeted in FY25. tinyurl.com/ytbcpddv #bospoli

Local political figures are saddened by the passing, at age 82, of former #roxbury State Rep. Gloria Fox. Before that role, she was among the activists who rallied neighbors against the proposed highway along tghe Southwest Corridor, in the late 1960s.

Jim Montgomery is out. nytimes.com/athletic/58905…

Campaign finance regulators, in Nov. 14 letter released this week, dinged Boston Cllr Tania Fernandes Anderson for violations, including late disclosures of financial activity More could be coming. The person listed as her treasurer told me weeks ago he no longer works for her

via bsky.app/profile/dotnew…: data prompt small changes in admissions policy for Boston exam schools--and more analysis to come. dotnews.com/2024/new-data-…

Mayor Wu responds to Josh Kraft's launch “Frankly, I’m a little surprised that someone who hasn’t even voted for mayor or City Council in the city, thinks that he is ready to lead the city, but I look forward to getting into the details and there’s so much to talk about"

via @dotnews: The makings of the last close call for an incumbent Boston mayor: White vs. Timilty in 1975. Photo from 1979 rematch. dotnews.com/2025/parade-bo…

Yesterday afternoon. Tremont Street, Boston. #HandsOff2025

The great deal-maker stocks up on "dead souls."