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KEN BROCINER

KEN BROCINER

OPINION: TYING UP SOME LOOSE ENDS

Reflecting on the “Curtatone era” and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s time, so far While I realize that it’s possible that no one thought twice about something I wrote about Joe Curtatone in my last column, I regretted it immediately after seeing it in print on December 22. And I am not

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KEN BROCINER March 11, 2022
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: SOME HOPES AND WISHES FOR 2022 AND BEYOND

Photo by Eric Kilby, Flickr “I hope and trust that our city will continue to thrive as it has for the last 18 years.” May the coming year (or two) be the last ones in which this damn pandemic hangs over the entire world like a never-ending plague. I hope

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KEN BROCINER January 4, 2022
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: THE ‘TAKEOVER’ OF SOMERVILLE FALLS FLAT

 “Vows to ‘takeover’ our city’s political agenda clearly backfired.” The Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America had a rude awakening on election day. The city of Somerville wasn’t ready to be taken over by a Boston-based group that backed a slate of candidates who did their best to

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KEN BROCINER November 23, 2021
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: WHO TO SUPPORT IN THE AT-LARGE RACES?

Ken Brociner offers his take on the candidates running for councilor-at-large

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KEN BROCINER October 23, 2021
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SEPT 14 ELECTION RESULTS

“There is a whole other backstory to the races in Wards 5 and 7, as well as in the races for the At-Large seats on the City Council.”

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KEN BROCINER September 28, 2021
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: A LOOK AT THE RACES IN WARDS 5 AND 7

Ken Brociner weighs in on two candidates running for City Council.

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KEN BROCINER August 11, 2021
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S DSA CANDIDATES AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE

“The last thing we need in the fight against the far-right’s attacks against everything we hold dear is for our fellow progressives to use the kind of rhetoric (like “defund the police”) that reinforces negative stereotypes about Democrats and plays right into the hands of the Republican Party.”

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KEN BROCINER June 24, 2021
KEN BROCINER

Q & A ABOUT DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM IN SOMERVILLE

Ken Brociner responds to Politico headline referring to “socialist takeover”

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KEN BROCINER April 6, 2021
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