Author Archives: votejed

See Click Fixing the city, one report at a time

Every time I go canvassing (knocking on voter doors) I take pictures of issues I observe. I’ve filed 164 total See Click Fix reports – with 109 filed in 2025. Recently the staff on the other end started getting snippy with me – trying to make excuses or tell me I filed the wrong kindContinueContinue reading “See Click Fixing the city, one report at a time”

Fundraiser July 30!

Join me and friends, family, neighbors, supporters & volunteers at my fundraiser for my run for Brockton City Council At-Large. Wednesday July 30 6-8 pm at Gigi’s Pub in Brockton. Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/votejed Also, if you’d like to setup your own custom fundraising page where you can raise funds on my behalf, go here: https://secure.actblue.com/entities/147385/lists/new

Announcing Brockton Walks!

After many requests, Brockton Bikes is launching Brockton Walks! I founded Brockton Bikes with my girlfriend a year ago. We’re looking to get Brockton Walks started and then hand it off to whomever emerges as good leaders. It will be a similar model: the walks will be as much about community as exercise; many walksContinueContinue reading “Announcing Brockton Walks!”

My work over the last two years…

I launched Brockton Bikes; elected President of my condo board; organized community cleanups; became a leading road safety advocate; spoke at City Council, Planning Board, rezoning, Zoning Board of Appeals meetings – usually to support more family housing and less reliance on studios & 1 BR units downtown; regular attendee at Traffic Commission meetings -ContinueContinue reading “My work over the last two years…”

“Daylighting” dangerous intersections

We need this here in Brockton. Not only visually-appealing but a much cheaper road safety intervention than building new curbs, new pavement, etc. https://youtu.be/XK5FGL8im8E?si=CnQjNUGGqKCmqnse I now go to Traffic Commission meetings pretty much every month and it’s like they’re stuck in a loop: A resident registers a complaint about speeding vehicles on their street. OftenContinueContinue reading ““Daylighting” dangerous intersections”

Let’s embrace Brockton’s car culture

(updated to add the tax data I calculated in 2023 but never put in the original post) My view is that Brockton should embrace car culture instead of wishing it would go away. Brockton’s multitude of shops, auto body places, detailing services, tire places, car washes, vehicle storage facilities are not going to all beContinueContinue reading “Let’s embrace Brockton’s car culture”

“Where’s Dad?”

Op-Ed by Ned Holstein – originally published in the Boston Globe 6/19/2005 PAULINE SHRIEKED with delight when her father threw her into the air, and she clutched him at night with ferocious strength when terrified by a nightmare. But after her parents divorced and her mother moved with her back to Michigan, she rarely sawContinueContinue reading ““Where’s Dad?””

Brockton Demographics by Ward & Precinct

I created these maps as part of analyzing the “reprecincting” the City of Brockton did as a result of the 2020 US Census. The one-sentence take-away is that just three (3) of Brockton’s twenty-eight (28) precincts are majority white. I think most people assumed – like I did – that Brockton’s core (the “A” precinctsContinueContinue reading “Brockton Demographics by Ward & Precinct”