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With
the Special Primary for Senate behind us and a 42 day grace period
until the Special Final, maybe now we as a community can concentrate on
having a high holiday turnout rather than a low voter turnout. The tree
lighting was last week and this week will see the start of a couple of
holiday concerts at Somerville High – featuring talented students
taught by terrific teachers.
We have a lot to be thankful for, a
week or two after Thanksgiving, as a community. Local government is
continuing to do less with more, our streets are (for the most part)
safe and clean, we have spectacular new parks with more on the way and
there is a clear vision for community development with resident input
at an all-time high.
Ending 2009 in a few weeks is not a bad
thing, but we have certainly had worse years. Being an All-America City
again has really boosted the morale of this community as a whole and
coming together collectively (for the most part) to support Mike
Capuano in his bid to be our next Senator certainly helped mend some
political fences instead of driving wedges deeper. That's a good thing.
So
let's enjoy this holiday season as we should – as families, as friends
– as a community – and start to lay down our designs carefully and
thoughtfully on the blueprint that will soon be 2010.
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