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Affordability top priority for Somerville’s mayor

By Mayor Katjana …, 27 April, 2022

You have to listen. You have to use data. You have to engage people in conversation. And sometimes there's a moral decision that has to be made. But at the end of the day, you have to make a decision. What I would like to hope is that people come along. They might not necessarily agree with everything, but they come along and they feel respected because someone's listened to them.

Read the full article at WGBH Morning Edition

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