Jason Mackey is as qualified to run Somerville as Billy Tauro. I don't know him for his "track record of problem-solving" but instead for his history of arguing against bike lanes and for directly and indirectly fighting against Erika Uyterhoeven. www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/138... - ThreadSky

somervillennial.bsky.social • 11 days ago

Jason Mackey is as qualified to run Somerville as Billy Tauro. I don't know him for his "track record of problem-solving" but instead for his history of arguing against bike lanes and for directly and indirectly fighting against Erika Uyterhoeven.

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/138623

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somervillennial.bsky.social•11 days ago

I last thought about this guy when he was railing against the "socialist" (derogatory) Erika.

https://somervillennial.github.io/Somervillennial/status/1830949339843236176/

somervillennial.bsky.social•10 days ago

Also infamous for arguing that Erika was unqualified because she wasn't a parent. I guess that qualification doesn't apply to his own mayoral run (or his past run against Erika).

https://somervillennial.github.io/Somervillennial/status/1831077419874390480/

somervillennial.bsky.social•10 days ago

His takes on infrastructure are indistinguishable from the typical Facebook boomer post. Socialists! Rotaries! Lot of talk, no substance, just like his mayoral campaign announcement.

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/127169

somervillennial.bsky.social•10 days ago

To be fair, I don't think anyone is expecting political substance from a venture capitalist.

https://www.athenian.capital/about

somervillennial.bsky.social•10 days ago

This guy actually paid for a blue checkmark on Musk's Twitter! I shudder to think what his LinkedIn looks like. Someone should ask if he plans to run the city on blockchain and generative AI.

somervillennial.bsky.social•10 days ago

Here he is doing that thing we all love: arguing that Somerville is such a special city that common-sense safety measures adopted elsewhere aren't applicable here.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/08/27/somerville-city-council-wants-cops-to-stop-cracking-down-on-cyclists-who-run-red-lights/?p1=hp_featurestack

klausdor.bsky.social•10 days ago

Seems he will try the Josh Kraft anti bike lane platform. Good luck with that. I dont think he’s as bad as Tauro, but Mackey’s a non-starter for me.

klausdor.bsky.social•10 days ago

I did not think he was wrong in that characterization. Just wrong in characterizing it as bad. And mistaken thinking that using “socialist” as an epithet was a good idea politically.

somervillennial.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yes, agreed!

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