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silvy777.bsky.social
I guess his job is to distract us from Trump's rape & trafficking of minors; his accelerating dementia; his destroying our alliance w EU and helping Putin & Netanyahu start WW3; his posse rooting up democracy & plundering US like a pack of feral hogs: Trump, Kushner, Musk, Feinberg, Bezos, etc etc
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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ccreedrn.bsky.social
They're a bunch o' wing-dings.
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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mayorwu.boston.gov
Direct link to the question and answer on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/boston/com...
From the boston community on Reddit: Mayor Wu here! AMA about the fight to keep residential property taxes from spiking next year under state law
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December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Question: Have you thought about decreasing spending?

My answer:
Reddit comment from Mayor Wu: The same Prop 2½ state tax law that ties together residential and commercial in how the budget from property taxes is increased by up to 2.5% each year also applies to how a budget cut would be distributed. That means that the tax reduction for taxpayers from potential budget cuts accrues double to the commercial side compared to the residential side. It is not allowed under this state law to target a tax reduction directly to residents, so it would take a tremendous amount of spending reduction for residents to feel a material benefit on their taxes—an amount that cuts against maintaining strong city services. For example, our rough calculations are that cutting the budget by $2M would only mean a $5 reduction in annual taxes for the average single family homeowner, because the average Class A office building would get an $8,000 tax cut from doing so. To cut residential property taxes by several hundred dollars and prevent this tax spike would require cutting city services by an untenable amount. Boston residents deserve excellent (and consistent) city services, including public safety, schools, trash pickup, streets, and everything else. Last year’s budget growth matched inflation even as the costs of healthcare and other employee costs grew faster than inflation; that meant we cut the equivalent of 500 positions. And we are making further reductions this year given the federal policies causing economic harm and uncertainty. Commercial property taxpayers overall are already seeing a decrease in their taxes this year; if the City cut the services its residents rely on, the majority of the “savings” from doing that would actually go to giving those same commercial taxpayers an even deeper property tax cut, not into relief to homeowners. That’s how state property tax law works, which is why we need our common-sense solution to pass the State House to actually help homeowners.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
In first year in Senate, Schiff pushes legislation, party message and challenges to Trump
In his first year in the U.S. Senate, Adam Schiff challenged President Trump while pressing the issue of affordability. He also tried to pass legislation, without much luck.
www.latimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM