Standing at city hall, there's maybe 6 or 7, or even more cafes within a 5 minute walking distance. La Central Bakery just opened last month, Fuel America, Theatre cafe, Fortissimo, Brew On The Grid, Dunkin's if you wanna count that. It does get busy downtown and but I'm not sure if adding another cafe over there would be good for business.... but I also have never owned a business, so I could be wrong

That clergy lady sounds just like Sarai Rivera. Was it her?

Well it's not working because too many of the entrenched councilors aren't willing to do anything approaching "leadership". This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm not sure that would necessarily change with a strong mayor system. We need better councilors before anything else!

Ah, classic Karen - what happens when someone's brain is so poisoned they can only communicate in trite cliches.

Right?! He's so irrelevant.

That's why WBJ named him one of the top 50 most influential people this year.

None whatsoever Typical liberal hypocrisy trying to spin the facts to fit their narrative.
And unions are always bad 🤷‍♀️

Ah Shaner. Still trying to be relevant

From the article:

Councilors in the spring voted 10-1 to do a nationwide search for a new manager following Ed Augustus' resignation.

George Russell is the 1.

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edit: Sorry, misread your question. Yes, there was a 6-5 vote on 10/26 to suspend the "search".

They all gotta go.

Was there actually a vote to not do a search because THAT'S the vote I am interested in.

I know that Buck's does but I have no idea on the others.

Totally agree here. This form of government is just not working well for Worcester.

Go figure it’s the councilors who are most likely to roll over and do things the way they’ve always been done because they need the voters in the 60+ bracket.

It is concerning though, because anyone who Colorio, Toomey and Mero-Carlson like should get strong side eye.

This is yet another reason why a strong mayor system is a better form of government for a city the size of Worcester. The electorate should get the deciding vote on who runs the city, not the city council. Sure, at the end of their terms we can vote them out for not even trying, but it doesn’t revolve the fact that the city manager is untouchable via public mandate.

And Batista may very well be the best person for the job, but he also might not be.

Unions are good when they protect workers from corporate greed, and bad when they shield public servants from accountability. Any questions?

Man's out here trying to get on r/bestof

Is this a serious question?

https://billshaner.substack.com/p/the-feds-take-aim-at-the-worcester

The Summit Lounge if you like to smoke/attend events centered around cannabis :)

Great questions, no idea if these recently vacant commercial spaces already have new tenants lined up. I’m assuming the article might have shed some light on that but not able to read it. The title certainly alluded to it.

Drastic increases in residential prices has definitely negatively impacted business imp, just not enough money to go spend on a night out after paying all these bills. I think Worcester was betting on people that moved here from Boston/surrounding areas spending their money here and I’m not sure that’s happening.

Ah. Got it

Nope, I'd prefer we spend the time and effort to find the best qualified candidate for the position. Not running a search gets us folks like Joe Petty, Maureen Binienda and Steve Sargent. The school folks figured it out and ran a search that got us Dr Monarrez, who seems to be doing quite well in her first few months.

Not sure why you think it's racist to want to know we got the best person?

It takes so much time and money to put on a race like a half. I think if the profit margins were there we would see it come back. 5Ks are so much easier because it’s a lower barrier to entry (bigger pool of runners to pull from) and cheaper (less $$ spent on road closures and police details).

Vote those councilors out

No affordable housing projects, rolling over for developers to price the poor's out of town.

But we have a goddamned baseball team.