The future of the Blessed Sacrament church has understandably received much attention in the Gazette recently. We are writing to emphasize the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation’s strong commitment to creating affordable homes in JP and to figuring out, if…
Category: Opinion
Letter: Task Force has track record of church site development
In the May 24, 2013 Gazette article “Church owners set deadline in negotiations,” the acting president of the board of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), John Stainton, was quoted as saying that the Hyde Square Task Force has “not laid any…
Letter: Victims of daily violence should get marathon-style support
Thank you, Jamaica Plain Gazette, for remembering the fifth anniversary of the murder of Luis Troncoso (“JP’s earlier Patriots’ Day crime,” April 26), and for your editorial in this past issue, “Boston’s daily terrorism.” Every human being is precious. After…
Letter: Marine story was Pentagon propaganda
I was dismayed at your May 24 article “JP Marine helps train African militaries.” While on the surface a nice little human-interest story about a local guy in the Marines, the article spews Pentagon propaganda with no mention of an alternative…
Letter: Thanks to DCR for park fix-ups
I live in the last house on Spalding Street, which abuts the Southwest Corridor Park. I recently reported several items of concern to Holly Richardson at the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. Within 48 hours, five streetlights were fixed,…
Letter: Congrats to JPNDC for important work
As the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) celebrated the “people who build our community” at its annual meeting this past week, we at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program reflect on how fortunate we are to have…
Politics as Unusual: Hyde Park is an unpredictable election powerhouse
I relocated to Boston almost a decade ago, before most non-military civilians had GPS devices. Though I eventually came to love some perks of the Hyde Park neighborhood I moved to—the delicious and elusive BC Bakery, for one—looking back, it…
Politics as Unusual: Corporate ‘ed reform’ sneaks into mayoral debate
What if I told you that Walmart and Bain Capital were sneaking an invisible hand into the Boston mayoral race? Better yet, imagine if I brought news that some of the chief architects behind the mayhem currently engulfing public education…
JP Observer: Keeping business district clean requires group effort
Trash in public spaces has, no doubt, been an issue since cave-dwellers met in clearings to exchange goods and news. The issue of litter still exists in every business area in the world today. Discussion about what to do about…
Politics as Unusual: Barros serves up lunch—and a strong candidacy
Even if you don’t vote for John Barros to be your next mayor, you should make it a priority to grub the grilled octopus at Restaurante Cesaria, the lovely Cape Verdean joint on Bowdoin Street that he founded with three…