Politics

“Manisha Bewtra, a Melrose city councilor running for mayor, said people don’t always connect the dots. Seeing someone they identify with in government is a cue they can engage. “Bewtra added issues go beyond elected bodies. Leaders should think about the diversity of their boards and commissions, the diversity of municipal staff, and training for […]

Committee to Elect Manisha Bewtra press release, September 5, 2019: The following was submitted by the Committee to Elect Manisha Bewtra. The Massachusetts Sierra Club has endorsed mayoral candidate Manisha Bewtra, citing her strong record and vision for sustainable cities. Bewtra is the only Melrose candidate endorsed by the Sierra Club, the nation’s largest grassroots

MMTV, Melrose Free Press, Melrose Weekly News, and Melrose Patch joined forces to offer a twelve-question candidate forum on September 4. Watch MMTV’s video of the forum below, and keep scrolling for coverage and analysis of the forum. Read/listen to coverage here:  Melrose Free Press: Mayoral candidates meet the Melrose press in final candidate forum

MMTV invited the candidates to share a 5-minute statement. Manisha’s statement, as recorded on August 21, 2019.

Sustainable Melrose and Sierra Club Massachusetts convened a forum with the five candidates. Sustainability has always been a core element of Manisha’s work as a city planner. In this forum, she emphasized the importance of regional and local partnerships to give Melrose’s net zero emissions and climate action goals some teeth — starting with a

Much business was discussed at the August 19, 2019 City Council meeting. Summaries of all meetings are not included on this site, but this meeting included a wide range of topics and was also one of the last meetings before the Mayoral preliminary. Records of additional meetings are avaiable through the City of Melrose meeting

The Melrose Free Press asked each of the five Mayoral candidates to answer a series of five questions, which were published in the days leading up to the September Preliminary Election. My answers to the questions are included here, along with links to the Melrose Free Press series (if you click the links, you may