Author Archives: Tom Puglisi
City Council Notes – Jan 25, 2021
FREE CAN Membership for CY 2021
New CAN Members
Visit the CAN website to join.
Current CAN Members
Current and former CAN members will be renewed
automatically for CY2021. However, your annual
donations are import to support CAN’s work –
Please consider donating at
Update on Jan 21 CWDI Board Meeting
by Sharon Smith
I attended the January Cambridge Waterfront Development Inc. meeting via Zoom. There have been one-on-one conversations with four of the five new council members regarding this initiative. All conversations were productive and well-received. CWDI hopes to make a presentation at a February city council meeting, which will be open to the public. Approximately 250 responses were received for the BCT Designs survey conducted December 10th – January 20. The State continues to be involved and DHCD Secretary Holt remains committed to the the project. CWDI conducted most of the meeting in Closed Session to discuss potential proposals for uses of the property.
Cambridge Community Conversation – COVID UPDATE – Wed, Jan 27, 7 pm
CAN Meetings in 2021
CAN Meetings in 2021 will be Contingent Upon COVID-19 Restrictions:
Virtual Meetings will be announced at least one week in advance
In-Person Meetings will be held at 7:00 pm in the WHCP Meeting Room
516 Race Street, Cambridge, MD 21613
CAMBRIDGE MATTERS – Jan 8, 2021
CAMBRIDGE MATTERS – 2021-01
Judge Stephen Rideout (Ret.)
swrideout@aol.com
January 8, 2021
Dear Readers:
While I thought that I would take a break from my Cambridge Matters reporting, circumstances changed. With the local election and new Mayor and City Council, my reports about Cambridge will not focus on them. Sometimes I will provide information about an issue that I think is important to the city or a city committee or commission and what they do, so that you have a better sense on how the city works. Sometimes it may be an opinion piece about which you may agree or disagree.
As what I offer will be different and may not be what you want to receive from me, please feel free to let me know so I can remove you from my email list. If you disagree with me about something, I am happy to have a conversation about it and learn from you and maybe help you to understand where I am coming from.
During my time on the bench when I made decisions in cases, the general rule would be that at least one of those involved in the case would disagree with me. So, I am not offended if you have a different opinion and I welcome the chance to learn from you, so let’s have a conversation about whatever it might be.
Thanks for reading.
Steve