Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
I thought it was time for me to let you know my thoughts about the Special Election(s) issue and the need to change the Charter. While I have not vote on what will happen, helping to inform you is what I need to be doing.
I hope that this is helpful.
Steve
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
Attached is my Cambridge Matters along with some data regarding juvenile delinquency matters. I am sending this along to help you understand more about what our level of crime and delinquency here is now and what our police chief is planning to do to get more and better detailed information to all of us in the future.
There is much in the attached document from the Department of Juvenile Services that can help you understand more about how cases are processed and what actions are taken by DJS and/or the court. I hope that this is helpful.
Steve
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
I hope to provide updates as things happen here with things that I mention in the attached.
Thanks for reading.
Steve
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
Attached is a notice about a second Mayor’s Forum on Youth and the Proposed Curfew. We are holding this one at the Empowerment Center on Pine Street on December 7th at 6:00 p.m. I hope that you will be able to come.
We would like to hear the voices of our youth about what is working here; what is not working here; what they think of the idea of a curfew; and what we as a community might do differently.
Last Monday we had a great conversation by the adults, but that is not enough. We need to hear from our youth about their ideas to find out what they want,
Last Monday’s conversation is found on the Cambridge Page of Town Hall Streams. See what ideas were shared there.
I look forward to seeing you,
Steve
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
Attached is the notice regarding the upcoming Mayor’s Forum on Youth. I have copied it in Word and PDF as I am learning that some prefer one over the other.
I encourage people to email me at mayor@choosecambridge.com with your questions, concerns, offers of help, and ideas so that I can try to pull them together as part of an opening presentation and focus of our discussion.
Please feel free to share on social media or with anyone you think will have an interest.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Steve
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
I thought that I could do one Cambridge Matters a month, but November has proven that I will need to write them when the reason arises to help inform you of matters that I think are important to our community.
Please take a look at the attached as soon as you are able.
Thanks.
Steve
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
In the event you did not see the interview below, Kevin Diaz of WHCP and Dave Wheelan of the Spy Community Media interviewed me on a variety of topics.
The Spy provides a lot of good information about Cambridge and the Eastern Shore and is free, electronic, and comes every day.
Steve
The Spy and our partner, WHCP Community Radio, are thrilled to continue our informal conversations with the Mayor of Cambridge this month. With the enthusiastic support of newly-elected mayor Steve Rideout, the Spy’s Dave Wheelan and WHCP’s Kevin Diaz will discuss the City Council’s work and Steve’s priorities throughout the year.
Our first chat focused on Mayor Rideout’s impressions of his first month in office, the possible impact of the November 8 election for Dorchester County Council, the challenge of resolving the tax differential between town and county, and community policing.
This video is approximately 20 minutes in length.
Mayor Stephen Rideout
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
Attached please find my first of, I hope, more frequent Cambridge Matters reports on where we are, where we are going, and where we can go with your help.
My focus this time around is to make them shorter than my past effort.
Thanks for reading.
Steve
Judge Stephen Rideout (ret.)
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
The Charter Commission made its presentation on Charter Change recommendations this past Monday to the County Council. The presentation went well with Phil Reed doing most of the talking. All but one member of the Commission was present for the meeting. In addition about 7 members of the public appeared to present their views on the recommendations.
All of the speakers praised the Charter Commission and the work that they had done in such a short period of time. There were a few concerns about some of the recommendations; but on the whole, those members of the public who were speaking supported the issues that the Commission was trying to address.
As the report, under normal circumstances, would have been due to the County Council in May, which is about when the Commission was allowed to start, this report in mid July has put some time pressure on County Council to make any decisions on their recommendations, as any proposed charter amendment needs to be at the State Elections Board by August 5th in order for them to make final approvals as to language for the ballot question to appear on the ballot in November.
The County Council voted to place these recommendations on the agenda for the County Council meeting on August 2nd at 6:00 p.m. for final decisions. If any of the recommendations are adopted, lawyers for the county will have just a few days to prepare appropriate language unless directed otherwise in order that the ballot question can be sent to the State Board of Election by August 5th.
We were advised that future meetings of County Council will be televised and not conducted over the phone. I am not aware how they will be televised – over the Internet or on a cable channel – so you may want to check the county web site for information on that issue. You, of course, are welcome to join the public at the meeting itself.
Steve
Judge Stephen Rideout (ret.)
swrideout@aol.com
Dear Readers:
For those of you living in Cambridge and are registered voters, I am attaching a copy of the form and directions to request an absentee ballot in the event you are away on election and/or run off day or do not want to vote in person.
The link to this information can be found on the city website at
The first vote is scheduled for August 23rd. If none of the candidates have 50% plus one of the votes, there would be a runoff election at a later date.
For everyone on this email, even if you are unable to vote in this election, please share this information with anyone you know who lives in the city so they can be aware of this opportunity.
Thanks.
Steve