LJ Davis is cool, but in-person might be better...

[bolopep.livejournal.com]

A few days ago I posted the note below in response to questions about Boloco on LJ Davis... i also offered to meet with any of you in person this Monday (today) at Boloco Davis Square at 4:30pm. Due to change in travel plans this Easter sunday (and the fact that United is a not-so-reliable airline!), i won't be able to be there... but i'd love it if any of you still interested would meet me this Friday at 4:30. Read below... all of the same applies (free burrito, book, open ears)

Until then,
John

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John Pepper (co-founder and CEO)
pepper@boloco.com





LJ Davis is cool, but in-person might be better...
bolopep
2007-04-03 02:49 am UTC (link)
Couldn’t help but notice the Boloco chatter… after all, I do spend most waking (and sleeping) moments thinking about the kinds of things you guys are debating.

Rather than go into lots of details on this post, I just wanted to make sure you all knew that we are listening, we do take your feedback really seriously and to heart, and we’ll continue doing our best to make Boloco something that really clicks for the Davis community. No one told us it would be easy, and we’ve always believed in earning loyalty… this will be no different.

I’ll be at the Davis Square Boloco next Monday (apr 9) from 4:30-6:30pm, and would love to meet with any of you who want to dig further into some of the comments/concerns/kudos/issues/comparisons to Anna's/Chipotle/Qdoba/bland food/spicy food/the weather/whatever it is. We are a very local company… nobody is telling us what to do except for you guys and, well, a handful or two (or more) of other customers as well :)

If any of you show up, I’d be happy to treat you to a burrito (yes, another free burrito!). I’ll be sitting over in the kids area with a book (in case no one shows up I'll want to look busy!) and open ears.

John

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John Pepper (co-founder and CEO)
pepper@boloco.com

Marathon Monday, brunch and Red Sox

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Next Monday, the Sox game is at 10AM. Does anyone know if some of the restaurants with TVs in the Square/Somerville area, like Joshua Tree etc., will be serving brunch on that day? Just curious if anyone knows from past experience before I start calling around. If so, is it usually packed with people?

Thanks!

preliminary special election tomorrow

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

so there's this preliminary special election tomorrow for alderman-at-large. does anybody know anything about any of the candidates (that i can't just find on their website)?

Vote for Marty Martinez on Tuesday

[cos]

Somerville is holding a special election to fill a vacancy on the board of aldermen. Primary day is tomorrow, Tuesday April 10th, and the general election will be on Tuesday, May 15th. I posted about the election on somervillemass this weekend.

I'm gonna spend all day tomorrow (6am - after 8pm) volunteering for Marty Martinez, and I hope you'll vote for him. He's an active organizer in Progressive Democrats of Somerville, was the City Youth Director and is now on the board of the Somerville Community Corporation, and I've worked with him on several campaigns starting with MassForDean in 2003.

Marty plans to focus on open government, youth programs, smart growth, and public transportation, among other things. You can read more on his web site - he's got the most well thought out and detailed issue positions of all the candidates (Jack Connolly doesn't even have a web site, but I read a questionnaire he filled out and Marty's answers to the same questionnaire and the difference was striking).

However, a large part of the reason I personally support Marty (and this is my opinion, not speaking for his campaign here) is that I think it's another step in the process of cracking open Somerville's very closed political system so that it pays more attention to the majority of Somerville residents - people like you. If you're reading this community and live in Somerville, chances are you've lived in Somerville for less than 10 years. That puts you in the majority. Until recently, most members of this majority:

1. Didn't vote in city elections
2. Weren't aware of what was happening in city government
3. Were pretty completely excluded from power and influence, and ignored by those who have power locally

That's changing, and if Marty wins, it'll push that change along, IMO.

Somerville has had a few true bridge-builders in city government, but not enough. One of them - perhaps the most effective, and certainly the most well-loved by both old & new residents - was alderman-at-large Denise Provost. She got elected state rep last year, which is why she resigned from the board and created the vacancy we're filling now. Denise endorses Marty Martinez for her replacement, as do all of the other members of Somerville's state house delegation: Carl Sciortino, Jarrett Barrios, and Pat Jehlen. So does the Somerville Police, and alderman-at-large Bill White, a former Republican who ran against Pat Jehlen for state senate, which suggests to me that Marty will also be a bridge-builder.

(If you're reading this community, chances are you also get most of your political information on the Internet. Consider the fact that one of the candidates doesn't even have a web site for this election.)

Since this is an at-large seat, all of Somerville's citizens can vote. Polls are open 7am-8pm, you can find your polling place at WhereDoIVoteMA.com.