Re: Marianne Walles' Response

[Alan Ball]

That’s the wrong answer…deflection, pass the buck, then status quo…I’m not voting for her.

Al

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM Kenda Mutongi <kmut...@mit.edu> wrote:

Dear Davis Square Voters:

Here is Marianne Walle’s response to my question.  Please feel free to forward it to your neighbors and others concerned about the deteriorating conditions in Davis Square

Best,

Kenda

From: Marianne Walles <mariann...@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To: Kenda Mutongi <kmut...@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Question for candidates!

Good afternoon, 

Thank you for sending your questions. I have attached my response. PLease feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Best,

Marianne Walles

At Large Candidate 

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM Kenda Mutongi <kmut...@mit.edu> wrote:

Dear All,

Thank you for attending the meeting yesterday.  As promised, I am giving you a chance to answer in writing the question we posed yesterday.

"For two years, Davis Square has been dangerously neglected. Statue Park and Seven Hills Park—spaces meant for children, families, and commuters—are now littered with trash, dirty clothes, and feeding rats. What were once community spaces have been overtaken by frequent brawls, drug dealing, open drug use, and filthy encampments.

Parents no longer feel safe walking their children through the parks. Commuters rush through instead of stopping. Businesses are losing customers. A place that should feel like the heart of our neighborhood now feels hostile and unsafe. 

Police want to help, but they say the city’s policy to “de-prioritize arrests for drug possession” leaves them powerless. 

We would like to know SPECIFICALLY what you will do to help local voters and taxpayers feel safe again so they can enjoy Davis Square and its public parks?

If you can, please provide detailed answers to this question by October 21 so that I can send them to Davis Square residents before the election. 

 Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kenda

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Kenda Mutongi

Ford International Professor of History

MIT History Faculty, E51-296d

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

 

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[Carol]

I don’t see a response to the question?

Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

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[Alex Dehnert]

I see davis-squa...@googlegroups.com is also on the recipient list (along with davissquarenc and a bunch of candidates) and I don't see past emails from Kenda -- perhaps Kenda is on davis-square-friends@ and got caught by moderation trying to email davissquarenc? Perhaps a group moderator could let it through, or somebody who got it could resend it.