From Nick Giurleo’s facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575246882228

At the six-hour-long August 5, 2025 meeting of the City Council, the MBTA presented a request to approve a project involving the elimination and relocation of bus stops on Boston Avenue. The plan involved replacing lane markings and signage, adding new granite curbing and a concrete sidewalk, and inserting new bike lane markings.

Councilor George Scarpelli raised concerns that this proposal was sprung upon the Council and that residents were not adequately informed of the MBTA’s proposal. As he noted, “One thing we’ve heard pretty resoundingly throughout the community is anytime we’re doing something, our community’s really not understanding or knowing the issues and concerns.”
Councilor Scarpelli then moved to table the paper for time to learn more.

His motion did not even receive a second.

The project was then approved.

The current Council has been approving legislation at an unprecedented speed. While some say this indicates it is getting things done, approval has often been at the expense of making decisions with complete information and receiving representative public input. Hasty decisions not only result in bad policy but open the door to legal errors and lawsuits ultimately paid for by the taxpayers. Those who say—as in the case of this project, or plans to comprehensively rezone Medford—that people who express concerns about the pace the Council is moving reject “progress” or “getting things done” are ignoring that policy-making is intentionally designed to be a slow process. We should not be making decisions of consequence until we are adequately informed about pros and cons, and we are assured our leaders and members of the public have had adequate opportunity to reflect and comment.

A vote for Nick is a vote for a candidate who will make smart decisions, not hasty and uninformed ones for the purpose of expediency.