Page 4 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 15, 2020 CITY| FROM PAGE 1 volve adding more bicycle infrastructure. She stressed the importance of understanding what the community wants, and how trends in commuting might change over the next years. “We don’t want the public to get the impression that this is a covert way of getting this done,” said Linehan, adding that it’s a way to accommodate residents making lifestyle and behavioral changes to protect their health. In addition to a limited reopening of parks, Winslow suggested that the councillors recommend reopening the community garden with requirements for face masks, gloves and social distancing. Ward 5 Councillor Barbara Murphy said she had helped garden manager Julie Mangan with a letter to Public Health Director Chris Webb and Emergency Management Director Glenn Cronin outlining parameters for a safe reopening of the garden. Murphy complimented Winslow for outlining areas and ideas to consider but added that the council should not be issuing an order to reopen the garden and should instead be asking people with the most knowledge about what’s going on in our city to weigh in. “One of the things that’s missing here is the key people,” she said. “We need to work together, not separately as a council, on how we move forward.” Winslow, however, said that the city doesn’t have the same resources as Boston or the state. “The challenge is we don’t have a transportation director and Chris Webb is just one person,” he said. “The spirit of this is to make recommendations that we can prioritize.” “We should pick some CURBSIDE TAKEOUT Call In Your Order: 781-629-3798 Hours: Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Saturday 2:00 p.m. - 8;00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Marina Clambake Available to Go! 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KOC for Senate volunteers and campaign staff worked tirelessly in the face of a daunting challenge due to Covid-19. When the Beacon Hill power brokers refused to align the signature requirements with the public health needs, O’Connor successfully led a bipartisan group of candidates in an historic lawsuit before the Supreme Judicial Court. His legal victory cut the signature requirements for all candidates in half and allowed candidates — for the fi rst time — to submit electronic signatures. "We are pleased to announce that our campaign has officially surpassed the certifi ed signature threshold needed to get on the ballot,” said O’Connor. “For weeks, career politicians in the legislature ignored the obvious health implications of the petition signature collection process during the coronavirus outbreak in order to guard their personal power, and it took a Supreme Judicial Court ruling to address their deliberate failure.” O’Connor continued, “It is a testament to hard work and common sense of those who care about democracy, the law, and the health and welfare of our citizenry that there will be an election in November for United States Senate. Now, we take our next steps to challenge the same self-serving, do-nothing, status quo in Washington.” The O’Connor signature drive proved to be a model for statewide outreach and collaboration. The O’Connor campaign coordinated with more than 30 diff erent campaigns across the state and received signatures from all 14 counties and more than 300 towns. His successful signature effort shows how O’Connor will lead as our next US Senator: Stand up for what is right, off er commonsense solutions, and work tirelessly for victory
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