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How Michael D. Andelman got his 2nd vote and more..

    Yesterday, Michael D. Andelman was doing chores; shoveling in the winter, keeping things shipshape, arranging the trash from his building.  "Hey neighbor." Said a neighbor that Michael D. Andelman had never seen nor met before.  "Nice day for a bike ride." Said the neighbor.  It was.  It was a splendid day for a bicycle ride.  "Sure is." Said Michael D. Andelman while sloshing water back and forth inside a trash barrel to "clean it."  The neighbors discussed the BEST routes* to go to and from The Fells.
      "Have a great ride!" Michael D. Andelman hollered cheerfully, "I'll just go dump out this barrel."
      After dumping the barrel into the sewer at the corner of Chatham and Dana Street, Michael D. Andelman exchanged pleasantries with a woman who lives on that same corner.  "Yes, I am considering running for City Council."
     "Oh, that's wonderful.  You're (insert praising adjective(s)).  I am registered to vote.. I'd be happy to sign your nomination papers.. I do not know your political views, but you've always been (insert sincere sweetness)."  Said the woman.
     "Thank you.  I might ask for your help (later)."  Michael D. Andelman said with barrel in hand.
     "I know a lot of educators." The woman said.
     "Oh, those are the most important people." 
     The sun was in the woman's eyes.  She saluted Michael D. Andelman (possibly to shade her eyes) and said, "You have my vote Michael." 


* Some routes are dangerous for inexperienced riders and all routes have little shade - wear sun screen.

Michael D. Andelman got his first "I'll vote for you" today.

    Walking along Broadway to the Broadway Market, a woman was picking up trash.
   "What a civic minded activity." Michael D. Andelman said to the woman.
    The two Cambridge citizens conversed and walked.
    "What is your name?" The woman who resides in the yellow house on the corner or Trowbridge and Broadway (next to the pizza place) asked.
    "Michael D. Andelman."
    "And what do you do?" The woman questioned, and Michael D. Andelman answered in detail while they walked some more.
    At the trash can, Michael held the lid for the lady.  He is oftentimes chivalrous.
    "Thank you." Said the woman. Before Michael could say "you are welcome," the woman declared, "I'll vote for you."
    "Thank you." Said Michael D. Andelman.

City of Cambridge's Government "tree"

Press Release by Joel Gardner & Team

PRESS RELEASE                            ISSUED BY

JUNE 6, 2011                             MICHAEL D. ANDELMAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    34 CHATHAM STREET

                                         CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139

                                        

Cambridge Citizen Takes off Graffiti Tags

At least one Cambridge resident is refusing to let himself be painted into a corner by graffiti.

Due to his efforts, the Cambridge City Council recently voted to increase police patrols in the Central Cambridge area and promote a little-known Graffiti Hotline.

Michael D. Andelman spent the last night of 2010 peaceably enough in his Chatham Street dwelling, only to experience a rude awakening on the dawn of the New Year. His apartment building had been “tagged.”

Tagging is a form of hit-and-run graffiti signature practiced mainly in (economically) hard hit neighborhoods and industrial or post-industrial zones of large metropolitan areas. The tagger’s work on Michael D. Andelman’s residence was hasty, unprofessional and unartistic; a few loops of commercial grade spray paint from a can, an indecipherable glyph.

Andelman promptly alerted the Cambridge Police, who sent an officer to the site. The tag was deemed to be of an unknown mark and not a sign of local gang activity.

Andelman’s next move was to alert the Graffiti Hotline (617.349.6955). Weeks went by and no one telephoned Michael D. Andelman. Concerned that graffiti is an indicator of a neighborhood which could be vulnerable to more crime, he went to the Mayor’s Office.

Mayor of Cambridge, David Maher, agreed with Andelman that something needed to be done. The result, placed on the ballot and adopted February 7, 2011 by the City Council, is Policy Order Number 1. It stipulates an uptick in Police patrols in the area, as well as promotes increased awareness of the existence of a Graffiti Hotline (617.349.6955.)

The adoption of Maher’s Andelman-inspired Policy Order Number 1 by the Cambridge City Council also elicited a letter of commitment from Cambridge Police Commissioner, Robert C. Haas.

From this point, the process was simple. Andelman procured the signature of his building’s owner and the Department of Public Work’s team provided the equipment, men and supplies.

Responsiveness on the part of the Graffiti Hotline is allegedly much improved since enactment of Policy Order Number 1.™ Graffiti removal is primarily accomplished between the month of April and the onset of winter weather.

“While in a perfect world, I might not have awakened to the sight of a tag on my building, but the experience spawned, for me, a positive and encouraging involvement in Cambridge City Government,” said Andelman.

Michael D. Andelman, founder and CEO of Compu-Mail, Inc., is an avid cyclist, so he sees a lot of Cambridge whilest whizzing through its many neighborhoods on two wheels.

“I’ve noticed an increasing presence of seemingly casual graffiti –– tags on Postal letter receiving and Carrier Distribution boxes, street signs, utility poles, as well as on buildings and fences,” he said.

Formerly a resident of Los Angeles, where he was proprietor of Insomnia Cafe and the creative force behind Fish of Death Records, Michael D. Andelman said that during his time in that urban environment he became well-acquainted with “...the plume of crime that would follow a seemingly ‘artistic’ bloom of graffiti activity.”

Next, Andelman intends to take on the surfeit of litter blowing about neighborhood streets.

“I am a man on a bicycle with a mission,” declares Michael D. Andelman with a sincere smile, and off he travels to tackle another civic duty.

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