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Select Board candidate Amanda Zimmerman urges voters to back $10M operating override, emphasizes tax‑base growth and housing supply
Summary
On Brookline Interactive Group, Select Board candidate Amanda Zimmerman outlined a four‑part platform — expand the tax base, increase housing affordability, improve street safety and pursue municipal clean‑energy projects — and urged voters to pass a roughly $10 million operating override on the May 5 ballot to avoid cuts to schools and town services.
Amanda Zimmerman, a Select Board candidate and Town Meeting member for Precinct 7, urged Brookline voters to support a yes vote on an operating override scheduled for the May 5 ballot and described the priorities she would pursue if elected.
"We actually tend to fall short when it comes time to execute the ideas that are in these plans," Zimmerman said during an interview with State Representative Tommy Vitolo. She said she is running to move plans from shelves into timely action so "a family or a senior can afford to stay in Brookline, whether a small business can hit the ground running," and to reduce bureaucratic delay.
Zimmerman laid out a four‑part platform: expand town revenue and the tax base; increase housing affordability across life stages; improve street safety for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers; and plan for a greener future. She described…
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