The Mirra Memo

11/11/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77wgCgfTo64
Excellent explanation of why our utility bills are so high, and about to go higher.

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28/10/2025

But don't blame city hall, this is on Beacon Hill and the insiders club running state government.

22/09/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/lennymirra/p/our-elections-are-not-safe-and-someone?r=13mgkp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Our Secretary of State is more concerned about preserving his fraudulent legacy than in addressing glaring issues in our election system.

11/04/2025

The big city politicians trying to enforce compliance with the MBTA Communities Act have no idea how this will impact the small towns its being forced upon.

And they have no clue how it's going to impact small towns, nor do they seem to care.

27/03/2025

Opposition to MBTA Communities Act has been so loud that dozens of bills have been filed to reign it in.

Here's how to make sure we're heard.

Legislators have submitted dozens of bills to curtail and even repeal the misguided and unpopular law.

15/03/2025

So does this mean the state will cover the costs of this unfunded mandate?

Not exactly.

So what exactly does that mean?

27/02/2025

Here's how your State Rep voted on allowing State Auditor Diana DiZoglio to do her job.

When 72% of us voted YES on Question 1 we voted for allowing her to audit the legislature. This makes it a law, no different than if the legislature had passed it, and yet the House has chosen to ignore the law and the will of the voters.

Rule change to allow Auditor DiZoglio to do her job was shot down along, you guessed it, party lines.

22/01/2025

The MBTA law is creating a lot of anger, but it's not going to create a lot of new housing.

So how and why did Beacon Hill pass a law that was so poorly conceived?

14/01/2025

One of the best pieces written about MBTA Communities Act that I've seen, written by Wakefield Town Councilor Ed Dombrowski, who provides the solution Beacon Hill should pursue:

If the state is truly interested in solving the housing crisis, put away that “stick” of cutting off funding and threatening lawsuits. Instead, bring out the “carrot” and incentivize us, financially and otherwise, to think creatively about ways we can better address housing affordability within our own communities, respecting our infrastructure and autonomy. Otherwise, if we stay on the current trajectory, there’s an obvious question any municipality is right to ask: What is the state going to take away from us next?

Tom Duggan and I will be discussing MBTA Act on his podcast Paying Attention this Thursday.

It sets a dangerous precedent for the state to further usurp local control.

11/01/2025

What should happen to a politician who pays hush money to a mistress?

You might want to remove any partisan glasses before answering

12/11/2024

Voters once again prove smarter than the "experts" running political parties.

When are they going to learn? Competition works, central planning (and rigging primaries) doesn't.

10/11/2024

Is this part of a longer trend? Maybe, but both parties can learn something from this electtion.

Charts and data are telling a story, will the parties listen?