Jake Auchincloss

City councilor at large, Newton

Stories by Jake Auchincloss

Amazon, come to Boston

Economy

Amazon, come to Boston

America’s best company should build HQ2 in America’s best city 

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Dear Jeff Bezos,  Build it in Boston. Your second corporate headquarters, which you intend to be a “full equal” to Amazon’s home in Seattle, belongs in the Athens of America. I know there’s competition – Vancouver, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Denver, to name just a few – but Boston is best for three reasons: talent, research and development, and infrastructure. (...)

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Democrats’ platform of opportunity

Economy/ Politics/ Opinion

Democrats’ platform of opportunity

Party needs a coherent, future-oriented vision

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THERE’S AN OLD QUIP that a camel is a horse designed by committee. In June, Massachusetts Democrats will affirm a new state platform – the camel meant to guide federal and state party officials from Massachusetts for the next four years, including the gubernatorial candidates. Like 2013’s version, it will be a laundry list, not(...)

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The dissonance of zoning and immigration

Economy/ Opinion

The dissonance of zoning and immigration

Democrats must be the party of open doors – at all levels

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NEWTON RECENTLY BECAME a sanctuary city. I was proud to co-sponsor the ordinance and gratified by the legion of residents who rallied at City Hall in support of their immigrant neighbors. The next night, I listened to some of those same residents decry a request to build housing and retail near the Newtonville commuter rail(...)

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