In 2016, we ran a successful grassroots campaign on the bold, progressive platform outlined below. Now serving his fifth term as our State Representative, Mike is proudly to have delivered on much of that original platform. Please see below for a full outline of our 2016 campaign platform, and if you wish to offer suggestions or thoughts for the 2026 iteration of our platform, please click here to email Mike with your feedback.

1. Invest in Transit Infrastructure

   • Complete the Green Line Extension — it's been 26 years since the state was ordered to build the GLX.
   • Raise revenue for the MBTA; address the $7.3 billion maintenance backlog.
   • Replace the McGrath Highway with a green, at-grade boulevard.
   • Complete the Somerville Community Path.
   • Complete the Grand Junction Path.
   • Promote bike safety and Vision Zero.

2. Protect Affordable Housing

   • Protect existing affordable housing.
   • Create more and varied kinds of affordable housing, through more aggressive inclusionary zoning, support for community land trusts, and better public-private partnerships.
   • Provide tax relief to homeowners who are "house rich, cash poor."
   • Reinvest in public housing.
   • Tax big developers and speculators; use this revenue to subsidize affordable rentals and retail.
   • Require universities to provide affordable housing to grad students and postdocs.

3. Achieve "Net Zero" Carbon Emissions

   • Support for at least 2 gigawatts/year offshore wind.
   • Put a price on carbon, such as a "revenue neutral" carbon tax.
   • Eliminate solar net metering caps.
   • Establish declining block grants for SRECs.
   • Accelerate the Renewable Portfolio Standard.
   • Increase energy efficiency.
   • Fix gas leaks and stop the pipelines.
   • Oppose pipeline tax/fee; electric ratepayers shouldn't be forced to pay for dangerous gas pipelines.

4. Strengthen Public Education

   • Universal Pre-K, early-education, and after school programs.
   • Save Our Public Schools — Keep the Cap on charter schools.
   • Less Testing, More Learning.
   • Support educators by repealing so-called "district-determined measures" that place an excessive focus on standardized tests and make it more difficult to fill high-need teaching assignments. 
   • Raise revenue for new programs and update the Ch. 70 funding formula.
   • Increased funding for music, the arts, STEAM, and physical education.
   • Debt-Free Higher Education.
   • Increased state aid for UMass Boston (and our entire system of public higher-education).

5. Fight for Economic Justice

   • $15 minimum wage, indexed to inflation.
   • Equal Pay for Women.
   • Paid Family Medical Leave.
   • Earned Sick Time.
   • Support for Organized Labor.
   • Fair Share Amendment to tax millionaires.
   • Organize for a more progressive tax system.

6. Healthcare as a Human Right

   • Implement universal, single-payer healthcare.
   • Treat the opioid and heroin epidemics as a public health crisis.
   • Invest in mental health care and wraparound services.
   • Ensure safe and legal access to abortion.
   • Expand access to dental care.
   • Promote access to fruits and vegetables, including increased SNAP benefits.

7. Reform the Criminal Justice System

   • Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing.
   • Affirm that Black Lives Matter.
   • Support the TRUST Act.
   • End the War on Drugs.
   • Legalize Marijuana; according to the ACLU, racial disparities in arrests for marijuana possession have actually been getting worse in Massachusetts in recent years.
   • Demilitarize the police and support for campaign zero.

8. Reform the Political System

   • Clean Elections — Big Money Out of Politics.
   • Ranked Choice Voting.
   • Term Limits for the Speaker of the House
   • Reform the legislative committee process.
   • Overturn Citizens United.

Please email Mike directly with any feedback, thoughts, or questions about our platform.