Kendra Hicks-Lara | |
---|---|
Member of the Boston City Council from the 6th district | |
In office January 3, 2022 –January 1, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Matt O'Malley |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Weber |
Personal details | |
Born | Kendra Lara Dominican Republic |
Political party | Democratic |
Kendra Lara,also known as Kendra Hicks,is a politician. She previously served on the Boston City Council for the 6th district [1] and is a member of the Democratic party. [2] Lara is a socialist. [3] [4] [5]
Lara was elected to the City Council in 2021. While she had campaigned for office under her married name Kendra Hicks,she decided to utilize her maiden name "Kendra Lara" when she joined the Boston City Council. [6]
In June 2022,the Boston City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Lara and Councilors Tania Fernandes Anderson and Ruthzee Louijeune which apologized for the city's historical role in the Atlantic slave trade. [7]
Lara and her City Council colleague Ruthzee Louijeune authored a resolution that was passed by the Boston City Council in late 2022 which urged Mayor Michelle Wu to raise the affordable housing unit requirements for new residential developments from 13% to 20% and to lower the threshold for which the requirements apply from buildings with nine or more units to buildings with five or more. The resolution also urged Wu to transition from utilizing HUD-designated area median income and to instead determine base affordability based upon the average income of a neighborhood. [8]
In 2023 Lara ran for reelection to the city council and lost in the primaries. [9]
On June 30,2023,Lara was involved in a car crash in which she and her seven-year-old son were injured. [10] Lara's car went through a fence and yard and hit a porch in Jamaica Plain. According to the initial Boston Police report,she had swerved to avoid another car. [10] Police later estimated that she was driving at least 53 miles per hour when she swerved to avoid the other car. [11] Lara was cited for driving an unregistered car without a license;she was also referred for not having a booster seat for her son. According to the Boston Herald ,Lara's license was revoked due to an outstanding traffic ticket in Connecticut in 2014. [12] The driver of the other car contradicted much of Lara’s account of the crash,as he stated Lara was speeding and he was stopped at the time when he noticed her car swerve and crashed into a house. [10] On July 19,2023,Lara was arraigned in West Roxbury District Court where she pleaded not guilty to charges of driving with a suspended license,reckless operation of a motor vehicle,operating an unregistered and uninsured vehicle;speeding,and a seat belt violation. During the arraignment,the judge ruled that Lara should face two more charges:operating negligently so as to endanger and recklessly permitting bodily injury to a child under 14. She was released on personal recognizance and scheduled for a pre-trial conference on August 16,2023. [11]
Lara was widely criticized by other local elected officials following the crash. Fellow council member Michael Flaherty called for her resignation saying,"[Lara's] behavior is one of habitual scofflaw,and to go 10 years without a license isn't a mistake,it's the middle finger,frankly." [13]
On October 20,2023,three of the seven charges filed against Lara were dismissed at the request of the prosecutor:speeding,reckless operation and driving without a seatbelt. [14]
On August 2,2023,the Boston Ballot Law Commission held a hearing to determine if Lara lived in district 6,the district that she represents as a member of the city council. Following a vehicle accident in July 2023,media outlets claimed they were unable to verify Lara's residency,as she was found to have lived at several addresses in recent years. Several of her constituents from district 6 subsequently challenged her residency,claiming that she had provided two addresses and two different names on legal documents during the past year. Lara told the commission that she had changed her addresses during divorce proceedings and provided proof of her current residence in district 6. The elections commission found that the residents challenging her residency did not meet their burden of proof. [15] [16]
2021 Boston City Council election | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Primary election [17] | General election [18] | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Kendra Hicks | 9,236 | 50.2 | 13,907 | 55.9 |
Mary Tamer | 7,984 | 43.4 | 10,974 | 44.1 |
Winnie Eke | 1,188 | 6.5 | ||
Write-ins | 76 | 0.4 | TBD | TBD |
Total | 18,408 | 100% | 24,881 | 100% |
2023 Boston City Council election | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Primary election [19] | |||
Votes | % | |||
Benjamin Jacob Weber | 4,983 | 42.1 | ||
William King | 4,405 | 37.2 | ||
Kendra Lara | 2,371 | 20.0 | ||
Write-ins | 34 | 0.3 | ||
Total | 11,828 | 100% |
Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle,including cars,motorcycles,trucks,and buses. Permission to drive on public highways is granted based on a set of conditions being met and drivers are required to follow the established road and traffic laws in the location they are driving. The word driving,has etymology dating back to the 15th century and has developed as what driving has encompassed has changed from working animals in the 15th to automobiles in the 1800s. Driving skills have also developed since the 15th century with physical,mental and safety skills being required to drive. This evolution of the skills required to drive have been accompanied by the introduction of driving laws which relate to not only the driver but the driveability of a car.
A moving violation or traffic violation is any violation of the law committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion. The term "moving" distinguishes it from other motor vehicle violations,such as paperwork violations,parking violations,or equipment violations. The United States Department of State makes reference to moving violations in its enforcement guidance.
Nicholas Anthony Bollea,known as Nick Hogan,is an American reality television personality known for his appearances on the reality show Hogan Knows Best alongside his father,mother,and older sister.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston,Massachusetts,United States. It is made up of 13 members:9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch,the mayor. The council is responsible for approving the city budget;monitoring,creating,and abolishing city agencies;making land use decisions;and approving,amending,or rejecting other legislative proposals.
Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district includes the northern three quarters of Boston,most of Cambridge,parts of Milton,as well as all of Chelsea,Everett,Randolph,and Somerville. Before serving in the United States House of Representatives,Pressley served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council from 2010 through 2019. She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018 after she defeated the ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary election for Massachusetts' 7th congressional district and ran unopposed in the general election. Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is a member of "The Squad",a group of progressive Congress members.
Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston,Massachusetts who previously served a single term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995) and a partial term as an at-large councilor on the Boston City Council (2019–2020). She is considered the earliest transgender person known to have been elected to a state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will by the Boston Herald after her 1992 election. She is a perennial candidate,having been an unsuccessful candidate for political office more than forty times.
Michelle Wu is an American politician serving as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,since 2021. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants,she was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Boston City Council,from 2014 to 2021,and acted as its president from 2016–2018. She is the first woman and first non-white person to have been elected mayor of Boston. Wu is a member of the Democratic Party.
Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who is serving as the attorney general of Massachusetts. Campbell is a former member of the Boston City Council. On the city council,she represented District 4,which includes parts of Boston's Dorchester,Mattapan,Jamaica Plain,and Roslindale neighborhoods. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. She served as president of the council from January 2018 until January 2020. Campbell unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 2021,placing third in the nonpartisan primary election behind Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu,the latter of whom would go on to win the general election.
Colleen Davis is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party serving as the Delaware State Treasurer since 2019.
Elizabeth Miranda is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election,and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that,since January 2019,Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Kim Michelle Janey is an American politician and community organizer who served as the acting mayor of Boston for eight months in 2021. She served as president of the Boston City Council from 2020 to 2022,and as a member of the council from the 7th district from 2018 to 2022. As a black woman,her tenure as acting mayor made her the first woman and the first person of color to lead the city.
Elizabeth A. "Liz" Breadon is a Democratic member of the Boston City Council who serves the Allston and Brighton neighborhoods of Boston,Massachusetts. Having emigrated from Northern Ireland,she was the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to Boston City Council.
The 2021 Boston City Council election was held on November 2,2021. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.
Tania Fernandes Anderson is a Cape Verdean-born American politician and non-profit executive who is a member of the Boston City Council for the 7th district. A Democrat,she was elected in 2021 to succeed Kim Janey and represents Roxbury,Dorchester,and part of the South End. She is the first practicing Muslim elected to the Council.
Ruthzee Louijeune is an American politician and lawyer serving as president of the Boston City Council. She has been an at-large member of the Boston City Council since January 2022,and has served as the council's president since January 2024. She is the first Haitian-American to serve on the council.
Ricardo N. Arroyo is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He was previously a member of the Boston City Council.
Edward M. Flynn is an American politician currently serving on the Boston City Council,representing the city's 2nd district. He has held his seat since January 2017. From January 2022 until January 2024,he served as president of the Boston City Council. He is the son of former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn.
Sara-Nicole Morales was shot and killed in the front yard of her mother's house in Orange City,Florida,United States. While returning home from her job at a Volusia County library,she had become embroiled in a road rage incident with a local motorcyclist,during which she had intentionally struck his vehicle with hers,an act witnessed by two nearby motorists. The three notified police and followed her to the house,where she confronted them with her fiancé's pistol. The motorcyclist drew his own gun and shot her five times.
Michelle Wu,a Democrat,served as a member of the Boston City Council from January 2014 until becoming mayor of Boston in November 2021. Wu was first elected to the City Council in November 2013,and was re-elected three times. In 2016 and 2017,Wu served as the Council’s president.
Michelle Wu has served as mayor of Boston,Massachusetts since November 2021. Wu was elected mayor in 2021,winning with 64% of the vote,becoming the first woman,first person of color,and first Asian American elected to serve as the mayor of Boston. Wu is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to being sworn in as mayor,Wu served as a member of the Boston City Council