Lara asks forgiveness for crash, driving when she shouldn't have

She was driving with a revoked license, expired inspection, no registration, likely not insured and having her child improperly seated resulting in minor (and depending on another type of collision, could've been much worse) injury requiring stitches.
She needs to be held accountable for all of those infractions.
I say that as a Boston liberal democrat.

My English teachers always taught that passive voice is poor writing.

Specifically because it avoids attributing responsibility. The thing she claims to want to do.

“In formal discourse, the passive voice is unacceptable if it is being used to avoid saying who did some thing. There are two instances when this typically happens. The first involves an attempt to avoid first or second person. The second derives from a lack of knowledge or research.”

https://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/CGGS/400passiveintro.htm#:~:t...

She should step down. Actions have consequences. They also show who a person is. She is not fit to be in office.

How is it "accountability" if one is not subject to any concrete consequences for one's actions? The only responsible thing to do is to resign. But that would never happen of course because Lara would subsequently find herself flat broke given her lack of qualifications for any kind of employment outside the 5th floor of City Hall. Her resume prior to her election points to that being the likely outcome for her. So she apologizes and holds on for dear life. Not unlike her best buddy, Ricardo Arroyo. Of course she'll be given a pass by the good people of JP given the fact she "centers" equity, blah blah blah

Remaining in office with that slew of violations? No calls for resignation? What would the rhetoric be if Erin Murphy did this?

This is known as black privilege.

put together well enough to become a city councilor, yet an entirely dysfunctional mess otherwise.

Of course this isn't limited to city councils. Aliens would probably think insanity was our most important perquisite for any elected office in our society.

The headline is misleading - she asked for forgiveness, but never mentioned that she was driving without a license in an unregistered, uninspected vehicle.

is a criminal offense. my husband got pulled over for going straight in a right turn only lane and discovered that his license had expired the month prior. he did not realize it because they stopped mailing reminders. no excuse, but nonetheless, he UNWITTINGLY drove on an expired license. And we were told if I was not in the car too and could take the wheel, they would have impounded the car and he could have been arrested

SO WTF on her just walking away from this.

Also, we waited a week for this sh*t apology? She didn't make mistakes. She made terrible decisions. She does now show good judgement whatsoever. For me, that's relevent to her ability to be a city counciler.

Resign. You are beyond redemption, and your lack of accountability in addressing this is shameful.

How can anybody justify continuing to support her?

I understand that she represents a set of views that many in this city share, but aren’t there others in District 6 that don’t have as much toxic baggage?

On this incident alone, she committed a crime by getting behind the wheel of a car while knowingly having a revoked license. That revocation didn’t come out of the clear blue sky. She knew she was not legally allowed to drive and yet she put her constituents and, more importantly, her own child at risk.

The fact that the car wasn’t registered, insured or inspected is the fault of its owner, but Councilor Lara makes repeated references to driving on her Twitter feed and has reportedly been driving to city hall. Whose car is she driving?

This comes at the end of a long string of concerning reports about her (allegedly filming inappropriate videos with her child present, her comments about zionists, standing by Arroyo, etc). If I lived in her district, I’d be embarrassed to have her as a representative.

For her allies on the council, most notably Tania Fernandes Anderson, to celebrate her day late and dollar short “apology” and to paint her as a victim should boggle the mind of any reasonably intelligent person.

For the mayor to once again not step up and show leadership, it reflects poorly on her as well.

District 6 deserves better, and so does the city.

Not with that weak, half ass apology.

D6 voter.

Another shining example of why Boston has the city council it deserves.