Ilan Levy
He/Him
- Currently
- Software Developer
- Election history
- 4th time running
He/Him
Ilan Levy has been in Cambridge for 14 years. He has been active in the local political scene, such as blogging at CCTV. He writes that an arrest protesting for Michael Brown and Eric Garner prompted him to get US citizenship in 2015.
Ilan Levy is critical of the Plan E form of government that Cambridge operates under, and supports moving to a "strong mayor" form of municipal government (more like Boston).
Professionally, Ilan Levy is a software developer. He is the founder and CEO of VibeChain, a music sharing platform.
He also ran for City Council in 2015 and 2017. In 2015, he was eliminated in the 8th round with 182 votes. In 2017, he was eliminated in the 10th count with 276 total votes.
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Plan E is the root of fundamental problems, procedural and political, in our city. We need a charter change.
The biggest issue facing Cambridge is its form of government. I think that before we resolve the issue of how we govern ourselves, we cannot address the big issues that are facing Cambridge and cannot implement them in the current system of charter planning.
The biggest issue facing Cambridge is its form of government. I think that before we resolve the issue of how we govern ourselves, we cannot address the big issues that are facing Cambridge and cannot implement them in the current system of charter planning.
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Marijuana is a fairly benign drug in all contexts. I think that we should obviously have the same regulation—nothing less—than what we do for alcohol, but I have a tendency to not understand why we are so much stricter on the topic of marijuana, when we allow alcohol to be sold and tobacco to be sold so freely, and they have caused much much more damage than other recreational drugs.
Nov. 1, 2017 — Ruth HailuThe biggest issue facing Cambridge is its form of government. I think that before we resolve the issue of how we govern ourselves, we cannot address the big issues that are facing Cambridge and cannot implement them in the current system of charter planning.
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Marijuana is a fairly benign drug in all contexts. I think that we should obviously have the same regulation—nothing less—than what we do for alcohol, but I have a tendency to not understand why we are so much stricter on the topic of marijuana, when we allow alcohol to be sold and tobacco to be sold so freely, and they have caused much much more damage than other recreational drugs.
Plan E is the root of fundamental problems, procedural and political, in our city. We need a charter change.
Nov. 3, 2015 — Ilan LevyPlan E is the root of fundamental problems, procedural and political, in our city. We need a charter change.