Tim Flaherty
2025 Candidate for Cambridge City Council
Home address:
103 Fresh Pond Pkwy.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact information:
email: timothyrflaherty@gmail.com
phone: 617-320-9018
website: www.flahertyforcambridge.com
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New Candidate - 2025
Tim Flaherty Announces Bid for Cambridge City Council
I’m Tim Flaherty. I’m running for City Council because I love Cambridge.
I have lived here my whole life. I grew up in North Cambridge, in a two-family on Woodbridge Street. It felt like I knew every family within a 20-block radius. I treasure memories of playing ball at Rindge Park and Cuomo Field and travelling throughout the city making connections in every neighborhood. I loved that sense of community and still have many strong friendships from childhood.
My wife Lisa and I now live in West Cambridge, with our son Timothy. I loved coaching him and the Tigers in West Cambridge Little League and kids from across the city in CYO basketball, and I love walking our dog around Fresh Pond.
So why am I running? Because I think I can help move Cambridge forward during a time of significant change while maintaining the best of our past.
Cambridge is a special place: inhabited by the most welcoming, diverse, thoughtful, generous people on the planet; home to some of the greatest universities in the world; an epicenter for innovation in biotech, health care, and clean energy. We have been creative, entrepreneurial, and dedicated in providing exceptional access to education, housing, civil rights and civil liberties, and public assistance to the marginalized and impoverished members of our community.
Yet we can do more.
Our politics are too often polarized. We need people on the City Council who can get past that polarization and find areas of common ground and compromise. We are stronger together, and we can make more concrete progress when united than divided.
I believe I can provide mature and seasoned leadership that will advance common ground, compromise, and real progress.
My professional life has prepared me well for the Cambridge City Council.
I started my legal career as a prosecutor and have now spent over 25 years primarily as a criminal defense attorney. The justice system is often a highly polarized environment; I have a strong track record of navigating its complexities and achieving just outcomes for my clients, often against considerable odds.
For the last several years, I have also helped several small social equity, minority owned businesses obtain their licenses to launch in Cambridge and elsewhere. I’m deeply familiar with the financial struggles of small businesses, especially those facing zoning and regulatory issues.
These professional experiences have taught me how to work with a diverse range of individuals regarding complex, high-stakes situations and find creative solutions in the legal and business arenas. I believe I can bring these skills and experiences to bear as a councillor to make Cambridge an even better place to live, work and raise a family.
I’ll be knocking on your door soon, and I hope to earn your support. Feel free to reach out through the course of the campaign.
Tim Flaherty
617-320-9018
timothyrflaherty@gmail.com