by Dan Gessen | Aug 15, 2025 | The Issues
Cape Cod is a place built on precious resources. Beyond just the beaches and bays that draw more than 5 million visitors each year, it’s our year-round residents who sustain our economy and shape the character of our communities. Scientists, fishermen, health-care...
by Dan Gessen | Oct 18, 2024 | The Issues
This guest commentary was submitted to the Enterprise by: Michaela Wyman-Colombo, Mashpee delegate and member of the Mashpee Select Board; Jim Killion, Sandwich delegate; Dan Gessen, Falmouth delegate; and George Slade, Bourne delegate. On November 5 you will decide...
by Dan Gessen | Aug 16, 2024 | The Issues
Printed in the Falmouth Enterprise as Guest Commentary In 1988, recognizing that a lot more could be done by setting aside our differences than by going it alone, voters of Cape Cod embarked on a lofty project: to overcome the most significant issues facing our region...
by Dan Gessen | Aug 6, 2023 | The Issues
The Issue Few things have garnered as much consistent attention on Cape Cod as our wastewater crisis. From protecting our fragile ecosystem, to maintaining our economy, and facing our housing crisis, all these issues have become fundamentally intertwined with the...
by Dan Gessen | Oct 9, 2020 | The Issues
I turned 20 this year, and this may be one of the most memorable and strangest years of my entire life. 2020 is going to be one for the books. From a global pandemic to a recession and a national reckoning on race relations, it is only deserving that it will culminate...