Decades of bad governance in major U.S. cities by progressives resulted in rising crime, the incompetent delivery of services (think the recent Los Angeles fires), and a flight of people and businesses.

Beantown may be the next city where voters stage a coup against progressive ruin – joining the ranks of deep blue cities like San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, and others that voted in moderate, pro-business Democrats.

This week, Josh Kraft, who has run the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and whose father owns the New England Patriots, announced he will challenge Boston Mayor Michelle Wu this November. Wu is a progressive darling who is a Green New Deal fanatic, for years supported dismantling the Boston Police’s gang database, and backs strict rent control measures.

Kraft says he will contain the city’s wild spending growth, pause the city’s skyrocketing $100 million plan to rehab a stadium, and provide a cut in real estate taxes that will in turn help keep rents down.

America’s cities are worth saving, but it will require sensible, pro-police, and pro-growth policies to bring them back as Rudy Giuliani did for New York 30 years ago.