What's the difference between a vacant home and a problem property? Was the elimination of toll-booth workers actually worth it, financially? And is it unfair to hire professionals to get verified signatures for a mayoral campaign? All that and more on this week's local news roundtable! Guests: Gin Dumcius, Massachusetts Statehouse reporter for MassLive; Lauren Dezenski, reporter for Politico Massachusetts and editor of the Politico Massachusetts’s Playbook; and Jennifer Smith, staff reporter for the Dorchester Reporter.