Special Report on The Council at Year One
The View from the Cheap Seats In the days of vaudeville, rowdies occupied the cheap seats in the balcony. To express their dissatisfaction with a bad performance, they heckled and…
Tag: capital expenditures
Town Council Regular Meeting, 10/7/19
The big issue was: Who leads the town? The question of the council’s authority was raised several times at the most recent regular council meeting. While the town councilors are…
Town Council Budget Forum, 5/21/19
The big issue was: An affordable housing project (and not the budget)! The budget forum was hi-jacked by a group of concerned residents! Town Manager Paul Bockelman has submitted his…
Town Council Budget Forum, 3/7/19
The issue was: public participation! (Not the budget.) In this post, I’m expanding my coverage to include the poorly-attended Town Council Budget Forum because it illustrates issues closely related to…
Town Council Regular Meeting, 2/25/19
The big issue was: “One Town, One Plan,” aka the four big capital projects! The room was filled by what looked like an undergraduate journalism class, which was a nice…
Town Council Regular Meeting, 2/11/19
The big issue was: capital expenditure needs! I was surprised at the big turnout for this meeting when the previous meeting, focusing on the elementary schools, was largely empty. As…