Dan Dunn

Here I go! I’m giddy.

Finding truth in humor. Via Blue Mass Group.

I was pointed to some really random Arlington content today. The first commenter on YouTube sums it up pretty well: “Micah you’ve really outdone yourself on this one…you strange, strange man you.” How did I come across this link? This German guy emailed another German guy who emailed this guy who lived in Arlington who […]

Several friends have told me that as they read this blog, when they see Finance Committee, the press delete. I’m fine with that – I know it’s not for everyone. I also have people who tell me that they rely on my FinComm and Town Meeting notes. Many of them couldn’t care less (or just […]

Black text is mostly objective, red text is mostly subjective in nature. These are notes from 3/5. The minutes from the last meeting were approved. First up was the Capital Budget, discussed on Monday. The budget was recommended at $8,538,000. There was almost no discussion; we’d talked for an hour and a half earlier in […]

Black text is mostly objective, red text is mostly subjective in nature. These are notes from 3/3. The minutes for the previous meeting were approved. We started right in on budgets. Town Manager – There was some discussion of the 1/4 position and how that should be classified. Much of the budget increase is in […]

Black text is mostly objective, red text is mostly subjective in nature. These are notes from 2/27. The minutes were approved. Town Manager Sullivan, Deputy Manager Galkowski, and DPW Director Bean were there. The first item was discussion of plowing the sidewalks. The Manager said that it would cost much more than estimated by Stephen […]

Black text is mostly objective, red text is mostly subjective in nature. These are notes from 2/25. The minutes were approved. Article 26: Stephen Harrington was there to make the case for plowing some sidewalks in town. He gave a presentation showing pictures of various curbcuts and unshoveled sidewalks. He showed a map of several […]

Black text is mostly objective, red text is mostly subjective in nature. These are notes from 2/20. The minutes were approved. Article 62 – Ed Starr asked that the previously appropriated money for the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) be “rolled over” into future years, not to exceed $15,000. He described some of the ways the […]