TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING (11/18/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS ECAC’S CLIMATE ACTION GOALS
The Energy and Climate Action Committee (ECAC) presented its first report at the most recent...
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TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: THE TOWN BUDGET FORUM. THE BIG ISSUE WAS FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING LEVELS.
Kicking off the start of the FY21 budget cycle in town hall, the town room...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: REGULAR COUNCIL 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...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING (9/23/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS THE NEW REPORT ON PARKING DOWNTOWN
A strange case of shoot-the-messenger took place at the most recent regular Amherst Town Council...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (8/26/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS THE PERCENT FOR ART BYLAW WORK GROUP
By William Kaizen On Monday night, after more than an hour of wrangling, the council...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (7/1/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
(Editor’s Note: this column contains part two of Kaizen’s column on campaign finance reform.) Before...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (6/17/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM (This is part one of a two-part column).
The proposed campaign finance reform bylaw returned for a vote at tonight’s meeting. Put forward...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: BUDGET FORUM (5/21/19)
The budget forum was hijacked by a group of concerned residents! Town Manager Paul Bockelman...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS. TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (6/3/19). THE BIG ISSUES WERE THE PERCENT FOR ART BYLAW AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.
Not long after the meeting started, I moved from my usual seat in the back...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (5/20/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND ZBA
A small audience was once again witness to big drama when the council’s Outreach, Communications...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (5/6/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS THE POWER OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
It was clear that the town wasn’t expecting a big turn out for tonight’s meeting....
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (4/22/19): THE BIG ISSUE WAS THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT
by W. Kaizen When I arrived for the council meeting, I was surprised to find...