The Selects newsletter is an over-view of “selected" topics.
The Squirrel publishes others offerings, with an occasional report by Alice.
Minutes from meetings of many boards are sometimes months before they are approved and posted….sometimes never before a vote and/or TM.
Not every board or committee is recorded, and recordings can be hard to hear.
Not all boards or committee meetings are available on Zoom.
It can be a full-time job trying to keep up.
And, this last Spc. TM was announced after almost all decisions were made and only a matter of weeks prior to the meeting.
Hearings were perfunctory.
So, there was little to no information flow, except from proponents of the major article…and that marketing was a deluge and truly impressive!
Other towns either have a highly functioning news entity with paid staff
Or they have a set highly committed volunteers.
Both models regularly report on meetings and debates.
These are free and non-profits that depend on contributions.
Brookline has a Select, Paul Warren who publishes weekly updates.
This is also free.
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Each of these provide extensive and regular information about goings on in these communities.
Lincoln may be too small to host the first two mentioned.
And, the Brookline model, while extremely detailed, would require extra work for any of the Lincoln Selects.
