Tonight’s tape · Boston · City Council Committee · October 28, 20261:58:31 · 3,960 captions

A frame from Government Operations on October 28, 2026

▶ Play from 38:36 “MORE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD, THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FORWARD?”

the score of the night — click anything to go there ● a decision, sized by weight · ▮ tension · $ money named · the eight lanes: where each lens’s words fell

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time	kind	the moment
2:52	decision	TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 1099 AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
4:21	decision	UM, WHEN I WAS WAIT I MEAN SHARE WE WOULD ASK FOR ALSO QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORTS AND THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT I WOULD…
5:53	decision	I DO THINK THIS IS A BASIC WIN WIN WITH TRANSPARENCY AND THE POWER OF DATA, AND I'M HOPING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH…
7:46	decision	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND I THANK COUNCIL FOR WELL WELL WELL FOR FILING THIS UH ORDINANCE…
13:29	decision	IT'S MY PLEASURE TO OFFER THE RESEARCH BUREAU'S QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
17:47	decision	SO I CLOSE BY AGAIN OFFERING MY THANKS FOR THE ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION AND TO RESTATE THE RESEARCH…
18:19	decision	UM, I'M NOT HERE REALLY TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR ORDINANCE PROPOSAL, UH, BUT PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT NATIONAL CONTEXT…
20:13	decision	SO, UH, THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST IN BOSTON AND UM, AND AND OTHER RESEARCH THAT I'VE INCLUDED IN UH IN SOME UH ,WRITTEN…
28:28	decision	UH AND THEN THE IDEAL CADENCE UH, I KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR QUARTERLY UM, WE HEARD FROM, UH, MR PATEK THAT…
30:24	pushback	UM, BUT I DO THINK IN GENERAL HAVING MORE INSIGHT TO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY TRENDS THAT WE LIGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS ARE…
34:30	pushback	THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION THAT CAN MEDIATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT AND…
38:36	decision	MORE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD, THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FORWARD?
48:33	pushback	REGARDLESS IF IT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR REGARDLESS IF IT SUPPORTS THE ADMINISTRATION OR OPPOSES THE ADMINISTRATION, THE THE…
49:49	decision	I MEAN WE'RE ON TO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE ENSURING QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORTS AND SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM…
50:59	decision	YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, UH THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR 30 DAYS AND I THINK THAT'S A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF TIME FOR US TO BE…
1:33:06	pushback	IT'S YOU TEND TO NOT WANT TO UH TO RELEASE THOSE UNTIL THEY'RE FINAL AND AND THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF BEST PRACTICE TO NOT…
19:06	money	$287 — said 1 time
36:44	money	$0.31 — said 1 time
36:52	money	$2,300 — said 1 time
43:36	money	$900,000 — said 1 time
1:53:48	money	$5.25 — said 1 time
1:56:52	money	$7 million — said 1 time

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One hour and fifty-eight minutes of the City Council Committee, and money was the frame

One hour and fifty-eight minutes on October 28, 2026. Of 409 words the record files under a lens, 313 were financial and rising; 38 were about legal and fading. The room kept returning to city council, revenue reports, monthly basis and quarterly basis.

now at 38:36 · a decision“MORE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD, THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FORWARD?”the record heard a decision here

money named on the tape · click to go there$287said 1 time · at 19:06 $0.31said 1 time · at 36:44 $2,300said 1 time · at 36:52 $900,000said 1 time · at 43:36 $5.25said 1 time · at 1:53:48 $7 millionsaid 1 time · at 1:56:52

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The first 40 minutes0:00 – 39:302:52“TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 1099 AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE QUARTERLY……”4:21“UM, WHEN I WAS WAIT I MEAN SHARE WE WOULD ASK FOR ALSO QUARTERLY……”5:53“I DO THINK THIS IS A BASIC WIN WIN WITH TRANSPARENCY AND THE POWER OF……”

The second 40 minutes39:30 – 1:19:0048:33“REGARDLESS IF IT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR REGARDLESS IF IT SUPPORTS THE……”49:49“I MEAN WE'RE ON TO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE ENSURING……”50:59“YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, UH THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR 30 DAYS AND I THINK……”

The last 40 minutes1:19:00 – 1:58:311:33:06“IT'S YOU TEND TO NOT WANT TO UH TO RELEASE THOSE UNTIL THEY'RE FINAL……”

The year in tapes

64 meetings, December to October — each tape sized by its length; click one, or a chapter — a dot per meeting, its month’s count above; press a chapter

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date	town	body	meeting	hours
2025-12-09	Brookline	Select Board	Select Board Meeting - December 9, 2025	5.6
2026-01-13	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - January 13, 2026	2.9
2026-01-27	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - January 27, 2026	4.7
2026-03-10	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - March 10, 2026	7.1
2026-03-24	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - March 24, 2026	5.7
2026-03-31	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - March 31, 2026	5.9
2026-04-14	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - April 14, 2026	6.8
2026-05-12	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - May 12, 2026	6.3
2026-06-16	Brookline	Select Board	Select Board Work Session - June 16, 2026	4.9
2026-06-18	Brookline	School Committee	Brookline School Committee Meeting - June 18, 2026	5.1
2026-06-30	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - June 30, 2026	4.5
2026-07-08	Boston	City Council	Boston City Council Meeting on July 8, 2026	4.5
2026-09-16	Boston	City Council	Boston City Council Meeting on September 16, 2026	4.6
2026-09-16	Brookline	Select Board	Select Board Work Session Pt. 2 - September 16, 2026	2.8
2026-09-16	Boston	School Committee	Boston School Committee Meeting 9/16/26 - with ASL Interpretation	3.5
2026-09-16	Brookline	School Committee	Brookline Select Board Meeting Meeting - September 22, 2026	3.0
2026-09-16	Brookline	Select Board	Select Board Work Session Pt. 1 - September 16, 2026	1.3
2026-09-17	Boston	Zoning Board of Appeal	Boston Zoning Board of Appeal September 17, 2026 Subcommittee Hearing	0.6
2026-09-17	Boston	BPDA	BPDA Board of Directors Meeting 9/17/26	1.6
2026-09-17	Boston	City Council Committee	Education on September 17, 2026	3.0
2026-09-17	Boston	City Council Committee	Government Operations on September 17, 2026	2.9
2026-09-18	Boston	City Council Committee	City Services on September 18, 2026	1.6
2026-09-21	Boston	City Council Committee	City Services on September 21, 2026	1.2
2026-09-21	Boston	City Council Committee	Government Operations on September 21, 2026	3.0
2026-09-22	Boston	City Council Committee	Education on September 22, 2026	2.8
2026-09-22	Boston	Zoning Board of Appeal	Zoning Board of Appeal Hearings 9/22/26	4.6
2026-09-22	Boston	City Council Committee	PILOT Agreements, Institutional and Intergovernmental Relations on September 22, 2026	2.0
2026-09-23	Boston	City Council	Boston City Council Meeting on September 23, 2026	4.5
2026-09-23	Boston	Licensing Board	Boston Licensing Board Transactional Hearing 9/23/26	1.8
2026-09-24	Boston	City Council Committee	Human Services on September 24, 2026	1.5
2026-09-24	Boston	Licensing Board	Boston Licensing Board Voting Hearing 9/24/26	0.4
2026-09-25	Boston	City Council Committee	Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement on September 25, 2026	2.9
2026-09-28	Boston	City Council Committee	Ways and Means on September 28, 2026	1.2
2026-09-29	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting Meeting - September 29, 2026	0.0
2026-09-29	Boston	City Council Committee	Housing and Community Development on September 29, 2026	3.7
2026-09-30	Boston	City Council	Boston City Council Meeting on September 30, 2026	3.4
2026-09-30	Brookline	School Committee	Brookline School Committee Meeting - September 30, 2026	2.5
2026-10-02	Boston	City Council Committee	Census, Redistricting, and Elections on October 2, 2026	2.8
2026-10-06	Boston	City Council Committee	Ways and Means on October 6, 2026	0.8
2026-10-06	Boston	Zoning Board of Appeal	Zoning Board of Appeal Hearing 10-6-26	2.1
2026-10-06	Brookline	Select Board	Brookline Select Board Meeting - October 6, 2026	3.5
2026-10-07	Boston	City Council	Boston City Council Meeting on October 7, 2026	3.5
2026-10-13	Boston	City Council Committee	Education on October 13, 2026	3.3
2026-10-14	Brookline	School Committee	Brookline School Committee Meeting - October 14, 2026 (Audio Fixed)	2.9
2026-10-14	Boston	City Council Committee	Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement on October 14, 2026	2.8
2026-10-14	Brookline	School Committee	Brookline School Committee Meeting - October 14, 2026	3.2
2026-10-14	Brookline	School Committee	Brookline Select Board Meeting - October 20, 2026	6.3
2026-10-14	Boston	School Committee	Boston School Committee Meeting 10-14-2026	3.7
2026-10-14	Boston	Licensing Board	Boston Licensing Board Transactional Hearing 10-14-26	1.9
2026-10-15	Boston	City Council Committee	Labor, Workforce & Economic Development on October 15, 2026	1.0
2026-10-15	Boston	Licensing Board	Boston Licensing Board Voting Hearing 10-15-26	0.5
2026-10-15	Boston	BPDA	BPDA Board of Directors Meeting 10-15-26	3.5
2026-10-15	Boston	City Council Committee	Government Operations on October 15, 2026	1.7
2026-10-16	Boston	City Council Committee	Planning, Development and Transportation on October 16, 2026	1.6
2026-10-16	Boston	Licensing Board	Boston Licensing Board Violations Hearing 10 -13-26	0.7
2026-10-19	Boston	City Council Committee	Planning, Development and Transportation on October 19, 2026	2.2
2026-10-20	Boston	City Council Committee	Community Preservation Act on October 20, 2026	3.3
2026-10-20	Boston	City Council Committee	Education on October 20, 2026	3.2
2026-10-21	Boston	City Council Committee	10.21.26 Conservation Commission Public Hearing	0.6
2026-10-21	Boston	City Council	Boston City Council Meeting on October 21, 2026	4.2
2026-10-22	Boston	Zoning Board of Appeal	Boston Zoning Board of Appeal October 22, 2026 Subcommittee Hearing	0.6
2026-10-22	Boston	City Council Committee	Planning, Development and Transportation on October 22, 2026	2.6
2026-10-23	Boston	City Council Committee	City Services on October 23, 2026	2.6
2026-10-28	Boston	City Council Committee	Government Operations on October 28, 2026	2.0

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52 tapes, 127.4 hours — Boston and Brookline: the BPDA, the City Council, the City Council Committee and the Licensing Board. The loudest money night of the year is October 28, 2026: 77% of the words the record files under a lens were financial. October 2026 is the busiest month on the record: 27 tapes.

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December to February — 3 tapes March to May — the roll calls June to August — Boston arrives September and October — the budget night

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Two towns, two vocabularies

Brookline talks money; Boston talks community and money

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lens	Boston	Brookline
financial	20%	34%
safety	10%	9%
community	29%	14%
environmental	4%	6%
legal	8%	5%
equity	5%	6%
infrastructure	11%	12%
process	13%	15%

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Each bar is a lens’s share of everything a town’s meetings say under a lens. Boston gives community 29% of its words and money 20%; Brookline gives money 34%, half again Boston’s share.

Twenty Brookline tapes against forty-four from Boston.

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Who, and when

The names the record hears, month by month

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name	kind	meetings	mentions
Michael Rubenstein	people	8 meetings	50
Paul Warren	people	7 meetings	50
David Pearlman	people	6 meetings	32
Beacon Street	places	10 meetings	43
Washington Street	places	10 meetings	38
Chestnut Hill	places	6 meetings	40

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Michael Rubenstein is named in five of the eleven months; Beacon Street runs from December to October. A dot is a month the name was said; bigger, said in more meetings.

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The roll calls

28 votes, 27 passed, one that failed

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date	motion	outcome	tally
2026-01-13	town. And the chair so declares an executive session therefore to be	passes	2–0
2026-01-13	and last week's minutes were January 6, Any uh corrections to those minutes? If	passes	2–0
2026-01-27	the chair so declares an executive session therefore to be necessary. Uh	passes	4–0
2026-01-27	let's move on then.	passes	3–0
2026-01-27	Okay. Seeing none, I move approval of	passes	2–0
2026-03-10	the chair so declares an executive session therefore to be necessary. So	passes	3–0
2026-03-10	board? No. I move approval of the meeting minutes from February 24, 2026.	passes	4–0
2026-03-10	Including the two proclamations that were read earlier. All right.	passes	2–0
2026-03-10	of materials for this meeting. Um, and we're going to actually sign the bond uh	passes	3–0
2026-03-10	Authority with respect to each of the foregoing bonds. Um, unless there any	passes	3–0
2026-03-10	or convenient to carry out or to carry into effect the provisions of the	passes	2–0
2026-03-10	Yeah. At the end. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay.	passes	4–0
2026-03-10	retaining a U-turn option. That clear?	passes	3–0
2026-03-10	Corridor in consultation with town council and the commissioner of public	passes	2–0
2026-03-10	move favorable action on warrant article 3 annual authorization of compensating	passes	2–0
2026-03-24	the minutes for March 10 and March 17, unless there are objections. Um, I move	passes	2–0
2026-03-24	Okay. Um I move approval of the um was Proclamation. I move approval of the	passes	4–0
2026-03-24	Um, seeing none, I move approval of	passes	3–0
2026-03-24	Thank you. So I move approval of the uh	passes	3–0
2026-03-24	our, you know, in our wheelhouse, but they need to get it back to us.	passes	3–0
2026-03-24	Two hot dogs. I don't whatever you want to call it.	fails	0–2–1
2026-03-24	Okay. So, you have your motion. So moved.	passes	2–0
2026-03-24	So I'd like to move approval of uh the	passes	2–0
2026-04-14	Okay. So I move approval of items 5A	passes	2–0
2026-04-14	Okay. Thank you. Um, I move approval of	passes	3–0
2026-04-14	approve the request by Laruso uh related waiver. I think I misread read that. Uh	passes	4–0
2026-05-12	There being none, is there a motion that I move closure of the nominations.	passes	4–0
2026-10-06	All right. So Anthony has a motion on	passes	2–0

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Every roll call on the record so far is Brookline Select Board’s, January to October; each unanimous among those voting; the number in each square is the ayes. The rust square is the one that failed, 0–2–1, on March 24, 2026.

Michael Rubenstein appears in 26 of the 28 rolls, David Pearlman in 24.

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What keeps coming back

“councilor flynn” — 400 times, fourteen nights, July to October

The phrase first lands on July 8, 2026 and returns thirteen times, last on October 22, 2026.

The search lays those tapes on one line, with every moment the words were said.

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How the talk flowed, meeting by meeting

each band is one lens’s share of a night’s words; the record reads eight

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the same, as a table

meeting	town	financial	safety	community	environmental	legal	equity	infrastructure	process
2025-12-09	Brookline	63%	7%	7%	6%	3%	4%	9%	2%
2026-01-13	Brookline	14%	7%	35%	2%	9%	14%	2%	17%
2026-01-27	Brookline	33%	6%	19%	2%	3%	8%	23%	6%
2026-03-10	Brookline	40%	4%	12%	10%	4%	7%	12%	12%
2026-03-24	Brookline	67%	8%	11%	1%	1%	3%	3%	5%
2026-03-31	Brookline	25%	17%	15%	3%	8%	2%	13%	16%
2026-04-14	Brookline	22%	14%	11%	3%	6%	2%	21%	21%
2026-05-12	Brookline	26%	9%	14%	3%	3%	2%	20%	23%
2026-06-16	Brookline	35%	7%	14%	11%	6%	3%	17%	7%
2026-06-18	Brookline	20%	4%	35%	11%	2%	18%	5%	6%
2026-06-30	Brookline	18%	9%	13%	13%	6%	2%	10%	30%
2026-07-08	Boston	17%	19%	27%	2%	4%	4%	3%	24%
2026-09-16	Boston	23%	9%	29%	1%	11%	3%	4%	20%
2026-09-16	Brookline	60%	2%	2%	0%	4%	12%	5%	14%
2026-09-16	Boston	23%	5%	35%	10%	6%	7%	12%	3%
2026-09-16	Brookline	14%	13%	22%	2%	8%	5%	14%	21%
2026-09-16	Brookline	50%	9%	11%	2%	3%	13%	9%	2%
2026-09-17	Boston	1%	3%	57%	0%	3%	0%	11%	25%
2026-09-17	Boston	24%	1%	31%	4%	2%	7%	22%	9%
2026-09-17	Boston	18%	6%	56%	1%	6%	4%	2%	7%
2026-09-17	Boston	15%	34%	7%	1%	25%	1%	3%	13%
2026-09-18	Boston	16%	1%	33%	30%	2%	2%	7%	9%
2026-09-21	Boston	29%	3%	26%	4%	2%	14%	2%	20%
2026-09-21	Boston	5%	31%	14%	5%	31%	0%	1%	12%
2026-09-22	Boston	62%	1%	17%	1%	5%	8%	2%	4%
2026-09-22	Boston	2%	4%	50%	4%	3%	3%	27%	7%
2026-09-22	Boston	4%	6%	58%	2%	9%	2%	4%	15%
2026-09-23	Boston	20%	12%	24%	3%	4%	2%	5%	29%
2026-09-23	Boston	1%	3%	44%	4%	28%	1%	12%	6%
2026-09-24	Boston	8%	5%	67%	1%	1%	4%	7%	8%
2026-09-24	Boston	2%	0%	17%	0%	5%	0%	57%	19%
2026-09-25	Boston	18%	8%	39%	1%	22%	2%	2%	8%
2026-09-28	Boston	43%	30%	4%	0%	2%	0%	1%	18%
2026-09-29	Brookline	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2026-09-29	Boston	19%	7%	28%	2%	5%	26%	3%	10%
2026-09-30	Boston	16%	20%	21%	3%	8%	4%	10%	18%
2026-09-30	Brookline	22%	23%	15%	2%	10%	4%	4%	20%
2026-10-02	Boston	6%	8%	32%	4%	10%	21%	6%	14%
2026-10-06	Boston	63%	12%	3%	0%	2%	1%	0%	20%
2026-10-06	Boston	4%	2%	49%	2%	5%	2%	26%	9%
2026-10-06	Brookline	23%	17%	9%	10%	3%	6%	12%	21%
2026-10-07	Boston	13%	14%	21%	1%	28%	3%	2%	18%
2026-10-13	Boston	24%	3%	38%	1%	10%	11%	1%	13%
2026-10-14	Brookline	23%	7%	17%	7%	7%	20%	4%	15%
2026-10-14	Boston	11%	4%	41%	8%	6%	3%	16%	11%
2026-10-14	Brookline	23%	7%	17%	7%	7%	20%	4%	16%
2026-10-14	Brookline	12%	6%	17%	10%	8%	4%	14%	29%
2026-10-14	Boston	32%	3%	29%	6%	11%	7%	5%	7%
2026-10-14	Boston	5%	2%	46%	5%	21%	1%	16%	4%
2026-10-15	Boston	9%	7%	37%	0%	21%	2%	14%	11%
2026-10-15	Boston	5%	5%	20%	1%	2%	5%	41%	21%
2026-10-15	Boston	19%	4%	23%	6%	4%	4%	27%	14%
2026-10-15	Boston	18%	7%	15%	1%	7%	1%	49%	2%
2026-10-16	Boston	8%	0%	47%	17%	2%	3%	8%	15%
2026-10-16	Boston	2%	45%	15%	2%	8%	0%	12%	17%
2026-10-19	Boston	11%	3%	19%	31%	6%	3%	17%	12%
2026-10-20	Boston	58%	1%	16%	1%	1%	16%	3%	2%
2026-10-20	Boston	8%	22%	31%	3%	14%	2%	1%	20%
2026-10-21	Boston	9%	4%	7%	23%	10%	0%	31%	16%
2026-10-21	Boston	17%	12%	29%	2%	6%	5%	6%	24%
2026-10-22	Boston	2%	4%	50%	3%	4%	2%	18%	18%
2026-10-22	Boston	3%	48%	9%	1%	3%	1%	29%	8%
2026-10-23	Boston	3%	11%	42%	6%	3%	0%	27%	8%
2026-10-28	Boston	77%	1%	5%	1%	9%	0%	1%	6%

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Community is the widest band on twenty-eight of the 64 nights; community widens when Boston joins in July; money flares on October 28, 2026, 77% of that night’s framed words. Tap a band for the full page, where each lens is named.

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Town Council Office“Town Council Office” returned at Brookline Select Board Meeting - October 20, 2026 (School Committee · 2026-10-14). That is 15 appearances on the record since 2026-01-13. This time: [2:26:49] blue, town council…Collective Bargaining“Collective Bargaining” returned at Brookline School Committee Meeting - October 14, 2026 (School Committee · 2026-10-14). That is 8 appearances on the record since 2025-12-09. This time: [3:10:27] respect to collective…Town Council Office“Town Council Office” returned at Brookline Select Board Meeting - October 6, 2026 (Select Board · 2026-10-06). That is 14 appearances on the record since 2026-01-13. This time: [44:52] council. And so I think that this…Collective Bargaining“Collective Bargaining” returned at Brookline School Committee Meeting - September 30, 2026 (School Committee · 2026-09-30). That is 7 appearances on the record since 2025-12-09. This time: [2:29:23] collective…Town Council Office“Town Council Office” returned at Brookline School Committee Meeting - September 30, 2026 (School Committee · 2026-09-30). That is 13 appearances on the record since 2026-01-13. This time: [1:42:22] um town council's…Investment Tax Credit“Investment Tax Credit” returned at Select Board Work Session Pt. 1 - September 16, 2026 (Select Board · 2026-09-16).

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