← the record

The record, drawn

Every read meeting as one picture — how the town framed what it discussed, the topics that keep returning, and the names that recur. Counted from the record's own words; every mark opens its meeting.

civic framing — meetings down, lenses across

	financial	safety	community	environmental	legal	equity	infrastructure	process
? · Select Board	86	43	59	59	27	8	46	139
? · City Council	173	200	273	23	41	45	28	245
2025-12-09 · Select Board	746	79	79	67	38	46	105	26
2026-01-13 · Select Board	24	12	59	4	15	24	3	29
2026-01-27 · Select Board	195	36	110	12	17	45	139	38
2026-03-10 · Select Board	460	42	137	111	52	80	136	140
2026-03-24 · Select Board	582	72	97	13	7	24	28	47
2026-03-31 · Select Board	256	179	160	36	87	26	130	164
2026-04-14 · Select Board	290	188	148	35	75	31	269	271
2026-05-12 · Select Board	286	99	161	36	35	26	218	253
2026-06-16 · Select Board	253	53	101	78	46	21	125	53
2026-06-18 · School Committee	86	19	151	46	7	77	22	26

A darker cell is a bigger share of that meeting's framing — the green scale is measurement, and these are measurements.

topics that recur across the record

clears throat5 meetings · 209 mentions warrant article4 meetings · 80 mentions high school3 meetings · 49 mentions good evening3 meetings · 42 mentions city realy2 meetings · 50 mentions vision zero2 meetings · 48 mentions road map2 meetings · 31 mentions police department2 meetings · 27 mentions michael rubenstein2 meetings · 21 mentions madam president1 meetings · 64 mentions councilor flynn1 meetings · 61 mentions madam clerk1 meetings · 44 mentions councilor culpeper1 meetings · 42 mentions councilor murphy1 meetings · 42 mentions center street1 meetings · 37 mentions councilor durkan1 meetings · 33 mentions harvard street1 meetings · 32 mentions tax certainty1 meetings · 32 mentions heat heat1 meetings · 30 mentions certainty agreement1 meetings · 28 mentions councilor santana1 meetings · 27 mentions read docket1 meetings · 27 mentions full funding1 meetings · 25 mentions golf course1 meetings · 20 mentions

names across two or more meetings

Paul Warren7 meetings · 50×Michael Rubenstein7 meetings · 46×Beacon Street7 meetings · 33×David Pearlman6 meetings · 32×Washington Street5 meetings · 16×Harvard Street4 meetings · 40×Chestnut Hill4 meetings · 27×Lars Anderson4 meetings · 14×Select Board4 meetings · 10×Bernard Green4 meetings · 10×Brooklyn Select Board4 meetings · 10×Commission for Women4 meetings · 7×Brookline Select Board4 meetings · 7×Center Street3 meetings · 12×Ridley School3 meetings · 6×Koolage Corner2 meetings · 16×Brookline High School2 meetings · 15×World Cup2 meetings · 13×John Vancoyak2 meetings · 11×Baker School2 meetings · 9×Mike Sandman2 meetings · 7×Anderson Park2 meetings · 7×Chief Sullivan2 meetings · 7×Washington Square2 meetings · 6×Driscoll School2 meetings · 5×Boilston Street2 meetings · 5×Brooklyn Commission for Women2 meetings · 4×Brooklyn High2 meetings · 4×Potterham Library2 meetings · 4×Preservation Commission2 meetings · 3×