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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
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
2026-06-30 · Select Board	86	43	59	59	27	8	46	139
2026-07-08 · City Council	173	200	273	23	41	45	28	245
2026-09-16 · City Council	228	89	289	15	109	35	36	206
2026-09-16 · School Committee	84	18	129	36	22	25	45	12
2026-09-16 · Select Board	123	21	28	6	7	31	23	6
2026-09-16 · Select Board	386	11	16		29	78	34	90
2026-09-16 · School Committee	34	31	55	6	21	12	35	53
2026-09-17 · City Council Committee	57	126	27	4	93	4	11	49
2026-09-17 · City Council Committee	103	35	321	7	37	23	10	39
2026-09-17 · BPDA	106	4	134	19	10	29	98	38
2026-09-17 · Zoning Board of Appeal	1	2	43		2		8	19
2026-09-18 · City Council Committee	45	3	96	85	6	7	21	25
2026-09-21 · City Council Committee	15	89	41	14	89		3	33
2026-09-21 · City Council Committee	67	8	62	10	4	33	5	46
2026-09-22 · City Council Committee	11	18	168	5	26	6	12	45
2026-09-22 · Zoning Board of Appeal	19	40	460	33	26	28	244	62
2026-09-22 · City Council Committee	374	7	105	4	32	50	12	22
2026-09-23 · Licensing Board	4	8	137	14	88	4	36	20
2026-09-23 · City Council	262	161	316	42	57	26	59	370
2026-09-24 · City Council Committee	30	19	267	5	4	17	26	30
2026-09-24 · Licensing Board	1		7		2		24	8
2026-09-25 · City Council Committee	90	38	193	7	109	9	8	42
2026-09-28 · City Council Committee	97	69	10		5	1	3	42
2026-09-29 · Select Board
2026-09-29 · City Council Committee	116	44	171	10	32	160	20	59
2026-09-30 · School Committee	44	45	29	4	20	7	8	40
2026-09-30 · City Council	161	195	207	34	83	37	95	173
2026-10-02 · City Council Committee	14	18	73	9	22	49	13	33
2026-10-06 · Zoning Board of Appeal	16	9	179	9	17	7	93	33
2026-10-06 · Select Board	163	122	68	73	21	43	84	149
2026-10-06 · City Council Committee	67	13	3		2	1		21
2026-10-07 · City Council	129	141	213	14	282	30	18	178
2026-10-13 · City Council Committee	77	9	122	4	32	37	2	42
2026-10-14 · School Committee	70	23	52	21	22	62	11	47
2026-10-14 · School Committee	110	53	158	96	79	34	133	274
2026-10-14 · City Council Committee	64	23	236	44	34	19	92	63
2026-10-14 · Licensing Board	16	6	163	18	73	4	58	14
2026-10-14 · School Committee	70	23	51	21	22	62	11	48
2026-10-14 · School Committee	89	8	81	16	30	20	14	19
2026-10-15 · Licensing Board	4	4	16	1	2	4	34	17
2026-10-15 · BPDA	172	34	202	52	34	36	243	123
2026-10-15 · City Council Committee	86	32	72	7	32	7	237	11
2026-10-15 · City Council Committee	12	9	49		28	2	19	14
2026-10-16 · City Council Committee	24	1	145	52	7	8	26	45
2026-10-16 · Licensing Board	1	30	10	1	5		8	11
2026-10-19 · City Council Committee	42	11	74	122	24	10	68	48
2026-10-20 · City Council Committee	701	12	198	16	13	197	40	28
2026-10-20 · City Council Committee	32	94	128	12	58	9	3	82
2026-10-21 · City Council Committee	8	4	6	21	9		28	14
2026-10-21 · City Council	164	112	276	17	54	45	55	233
2026-10-22 · Zoning Board of Appeal	2	4	53	3	4	2	19	19
2026-10-22 · City Council Committee	19	348	64	4	20	4	214	56
2026-10-23 · City Council Committee	12	41	162	22	13		103	31
2026-10-28 · City Council Committee	313	3	20	4	38	2	3	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

councilor flynn14 meetings · 400 mentions clears throat13 meetings · 352 mentions high school8 meetings · 148 mentions good morning8 meetings · 144 mentions city council8 meetings · 96 mentions good evening8 meetings · 91 mentions councilor murphy7 meetings · 183 mentions warrant article7 meetings · 166 mentions making sure7 meetings · 80 mentions affordable housing6 meetings · 191 mentions madam president5 meetings · 274 mentions councilor santana5 meetings · 159 mentions councilor culpeper5 meetings · 145 mentions community process5 meetings · 87 mentions police department5 meetings · 60 mentions councilor durkan4 meetings · 120 mentions councilor louijeune4 meetings · 108 mentions open space4 meetings · 83 mentions housing trust4 meetings · 78 mentions golf course4 meetings · 67 mentions anyone else4 meetings · 61 mentions road map4 meetings · 55 mentions councilor weber4 meetings · 39 mentions read docket3 meetings · 82 mentions

names across two or more meetings

Beacon Street10 meetings · 43×Washington Street10 meetings · 38×Michael Rubenstein8 meetings · 50×Paul Warren7 meetings · 50×Center Street7 meetings · 16×Chestnut Hill6 meetings · 40×David Pearlman6 meetings · 32×South Boston6 meetings · 26×Bernard Green6 meetings · 15×Pleasant Street5 meetings · 43×Harvard Street5 meetings · 41×East Boston5 meetings · 22×Neighborhood Services5 meetings · 20×Neighborhood Association5 meetings · 19×Brooklyn Select Board5 meetings · 12×Select Board5 meetings · 11×Koolage Corner4 meetings · 27×Tremont Street4 meetings · 21×Superintendent Wong4 meetings · 18×Babcock Street4 meetings · 17×Lars Anderson4 meetings · 14×Baker School4 meetings · 13×Ridley School4 meetings · 7×Boilston Street4 meetings · 7×Commission for Women4 meetings · 7×Brookline Select Board4 meetings · 7×Blue Hill3 meetings · 24×Kent Street3 meetings · 22×Brookline High School3 meetings · 16×Hyde Park3 meetings · 11×