Re: [LincolnTalk] Transfer Station Zoo Today

Margo wrote: I’ve lived in this town for more than 30 years. When we first moved here, > the transfer station was open 3 days per week. > I thought in the very early 90s it was more than 3 days per week, but my recollection is fuzzy. I do remember when it dropped to 2 days a week being, er, "ann

[LincolnTalk] PRESENTATION: Demonstration of "chatbot" AIs - virtual (Zoom) - TONIGHT - 7pm

Just a reminder: I'm doing a virtual demonstration (class?) of chatbot AIs *this evening.* (I'm sorry I did not get this reminder out yesterday so it would show up in the digest.) *What: **Demonstration of "Chatbot" AIs* *Where:* https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86811298043?pwd=Y1FWZk9zM1l2VDVZZklJTGh

Re: [LincolnTalk] question

Adam wrote: Well Sara, you can also have direct democracy on the ballot with early > voting and absentee voting. Just saying. > The challenge with open town meeting and early/absentee voting has always been: whatever is being voted can be amended on the fly by resident vote at the town meeting.

Re: [LincolnTalk] Longtime Gas Leak on Sandy Pond Road

Forest Brown wrote: Over the last several years I’ve smelled a strong gas leak on Sandy Pond Rd > near DeCordova. I’ve made several calls to the gas company and one to > police/fire, and a few e mails to Mother’s Out Front I have never made any > headway. Is anyone else aware of this issue and be

Re: [LincolnTalk] CCBC FAQ's - with additional links

Karla G. wrote: Below are two examples for Concord and Harvard, as proof that the CCBC used > the ACS numbers and not the town census numbers in their benchmarking. > The issue that is very unique to Lincoln when trying to use that US Census ACS data: figuring out the *non-Hanscom population. *

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Finance Committee - "Town Capital Capacity" presentation

Adam H. wrote: I hope if our home values have gone up 13.5% the town select board should > look to cut the tax rate in town to help people with this increase, they > probably won’t knowing our current select board and it probably won’t be > brought up. > All other things being equal, that's prett

Re: [LincolnTalk] Did you know Tower Road is planned to be re-paved in 2024? Concerned about what this will do to vehicle speeds? If so, read below...

> Speed bumps make good sense to me. > Speed bumps are *extremely noisy* for those houses unfortunate enough to "win" the speed bump placement lottery. One strongly opposed resident's view. -andy -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives

Re: [LincolnTalk] The self-identification question

Anne Warner wrote: Respectfully, I don't think this is quite right. If you look at Section > III a of the url you sent to everyone, you'll see that the Select Board (or > Town Council, if no Selectboard) are the *only* body that can put a > Proposition 2 1/2 question on the written ballot for a t

Re: [LincolnTalk] The self-identification question

Edward Young asked: 1. Can someone provide the background for Lincoln’s current system of > having certain important matters voted on both in live Town Meetings (which > sometimes involve self-identification by a show of hands) and also by > written ballot in the privacy of the voting booth? > Th

Re: [LincolnTalk] Please take conversations off line!

The moderators wrote: The moderators have made it abundantly clear over several years of Town > Meetings and voting cycles... TAKE CONVERSATIONS OFFLINE! If you are in a > debate with someone and are going back and forth... time to take it offline. > I realize it's "moderator's church, moderator

Re: [LincolnTalk] Jake Lehrhoff for School Committee on our schools, budget, and outcomes Inbox

Barbara L. wrote: Grade 5 has 52 students divided in 3 sections of about *17 *students each. > > Grade 6 has 60 students in 4 sections of *15* each > > Grades 7 and 8 have 52 students each in 4 sections each for an average > class size of *13* each. > This underscores the challenges (and costs) o

[LincolnTalk] NOTICE: chance of venue, Lincoln Finance Committee, this evening to 100% virtual

NOTE: due to inclement weather, the Finance Committee meeting scheduled for this evening will now be virtual. See the revised agenda, attached, with Zoom link information. -andy Lincoln Finance Committee *To Join Open Session Zoom Meeting:* *https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84920727318?pwd=ZGhZe

Re: [LincolnTalk] Community Center - Financial Big Picture

David, You posted: *Lincoln has the highest budget expenditure per capita among our group of > nine peer towns.* As I explained to you very directly when we met in person, and in my followup emails, your analyses use a non-Hanscom Lincoln population number that's significantly lower than actual

Re: [LincolnTalk] Waiting for Andy Payne

Louis Z. wrote: Like Jon Ralston for Nevada elections, I await Andy Payne to break down the > proposed Community Center finances. 😀 > Ha! You're making me blush. Also, I'm sorry to report that MSNBC has not yet called me to get my take on Lincoln's community center project. As Andy W. noted [

Re: [LincolnTalk] Late night helicopter?

On late night helicopters: Boston MedFlight > operates > helicopters out of Hanscom as well as other airports. The pattern you > describe however doesn't quite sound like a medevac flight. > If anyone is *really* curious, you can list

[LincolnTalk] ENDORSEMENT: Jim Hutchinson for Select Board (vote March 28)

March 28 Select Board election. Andrew Payne Eric Harris Sanj Kharbanda -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Cha

[LincolnTalk] REMINDER: Lincoln Finance Committee: Virtual Budget Q&A, THIS EVENING (Tuesday) @ 7:30pm

Just a reminder: the Lincoln Finance Committee is hosting a "*Virtual Budget Q&A session*" on Zoom *this evening:* *TONIGHT Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30pm * Zoom Meeting ID: 849 2072 7318 Password: fincom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84920727318?pwd=ZGhZeUhYRkY4TUZiSWxGclRyejlZUT09 All are welc

Re: [LincolnTalk] FS: rapid tests

Rachel wrote: > In my haste to purchase rapid tests, I did not realize that they had such > short shelf lives (though according to Lincolnite Donald Hafner, the FDA > has apparently extended tha t, > at least for BinaxNow tests). > We noticed that as we

[LincolnTalk] Beginner zoom class with Q&A: Thursday January 13, 2pm

I'm doing another "beginner zoom class" this *Thursday, January 13, at 2pm. * This class is being organized by the Lincoln Council on Aging. All are welcome, no registration is needed. Please feel free to share this email. Just join this zoom meeting a few minutes before 2pm: https://us02web.

Re: [LincolnTalk] VAERS and OPENVAERS

> I have found this site very useful. https://openvaers.com/ This > link explains OpenVaers. > There is now also a sub report BY STATE on the site that you might find > very useful as well: > https://openvaers.com/covid-data/adverse-events-by-state > An important caveat: that site has been wide