Before I start, here are your weekly links: 1) Minutes for the most recent Council meeting, 2) Agendas for the Finance and Service committee meetings tonight. As I mentioned last week, I was not able to attend the latest Council meeting, but I have read the (sort of lengthy) minutes thereof. I do have a couple thoughts about the meeting: first of all, I'm always very weary of zoning changes. While I found myself leaning in favor of the proposal before council wound up voting

As a favor to a friend, I volunteered to work this evening. As a result, I will be missing Council for a second consecutive week. Still here are the following for your review: Committee Meeting Minutes for November 14th: Service, Capital Improvements, and Finance. Council agenda for tonight. Until next time...

I am feeling ill today and will not be in attendance at any public meetings as a result. Even so, here is the latest information I think you need as a citizen of Newark about our local government activity: Minutes for November 7th Council Meeting Agendas for the following committees: Finance, Capital Improvements, and Service (there is also going to be a Ways and Means meeting, but the agenda for such isn't working). As always, thanks for reading.

The following are comments (edited, slightly) I made in the early hours of this morning via my personal facebook account: Let me come clean here. On Saturday, the Advocate published a letter to the editor of mine wherein I argued that Hillary was going to win. Regardless of the broader message of that letter (which was meant to inspire continued activism beyond the election, and was not meant to brag about Hillary at all). When I submitted this letter to the editor, it was by

As you may remember, I was not at the previous Council Committee Meetings since my kids and I were celebrating the holiday. So, I have no comments to provide on those meetings. Links: Committees for Finance, Service, Personnel, Street, and Economic Development Agenda for Tonight's Council Meeting. Thanks for reading.