Residency issue update
As you might recall, the motion to require that city employees be residents of Lowell was sent to subcommittee (see previous rant). We heard from City Councilor, Kevin Broderick, who is chair of the Personnel Subcommittee, that they will meet next Tuesday, March 26, at 6:O0 pm, in the council chambers (thanks for the prompt reply, Kevin!). They will be discussing the residency issue at that time. The meeting will be broadcast live on Channel 10, so tune in or show up to find out what the subcommittee will decide. Speaking of the city council, a motion came up last night to reduce the council schedule by half, that is to meet every other week instead of weekly. This was also sent to subcommittee (Rules, chaired by Councilor Milinazzo), but it appears to have majority support (see Dick’s post). Since I didn’t watch the meeting (I do have a life; I was busy watching the video of the superintendent interviews on LTC), I’m not sure what the rationale is for the motion. I certainly don’t recall any talk of either of these issues during the campaign last fall. It would be interesting to track peoples’ campaign rhetoric to their actual actions on the council; it might bridge the reality gap between what is said to attract voters and what the candidate really cares about. But, like I said, I have a life….