Arlington Town Meeting

17 June 2003


Thanks to Mr. Sprague, the Town Clerk's office, and Ms. Lucarelli, we can know how bad things can get. How about this?

A record was established when 27 sessions of Town Meeting were held [in 1979]. The annual Town Meeting and two special Town Meetings were held between March 19 and June 18, 1979, with a total of 152 warrant articles. There were 70 standing votes, seven roll-call votes, 52 substitute motins, 46 articles postponed, and notices of intention to move for reconsideration on 49 articles.

There is no way to tell exactly how many sessions were annual and how many were special due to the fact that they didn't have the book we type up today.

27 sessions, with seven roll-call votes. I wonder what was so contentious and controversial that year? Does anyone remember? I'll have to add checking out the transcripts of that year to my (long) list of random things to do.

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