Marissa VogtThe last night of #BrooklineTownMeeting is underway. WA 37, a resolution for the finance committee to hire a consultant to review the school department budget, failed 58-179-8. It was a brazen attempt by the (appointed) finance committee to seize control of the school budget from the elected School Committee, with the intent to cut programs like METCO, over unhappiness that the schools take ~60% of the town budget, although that's in line with neighboring communities:
Elizabeth Schafer@marissav I have an extremely hard time taking the Advisory Committee seriously when they're so out of step with the will of Town Meeting and the general public.