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Monday, September 11, 2006

I've been at...

...this month's meeting of the Garrett Park town council for the last few hours (I cover the event for the Garrett Park Bugle, circulation a good deal less than that of University Diaries), and while I was gone a number of fascinating remarks, reminiscences, and questions appeared on UD's comment thread, many of which she will respond to tomorrow morning, when she's less punchy.

Can't resist one little Snapshot From Home, though: One of the larger issues at tonight's meeting was how the town's going to spend its hundreds of thousands of surplus dollars. A 'thesdan conundrum!