Posts Tagged ‘select board’

More Executive Orders

14Feb25

After the outpouring of love following my first round of Executive Orders, as a Valentine’s Day gift to my readers I am issuing a new list of decrees sure to warm the hearts of the Compassionate Community. When it comes to issuing Executive Orders, I can’t possibly keep up with the new president. Still, I […]


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Name that board!

15Jun17

Right on the heels of the plastic bags crisis, the latest issue to rock Wakefield is what name we should use for the town’s executive body. For the past 370 years, “Board of Selectmen” has done quite nicely, but no more. The position contains the word “man” (and in the plural, “men”). In 2017, this […]


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