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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the brookline school committee has failed at basic statistics and it drives me insane I KNOW 21 kids per class is a "good problem to have" but by looking only at a cap and an arithmetic mean they missed the bimodal distribution they created (the dark blue is all one school)

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

omfg this is incredible news go eat at them if you don't/haven't, they're the best and we're lucky to have them!

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

it’s almost time to vote! this is the one! we live in a society!

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

here's another better way to look at it how has the tax bill paid by the median condo owner changed since 2015 in brookline vs newton? brookline is a good deal and worth investing in!

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

the mean property tax bill is a misleading stat: 1 - property vals in brookline are high b/c it is desirable to live here and there is not enough housing 2 - our residential exemption lowers the bill more for condos; so the mean is doubly misleading a better comp: tax bill for the median home

the tax bill for a $1.15M home in brookline is lower than most other MA municipalities

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

beginning to feel this fifa queue is an April fools.. here in hour [checks watch] 4

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

from our local "urban planning" pac's website, I have notes: 1. 1 of the pics is the same pic as another pic 2. 1 of the pics is a slightly different angle of the same block 3. 1 of the pics is of a forest

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

we're about to ask brookline voters to approve a property tax override because the select board (and many of those voters) is too afraid to build new buildings the answer is simple, developers are practically begging us, and it's impacting us disproportionately inaction is unacceptable!

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

that's a big scary sounding number in absolute terms, but important to contextualize! when we compare on a percentage basis to other recent successful overrides in our neighboring communities, a hypothetical $23.3MM override would actually be _smaller_ in terms of impact on taxpayers

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

it's fun to see that our neighbors in south brookline simultaneously oppose new construction AND paying for town and school services. nice! I propose that you can pick at most one :) preferably neither! [[from the 2023 override vote]]

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

hi @samjmintz.bsky.social for your override reporting on "the biggest ask in state history" I find some "as a percentage of tax levy" context helpful brookline is bigger than most other MA municipalities, so impact on individuals would actually be smaller

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

wtf with this sign how bout cars don't hit people slow the eff down with your 8 ton Range Rover idk

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

proud to endorse Michael Rubenstein for Select Board among many other reasons, he's the only candidate who voted in favor of Brookline's mbta communities act compliance (and even led the Yes! In Brookline campaign that supported it) happy voting!

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🚨🚨town grump on the week alert🚨🚨 sir we live in a society

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

nice read summarizing how "in study after study, in city after city" small business owners' opposition to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure has proved misplaced www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

claps for Cambridge for doing the right thing here ..so many rebuttals to choose from.. going with: should have referred this to the comprehensive planning committee

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