Post 2071: AI review of Vienna Town Council 12/16/2024 Work Session, Part I.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 17, 2024
Below is NotebookLM's report on the first 43+ minutes of last night's Town Council Work Session. Town posted the...
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Post #2070: Artificial Christmas tree.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 17, 2024
Turns out, buying an artificial tree was the perfect manly chore. Equal parts toting heavy objects and questionable taste....
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Post #2069: Last night’s Town Council meeting.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 10, 2024
Town Council did not vote on raising the meals tax last night. They'll revisit in January. I have only...
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Post #2068: Vienna Pool economics, simplified.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 9, 2024
The baseline economic scenario Near as I can tell, the following statements are true: A small-scale facility such as...
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Post #2067: Vienna Pool: Summing up.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 6, 2024
In this post, I sum up: what happens next (Monday December 9 Town Council meeting) a quick look at...
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Post #2066: Vienna pool capital reserve
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 5, 2024
I was asked a question regarding "capital reserves" for a pool. That's the $100K item circled above. Is that...
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Post 2065: Vienna Pool, 25% non-resident upcharge.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 5, 2024
For me, this whole Vienna pool/gym thing has been like opening a big box of chocolates. Every day, there's...
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Post #2064: Nearly wordless appreciation.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 3, 2024
Source: https://patch.com/virginia/vienna/vienna-government-issues-bonds-fund-police-station-more Source: Bloomberg. I don't like the Town's propensity to build big buildings. But I have...
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Post 2063: Vienna’s “Annex” survey, analysis of verbatim survey responses.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ December 1, 2024
This is my analysis of the open-ended question 7, shown above, on the spring 2024 Town of Vienna survey...
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Post 2062: Vienna Pool/Gym Proposal: Fairfax REC Centers require no taxpayer subsidy for operating costs.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ November 29, 2024
Source: Oakmont REC Center, posted right next to the elevator. Let me start with the simple fact, as shown...
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