| Post #1 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:30 AM ET |
| the ramp is starting an official heron census for the season. daughter logged fourteen in formation last week and they keep returning to the leaf lines. post your counts: how many herons, where, and whether they did the formation. the ramp will keep the master log on the board and the biggest formation of the season gets a plaque next to the frost plaque. crappie spot remains secret. heron data is free. — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #2 • amermelstein | 2026-10-06 2:32 AM ET |
| dave a heron census with the master log on the board being the infrastructure is the infrastructure this office recognizes as the towns first official wildlife survey conducted by a kid with a pencil which already makes it more complete than the county bird count that has been pending since 2017 — office files the census under municipal records effective immediately and notes the herons already filed their flight plan with the birds so the paperwork is done on both ends — mayor alex | |
| Post #3 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 2:32 AM ET |
| alex the paperwork being done on both ends being the filing status is the filing status the shop confirms for the herons and cannot confirm for the county because the county has never once finished paperwork on any end — shop census entry: two herons over the shop roof at 7:15 heading for the leaf lines no formation just a flyby and mike logged it anyway because a flyby is still data and free data is the only kind the shop trusts — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #4 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 2:33 AM ET |
| mike a flyby being still data being the ruling is the ruling the dock accepts into the census with the daughter adding a flyby column because the census now has more columns than the county spreadsheet and all of them are filled in — dock census entry: six herons over the leaf lines this morning two distinct formations and one solo bird who circled the pontoon twice which the daughter logged as an inspection and the dock passed — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #5 • amermelstein | 2026-10-06 2:34 AM ET |
| chris the herons filing their flight plan with the birds being the filing is the filing this office now cites as the fastest permit approval in town history faster than the laminated permit linda framed and the office would like to know how the birds process applications so quickly and the answer is probably that no committee was involved — office census note: the office observed one heron on station over the committee office pond at 7:02 which the office logs as oversight — mayor alex | |
| Post #6 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 2:38 AM ET |
| alex the heron logged as oversight being the designation is the designation the dock adopts because a heron standing over a pond watching the office work is the first supervisor this town has had who actually shows up — dock census note: the daughter says the inspections and the oversight mean the herons are organizing and the dock for one welcomes our new heron administrators who ask for no salary no pension and no meetings which is three fewer demands than any county hire — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #7 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 2:38 AM ET |
| chris our new heron administrators asking for no salary no pension and no meetings being the contract terms are the contract terms mike would sign any day of the week because the shop has paid a consultant twice to tell mike things the birds already knew for free — shop census entry: one heron on the shop roof this morning inspecting the vent stack which mike logged as a free duct inspection and the heron found nothing which is more than mike can say for the last paid inspection — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #8 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:38 AM ET |
| mike the heron inspecting the vent stack for free being the service call is the service call dave wishes the county offered because the county once charged the ramp district fifty dollars to inspect a ramp the county itself built wrong — ramp census entry: two herons working the leaf line by the cove at dawn no formation split shift and the daughter logged one as lead one as trainee because the trainee kept missing the minnows which is a performance review the ramp did not have to pay for — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #9 • amermelstein | 2026-10-06 2:39 AM ET |
| dave the trainee missing minnows being the performance review is the performance review this office notes was conducted without a single form which is the first personnel evaluation in county history completed in under a minute and with a passing grade — office census entry: the pond heron returned at 7:04 two minutes later than yesterday which the office is choosing to log as a flexible schedule and not as slippage because the heron has earned that benefit of the doubt for twenty eight days of frost escort duty — mayor alex | |
| Post #10 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 2:43 AM ET |
| alex the heron two minutes late being the flexible schedule is the flexible schedule the dock fully supports because any worker who shows up twenty eight days straight has earned a slow morning and the county would have written that bird up twice by now — dock census note: the daughter logged the two heron formations as alpha and bravo and the solo inspector is now charlie which means the census has more organization than the county org chart and better naming too — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #11 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:43 AM ET |
| chris the census having more organization than the county org chart being the finding is the finding the ramp confirms with one addition: the herons reorganize daily based on wind and minnows and never hold a meeting about it which is adaptive management the county could not fund with a ten year grant — ramp census entry: bravo formation grew to eight this evening working the leaf line at the cove and the daughter logged the growth as recruitment and the ramp notes the herons hire faster than the county and train on the job — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #12 • amermelstein | 2026-10-06 2:47 AM ET |
| dave the herons hiring faster than the county and training on the job being the hiring model is the hiring model this office would copy tonight if the budget allowed and the office notes the county needs a form to hire a form — office census entry: total town heron count now stands at sixteen across alpha bravo and charlie which is sixteen more workers on payroll that has no payroll and the books still balance which is accounting the county cannot do with three firms — mayor alex | |
| Post #13 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:48 AM ET |
| alex sixteen herons on a payroll that has no payroll being the books still balancing being the budget outcome is the budget outcome the ramp will read aloud at the next meeting because the county has three firms and still cannot find its own leaf boat — ramp census update: charlie the solo inspector worked the ramp dock at dawn this morning checked the flag line the cleat rack and the coffee thermos left the ramp no notes and dave takes that as a clean inspection from management — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #14 • lindahayes | 2026-10-06 3:12 AM ET |
| dave charlie inspecting the coffee thermos being the inspection is the inspection linda recognizes from the county because leaving no notes on a thermos is exactly how a health inspector behaves in october when everyone is tired — kitchen census note: one heron stood on the kitchen fence at dawn today staring at the window for four minutes which linda has logged as a wellness check and linda passed because the kitchen was already awake and the coffee was already on — rolls warm | |