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Eric Schwaab
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Great Streets (1)
- A joint letter anticipates two-way Old Colony RoadGS-002 · 4-10 January 2024, related correspondence
Shelter / role boundaries (2)
- Ludtke challenges a proposed shelter storyGS-003 · 14 January 2025
- Ludtke disavows representation; Schwaab denies the premiseBC-016 · 14 February 2025
Platform and public messaging (9)
- Schwaab reports moving readers to Barnstable UnofficialBC-001 · 16 December 2024
- Pittenger seeks feedback before posting a Nextdoor responseBC-004 · 17 December 2023
- Schwaab asks Clark for a public statement about her voteBC-006 · 4-6 July 2024
- A Facebook sharing request receives a favorable Councilor replyBC-007 · 18-19 May 2025
- A shared preservation letter carries an accuracy caveatBC-011 · 24 July 2025
- Hunt announces an AI-assisted outlet with a no-comment policyBC-019 · 1 February 2025
- Clark thanks Schwaab for toning down social-media discussionBC-020 · 13 December 2024
- Tamash responds to Hunt’s housing-report roundupBC-033 · 9 March 2025
- Penn asks Hunt for help responding to a criticBC-036 · 7 December 2023
Enforcement and public messaging (7)
- An enforcement email announces a forthcoming storyBC-002 · 9 February 2025
- Florence provides a counteraccount of the enforcement disputeBC-017 · 6 February 2025
- Ludtke backs research access while Florence asks for routing and timeBC-022 · 25 March-11 April 2024, related correspondence
- Researchers identify limits in their short-term rental dataBC-029 · 19 May 2024
- Ludtke narrows a drafted municipal-data requestBC-030 · 24 March 2024
- Schwaab proposes talking and helping before further escalationBC-037 · 10 April 2024
- Florence reports inspections that did not substantiate a complaintBC-047 · 6 September 2024
Organizing and municipal requests (24)
- Schwaab offers to draft language for a municipal requestBC-003 · 28-30 June 2025
- Tamash routes a requested Council circulation through the administratorBC-008 · 7 June 2025
- An email campaign links Barnstable Unofficial comments to Town submissionsBC-009 · 28 May-2 June 2025
- Bloom thanks Schwaab for preparing a funding letterBC-010 · 16 August 2025
- Hunt requests public Trust materials for meeting reportingBC-012 · 14 July 2025
- Save Twin Brooks limits its appeal roleBC-013 · 2 June 2025
- Bloom reports seeking a pause; Tamash explains a procedural limitBC-014 · 3 June 2025
- A commercial-parking proposal includes an offer of introductionsBC-015 · 7 March 2025
- GHCA’s president sets a spokesperson boundaryBC-021 · 16 May 2024
- Clark asks that municipal correspondence use her official addressBC-023 · 21 March 2024
- Ludtke explains and produces Gmail correspondenceBC-026 · 22 August 2025
- Schwaab proposes using municipal levers to seek a Winn redesignBC-027 · 7 May 2024
- Winn funding opposition includes Councilor letters and a staff comment tallyBC-028 · 29 April–7 May 2024, letters and staff tally
- Rezoning drafts prompt sponsor and priority requestsBC-032 · 4 March 2025
- Tamash qualifies a critique of public outreachBC-034 · 17 April 2025
- Hunt circulates a short-term rental policy critique to CouncilorsBC-035 · 8 June 2024
- Penn invites exploration of a short-term rental conversion incentiveBC-038 · 19 April 2024
- Schwaab offers wording for an offshore-wind agenda itemBC-039 · 23 July 2024
- Penn proposes a coalition gathering; follow-up says the opportunity passedBC-040 · 27 July 2024
- Penn suggests an agenda route for a Rights of Nature draftBC-041 · 19 February 2024
- Tamash describes an official-email transition and constituent follow-upBC-043 · 24 June 2024
- Terkelsen reports contacting a law firm about Town representationBC-044 · 2 September 2024
- Hunt suggests a municipal response to a leaked draftBC-045 · 19 March 2024
- Hunt asks incoming Councilors to address records concernsBC-046 · 27 November 2023
Applications and appointments (6)
- Schwaab applies for the Community Preservation CommitteeBC-005 · 15 May 2024
- Hunt proposes financial disclosures for board applicantsBC-018 · 21 February 2025
- Bierwirth distinguishes her appointment objection from an offensive emailBC-024 · 10 August 2024
- Clark advises Pittenger on seeking appointment supportBC-025 · 1 November 2024
- Schwaab seeks a housing advisory vacancyBC-031 · 16 January 2025
- Tamash thanks Pittenger for political assistanceBC-042 · 22 December 2023
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