By Steve Kropper
I’ve lived in Lincoln for three years, and after “recovering” from ten years as committee chair, member and elected Town Meeting member in Lexington, I was ready to tackle the exigencies of public service in
Lincoln. After 30 years as a proprietor at Cambridge’s Mt. Auburn Cemetery, serving on Lincoln’s Cemetery Commission seemed like a good entry position for me. Of course the power, visibility, and fat pension were the real draw to that position 🙂 I called incumbent Cemetery Commissioner Manley Boyce to ask about his plans. He described his desire to be reelected and to lay groundwork for cemetery expansion. Seeing this competent incumbent intended to continue serving, I decided not to run.
I report this only because I see and respect the quality of civic life in Lincoln, and in observing discourse in the town, I got a sense of how well we behave with each other.
Steve Kropper
60 Weston Rd.
kropper@skunkworksfund.com
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