diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index ef4dbc4..16f8c3e 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -10,5 +10,3 @@ enable=
         too-many-branches,
         too-many-instance-attributes,
         too-many-return-statements,
-        unused-import,
-        unused-variable,
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/app.py b/src/wuttaweb/app.py
index f7f768e..1c96d40 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/app.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/app.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
     ``poser.web.app:main``), similar to this one but with additional
     views and other config.
     """
-    wutta_config = make_wutta_config(settings)  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
+    wutta_config = make_wutta_config(settings)
     pyramid_config = make_pyramid_config(settings)
 
     pyramid_config.include("wuttaweb.static")
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/auth.py b/src/wuttaweb/auth.py
index e18cb78..399f479 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/auth.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/auth.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 Auth Utility Logic
 """
 
+import re
+
 from pyramid.authentication import SessionAuthenticationHelper
 from pyramid.request import RequestLocalCache
 from pyramid.security import remember, forget
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
index 3a8af71..8aa3162 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ class Form:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         generating it automatically if necessary.
         """
         if not hasattr(self, "deform_form"):
+            model = self.app.model
             schema = self.get_schema()
             kwargs = {}
 
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
index 222eb3a..c89d120 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import uuid as _uuid
 import colander
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 
+from wuttjamaican.db.model import Person
 from wuttjamaican.conf import parse_list
 
 from wuttaweb.db import Session
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ class ObjectRef(colander.SchemaType):
             return value
 
         # fetch object from DB
+        model = self.app.model
         obj = None
         if isinstance(value, _uuid.UUID):
             obj = self.session.get(self.model_class, value)
@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@ class Permissions(WuttaSet):
 
         if "values" not in kwargs:
             values = []
-            for group in self.permissions.values():
+            for gkey, group in self.permissions.items():
                 for pkey, perm in group["perms"].items():
                     values.append((pkey, perm["label"]))
             kwargs["values"] = values
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py
index a09edd0..082f48a 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import os
 
 import colander
 import humanize
-from deform.widget import (  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from deform.widget import (
     Widget,
     TextInputWidget,
     TextAreaWidget,
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ from webhelpers2.html import HTML
 
 from wuttjamaican.conf import parse_list
 
+from wuttaweb.db import Session
+
 
 class ObjectRefWidget(SelectWidget):
     """
@@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ class PermissionsWidget(WuttaCheckboxChoiceWidget):
 
         if "values" not in kw:
             values = []
-            for group in self.permissions.values():
+            for gkey, group in self.permissions.items():
                 for pkey, perm in group["perms"].items():
                     values.append((pkey, perm["label"]))
             kw["values"] = values
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py b/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py
index f21aacc..77fa09c 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Base grid classes
 """
 
 import functools
+import json
 import logging
 import warnings
 from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ from paginate_sqlalchemy import SqlalchemyOrmPage
 from pyramid.renderers import render
 from webhelpers2.html import HTML
 
+from wuttaweb.db import Session
 from wuttaweb.util import FieldList, get_model_fields, make_json_safe
+from wuttjamaican.util import UNSPECIFIED
 from wuttjamaican.db.util import UUID
 from wuttaweb.grids.filters import default_sqlalchemy_filters, VerbNotSupported
 
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/helpers.py b/src/wuttaweb/helpers.py
index 3319fa1..80b9d21 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/helpers.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/helpers.py
@@ -54,8 +54,4 @@ This module contains the following references:
 from webhelpers2.html import *
 from webhelpers2.html.tags import *
 
-from wuttaweb.util import (  # pylint: disable=unused-import
-    get_liburl,
-    get_csrf_token,
-    render_csrf_token as csrf_token,
-)
+from wuttaweb.util import get_liburl, get_csrf_token, render_csrf_token as csrf_token
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/util.py b/src/wuttaweb/util.py
index caa41f6..b544e70 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/util.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/util.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from pyramid.renderers import get_renderer
 from webhelpers2.html import HTML, tags
 
 from wuttjamaican.util import resource_path
+from wuttaweb.db import Session
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -605,7 +606,7 @@ def make_json_safe(value, key=None, warn=True):
     # ensure JSON-compatibility, warn if problems
     try:
         json.dumps(value)
-    except TypeError:
+    except TypeError as error:
         if warn:
             prefix = "value"
             if key:
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/common.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/common.py
index 45d463b..a126182 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/common.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/common.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Common Views
 import logging
 
 import colander
+from pyramid.renderers import render
 
 from wuttaweb.views import View
 from wuttaweb.forms import widgets
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py
index db234de..bd8ca48 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from pyramid.renderers import render_to_response
 from webhelpers2.html import HTML
 
 from wuttaweb.views import View
-from wuttaweb.util import get_form_data, render_csrf_token
+from wuttaweb.util import get_form_data, get_model_fields, render_csrf_token
 from wuttaweb.db import Session
 from wuttaweb.progress import SessionProgress
 from wuttjamaican.util import get_class_hierarchy
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/roles.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/roles.py
index 0dc59c8..b335c96 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/roles.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/roles.py
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ class RoleView(MasterView):
         available = self.wutta_permissions
         permissions = form.validated["permissions"]
 
-        for group in available.values():
-            for pkey in group["perms"]:
+        for gkey, group in available.items():
+            for pkey, perm in group["perms"].items():
                 if pkey in permissions:
                     auth.grant_permission(role, pkey)
                 else:
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/settings.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/settings.py
index 0c6b9bb..48de964 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/settings.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/settings.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class AppInfoView(MasterView):
             return self.config.get(f"wuttaweb.{key}")
 
         weblibs = self.get_weblibs()
-        for key in weblibs:
+        for key, title in weblibs.items():
 
             simple_settings.append(
                 {
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py
index f8463b1..06a4bf5 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 Views for users
 """
 
+import colander
+
 from wuttjamaican.db.model import User
 from wuttaweb.views import MasterView
 from wuttaweb.forms import widgets
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ class UserView(MasterView):
 
     def objectify(self, form):  # pylint: disable=empty-docstring
         """ """
+        model = self.app.model
         auth = self.app.get_auth_handler()
         data = form.validated
 
@@ -271,6 +274,7 @@ class UserView(MasterView):
 
         :rtype: :class:`~wuttaweb.grids.base.Grid`
         """
+        model = self.app.model
         route_prefix = self.get_route_prefix()
 
         grid = self.make_grid(