On the Menger covering property and $D$-spaces

The main results of this note are: It is consistent that every subparacompact space $X$ of size $\omega_1$ is a $D$-space; If there exists a Michael space, then all productively Lindel"of spaces have the Menger property, and, therefore, are $D$-spaces; and Every locally $D$-space which admits a $\sigma$-locally finite cover by Lindel"of spaces is a $D$-space.