Burlington politics
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This week marked the first meetings for Burlington City Council committees, where much of the problem-solving (or creating, depending on who you ask) of council happens. Among the 11 standing committees, Public Safety (PSC) is one of the heftier assignments. Crime, the opioid crisis, the unhoused crisis, and other issues are all part of this…
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There are eleven standing committees of the Burlington City Council, composed of councilors, the mayor, and administrative staff. With support from city staff and attorneys, committees write, research, and bring resolutions to the council, and review how approved resolutions get implemented. In short, this is where much of the work happens on the city council.…
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Burlington’s City Council is comprised of twelve councilors who represent the city’s eight wards and four districts. Each numeric ward (1-8) has a councilor; each pair of wards makes up a district (North, East, Central, South), also represented by a councilor. This means each Burlingtonian is represented by two councilors. This system has been in…
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As results rolled in on March 5th, the scene at Zero Gravity was raucous. Whispers circulated—could it be? Had we won? We waited for the pesky Ward 5 to get called, with Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (EMS) in the lead by about 1,000 votes. The tension was palpable. Ward 5 came in. The crowd let out a…
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Former Senator Patrick Leahy, Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman, former Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle, Attorney General Charity Clark, and practically the rest of Vermont’s political rolodex walk into a room. It’s not the beginning of a joke–it’s Organization Day at City Hall. In addition to the bigwigs, a few hundred Burlingtonians turned out to watch now-Mayor…
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Today marks Organization Day, the auspiciously-named event of swearing in new city councilors, and for the first time in twelve years, a new mayor. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, the first queer person and first woman to ever become Mayor of Burlington, is a lifelong member of the Progressive Party. She served on the Burlington City Council from…
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