Burlington City Council joins divestment movement
Last week the Burlington City Council voted to identify the city’s investments in fossil fuel companies and to divest those by April 2021.
Flemming: Burlington ranks high in quality of life, education, and low in safety and affordability
Wallethub ranked Burlington as the No. 152 best small city in the U.S. The city placed better than 82% of the 1,269 contestants which have a population between 25,000 and 100,000.
McClaughry: Cota on Burlington gas furnace tax and fire pit ban
Here’s an interesting news item from last Friday. The Burlington City Council has banned backyard wood burning fire pits due to concerns about air pollution. They’re addicted to virtue signaling instead of dealing with their own CO2 emitter problem.
Burlington mayor proposes big carbon fee on new oil, gas heat
A proposal by Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger “to dramatically reduce new fossil fuel infrastructure construction” would add about $7,000 to the cost of a traditional oil or gas furnace over the first 10 years of operation, the director of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association said Tuesday.
Frustrated Burlington cop was punched first, video shows
At 4:17 minutes into the six-minute video, Campbell tells Kilburn “shut the **** up and leave, go, they don’t want you here.” Kilburn calls Campbell a punk, gets out of the car, and initiates the violence by punching Campbell first.
Two Burlington city councilors speak out for and against new racial justice resolution
Two council members have weighed in on the newly passed racial justice resolution in Burlington, which includes a 30 percent cut to the police force, declaring racism “a citywide health crisis,” and a task force to “consider an apology and a proposal for reparations for the role that Burlington has played in chattel slavery.”
Town Meeting 2020 election night results for Burlington
Town Meeting 2020 election night results for Burlington featured changes to City Council as well as four articles, all of which passed.
Independent candidate Ericka Redic to run for Burlington City Council
Independent candidate Ericka Redic has announced she is running for Burlington City Council, Ward 4. She is a native Vermonter with family ties to Burlington’s New North End.
Activists in Burlington shut down discussion on clash between feminism and transgender identity
Lesbian feminist Peggy Luhrs and her group Gender Critical Vermont have been forced to cancel a discussion at the Fletcher Free Library about the clash between transgenderism and feminism, according to reports by WCAX and Seven Days.
Burlington policing review committee to look to Camden, New Jersey for insights
A special committee created to review policing policies after a series of use-of-force controversies earlier this year determined Tuesday night to look outside of Vermont for examples on how to make policy changes.
AG Donovan clears Burlington police officer in Douglas Kilburn altercation
A Burlington Police officer involved in a use-of-force incident has been cleared of any charges after review of a deadly altercation that occurred earlier this year.
Special police committee to examine ticket data based on race and gender
A special committee formed in response to a couple of controversial use-of-force incidents is now initiating demographic data collection on the Burlington Police Department’s ticketing record.