Decker Towers, a low-income high rise in Burlington, is functioning as an unfunded warming shelter, an unmonitored injection site, and a hub for distribution of drugs and stolen goods.
Promptly at 9 a.m. last Thursday, Esther Lotz assembled a very official, slightly intimidating crew in a Winooski parking lot. Two fire marshals, an electrical.
A member of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council — the state body that regulates the law enforcement profession — resigned during a public meeting Wednesday.