Sean Metcalf When Burlington voters cast their Town Meeting Day ballots on or before March 2, they ll have the opportunity to resurrect a voting system that some residents had hoped was long dead. Question 4 asks whether the city should change its charter to bring back ranked-choice voting, a system that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, lesser-ranked choices come into play to determine a winner. The measure would only apply to city council races and would need approval from the governor and legislature before it could go into effect in Burlington. It would first be used in the 2022 Town Meeting election.
Password: civilonhill If you do not have a computer or sufficient bandwidth, you may call (408) 418-9388 to appear by phone. (This is not a tollfree number). You will then enter the meeting number and password listed above. If you have technical difficulties, call the Court at (802) 775-4394. Date: February 19, 2021 VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) (Uninhabitable) NOW COMES The Housing Foundation, Inc. ( HFI ), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) as follows: 1. HFI, a Vermont non-profit corporation with a principal place of business in Montpelier, County of Washington, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as the Coburns Mobile Home Park (the Park ), located in the Town of North Clarendon, Vermont.
State of Vermont Superior Court Probate Division Chittenden Unit Docket No.: 21-PR-00410 In re ESTATE of Morey N. Melnick NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the Creditors.
Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, 2021 between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. in their respective wards, at the voting places hereinafter named and designated as polling places, viz: Ward One/East District: Mater Christi School, 100 Mansfield Ave. Ward Two/Central District: H.O. Wheeler School (Integrated Arts Academy), 6 Archibald St. Ward Three/Central District: Lawrence Barnes School (Sustainability Academy), 123 North St. Ward Four/North District: Saint Mark s Youth Center, 1271 North Ave. Ward Five/South District: Burlington Electric Department, 585 Pine St. Ward Six/South District: Edmunds Middle School, 275 Main St. Ward Seven/North District: Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, 130 Gosse Ct.
weekly political column. Tim Newcomb
Kevin Burgess, the Vermont Democratic Party s director of outreach, quit earlier this month, citing a toxic work environment and a complete and utter failure of party leadership. Days later,
Scott McNeil, the party s executive director, announced he s leaving, too. The Vermont GOP is also in disarray, split between fealty to and disdain for former president
Donald Trump. Burlington s 19-year-old GOP chair,
Kolby LaMarche, recently called on state party chair and Trump supporter
Deb Billado to resign. When that didn t happen, he stepped down himself. Meanwhile, groups such as Emerge Vermont, an affiliate of a national group that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, and the newly formed Bright Leadership Institute, a stand-alone, nonpartisan group supporting candidates of color, have taken up some of the functions former