BURLINGTON â Party politics is creeping into a nonpartisan Burlington political season that is also marked by the emergence of a new group espousing anti-government viewpoints, which has shared videos calling on people to ârebelâ and âto preserve our community, our state, our nation and our way of life.â
Two candidates for the Burlington Area School District School Board are getting support from the Racine County Republican Party, despite the fact that the nonpartisan nature of the school board is intended to enable the conduct of board business free from party influences.
Simultaneously, other candidates on the April 6 ballot for offices in the City of Burlington and Town of Burlington have associated themselves with a new group called Patriots for a United Burlington.
TOWN OF BURLINGTON â A town government veteran and a political newcomer are vying to become the next chairman of the Town of Burlington.
Jeff Lang and Matthew Allan Snorek have filed candidacy papers in the April 6 election for the highest elected office in the town.
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The winner of the April 6 election will succeed Chairman Ralph Rice, who is stepping aside after five terms in office and more than 50 years of involvement in local government.
The chairman serves a two-year term at a salary of $7,500 per year.
The candidate filing deadline was extended for both town chairman and for a town supervisor seat, after the incumbents in both races declared they were not running for re-election.