$200,000 Deficit for Parks & Recreation
At the Board of Finance meeting, a major issue discussed was the $200,000 deficit for Parks and Recreation.
At the Board of Finance meeting, a major issue discussed was the $200,000 deficit for Parks and Recreation.
Today the city council got together to hear testimony from the public regarding eliminating the residency requirement for department heads and the local option sales tax.
The following letter to the editor was published in the Burlington Free Press on January 9, 2006.
Burlington sales tax back on the ballot. The following letter to the editor was published in the Burlington Free Press on January 9, 2006.
At the school board budget public forum, many people spoke out against the currently proposed budget where there would be cuts to BOTH Barnes and HO Wheeler, the two schools in the most low-income area in Burlington.
At tonight’s city council meeting the issue of the local option sales appeared again in the form of a new resolution to put the question on the ballot, again. It’s basically the same proposal as last year, a 1% extra sales tax within Burlington, with the exception that this time there is no promise of property tax relief.
Glyn, Heavenly and I carpooled to Braintree where we had a great meeting with good friends and good food.
Jeremy Ryan announced he is running for city council here in ward 7 of Burlington. He chose to run because he would like to help make some much needed changes to how the city government does business.
There was a presentation and question/ answer period regarding the zoning rewrite.
We held our first campaign meeting this Sunday and I think it went well. The attendance was better than expected. A big thank you for everyone who came and thank you very much for you help!