State Hospital Facility Proposed at Fletcher Allen
At tonight’s city council meeting, the Department of Health started early conversations with the city to replace the State Hospital in Waterbury with a proposed facility at FAHC.
Politics
Heavenly’s LTE published in the Burlington Free Press
Heavenly’s LTE published in the Burlington Free Press
Ward 4&7 NPA
Issues discussed were the Zoning Rewrite, water fluoridation, parking ban, and school budget.
City Council Meeting
Issues discussed were IRV for mayor, local option sales tax, increasing liquor license fees, revenue generation option on the moran plant question survey.
$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.
Residency Requirement & Sale Tax Public Forum
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.
LTE Regarding Sales Tax Published!
The following letter to the editor was published in the Burlington Free Press on January 9, 2006.
Jeremy Ryan Opposes Local Option Sales Tax
Burlington sales tax back on the ballot. The following letter to the editor was published in the Burlington Free Press on January 9, 2006.
School Board Budget Public Forum
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.
Burlington Local Option Sales Tax – Part II
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.