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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.
VTLP December Meeting
Glyn, Heavenly and I carpooled to Braintree where we had a great meeting with good friends and good food.
Jeremy Ryan Announces Run for Burlington City Council
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.
Zoning Rewrite Public Forum
There was a presentation and question/ answer period regarding the zoning rewrite.
Campaign Meeting
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!
Exposure of Burlington Children to Violent Acts Resolution
This was a resolution presented by Councilor George at the last city council meeting asking for the city to provide some way of warning parents of events held on city property that may not be suitable for children.
UVM Solves City’s Budget Problems?
During the public forums at the last city council meeting, Ron Rualt, a Burlington resident, spoke up regarding the city’s budget.
School Board Public Forum on Community Schools
Public discussion regarding the proposed closing of Barnes school.
City Council Meeting
The big topic tonight was the southern connector. To continue or not to continue was the question.
VTLP meeting
Congratulations to our new state executive committee! Hardy Machia-Chair, Heavenly Ryan-Vice Chair, Brendan Kinney-Secretary, Mike Bandler-Treasurer and Steve Farrington-Vice Treasurer.
Ward 4 & 7 NPA
Legislative report from Mark Larsen regarding proposal to use an income tax to fund public education and problems with corrections budget as well as public forum and debate on proposed Universal Healthcare.
Today on You Can Quote Me
Today on “You Can Quote Me” there were discussing the graying population of Vermont and how is affecting the Vermont.
Public Hearing on Housing in Burlington
Tonight, Heavenly and I attended the Public Hearing on Housing in Burlington at C.P. Smith School. The turnout was quite good. However, the number of people speaking up was minimal.
Chittenden County FreedomWorks Meeting
Tonight, Heavenly and I attended the Chittenden County FreedomWorks meeting. I thought it was a very interesting meeting with a good turnout. We discussed the top issues facing Vermont including Health Care, Education, Taxes, and Property Rights.
City Council Meeting
At tonight’s city council meeting councilor Kurt Wright proposed a resolution that would place the following question on the ballot of the March, 2006 Annual City Meeting: “Shall the Vermont Legislature be urged to adopt legislation that would require that bargaining for teachers contracts in Vermont be accomplished either on a state wide basis with the possibility of allowances for legitimate regional differences, or, alternatively, on at least a regional basis?”.
Housing Super-Committee Meeting
We attended the Housing Super-Committee tonight. The discussion was about what can be done to improve the housing situation in Burlington.
Burlington Libertarian Party Urges Burlington to Not Pursue Rent Control
The stated purpose of the new rent control resolution proposed by councilors Fiermonte, P-Ward 3 and Ashe, P-Ward 3 is to help fix high rents. While the resolution was written with good intentions, the practice of rent control does not work. The problem is based on simple economics. The supply is less than the demand and you do not fix the supply by attacking it.