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In Vermont Town Meeting day results Tuesday, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger was narrowly re-elected to a fourth three-year term. The Democrat defeated Progressive City Council President Max Tracy by 129 votes.
Weinberger finished with 43 percent of the vote, with Independent City Councilor Ali Dieng finishing a distant third. More than 14,000 votes were cast in the seven-way race.
By clearing the 40 percent threshold, Weinberger would avoid a runoff election.
Elsewhere, Republican Rutland Mayor David Allaire, seeking his third term, has defeated six opponents.
In Winooski, Mayor Kristine Lott was unopposed as she ran for re-election.
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It came down to just 129 ballots, but Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger prevailed in his proven leadership bid for a fourth term in office.
Weinberger took 43% of the votes citywide; Progressive candidate Max Tracy, the City Council president, edged close with 42%.
Thirteen percent of the votes went to third-place Ali Dieng, an independent city councilor for Ward 7. Pundits are still puzzling over what impact those votes had on the final outcome.
Weinberger, 51, in his acceptance speech Monday night, said the close race and the record turnout drives home the need for the hard work to form a new consensus, and to create a Burlington that works for all.
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Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean is endorsing Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, who is seeking a fourth term. Dean, a Democrat like Weinberger, served as governor from 1991 to 2003. The field also includes Progressive City Council President Max Tracy and Independent Councilor Ali Dieng. Dean says Weinberger has earned another three-year term.
Dean spoke about his endorsement, ranked choice voting, COVID, the early days of the Biden administration, and the Trump legacy.
Miro’s probably been the most effective mayor in terms of developing infrastructure in my lifetime in Burlington, and he does what he says he s going to do, and there s nothing more valuable than a politician who does what they say they re going to do. He s rebuilt the bike path, he saved the city from bankruptcy, save the airport from bankruptcy. I mean, he s just cleaned up a huge mess he inherited, and we re still moving forward. So there s no reason not to vote for him again.
Black With a Capital B Why do you capitalize Black when you refer to Black people, but not white when you refer to white people? Is this something new? I notice Bob Woodward did the same thing in his most recent book,
Rage. I really don t get it. Eric Johnson Editor s note:
Seven Days began capitalizing Black when it refers to racial, cultural and ethnic identity last June, shortly before the Associated Press Stylebook formalized the same recommendation, stating that doing so conveys an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black . The lowercase black is a color, not a person. Why treat white differently? As the AP writes, White people generally do not share the same history of culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color. Additionally, Capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to s
Early morning Burlington fire kills two residents, injures firefighter
46 firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire Share Updated: 10:44 PM EST Jan 9, 2021
46 firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire Share Updated: 10:44 PM EST Jan 9, 2021
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Show Transcript ################# ## ANNOUNCER: YOU RE WATCHING NBC5 NEWS NEW TONIGHT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A BURLINGTON APARTMENT BUILDING EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT 199 KING STREET JUST AFTER 5 A- M. THE BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE FIRE STARTED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. THE DEPARTMENT S PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE FELL ASLEEP WITH SMOKING MATERIALS, CAUSING NEARBY ITEMS TO CATCH FIRE. OFFICIALS SAY TWO MEN AGES 31 AND 55 WERE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE APARTMENT . ONE OF THEM WAS TAKEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER. NEITHER OF THEM SURV