A political action committee backed by Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger has raised $13,500 to defeat a ballot item that would create a new police oversight.
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A petition campaign put an independent community control board on the Town Meeting Day ballot in Burlington. City Council Progressives rallied around that proposal as part of their plan for public safety in the city.
Three political newcomers are vying to fill a city council seat on Burlington's east side, where residents have been without full representation for two months..