Two Republicans — one veteran and one newcomer — are seeking to hold onto their party’s meager presence on the Burlington City Council.
Monday marked the filing deadline for council hopefuls, meaning that the candidate pool for the seven open seats has solidified. Elections will be held on Town Meeting Day, March 4.
Democrats and Republicans are vying for two seats in Ward 4 and Ward 7; if Democrats secure both, they would lay claim to all four New North End seats, leaving Republicans without representation on the council.
Democrats currently control seven seats on the 14-seat council, while Progressives hold four, Independents two and Republicans one. Two incumbent Democrats and one Republican opted to vacate their seats this spring rather than seek reelection.
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“Ode pointed out that she’s won two contentious Burlington School Board elections, and suggested her experience there makes her especially well suited to tackle residents’ growing concerns about their escalating property taxes. “
Someone should tell her it’s the Burlington City Council shes running for not the Legislature where education funding and education tax rates are concerned. The city property tax has nothing to do with education and her time on the school board is irrelevant in addressing that portion of the tax bill. Interestingly, her time on the school board over a time period where the education tax has skyrocketed would indicate that she is well suited to tax BTV residents out of their houses.