She’s running.
Carina Driscoll, the stepdaughter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on Monday announced she’ll run for Burlington mayor. Driscoll, who said she’ll run as an independent, will challenge incumbent Democrat Miro Weinberger, who’s up for reelection in March. Another independent candidate, Infinite Culcleasure, announced on Friday that he’ll run.
“Through this campaign, and then as mayor if elected, I will work to bring Burlington to again be that vibrant, forward-thinking city where we are
all so proud to live,” Driscoll said in a press release. “It is time to bring our actions in Burlington back into line with our community values.”
Driscoll told Seven Days last month that she was considering a run.
The lifelong Burlington resident, who described herself as a “civic leader and entrepreneur,” previously served on the Burlington School Board, the city council and in the Vermont legislature. She currently runs the Vermont Woodworking School in Fairfax with her husband, Blake Ewoldsen.
The couple and their two children live in Burlington’s South End.
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I’d say cowardice is your deliberate and repeated dodging of my question: why it’s ok for left-wingers to use pseudonyms on this site to attack the Mayor, Democratic and Republican officeholders, anyone who questions Bernie, and anyone who offers non-leftist commentary — without a peep from you about anonymity until one or two non-Progs post pseudonymously.
“Ah, Mr. Cronkite. You are referring to my day job.”
“I’m proud to work in the public interest.”
That day job. Which you seem to spend a lot of in posting your opinions on Seven Days blogs. Like posts on weekdays at: 12:54 pm, 4:05 pm, 4:10 pm, 12:21 pm, 4:32 pm, 2:51 pm, 9:38 am, 4:00 pm, 3:43 pm, 1:22 pm, 12:24 pm, 11;36 am, 2:24 pm, 9:14 am.
knowyourassumptions just doesn’t get it
I didn’t ask sevendays to require Right Wingers to use their names, I asked that all those who post be required to use their names; your acceptance of the current rules is hardly evidence of your courage as it serves your purpose
you are a coward
seahorsealum said “It seems like the state auditor would be all over this issue if it reflected badly on Democrats or Republicans! But obviously he won’t make the Progressives look bad!”
If only the world was as you imagine it – filled with conspiracies and corruption. In fact, the statutory authority of the State Auditor does not extend to private entities. You might want to become acquainted with the responsibilities of my office before you make your sordid allegations.
I’m proud to work in the public interest. I have no idea what you do. Why don’t you tell us?
Mr. Hoffer, why do you only care about the pseudonyms of posters who don’t post left wing opinions? Dozens of pseudonymous posters post left-wing opinions on this site every week (one on this very thread), sometimes with obviously-false and scandalous accusations, such as the mayor’s taking bribes. But not a peep from you about them. Why not?
And you know the posting rules of this site allow pseudonyms, and if you haven’t read 7D’s detailed, evidence-based explanation of why they allow it, perhaps you should. I may not like some of the knee-jerk left wing opinions that I see every day here from pseudonymous posters, but unlike you I don’t take issue with their use of pseudonyms. If you don’t like the established rules of this site, don’t visit this site and don’t post.
Speaking of audits! Has anybody heard how the audit of Burlington College is going? Did they ever figure out who pilfered money out of the college while it went down the tubes? It seems like the state auditor would be all over this issue if it reflected badly on Democrats or Republicans! But obviously he won’t make the Progressives look bad!
“Don’t you have something to go audit?”
Ah, Mr. Cronkite. You are referring to my day job. Indeed, there is a lot of work to do. You would know what we’re doing if you visited the website. On the other hand, we don’t know who you are or what you do because you hide behind the name of a great journalist.
In any case, the fact that a few people vote thumbs down on this site doesn’t bother me that much since almost 160,000 Vermonters voted thumbs up in Nov. 2016. What does bother me is that ‘knowyourassumptions’ clearly doesn’t care enough about these issues to respect the facts and that a few dozen others (like you) are more interested in ad hominem attacks than a reasoned discourse.
C’mon Seven Days. Isn’t it time to insist that those who post use their real names?
Some of the best posts I’ve ever read especially Penelope’s . I like Bernie and sometimes even agree with his positions but Carina should be embarrassed to run.
Hoffer really seems to be earning a lot of favor on these comment sections. Don’t you have something to go audit?