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South Burlington’s Community Newspaper Since 1977
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VOLUME 46, NO. 22
Five candidates jostle for three Senate seats New House candidates run unopposed AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
Vermont’s General Assembly will see historic turnover this year, with numerous retirements and many legislators complaining of being overworked in a crucial role that has neither staff, nor office space nor compensation that covers much more than a ride to the Statehouse. But with that overturn, and newly drawn voting districts across the state, a swath of freshman legislators are likely to shake up Montpelier. Who will South Burlington be sending to the House next session and who will represent the new Chittenden Southeast Senate District? Most likely, not a member of the GOP. All the House candidates are Democrats and South Burlington city clerk Donna Kinville
noted that she did not receive any petitions from Republicans.
House of Representatives South Burlington’s growing population in the years leading up to the 2020 census earned it a fifth House seat in recent redistricting, in addition to the four currently held by Reps. Ann Pugh, John Killacky, Maida Townsend and Martin LaLonde. The only incumbent planning to return to the House is LaLonde, who hopes to keep his seat to finish up some “unfinished business,” he said. The Midwest native, who has served in the Legislature for eight years, sits on the House Committee on Judiciary, the committee on judicial rule, where he serves as chair, and is now part of majority leadership. He has degrees from the University of Michigan BusiSee CANDIDATES on page 12
Report overstates city center job growth PHOTO BY AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY
World War II veteran Dick Boera recited the poem “In Flanders Field” at South Burlington’s Memorial Day ceremony last Friday.
South Burlington celebrates fallen heroes South Burlington residents and officials honored veterans, past and present, at a ceremony last week in commemoration of Memorial Day. South Burlington resident
Dick Boera, a World War II veteran, recited a poem at the city’s event at Veteran’s Memorial Park. The poem he chose, “In Flanders Fields,” was written by Lt.
Col. and Canadian physician John McCrae and was inspired by the author’s late friend and fellow soldier Lt. Alexis Helmer See MEMORIAL DAY on page 10
AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
One glaring error in an April report from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns claimed South Burlington created 1,857 more jobs in its tax increment financing district than it actually did. Only 71 new jobs have grown out of the city’s TIF district, where the new city hall and public library now sit, but the report, which was conducted by a third party and later
corrected, initially stated that 1,928 new jobs were created. Ted Brady, executive director of Vermont League of Cities and Towns, explained the mistakes were due to a simple miscalculation on a spreadsheet by a third party, but that none of the errors changes the overall analysis of the report, nor should they take away from the findings. “The report and analysis show See JOBS on page 11