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School Board Update; Hearing Dec. 16

Hi neighbors — It’s budget-preparation season for the Burlington School Board, as most of you no doubt realize from this morning’s Free Press article (for those of you who didn’t see it, here’s the link: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20081214/NEWS02/812140310/1001/NEW. As Molly Walsh noted, our first public hearing on the proposed budget will be held in the cafeteria of…

School Board Update

Hi neighbors — During the recent City Council vote on the School Board’s bond proposal, many of the councilors expressed their desire to work with the Board to develop a school renovation proposal that matches the city’s fiscal resources. On Monday evening, the Council is scheduled to consider a resolution that would establish a specific…

Palin Pick for VP Makes McCain Panderer-in-Chief [Press Release]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Info: Frederick Lane Burlington, VT 802-318-4604 fslane3@gmail.com www.FrederickLane.com BURLINGTON, VT — Senator John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin makes it clear that when it comes to critical social and political issues — including U.S. Supreme Court appointments, federal science policy, public education, and birth control — a McCain/Palin White…

Our Schools: Our Future

Phase One of the Master Plan and Vision for the Future After consulting with City leaders and the City Finance Board, the Burlington School Board reconsidered its proposal to ask the City Council for a ballot item in the amount of $226 million. At its monthly meeting on September 9, 2008, the Burlington School Board…

2008-09-10 Update on Revised Bond Proposal

Hi neighbors — Last night, the Burlington School Board voted 12-2 to revised its school bond proposal and ask the City Council to approve a ballot item of just over $92 million for the November 4 election. You can read the specific language of the bond proposal in my post, “Our Schools, Our Future.” Additional…

School Board Bond Proposal; Meeting Sept. 9

Hi neighbors — Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of interest in the School Board’s proposed bond for the District. The Board is actively building a website, BSDPlan.com, to offer information about the proposal, meeting dates and times, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and other related material. If there are specific questions you would…

2004 CBS/Jackson/Timberlake “Wardrobe Malfunction” Fine Overturned by 3rd Circuit Court [Press Release]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frederick Lane FSLane3@gmail.com www.FrederickLane.com 802-318-4604 BURLINGTON, VT — In a 102-page opinion released earlier today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the $550,000 fine assessed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against CBS for the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. In reaching its…

Romney: “Ich bin ein Kennedy” [x-post]

[Note: This post was originally published on the Beacon Broadside on December 10, 2007.] Last week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney traveled to College Station, Texas, to deliver a major address on faith to an audience at the George H.W. Bush presidential library. Given the fact that the speech was so clearly an attempt to…

Editorial — Fred Lane and Amy Werbel

On December 11, 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped to the podium in Oslo, Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He took the opportunity to use what he called “this lofty and historic platform” to speak on the topics of civil rights, poverty, and war. At the conclusion of his speech, King took the…

School Board Update

Hi neighbors — On behalf of the School Board and the kids in the district, I would like to thank the voters of Ward 5 for their continued strong support of the school budget. It will make a big difference in the provision of important services in the schools, including the afterschool program, fully-staffed libraries,…