Press Conference - Ballot Item Petition to Stop the F-35!

Embed This Player

Download: H.264/AAC mp4 file Creative Commons License

Tell us about your experience with this online video, click here.

Description

Organizers are asking the voters of Burlington to use their power to stop the Pentagon plan to base the F-35 at the Burlington airport.
Because Vermont law provides that the people must vote on airport expenditures (see text of the law below).
If approved by the voters the resolution provided in the petition effectively prevents the basing of the F-35 at the Burlington airport.

5 VSA § 606. Vote; income; issuance of notes or bonds: An airport or landing field shall not be established or constructed, or equipped, maintained, or improved from time to time by a municipality, acting either singly or jointly with one or more other municipalities, unless and until a proposition therefor fixing the maximum amount which may be expended thereunder by such municipality for such establishment, construction, equipment, or improvement has been submitted to an annual or special meeting of the municipality and adopted by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon.

Text of the petition can be found at: http://www.stopthef35.com/join-launching-next-years-town-meeting-ballot-item-petition-stop-f-35 

Order Now!

Summary

Airtimes

1 Friday March 8, 2013 at 6:00 PM
2 Monday March 11, 2013 at 11:45 AM
3 Monday March 11, 2013 at 10:35 PM
4 Tuesday March 12, 2013 at 3:35 AM
5 Tuesday March 12, 2013 at 9:35 AM
6 Tuesday March 12, 2013 at 11:30 PM
7 Wednesday March 13, 2013 at 4:30 AM
8 Wednesday March 13, 2013 at 10:30 AM
9 Sunday March 17, 2013 at 6:20 AM
10 Sunday March 17, 2013 at 12:20 PM

Worker

Mike Cohen/Rob Reiber

Featured Story

Applications Now Open for the Spring/Summer 2024 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program at Town Meeting TV

Town Meeting TV is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring/Summer 2024 cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship program. Join 8 other youth to engage in interesting media making projects! This paid media internship opportunity is designed for youth aged 16-20 who are eager to gain professional experience in the audio-visual field and develop a deeper understanding of their local community. 5 of these spots are specifically for students who are part of the Burlington My Brother's Keeper/My Sister's Keeper programs. The group will meet under the leadership of Town Meeting TV's Travis Washington from the beginning of April 2024 to the end of August 2024, on a schedule agreed upon by the whole cohort. Click here to apply!

Read more...

More News from the Center for Media and Democracy