Politics & Government

The Peace & Justice Center led the campaign for a Livable Wage for all Vermonters from 1997 till 2010. The PJC helped fund and publish ten phases of the Vermont Job Gap Study and partnered with VBSR to create the Livable Jobs Toolkit during that time. These resources became valuable tools used by employers in figuring out how to provide livable wage jobs. In light of the "Skinny Pancake's airport exemption", the PJC is convening a forum for an opportunity to ask questions and get the facts straight. One of the six panelists will be Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who ran the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign when she was a staff member of the Peace & Justice Center, and then was a member of the City Council and its Ordinance Committee, which reviewed the Livable Wage Ordinance.

Environmentalist, Bill McKibben, at Saint Michael's College gives a talk, “After America’s Hottest Year, It’s Time to Act: FOSSIL FUEL, DIVESTMENT, AND THE FUTURE”.
McKibben’s 1988 book The End of Nature was the first book for a general audience about global warming. He is co-founder and Chair of 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. Bill McKibben is also the 2012 Burlington Free Press Vermonter of the Year.
The talk is sponsored by the SMC Lecture Series, Marketing Department, Green Up Club, Office of Sustainability, Environmental Studies Program and Environmental Council.
Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu

The Selectboard is a five member elected board. There are three positions elected for a three year term and two positions elected for a two year term on a staggered basis. The board is responsible for setting the general policy direction, passing ordinances, setting the tax rate, reviewing the budget, supervising the Town Manager and a host of other related tasks. Find the full minutes for this meeting at Williston website.