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Matt Cropp 🌲🌲Dec 17, 2019

Soooo.

The police chief of #btv just resigned after having been caught trolling a critic from an alt account on . His replacement was on the job for less than 12 hours before it came out that she'd did the same thing on FB and was just canned for it.

Wild times in our lil city...

https://m.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2019/12/16/acting-chief-had-her-own-fake-social-media-account-and-has-been-replaced

#btvcc #vt #vtpoli

'Acting' Chief Had Her Own Fake Social Media Account — and Has Been Replaced

In a stunning turn, Mayor Miro Weinberger has announced the woman just named acting chief of the Burlington Police Department has been replaced — for...

Matt Cropp 🌲🌲Feb 27, 2018

It's interesting to live in a place where neo-liberal Dems occupy the right edge of the #OvertonWindow, centralist "sewer socialist" social democrats are the center, and decentralist direct (small d) democrats hold the left edge...

#btv #btvmayor #vtpoli #btvcc

Matt Cropp 🌲🌲Nov 8, 2017

YET AGAIN the #BTVCC has punted on making a decision on this local telecom privatization fight. Now they're absurdly asking for our #coop to explore a partnership agreement with our publicly traded rival bidder. This seems to be a ploy to justify bringing back previously eliminated bidders. *ugh!*

http://digital.vpr.net/post/city-council-asks-potential-buyers-burlington-telecom-pursue-joint-venture#stream/0

City Council Asks Potential Buyers of Burlington Telecom To Pursue a Joint Venture

After deadlocking twice on the vote to select a buyer for Burlington Telecom, the City Council approved a resolution asking the two finalists to consider

Matt Cropp 🌲🌲Oct 17, 2017

#TFW an opponent uses "well organized" pejoratively against a campaign you're working on... 😂

#KeepBTLocal #BTV #BTVCC #coop #coops

Matt Cropp 🌲🌲Sep 13, 2017

Fairly comprehensive op-ed on the #KeepBTLocal mutualization campaign, including thoughts on the connection b/t #crowdfunding and #coops: https://vtdigger.org/2017/09/12/janice-shade-keep-burlington-telecom-locally-owned/ #btv #btvcc #equitycrowdfunding

Janice Shade: Keep Burlington Telecom locally owned - VTDigger

Keep BT Local’s proposal not only maintains local control, but also keeps wealth circulating throughout the local community, into the hands of many.

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Matt Cropp 🌲🌲Jul 11, 2017

Into hour 4 of a city council meeting to resolve the grand, yearlong debate over whether my neighborhood's road should have 4 lanes or 3 lanes with bike lanes. 😑

#smalltownpolitics #btv #btvcc