Tuesday is Town Meeting Day in Vermont, and some communities have some big issues topping their ballots.
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Mayor Miro Weinberger, a Democrat, vetoed a similar measure in 2020 following protests over several use-of-force incidents by Burlington officers and in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis. “This proposal codifies the principle that police should not oversee themselves. They are accountable to the communities that they serve,” said Burlington City Councilor Gene Bergman, a progressive, at a recent event promoting the measure.
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