GREEN DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE UPDATE....

Green Democratic Alliance members will be tabling on Sunday, June 8 from 12 Noon to 6 p.m. on the Church Street Marketplace. Members will have information about the Alliance and provide voter registration. Tabling will happen on the second Sunday of each month, through September.

GDA members René Kaczka-Vallière, Owen Mulligan and and Jay Vos were re-appointed to city commissions at the City Council meeting on 2 June. René was reappointed to the Conservation Board for a four year term; Owen, to the Housing Board of Review for a five year term; Jay, to the Board of Health for a three year term.

GDA Bottle Drive continues....please drop off your bottles at 305 S. Union St. #3. There is a bottle bin on the porch labeled "GDA Bottle Drive". Your bottles can help GDA have more of an impact on the next Town Meeting Day.

Please urge Burlington Telecom (BT) to keep Al Jazeera English on its channel offerings. (You can read about what's happened so far here.) Greg Epler-Wood, who chairs both the Citizens Advisory Committee and the Burlington Telecommunications Advisory Committee appointed by the City Council, says another public forum will be held sometime in June before any recommendation is made. Epler-Wood also has invited written comments either via e-mail (greg@burlingtontelecom.net) or care of Burlington Telecom, 200 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401. In the end, BT and Mayor Kiss will make the call.