Local control, yes! Well, maybe?

June 25, 2021 (prerecorded 6/23): Vermont communities espouse the virtues of local control. Yet, structurally, Vermont is a Dillon's Rule state, meaning most of the power sits in the state government's hands. Ted Brady, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, weighs in.

UPDATE: The Vermont House and Senate overrode Governor Phil Scott's vetos of Winooski and Montpelier's charter changes. Noncitizen voting in local elections is now legal in the two cities.

PREVIOUS EPISODES ON THIS TOPIC:

S1 E29: Hello responsibility! Goodbye authority - an interview with Brattleboro Town Manager Peter Elwell about the pull between local control and state authority.

S3 E19: Voting rights for 16 & 17 year olds and Town Charters - a discussion with Rep. Emilie Kornheiser about the effort to pass a charter change in Brattleboro to allow people 16 & 17 to vote in local elections.

For more information about the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT): https://www.vlct.org

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