Wanted: A Few Good Candidates

Updated.

I know, I know. We just had elections, but it is time to start thinking about Town Meeting Day already.

Here in Burlington, we have a city councilor and a school commissioner up for election in each ward. There will also be a school budget to vote on and countless ballot items to be sure.

What better way to kick off the election season than with a great idea like this: a monorail in Burlington.

You read that right. The Green Party candidate for City Council in Ward 5, Rene Kaczka-Valliere, wrote in a letter to the Burlington Free Press published Saturday in response to the proposed Champlain Parkway (the road formerly known as the Southern Connector that has been held up for about a decade longer than this blogger has been alive) that we instead build a monorail. In Burlington. A city of fewer than 40,000 people. No, seriously.

I propose a monorail transit system. Monorails are safe, quiet, environmentally friendly and cost effective. Interstate 189 would exit into the monorail's Park and Ride. The monorail would start at the end of the C-1 section and be elevated above the existing railroad tracks. This monorail will relieve commuter traffic.

It's not too late to think about running for City Council. I did it twice.

I highly recommend it. (Especially if you are a conservative in Ward 5!)

Update: I just got a call from someone who read on my blog that I am running for city council. I am not. When I said, "It's not too late to think about running for City Council." I meant for you. I cannot run this year, but I do not want to be stuck deciding between a monorail-supporter and someone who I have run against twice.