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Updated 4x (view updates below, updated press coverage & informational resources; + another VPO blog post link; + ACLU Letter; last updated on 9/20/2024 at 5:30 AM): Archived Video: Municipal Leaders Call for Immediate Action To Address the Homelessness Crisis (held on 9/18/2024 at 10:00 AM; length: 45:33 minutes/seconds; via ORCA Media): Related Press Release: For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Municipal Leaders Call on the State to Take Immediate Action to Address Homelessness Crisis  WHERE/WHEN: Wednesday, September 18 th , 10:00am, City Council Chambers, Montpelier City Hall, 39 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 Contact: William Fraser, Montpelier City Manager 39 Main Street Montpelier, Vermont 802-223-9502 WFraser@montpelier-vt.org MONTPELIER, VT—Municipal leaders from across Vermont to call on all three branches of State government to take charge of the growing homelessness crisis and assume their legal responsibilities for the un-housed.  “We stand ...

Monday, April 1, 2024 Media Release  April Proclaimed National Public Official Appreciation Month In honor of hard working as well as, far too often, underappreciated and undervalued public officials serving at the municipal, state and federal level across the nation, President Joe Biden has proclaimed April to be National Public Official Appreciation Month. Accordingly, in the month of April, any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who desires to better appreciate, understand and value what public officials at the municipal, state and federal level do on behalf of their municipal, state and federal governments are hereby invited to show up at either city halls or state houses across the nation promptly at the start of business during any given weekday, not including weekends, to experience what it is like to lead.  Those who show up to participate will be welcomed to experience for themselves what it is like to be a municipal or state official for a day on an unpaid ce...