BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 7/5/21
Monday, July 5, 2021
4:05 am GMALL Lectures – The Art Of Bees
5:30 am The News Project – Press Pass – 6/4/21
6:00 am Brattleboro Rallies – Rally in Support of our Asian American Community 5/18/21
6:50 am The News Project – BOMA Set To Build
7:00 am Brattleboro Gallery Walk – Zara Bode’s Little Big Band
A lot has happened since the July 4th Independence Day celebrations of 2020 when yours truly saw published:
Not All Americans Celebrate the Birth of a Racist Slave Owning USA Homicidal at Home Genocidal Abroad
Prominently placed statues of famous racists are no longer acceptable, just as policemen shooting African Americans has finally become unacceptable. Why not dispense with the far out illusion of a racist colonial capitalist USA being worth celebrating.’
June nineteenth is now a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
At their first meeting in July, the Brattleboro Selectboard will make it easier to buy liquor downtown and at Retreat Farm with the granting of two new liquor licenses. They will also buy pick-up trucks, approve a new mural for a parking lot, contemplate repairs on the Elliot Street bridge, adopt new Land Use regulations, discuss their summer meeting schedule, review their goals, approve of dams, and more.
You can bring up other items not on the agenda during hybrid public participation.
I’m watching a movie that takes place over a matter of years. The actors’ appearance, especially the facial hair, never changes !
Time Agenda Item
6:00-6:05 Call to order
6:05-6:10 Agenda Review
6:10 -6:15 Announcements
6:15 – 6:20 Approve Minutes of June 7, 2021
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 4:00 p.m. – Thomas Nolan
II. Approval of Minutes – May 26, 2021
III. Discuss Strategies for Ensuring that a Wide, Diverse Field of Candidates is Interviewed for the Superintendent Position
IV. Discuss How the Chosen Candidate can Verifiably Deliver a Diverse Workforce as a Necessary Condition of the Position
It’s July 2021, and while we’re ‘done’ with COVID, it isn’t done with us. We continue daily COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro. We’ve also added weekly Delta variant updates. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
After a long wait the Brattleboro Senior Meals will be opening for our first Congregate meal on July 8th. Lunch will be served between Noon and 12:30. Contact: Cynthia Fisher, Director of Senior Meals, and make your reservation at (802) 257- 1236 or director@brattleboroseniormeals.org. for either our sit down lunch or to order a take out lunch. Take out lunches need to be picked up between 11:00 am to 11:30 am.
I will be great to see all of the faces we have missed for over a year and a half.
Today 6/29/21] I received a formal letter from National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. In the letter Trumka confirmed that the investigation against us for passing a General Strike Authorization Resolution has concluded and that he asserts we engaged in misconduct based on his (dubious) reading of national bylaws. Trumka also used the letter to attack us for developing a relationship of solidarity with the progressive rank & file caucuses within the non-AFL-CIO VSEA (Vermont State Workers United!) and NEA (Vermont School Workers Action Committee). But in the end, he stated that he would NOT take any disciplinary action against us at this time. This is a major win for Union democracy within the AFL-CIO, and the Vermont AFL-CIO is proud of our conduct, commitment to social justice Unionism, relationship building within the broader pro-Union left, and our fidelity to the defense of democracy. We may be one of the smallest and most rural States in the nation (with a population of just over 600,000), but here in Vermont our membership is growing and we are not afraid to lead. And lead we shall!
AGENDA
Call to Order
Review and Approve Minutes of previous meeting.
Review of Cases/Public Hearings to be reviewed under the Brattleboro Land Use Regulations.
Engaging in usual forms of commerce makes one believe that the pandemic is a thing of the past. I find it extremely frightening that more people are not wearing masks in public because the science does tell us that not enough people have been vaccinated to provide the kind of herd immunity that we might need to protect all of us.
Fifty four percent of the U.S. population has received a first dose of vaccine and 47% have received a second dose. That means that as you go about your daily business about half of the people you see should be wearing masks. Of course, the vaccination numbers vary by state. Vermont has a vaccination rate of 82% for a first dose and 75% for a second dose. Massachusetts is at 70% for a first dose and 61% for a second dose.
Even with those numbers we still should see a quarter to a half of the people we engage with on a daily basis wearing masks. It is just not happening. Most places, as well as the CDC, have lifted mask restrictions for vaccinated people and have let the unvaccinated rely on their conscience to do the right thing.
Guess what? It ain’t working. The daily numbers of new COVID cases and deaths are declining but more than 600,000 Americans have died from the disease and it has become clear that most of the recent deaths are in people who have not been vaccinated.
The Town of Brattleboro urges everyone to drink plenty of water, wear light clothing, and stay out of the heat as much as possible during the current heat wave.
People who need some cool air can visit the Senior Center at the Gibson Aiken Center (207 Main Street), Brooks Memorial Library (224 Main Street), the Central Fire Station (103 Elliot Street), or the West Brattleboro Fire Station (16 South Street).
Monday, June 28, 2021
4:18 am North Branch Nature Center – What’s in a Name – Bird Subspecies
5:30 am North Branch Nature Center – Gulls Demystified
7:06 am HANDS in the Kitchen – Plant Based Proteins 4/15/21
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Juno Singles – Derrik Jordan – Suite for an Imaginary Country
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
June 28 Pot Roast
Roasted Potatoes
Glazed Carrots
Fruit Salad
The Brattleboro Town Offices Will Be Closed Monday, July 5, 2021, in Observance of the July 4th Holiday.
In observance of the July 4th holiday, all Town offices will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2021, with the exception of emergency services.
Parking is free at all metered spaces and in the pay-and-display lots on Monday, July 5. All other violations will be enforced.
From this chart we see that in 10,000 BCE (12,000 years ago) wild animals comprised 100% of the total vertebrate biomass on this planet. Today, wild animals comprise only 4% — less biomass than the cats and dogs that we humans keep for pets. The world’s cattle now comprise a greater biomass than all other animal species combined. Now you can believe that methane from cattle can make a deadly difference.
Annie Guion has announced her retirement from the Windham County Humane Society. Here’s the letter:
Dear Friends,
After 14 years of the best work of my life and my most fun and fulfilling job to date, it is time for me to move on to the next adventure. My partner is retiring and we are planning to pursue some long-held dreams and check some items off the bucket list. I love the Windham County Humane Society (WCHS) and in order to ensure a smooth transition, I will be staying through the end of 2021.
The only thing we know for sure about CV-19 is that we don’t know ANYTHING for sure.
There are lots of conflicting stories about the ”Pandemic” floating around and no way to tell for sure which of them are accurate.
MSNBC is saying one thing and FOX is saying another.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 4:30pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The public can also connect to the public session of the meeting using zoom. The Board will convene at 4:30pm and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.
The Brattleboro Citizens Police Communication Committee (CPCC) will meet on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 5:30pm in the Brooks Memorial Library Main Reading Room. The RTM Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 6:00pm at the Brattleboro Co-op Outdoor Café. The Brattleboro Tree Committee will meet at 6:30pm at 9 Southern Avenue in Brattleboro.
