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Ben Traverse

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dad / #BTV Ward 5 City Councilor

Burlington, VT
Joined November 2008
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@MiroBTV
Miro Weinberger
8 months
Vermont just passed its biggest pro-housing bill ever. CHIP will unlock up-to-$2B in infrastructure for new homes—without raising local taxes. Proud that Let’s Build Homes helped make it happen in our first session. A win for housing abundance. 🏘️ https://t.co/zKGPZmLUTO
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sevendaysvt.com
The breakthrough came after House members agreed to expand the scale of the proposed Community and Housing Infrastructure Program.
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@MikePieciak
Mike Pieciak For Treasurer
10 months
I was incredibly disturbed watching the video of Tufts student, Rumeysa Ozturk, picked up on the street by ICE. I’m even more disturbed + shocked she was held in Vermont, in what seems like an effort to defy a Mass Fed. Court order to review her case. https://t.co/CeCgjt8mjn
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wbur.org
A Tufts graduate student from Turkey was moved from Massachusetts to Vermont and then Louisiana after being arrested according prosecutors who are challenging a federal judge's authority to review...
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@jonfavs
Jon Favreau
10 months
Any comment on this, @marcorubio? How about you, @JDVance? @elonmusk? You just admitted to accidentally sending an innocent father from Maryland to a torture dungeon in El Salvador. And you refuse to do anything about it. https://t.co/TCykWFQH4Z
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theatlantic.com
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
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@MiroBTV
Miro Weinberger
1 year
Proud to launch Let's Build Homes—a statewide coalition of residents, employers and nonprofits united to create housing abundance for Vermonters of all backgrounds and incomes while preserving the state’s unique character and cherished landscape 🏡 https://t.co/8plgWezSQi
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sevendaysvt.com
Private businesses, banks, hospitals and nonprofits formed Let's Build Homes to speed up the construction of badly needed housing in Vermont.
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@SenWhitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
1 year
An extra hour of sleep can’t make up for how tired I am of having to roll back the clocks for the darkest days in the coldest months. Let's make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
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@bentraverse
Ben Traverse
1 year
In 2022, the #BTV City Council and @MiroBTV again asked the Legislature to put this measure into law, just as it is in Texas, Florida, and NY. Of course, it is impossible to know if this would have prevented last night's tragedy, but we can't afford to wonder any longer. (3/3)
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@bentraverse
Ben Traverse
1 year
Burlington continues to struggle with public safety challenges. We must do more to protect our community. It has been a decade since #BTV voters supported a charter change to ban guns from our bars, but the Legislature still has not taken action on the measure. (2/3)
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@bentraverse
Ben Traverse
1 year
It pains me to hear of the shooting last night in downtown #BTV. I'm very sorry for the victim, their loved ones, and all impacted. I'm grateful to our first responders and the professional response from our police officers and firefighters. @OneNorthAvenue @BTVfire (1/3)
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@BTVDPW
BTV Public Works
2 years
Boil water notice in effect for large part of south end in #btv. Please visit for updates, faq's, translations and refinements to the map as they are made. https://t.co/V15lTpKZcO
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@CEDOBTV
CEDO
2 years
With high temperatures forecasted for this week, Burlington will activate neighborhood cooling centers from Sunday, 7/14, to Tuesday, 7/16.
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Samantha Sheehan
2 years
I know this week has been 200 years, and there’s a lot to process, but our fellow Vermonters in Peacham were absolutely walloped in the 7/10 storm. To do something good and feel a little better, help with their recovery with a small donation here: https://t.co/7UlNSL1kuX
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gofundme.com
PEACHAM EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND The Peacham Emergency Relief Fund (P… Margaret Maclean needs your support for Help Peacham Residents Recover from hardships.
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@bentraverse
Ben Traverse
2 years
Thank you @RunVermont, all the volunteers, @MandT_Bank, @OneNorthAvenue, @BTVfire, and everyone else who partnered in putting on another amazing Marathon Sunday. Burlington at its best. #BTV
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@bentraverse
Ben Traverse
2 years
Congratulations to my friend Thomas for jumping in!
@ThomasForVT
Thomas Renner
2 years
Today in Winooski, I launched my campaign to become your next Lieutenant Governor of Vermont! 🧵
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@BTVSchools
Burlington Schools
2 years
The steel has arrived and columns are going up!!! #bsdvt #btv #together
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@sevendaysvt
Seven Days
2 years
Burlington breakfast and brunch hot spot The Café HOT. adds a late-night menu. https://t.co/jQjCMfr1NK
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@jaycatvt
Jay Catalano
2 years
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@liamgriffin
Liam Griffin
2 years
5 minutes in 10 seconds… Really hard to capture the magnitude of this celestial event with a tiny drone, but here you go! #Eclipse2024 over #btv
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@Eweather13
eweather
2 years
Absolutely breathtaking time lapse of the #eclipse from Burlington, VT!! Wow! @NWSBurlington #Eclipse2024
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@btvLee
Lee Morrigan
2 years
Well there you have it, #OrganizationDay2024 is in the books! - Emma Mulvaney-Stanak is officially Mayor - Ben Traverse is City Council President Here’s hoping for a collaborative and productive council session! #btv #btvcc #vtpoli
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