Brian Shelden

Oops. We just renumbered the articles in tonights EJCC meeting. It's now article 9.

As always, these are my views, and not necessarily the opinions of the City nor Council.

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That said, given taxes are due next week:

The next tax deadline is March 16, 2026. To be safe:
1. Drop your payment off in person
2. Use the drop box at 2 Lincoln St
3. Mail it at a post office counter and get a hand-stamped postmark

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A little background and history about Article 6 on your Essex Jct April ballot.

Article 6 would require tax payments to arrive, not be postmarked, by the due date. I voted against putting it on the ballot, and I'm voting 'no' in April.

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I sorta don’t care if the screenshot is fake because the text is accurate

It looks like the war on Iran is going about as poorly as the regime’s previous wars against Chicago, Minnesota and Los Angeles.

Every ICE officer who has broken the law should be arrested, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes.

View from my Council Seat – February 2026

TL;DR: Feb was budget season in EJ. The Council approved a ~4% budget increase, finalized ballot items, discussed ped & bike safety improvements, finalized a new logo, extended an agreement with CVE, and updated dev fees

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What the fuck is wrong with America. That his approval is anywhere near 40 is madness. He should be closer to 20.

Fuck sake the dems and others are not making the case that he is STEALING democracy from under their noses. In plain sight.

Something must be done.

What makes us think Noem wasn’t sacked because ICE wasn’t killing MORE innocent civilians.

The U.S. war on Iran is now estimated to cost $1 billion per day. Meanwhile Americans are told there’s no money for healthcare, hospitals, or basic social programs.

The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

That’s some FIFA peace

President Trump has just launched another illegal attack on Iran after he claimed the attack in June 'obliterated' Iran’s nuclear program. He has not gotten authorization from Congress to go to war. That power belongs to Congress, not the President. Americans do not want war in the Middle East.

The VDP strongly condemns Trump’s initiation of major combat operations against Iran without congressional authorization. It underscores a growing constitutional crisis around unlawful unilateral military escalation and raises urgent questions about oversight and accountability.

Whether you’re grabbing a bite, doing some shopping, or heading to a protest at Five Corners, parking in downtown Essex Junction can feel tricky if you don’t know where to look.

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Ouch

"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team

70% of Americans are struggling with costs that Trump promised to fix.

Tonight, he told them everything is great. That's not a State of the Union. That's a slap in the face.

Charlie Kirk repeatedly pushed the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory and regularly made racist comments in his public statements.

If we can't call someone so explicitly racist "a racist" without getting fired, who else is off limits?

Donald Trump? Nick Fuentes? David Duke?

Melania should hope he thinks that. Otherwise he’ll find another excuse to cheat on her

I’m done hearing about the Epstein files, I want to hear about the Epstein trials.

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Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I’m sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.