Carina Driscoll was a Progressive Party endorsed independent candidate for Mayor of Burlington, Verm
Carina Driscoll was an independent candidate for Mayor of Burlington, Vermont in 2018.
02/19/2025
Hello everyone! I am not running for Mayor. I am reactivating my public page to participate in important community conversations. A few days ago, I changed the name of this page to Carina Driscoll - Public Page. It takes a few days for Facebook to approve this change. Because I changed the profile picture and header photo to remove references to my Mayoral bid seven years ago, I may have shown up in your feed. I love this city and this state and if I do decide to run for anything again in the future, I will certainly share it here. In the meantime, I am a concerned resident, parent and business owner who may have some things to say as a public person and I will do so here.
03/09/2018
Let me start with a genuine and hearty congratulations to Mayor Miro Weinberger on your re-election. You and your team rose to the challenge mounted against your agenda, and you worked incredibly hard. You marshaled all your resources and you won. And while a plurality, it was a solid, legitimate win. I look forward to working with you alongside the many others who remain committed to advancing the fundamentally important issues brought to the fore by this election.
All three campaigns can take credit for an over 50% increase in voter turnout since the last Mayoral election. Over 12,000 Burlingtonians cast votes and that is huge and a victory in and of itself.
Our team is spending some time looking back on the race and while there were things we could have done differently, the list mostly includes actions that would have compromised our principles. The largest shortcoming was that we weren't able to unite the left, but we know that is not something that can be done in the 12 weeks that is a Mayoral campaign. It is ongoing work that takes long-term commitment.
If we want to look forward to significant progress to advance a common agenda of putting people first, it is time for several disparate groups to come together. With candidates no longer vying for votes, that is the work we can begin today and must continue into the future.
When I entered this campaign twelve weeks ago, a community organizer with a love for this city asked me before jumping in to support the Carina for Mayor campaign, was I in it for the long haul. My answer then and now is a yes, because it is today and always has been about a love for Burlington and the people who live here.
Burlington has been energized by this election. Our challenge will be to stay energized and build on our momentum. I look forward to coalition-building, activism, and collective effort to advance the common causes of social, racial and economic justice.
I will do my part to build these coalitions and look forward to working in partnership with others with a desire to do the same.
With gratitude and hope,
Carina
03/08/2018
There are so many people to thank and deep appreciations to be had. I met so many incredible people over the course of this campaign, and we were fortunate to have you all on the Carina for Mayor team.
Thank you, Joe Magee for everything. Thank you, Emma Mulvaney-Stanak for pulling through as our GOTV organizer, campaign veteran, and coach. Thank you, Betsy Liley, for jumping in to help fundraise. Thank you, Big Jon for your lawn sign leadership, and Jim Holway for data assistance. To Amy Kirschner for coordinating all the house parties; Rick Woods for communications help, copy review, and literally anything else we needed; Shay Totten for all of your help with messaging and communications; Barbara Alsop for being our data entry SUPERSTAR; Mark Larson, our campaign treasurer; and many more dedicated folks: Dave Driscoll Nicole Driscoll Liza Havey Driscoll Linda Tarr-Whelan Jonathan Siple Mellisa Heather Don Schramm Roz Grossman Shakuntala Rao Ben Trueax Linda Deliduka Karina Warshaw Rights & Democracy VT Matt McGrath Heather McGrath Laura Mistretta Carmen George Jean O'Sullivan Annie Wohland Kira Nikolaides Craig Grindrod Dean Corren Mark Montalban Gil Mathys Kati Gallagher Kathy Olwell Ilka Maria Pritchard Cindy Wolkin Carolyn Bates Damon Lane Barbara Prine Deb Bouton Dan Herman Nancy Margolin Joanna Cole Monika Ivancic Grady Kennison Danielle Jatlow Bill Carter Alan Matson Kerrie Mathes Jon Shenton Amy Livingston Elizabeth Hughes Kelley Bram and Erin Kranicheld Sharyl Green Bill Quinn Jane Ropulewis-Shaw
This is certainly not everyone Please feel free to tag folks you know who worked on the campaign who might be missing to extend our thanks. We could not have done this without all of you!
-Elise & Carina
03/08/2018
Thank you, Joe Magee, our official intern, but unofficial assistant rock star to Elise. Not only did you bring style, you brought an even, steady, calm through the daily transitions of campaign life, and kept the social media messaging flowing. It’s hard to believe you were in school full-time, too.
03/08/2018
Thank you, Elise Greaves, for always backing me up with your unwavering support and for bringing your idealism, passion and drive to leading the Carina for Mayor campaign. We all could not have done this without you.
03/06/2018
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Through this campaign, and then as Mayor if elected, I will work to bring Burlington to again be that vibrant, forward-thinking city where we are all so proud to live. It is time to bring our actions in Burlington back into line with our community values.
Burlingtonians of all walks of life, political parties, and throughout the city yearn for the opportunity to engage the issues that impact their lives and their community. It is time to bring the people back to the table.
In this period of rapid development of our city, many community assets hang in the balance. Whether we are talking about Memorial Auditorium, the Moran Plant, our public waterfront, or other city-owned property throughout Burlington, the people have the right to determine what we do with them. The message of this campaign is clear. Burlington is not for sale. These community assets should be leveraged to achieve a vision outlined by the people in a transparent community process, not dispensed with and passed along to the highest bidder.
While the city’s focus has been on development and the fate of our community assets, we are neglecting to successfully steward many other issues.
Our schools need our attention. We must break down the silos separating the school district from city hall. We must foster the best schools we can, because the overall success of our community depends on it.
Whether our goal is to meet the needs of our seniors, our working families, our New American communities, or to improve our transportation systems, bring services into our neighborhoods, ensure access to quality pre-school and after-school enrichment, foster a vibrant arts and music scene, we can work together to create innovative solutions ourselves.
All parts of our city… the New North End, the South End, the Old North End, Center City, the Hill section, Downtown and our institutions on the hill… each of our neighborhoods have unique needs. We need to empower our Neighborhood Planning Assemblies so that they may again be actively involved with public engagement, city planning and prioritizing city resources. We can do a lot more, and do it better when people throughout the city are empowered.
I hope to connect with you on the campaign trail and find out how you think we can do better, how we can come together, and what makes you passionate about Burlington.
