Jess Aloe

Free Press Staff Writer

Several anti-Semitic fliers were found on seats reserved for the public during Monday night's City Council meeting in Burlington.

The fliers refer to white Christian genocide and talk about Mayor Miro Weinberger's "Jewish demolition team" agenda. The document calls Vermont a Christian community until a "2011 takeover."

Weinberger is out of the country on a family vacation. His chief of staff, Brian Lowe, was in attendance at the meeting but said he was unsure who had left the fliers.

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Former City Council member Ed Adrian posted about the fliers on social media and said his 10-year-old son, Henry, was the first to find one.

"I don't think it's indicative of who we are as a City and I hope whoever wrote it can come forward so we can have a discussion," Adrian wrote in a message to the Burlington Free Press. He added that the incident could be a learning moment for his son.

After the meeting, Council President Jane Knodell said council members have received similar material before, but are uncertain who is behind it.

"We can speak out against it," she said.

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This story was first published online on Dec. 19, 2016, and has been updated.

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