Burlington group seeks to put F-35 challenge on March ballot

Burlington City Hall. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — A group of city residents is gathering signatures for a petition that would put an item on the March ballot asking the City Council to oppose basing F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport.The move is the latest in a long-running dispute over the new warplanes. Since the Air Force first sent notice in 2009 that it was considering the airport as one of the locations it would send F-35’s, groups of resid