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After son’s loss
Vallee family establishes long Covid foundation
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VOLUME 46, NO. 44
On the move
COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
It was only after his son had died that Skip Vallee learned how much he had truly accomplished. Just 27 years old, Charlie Vallee, born in Burlington and raised in South Burlington, was a distinguished member of the U.S. intelligence community, and throughout his young life worked at prestigious institutions like the Institute for the Study of War, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and, the United States Special Operations Command — earning its civilian of the year award in 2021. Speaking at his memorial in May — attended by dignitaries such as Gov. Phil Scott, U.S. Congressman Peter Welch, and former Gov. Jim Douglas — Vallee revealed he could “now relay who Charlie really worked for,” the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense’s Intelligence arm. Vallee and his wife, Denise, learned after he died that Charlie had been named head of the DIA’s chief counterterrorism group, and discovered that Charlie’s efforts assisted in the U.S. raid on ISIS leader Hajji Abdallah in February. “I always thought he was a leader at whatever he did,” Vallee said. But after contracting COVID-19 in early January, Charlie’s symptoms persisted — growing more debilitating over time. By March, he was experiencing uncontrollable arm shaking, and brain fog so overwhelming he had trouble reading and retaining information. He was getting lost in grocery stores with trouble finding his way out, and while he was See VALLEE on page 2
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Anthony Bouffard runs the ball in South Burlington’s season-ending loss to Champlain Valley Union on Oct. 29. See story on page 11.
SB considers zoning change for Tesla dealership COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
South Burlington is considering a change in its zoning district along Shelburne Road to accommodate a Tesla dealership, a multi-billion-dollar electric vehicle manufacturing company that asked the town for the zoning change to build a dealership in the former Hannaford grocery store building. In an Aug. 3 letter to city planner Paul Conner, attorneys representing Tesla said it
had identified the former Hannaford “as a prime candidate for its new facility” in Chittenden County and that the site “matches Tesla’s corporate goal of minimizing environmental impacts by the re-use of an existing facility.” “Unfortunately, the location is not zoned for automobile sales or services,” the letter reads. The city’s planning commission heard the proposal on Oct. 24, and approved the draft amendments, which “will go to the City Council for the first reading” on Monday,
Nov. 7, “at which time they would likely set a public hearing for their first meeting in December,” Conner told The Other Paper. Tesla’s request to the city was first reported by the Burlington Free Press. If ultimately approved by the council, the dealership would be the first established by Tesla in Vermont. Headed by Elon Musk, the company has pioneered the mass manufacture of electric vehicles and generates billions in revenue. See ZONING on page 12