Burlington’s new mayor speaks out after family’s Meal Train account brought into limelight [Video]

A couple of months after being sworn in, Burlington’s new mayor is facing controversy after she and her family were signed up to receive dinners through the site Meal Train. This all came to light Tuesday afternoon after Vermont News First reported on it. It wasn’t until early Wednesday evening that the mayor broke her silence and defended her role in the situation.If you try to look-up the Mulvaney-Stanak’s Meal Train account, a website meant to provide meals for families in need, you’ll find it’s no longer accessible. But if you went to the same site on Tuesday, you would have found the family signed-up to receive meals from the community.In a statement provided to our newsroom, Mulvaney-Stanak said she’s proud to be the first woman and first mom with small children in the position, but being an elected official significantly impacts families due to the demands of leading a …