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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2012-09-26 Hammler re-elected Town Section Chair Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release Leesburg Town Council Member Katie Hammler Re-Elected As Virginia Municipal League Town Section Chair Leesburg, VA (September 26, 2012) – At the Virginia Municipal League (VML) annual conference in Williamsburg this week, Leesburg Town Council Member Katie Hammler was unanimously re-elected by Towns throughout the Commonwealth as the Town Section Chair. In this position, Ms. Hammler represents the Towns on VML’s Executive Committee. Susan Anderson, Blacksburg Town Council Member, was elected Vice Chair of the Town Section at the same meeting. "I am honored that VML Towns re-elected me to represent them on the VML Executive Committee for another year,” said Ms. Hammler. “There has never been a more important time for Towns to work closely with the General Assembly. We are seeing increases in unfunded mandates and decreases in state aid to localities, combined with a lack of sustainable funding for priority state services, such as transportation. VML works diligently and professionally to lobby our State elected leaders to provide real solutions versus passing on the bills to local Town taxpayers." The Virginia Municipal League is a statewide, non-profit, non-partisan association of city, town and county governments established in 1905 to improve and assist local governments through legislative advocacy, research, education and other services. The membership includes all 39 cities in the Commonwealth, 159 towns and ten counties. Contact: Betsy Fields Research & Communications Manager bfields@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734 # # #