Letter to the editor from Mount Vernon Mayor Matthew Starr: 'The legislation does not pledge the City to prohibit the use of natural gas and other fossil fuels'

By Matthew Starr, Mayor of Mount Vernon | Oct 16, 2023

On Oct. 4, 2023, The Mount Vernon News published an anonymous article -- headlined "Mount Vernon City Council passes resolution promising to "pursue" the replacement of natural gas and coal with solar power" -- that completely mischaracterizes the subject at hand.