To the editor: I went to vote today and was refused admittance into the voting area because I cannot wear a mask for medical reasons (I wouldn’t wear one anyway). The Brighton Town Clerk was […]
Category: Opinion
Commentary: Move state government out of Montpelier into rural VT
Covid-19 has shown that state workers don’t need their Montpelier-Waterbury office buildings. Why not ‘spread the wealth’ and take advantage of the strengths of Vermont’s regions? by Matt Krauss I worked for Vermont state government […]
LETTER: VT has lowest carbon emissions in state, can’t afford $1 million for H688
To the editor: The Vermont Legislature, in passing bill H688, the Global Warming Solutions Act, will be committing 1 million dollars of state money to set up this bill. The General Fund is facing a 400 […]
Think, Legislators: do your constituents really want this bill?
To the editor: Dear Legislators – Greetings from Constituent Land. I’m wishing you good fortune in your heroic public service quest this season. Let me ask you to consider adding this amendment to any legislation […]
Essex mom advises school board to choose Booker T. over BLM
Heather Sheppard of Essex Junction, a mother of four and an on-air personality at the Light Radio, yesterday send this letter to the Essex-Westford School District Board. The school district plans to raise the BLM […]
Targeting Vermonters at “The racist pro-police rally in Vermont”
Directors of Radical street theater intentionally cast peaceful supporters of police as racist villains by Shannara Johnson August 1, 2020 – Last Saturday, I witnessed one of the great modern dramas that are now playing […]
No, Emily, Vermont does NOT need a state bank
To the editor: Re: July 31 letter by aide to GOP gubernatorial candidate Emily Peyton supporting a Vermont state bank: I looked up the Bank of North Dakota (BND) and with interest their history. They […]
Systemic paternalism
by Carol Frenier June 12, 2020 – Over half a century of serious effort to equalize opportunity for Blacks and Whites has failed in our inner cities. Many well-intentioned, politically conservative Whites are confused by […]
‘Liberty & Justice for All’ or ‘Black Lives Matter’ – which is more exclusive?
To the editor: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for ALL.”. I suppose in this time […]
Op-ed by Lawrence Zupan: American history built over generations, torn down in minutes How oddly ironic that those who would destroy and rewrite our American history by tearing down our monuments, actually try to repackage […]