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by Stu Lindberg
I was once a longtime reader and subscriber to the Vermont Standard newspaper out of Woodstock. Rather than reading, my time now is mostly consumed by working, managing the payment on my families ever increasing tax bill and trying to stretch our dollars in the face of record high inflation.
Buying a real print newspaper for $3 dollars is now a luxury. A few weeks ago I thought I would indulge myself and pick up a copy while working in Woodstock. I thought I might find something new and enlightening in the editorial and commentary section.
What I found was exactly what I remembered when I stopped buying the newspaper back in 2020, More of the same scribblings and rants about the national partisan issues that have ripped our nation apart, specifically the fixation on the personality of former President Donald J. Trump. The paper reads like one giant advertisement for the Democratic party of the United States.
I was disappointed but not really surprised. For the media outlets that work in lockstep with the Democratic supermajority in Montpelier there is no better distraction than to beat the war drums loudly about DJT and the national Republican Party. It has been an effective strategy since 2016 and I fear it will continue to be so.
If you still have an open mind and have not surrendered all of your critical thinking skills to the hysteria of corporate mass media, I would like you to pay attention for a few moments to what your Vermont state legislators and senators have been doing to your less affluent neighbors.
Courtesy of Windsor County state senators Alison Clarkson, Dick McCormack, Becca White and a slew of their Democrat colleagues in the general assembly we are facing a minimum 14 percent increase in our property taxes, a $3.20 per gallon tax on home heating fuels, a 5.6 percent increase in electrical bills and a 20 percent increase in DMV registration fees.
In the last few years, the news stories of our failed public schools, the failed medical system, the homelessness and the staggering fentanyl crisis have taken a back page to the detriment of an informed citizenry. For those of us that are informed we are really wondering where all of our hard earned money is going and what exactly is it that our elected representatives are trying to accomplish?
The author is a Cavendish resident.
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somehow this information needs to be presented to the entire population of our once fabulous state. How can we do that? It must be done SOON.
You are correct that the Vt.Standard is nothing like it used to be. I used to consider it to be somewhat middle of the road politically and open minded. Now it’s gone “woke”( like the Valley News) and I only pick one up if there is a story above the fold that interests me.. which is almost never. The Woodstock we once knew is gone.. There is no hope of that town ever gaining back any common sense. Voters will blindly vote these failed liberal politicians back in regardless of the damage they have done to our state. I drive through town and shake my head at all the virtue signaling going on there. 100 million dollar school construction proposals, Dem. Political signs, rainbow flags, “look at me I care”.. Used to be a nice place to hang out.. now not so much.
Am I the only one who is tired of reading about emotion and personal feelings, rather than facts? We no longer have news. It is all click-bait entertainment.
Having lived (born) in Vt some 83 years, reading about emotion which personal feelings is a derivative of people that are expressing their life’s involvement and others that dictate involvement onto them. Frustration, and it doesn’t need to be this way. Not many forums allow such intercourse as does VDC, it’s a venting means, don’t belittle. Your should mention your position, good or bad. Many people have a smorgasbord of experiences, don’t see them criticizing you. I’m not being critical, being realistic. I’ve been around and in the barn many times and seen a lot. Are you a native or transplant? Observing the many comments, there’s one theme that underlines all other mandated problems, it’s the financial hardship to live in a state that they love and may be forced to move. Note it for yourself. Hardship is not entertainment.
I have observed many articles written by Mr Lindberg in local papers, LTE section. Has true grasp of reality. I have retained many of his writings. Likewise, in observing the comments over the years, nothing has changed in VT. I got away from TNR as all it was was same-o-same-o and the Rep Party was a dead horse and those in the legislature has their hands tied by the overwhelming Dem Montpelier swamp. So, here I am again reading hopeful comments that seem to reflect the past same-o-same-0, name the issue. Lived in VT during the golden years and after the military in 1962, the state has been going down a destructive path with unknowing / uneducated consequences by a very few members of the state’s population to control the majority ever since. Liberal established publications such as Vermont Life Mag, Yankee Mag, Vermont Mag to name a few, have attracted flatlanders to infiltrate and bring their Liberalism with them to destroy, and Vermont property was cheap by comparison to their world.
I had many pictures published by Vermont Life and soon realized my pictures advertised Vermont’s beauty—I stopped supplying images. NH and ME have experienced the same influx of alike people So much for the saying “As Goes Maine (politically), So Goes Vermont” back in the good days. Will the pendulum swing back to normalcy, I believe so, but when? There’s too many followers of California in Vermont, with crime: drugs, killings, robberies, fear to shop, imported prisoners, sanctuary state, illegal voting, illegal driver’s licenses, corrupt prosecutors / judges, etc. That’s the beauty of Vermont to the criminal element, not the Green mountains.
Have a great day, be safe.
The answer is not to complain, but to vote. Until Vermont has more balance in its legislative group, the progressive movement will continue its march. I challenge everyone frustrated with the current situation to find others that also feel the same way and are not registered to vote, to register and VOTE. If each of us finds just one other person, gets them to register and vote, that will change the outcome of our elections.