Open Letter to Speaker Jill Krowinski and the Dems/Progs in the Vermont House
by Greg Thayer, MBA
There is no such thing as a “safe injection site.” Your actions last week in approving House bill 72 are irresponsible, horrible, and anti-family! What message does this send to Vermonters, more importantly, to the vulnerable children of our great State? How about, instead, a simple No.
I implore the Vermont Senate to exhibit some real Vermont common-sense and fix this wrong, and to find a better solution in dealing with this behavior. People are watching.
This is a slap across their face to the anti-drug programs that Drug & Alcohol Counselors have been working on for 25 year to lift people off this junk to straighten out their lives. You people are rewarding bad and terrible behavior. I believe this is a form of mental illness that you folks are not addressing seriously, just throwing more bad behavior and money at. Madam Speaker, you folks are not going in the right direction for these family and friends affected by this stuff.
Vermont taxpayers have spent millions of taxpayer dollars on state government programs, equally, businesses and individuals across our State have donated their own money above their tax dollars and labor hours in volunteering to help people of addictions. You “legislators” are leading these people down a deeper road of self-destruction. There are Addiction Programs promulgated by the Federal government that my House Rep, Eric McGuire, Rutland City is sharing with you all. You just will not listen to the professionals. Your way is not and will not cure the problem here. Why not continue to follow the Feds way of Empowering these affected folks.
Vermont taxpayers paying for this bad behavior to stay high and unproductive in society, and to never seek help – how is that safe or right?
Here is a fact from this bill, H-72, that the Speaker and members aren’t tell Vermonters. A 10 year child can go into one of these “safe” spaces and shoot-up, and there is nothing anyone including their parents can do to stop them. Remember that Article 22, medical personal autonomy thing the Dems/Progs lied to you about last election cycle and got passed. Here are some of the results of the Amendment!
Friends, I appeal to you today, right here and now to contact every Senator below and tell them No on H-72 the Safe Injection Site. “We The People” must speak up loudly, like we did last session on S-5, the Home Heat Act. We all must make our voices heard loudly again. It does not matter if these Senators below are from your county or not. Please email them now, and two more times too. We also must ask our family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and others to contact these Senators too. I have included the Senators emails here for you to contact them now. Thank you.
Vermont State Senate 2023/2024:
Sen, Phil Baruth, Chittenden Cnty. Central pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Christopher Bray, Addison Cnty. cbray@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Randy Brock, Franklin Cnty. rbrock@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Brian Campion, Bennington Cnty. bcampion@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Tom Chittenden, Chittenden Cnty. Southeast tchittenden@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Allison Clarkson, Windsor Cnty. aclarkson@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Brian Collamore, Rutland Cnty. bcollamore@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Ann Cummings, Washington Cnty. acummings@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Chittenden Cnty. Central mgulick@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Ruth Hardy, Addison Cnty. rhardy@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Wendy Harrison, Windham Cnty. wharrison@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Nader Hashim, Windham Cnty. nhashim@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Russ Ingalls, Orleans Cnty. ringalls@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Jane Kitchel, Caledonia Cnty. jkitchel@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Virginia Lyons, Chittenden Cnty Southeast vlyons@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Mark MacDonald, Orange Cnty. mmacdonald@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Dick Mazza, Grand Isle Cnty. dmazza@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Dick McCormack, Windsor Cnty. cmccormack@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Robert Norris, Franklin Cnty. rnorris@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Washington Cnty. aperchlik@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Chittendon Cnty. Southeast kramhisdale@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Richard Sears, Bennington Cnty. rsears@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Robert Starr, Orleans Cnty. rstarr@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Chittenden Cnty. tvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Anne Watson, Washington Cnty. awatson@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. David Weeks, Rutland Cnty. dweeks@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Richard Westman, Lamoille Cnty. rawestman@gmail.com
Sen. Becca White, Windsor Cnty. bwhite@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Terry Williams, Rutland Cnty. tkwilliams@leg.state.vt.us
Sen. Irene Wrenner, Chittenden Cnty. North iwrenner@leg.state.vt.us
Please contact these State Senators today to stop this horrible piece of legislation, and share with your family and friends to reach out to them too.
The author is a Rutland businessman and 2022 candidate for lieutenant governor.