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Editorial: Ban the book, says 'Liar King'

Posted on January 8, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



The irony was rich. There’s Trump, the king of liars, outraged that an author could publish a book filled with comments that depict the president as a dunce. Even worse. His own staff calls him “unfit to be president,” “a moron,” uninformed and semi-illiterate. Worse yet, author Michael Wolff, through hundreds of interviews and several months spent at the White House observing Trump’s behavior, depicts the president as a petulant child propped up by a staff and congressional supporters desperate to contain his gaffes.

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Editorial: Fewer students, high taxes require thinking outside the box

Posted on January 4, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



Among the top 10 stories in Addison County this past year, financing our public schools ranks right near the top. Specifically, coming to terms with declining student populations, while still experiencing increased costs, is a conundrum that frustrates taxpayers, school officials, legislators and the governor’s office alike.

And for most Vermont communities, the trends aren’t favorable, which means it’s only going to get worse.

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Editorial: Six local resolutions to help our communities thrive

Posted on January 1, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



The positive force behind making New Year’s resolutions is it focuses our attention — however briefly — on the things we need to improve. It’s goal-setting to make things in our lives better.

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Editorial: Reflections on 2017 – "Was it all connected to Trump, or did it just seem like it? "

Posted on December 28, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



Following the traumatic elections of 2016, it is no surprise that 2017 was a year fraught with chaos, protests and change. Trump was at the political center of much of that chaos as he sought to carry out promises made on the campaign trail, including banning Muslims from certain countries from entering the U.S., repealing the Affordable Care Act, reforming the tax code, pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord and passing regulations that favored big business, big banks and the fossil fuel industry.

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Yes, Virginia, Santa is real

Posted on December 18, 2017 |
By Francis Pharcellus Church



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Editorial: Jones wins; Trump repudiated

Posted on December 14, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



 Democrat Doug Jones’ narrow win over Republican Roy Moore to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate is a huge relief for many Americans. In what is considered the most Republican state in the country, the win by Jones is considered a strong rebuke not only of Moore’s repugnant politics of racism, sexism and bigotry — as well as his alleged sexual molestations of teenage girls when he was younger — but also of President Trump’s politics of division and distraction.

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Editorial: State's budget woes made worse by federal tax cuts

Posted on December 11, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



As Congressional Republicans eagerly anticipate their proposed massive tax cuts to the nation’s richest 10 percent, Vermont is facing projected revenue shortages for the 11th year in a row. The state recently reported the projected General Fund revenue for the upcoming fiscal year at $1,591 million, which is about $34 million more than the prior year. That represents a growth of about 2 percent across all state government. Expenses are higher, however, creating an expected budget shortfall of about $45 million.

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Editorial: Middlebury rail project — The next prudent step is to stop and reconsider

Posted on December 7, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



A citizen’s campaign calling for a review of Vermont Agency of Transportation’s proposed $52 million, three-year Middlebury rail project has a straight-forward objection: stop and reassess before pulling the trigger on a project that opponents say is two or three times as expensive as the alternative, and will cause substantial harm to downtown businesses.

It’s a clarion call that has been made before, and which was rejected by the powers that be at the AOT.

What’s different today?

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Editorial: Sen. Bray gets to the point on funding lake cleanup

Posted on December 7, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



Sen. Chris Bray’s idea to create a per-parcel fee to help pay for the cleanup of Lake Champlain and its related waterways addresses the elephant in the room that others have failed to do: find a way to raise the long-term money needed to accomplish the task.

An advisory council formed to make funding recommendations outlined vague suggestions of what to consider in a funding mechanism, but had dodged the nut of the issue.

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Editorial: Dems not the same as GOP!

Posted on December 4, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, a popular lament among voters was that both political parties were equally bad, and that Democrats were not that much different from Republicans. Many voters cast a pox on both parties and Republicans, in particular, rejected 16 other candidates in their primary to pick one of the least experienced, least credible, least informed and most caustic candidates in the nation’s history.

Two years later, much has changed, including a dramatically clearer distinction between the two major political parties.

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