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Editorial: How to do something 'remarkably cool' — the next steps for Mount Abe

Posted on March 8, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



“We’re at the edge of an incredible opportunity to do something remarkably cool.”

That’s a quote from Bristol resident David Brynn in a story in today’s issue about the third defeat of a bond to renovate the Mount Abe middle and high school facility (see Page 1A.). What’s unique about his comment is that it looks at a defeated bond issue as an opportunity to do great things.

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A 256-year-old Vermont tradition at risk?

Posted on March 5, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



Vermont’s iconic Town Meeting Day tradition, which has been ongoing for the past 256 years, dies without your attendance and vote.

That’s not overstating the consequence in future years, if Vermont residents choose to forego the civic duty that generations of Vermonters have long held sacred. That duty includes reading up on a resident’s town and school budgets, being familiar with special articles and bond votes, and knowing the candidates running for office well enough to make an intelligent choice.

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Editorial: Governor Scott's bold support of gun control tests Democrats' ability to deliver

Posted on March 1, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



“We will remember in November.” That was the political threat gun-rights leader Ed Cutler issued to Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, in the wake of the governor’s gutsy and stunning announcement this past week that he was determined to “do all he could do” to prevent a mass shooting at a Vermont school.

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Editorial: Mount Abe's 'what if' scenario

Posted on February 26, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



“What if” is the question we ask in the third of a three-part report on the $29.5 million bond Mount Abraham district voters will decide this Town Meeting Day. That is, what if the bond gets defeated. Then what? What are the options? What is the next likely step?

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Editorial: 'Thoughts and Prayers' don't cut it. Students want action

Posted on February 22, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



The sign held by Addison County resident and student Griffin Louer at a gun-control rally in Montpelier (captured on the front page of this newspaper) says it all: In handwritten script were the words “thoughts and prayers” with a line drawn through them; below that in large type were the words “Policy and Change.”

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Guest editorial: School finance plan would prolong property tax frustration

Posted on February 19, 2018 |
By Jack Hoffman



In his annual letter to the Legislature the tax commissioner announced that a projected 3.9 percent increase in per-pupil spending next year was going to result in a 6.2 percent increase in the average homestead property tax rate. This is the kind of disconnect that really irks local voters and school officials alike.

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Guest editorial: Vt.'s female reps don't have a voice in education policy?

Posted on February 15, 2018 |
By Emerson Lynn



Vermont’s teachers feel picked upon by the decision makers in Montpelier and according to a Vermont NEA-commissioned study released last week, they think the reason is gender-based. Almost three-quarters of the teachers in Vermont are women and their fates are being determined by men who cannot empathize with their needs.

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Editorial: Raining on Trump's parade; idea called 'third-world bulls..t'

Posted on February 12, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



Perhaps it should not be surprising that Donald Trump, the misguided leader of the free world, has directed the U.S. Department of Defense to organize a large Bastille Day-type military parade. The parade would be complete with missiles, tanks, heavy weapons, troops, bands and flags — similar to those staged in Russia, North Korean or banana-republic dictatorships. It’s projected to cost millions of dollars.

Trump’s request came after viewing France’s Bastille Day parade, having already expressed admiration for other military parades.

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Editorial: Constructive criticism is not to be confused with negativity

Posted on February 7, 2018 |
By Angelo Lynn



When opponents criticize an idea, the expected response for proponents is to defend why they think the idea is valid. That’s the give-and-take of debate, with the hoped-for result being an improved outcome.

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Guest editorial: Timing could not be worse for education funding bill

Posted on February 5, 2018 |
By Emerson Lynn



The House Ways and Means Committee is pushing legislation that would change the way Vermont finances education. The impetus is political. Property taxes are high, and rising. Legislators want to rush in to ease the pain.

The timing could not be worse.

What the proposal does is shift some of the burden from the property tax to the income tax. The particulars have not been solidified, so we don’t know what the rates would be, or who would be affected.

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