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Candidate Q&A: Lynne Caulfield, Republican, Addison-4

MONKTON REPUBLICAN LYNNE Caulfield is running for one of the two Vermont House seats representing the towns of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro.
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The following five questions, along with a requested word limit, were asked of each local candidate in a competitive race for the Vermont House or Senate.

The questions are not repeated in the context of each candidate’s response, but are recalled by subject at the beginning of each answer.

Primary Election Day is Aug. 13.

1) PERSONAL BACKGROUND: I grew up in Southern Vermont. After graduating from Brattleboro Union High in 1972 and the University of Vermont in 1976, I taught physical education at Brattleboro Union High School. I also coached field hockey, skiing, and tennis. My husband and I were married in 1977 and we spent two years as missionaries to England. We founded CHEV, Christian Home Educators of Vermont. My five children were home educated through high school which afforded them many rich and wonderful opportunities for their many skills and talents. My husband died 18 years ago after a three-and-a-half-year battle with pancreatic cancer during which I was his primary caregiver. I became a registered nurse after he died. As a home ecologist, my children and I have had many opportunities to care for fellow citizens and the environment including singing at local nursing homes, serving as ushers at the Marlboro Music Festival, volunteering for the Red Cross, Green Mountain Club, Green Up Day, Connecticut River Clean Up, Special Olympics, Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, and many others. I am running because I believe our freedoms must be protected.

2) THREE ISSUES: Debt, education, and affordable housing

3) PAYING FOR SCHOOLS: The education issue is not about money, it is about quality. Throwing more money at education will not necessarily produce healthy and mature adults who can think critically and act wisely. Parents should be involved in curricula choices for their children. There should be vast opportunities for school choice. Our curricula should start with the basics like reading, writing, and, arithmetic. Budgets should start with the basics and be carefully crafted to stay within the allocated amount. Students should be taught how to think critically not what to think. Removing the social change engineering aspect from schools will save time, money, and heartache.

4) HOUSING: One way to help with the affordable housing crunch is make living in Vermont affordable so there will be a workforce to build/renovate housing. Act 250 needs to be rehabilitated so builders and landowners aren’t hamstrung by all the legal obstacles that currently exist. Lumber and materials that can be produced in Vermont will provide jobs and sustainable forestry practices to protect our beautiful landscape.

5) CLIMATE: The biggest threat to all the issues discussed thus far is our climate and effected ecosystem we live in. The action plan needed is to expose and halt geoengineering and subsequent weather manipulation. The ongoing atmospheric aerosol spraying and microwave/radio frequency transmissions are wreaking havoc on our farm land, our air, and our water. (geoengineeringwatch.org) Aluminum and barium are primary elements named in climate engineering patents. High levels of heavy metals have been found in whales, human and cow milk, with links to autism risks. Vermont agriculture and infrastructure cannot withstand the increasing risk of extreme weather and flooding. Our green mountains, hills, and valleys need all of us to preserve the beauty we all love.

Read more Addison Independent coverage of Lynne Caulfield here.

Find our Q&As with the rest of the Vermont Senate and House candidates here. 

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