Letter to the editor: Incumbent state senators have ‘common sense’

We may be led to believe that common sense is all about “cutting taxes.” But it is not as simple as that. It is about using tax revenues in the most careful way to do what everyone needs for a good life in Vermont.

I am writing to ask the people of Addison County to vote for Senator Chris Bray and Senator Ruth Hardy in the Democratic Party primary on Aug. 13. Senators Bray and Hardy are dedicated leaders who work hard to represent the best interests of all of us.

Frank and Jane Emanuel, who ran the Middlebury Inn, retired to Lahaina, the town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. They came through the tragic fires in Lahaina OK.

Why wouldn’t a mask mandate for Middlebury be important for public safety?

I want to echo the message that Angelo Lynn wrote in an editorial entitled “Thanks for the Sacrifices” in the June 5 issue of the Independent. I was one of those people he wrote about “who argued loudly last summer that bringing students back to the campu … (read more)

As Thanksgiving Day comes, I am prompted to think about what I am thankful for. I am very thankful to be living in a caring community where help was given to me when I really needed it. On July 23 I fell from my bicycle, apparently flying over the handleb … (read more)

For anyone who missed Angelo Lynn’s editorial in the Nov. 21 issue of this newspaper I am urging everyone to go back and read it. Read it again. What it says may be the most important idea for citizens in Vermont to think about now. It seems quite common … (read more)