Letter to the editor: Time to weigh in on surging insurance premiums

Will you be able to afford double-digit rate increases of your health insurance in 2023? If not, please write to Governor Scott and your legislators!

We strongly object to Angelo Lynn’s August 4 editorial, which alleges that outside PAC money (from LGBTQ interests) is tipping the Democratic Party Congressional primary for Becca Balint.

I read somewhere or perhaps someone shared this thought with me: “Shopping, for a man, is equivalent to a combat situation under hot fire!” This is why I should never go shopping.

No longer can you go to a Real Person who can answer questions and help fill out the forms, like at the Courthouse in Middlebury. Now it is to be done by the taxpayer, at home, and on a computer.

I want to thank all the property owners who mow all the way to the road and especially to those who go around the corner and mow along the road.

Just picked up my loving, soon to be 80-year-old mother-in-law at our Middlebury train station. COVID-19 kept her apart from my wife too long, and in the prior years we drove to Albany, N.Y. or Rutland, Vt. in whatever weather conditions.

You, under Vermont state law, have the right up to nine months to abort a full-term baby. Why change our constitution? There is no reason.

Perhaps the biggest problem caused by unlimited money is the fact that large corporate donors will probably expect something from candidates they support.

I’m writing to express my concerns regarding the Master Plan currently under development for the Middlebury State airport.

You learn a lot about a guy when you play hockey with him for 20 years. Here’s what I’ve learned about my friend Peter Conlon. He’s a steady defender, he scores when the opportunity’s there, and he’s a locker-room leader, managing our Friday Night Hockey … (read more)

I am writing to endorse Ron Holmes, the best candidate for Sheriff of Addison County. Ron places the importance of good citizenship over showmanship!

From the time Governor Howard Dean invited him to become the first high school student voting member of Vermont’s State Board of Education, Isaac Evans-Frantz has been a leader in social and climate justice.

Superintendent Reen continues to mislead and scare MAUSD voters.

I was not aware that in 2020 he lost his State Senate seat to Chris Bray and Ruth Hardy by finishing fourth in a field of five.

I trust Peter Conlon. I know him to be a person of integrity and concern for others in his personal, professional and political lives.