Letter to the editor: Workers are not the real problem

Do East Street and High Street look alike on an address label? If not, how is it that a package addressed to my house on East Street gets delivered on High Street? And where in the world did another package containing lobster potpie get delivered or thrown? FedEx says it was delivered, we don’t have it.

Most of us now live better, have more, and expect more than previous generations could have even dreamed of, and that has consequences.

Four Addison County candidates for Vermont Senate presented their positions at Bristol’s Holley Hall last week. Incumbents Christopher Bray and Ruth Hardy shared a very different vision than that of Steven Heffernan and Landel Cochran on the direction we … (read more)

Aside from the obvious environmental and job benefits, community solar properly structured, can offer significant benefits for low- and middle-income participants.

In his letter to the editor in the September 5 Addison Independent, Hal Cohen asserts that those who support the Palestinians’ right to exist are actually Hamas supporters and are therefore traitors.

The primary for Vermont statewide offices is next Tuesday, August 13th, and I’m supporting Senator Chris Bray.

The House FY24 Interior Appropriations bill will harm our sacred Earth and our beloved communities.

Recently I read a statement by a person who argued that divestment, while morally defensible, was a naive choice for older investors who depended on their investments for living expenses.

In Vermont, one in 11 people face hunger. The situation is even worse for children, with one in eight Vermont children facing hunger.

Last week on CNN the parents of one of the children gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas were interviewed about the impact of their loss.

Pass H.175, the Bottle Bill, and bring Vermont into the 21st century.

I am a Bristol Energy Committee member and here are my thoughts on Vermont’s energy policy.

Over the Fourth of July weekend I had the opportunity to meet two college students from Afghanistan at a neighborhood gathering. Both were articulate, personable young people, both with bright futures and dark clouds over their horizons. They are out of t … (read more)

I’m involved in the Bristol Community Solar project, trying to enroll faith communities. Participation in BCS lets owners offset electric energy costs on their utility bills with net-metering credits. However, I am finding that faith communities are havin … (read more)

The virus sweeping the country is tragic, but I think it raises some important questions: Do we need to heighten vigilance and planning for events such as these? Investing in coordinated planning at all levels of government might have prepared us for this … (read more)