Community Forum: Due process must protect Vermonters

I appreciate Sen. Heffernan’s willingness to explain his vote. But I believe we must ask ourselves a more fundamental question: what is due process for, if not to protect our fellow Vermonters?

Does the Senator not believe the basically undisputed Mahdawi facts presented by the media? Did he simply not see them? If a legal resident, and liked and respected member of a Vermont community is not safe, who else is not safe?

it’s hard for me to believe Sen. Heffernan honestly thought a “no” vote on the Mahdawi resolution wouldn’t be read in Addison County as making a political “I’m with Trump” point.

Some people have asked — or even demanded — why I voted NO on Senate Resolution 13. My reason is simple: the resolution did not go through proper Due Process.

Senator Heffernan’s constituents are entitled to know how and why he votes the way he does on important issues.

I have tried hard to represent our county with high integrity and determination to make necessary changes on affordability, housing, the environment and public safety. All of these continue to be top priorities.

I live in Monkton and was dismayed by your vote of “no” regarding S.R 13. (Senate resolution strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly advocating that he b … (read more)

This letter is addressed to state Sen. Steven Heffernan regarding his “no” vote on the recently passed Senate Resolution 13.

In light of the amazing news of Mohsen Mahdawi’s release I wanted to call on clarification from our representatives on how they voted on recent legislation calling for his release. I contacted Rob North and Matt Birong to clarify how they voted on H.R.8, … (read more)

Many people have questions about how the proposed changes to Vermont’s K-12 school system being debated by the Legislature might impact their kids, school, community, or property taxes. To learn more, join Senator Ruth Hardy for a K-12 Education Community … (read more)

On a recent vote in the Vermont Senate, Addison County’s newly elected Senator Heffernan could not join his peers in condemning the entrapment, arrest, and detainment of Vermont resident Mohsen Mahdawi.

Out of the entire Vermont State Senate, only five senators declined to vote “yes” on the resolution condemning the use of masked agents to kidnap students like Mohsen Mahdawi.

On Tuesday, April 29th, the Vermont Senate voted on a resolution about the apprehension and detention of Mohsen Mahdawi.

Is this the year Vermont finally scraps its complex education funding system and creates a model that doesn’t result in double-digit property tax increases? Will the Legislature create more pressure to close rural schools? What does the future hold for th … (read more)

Bristol Republican and first-time candidate Steven Heffernan on Tuesday beat out incumbent state Sen. Chris Bray, D-Bristol, for his seat representing Addison County, Huntington, Rochester and Buel’s Gore in the Legislature’s upper chamber.