Not quite 20 years ago my daughter, a newly minted teacher, accepted a teaching job in Vermont, and she and her boyfriend, a retail manager, also newly minted, looked for housing. Low pay and high housing and utility costs made the task hard, but they found a place and began their Vermont dream — only because they had two salaries and were willing to delay having children. I thought of them and their challenges as I read a recent letter to the editor entitled Governor’s Vetoes Preserved the State’s Affordab … (read more)
