Letters to the Editor

To the Editor,
Doug Hoffer gets my vote for state auditor in the Democratic primary and, I hope, in the general election.  He has consistently done a good job for all of us.  His efforts to hold our state’s accountable care organization, OneCare, accountable are laudable and necessary.  ...
To the Editor,
I learned about Brenda Siegel and her activism last year. It was then that I discovered a genuine advocate with the right idea on how to handle the opioid epidemic.
Brenda’s sincerity stems in part from her personal struggle. Having lost a brother and a nephew to...
To the Editor,
Many years ago, Madeline Murray O’Hara was able to make it illegal for the Lord’s prayer to be recited in our schools. I can not imagine how she managed to accomplish this. Since then, it is so shocking that so much shooting, murdering, and vandalism happens in so many of...
To the Editor,
The Gathering Place, in West Dover, would like to extend a big thank you to the Deerfield Valley Lions Club, specifically to president Mark Hanna, Harry Byron, Keith Thompson, and Alison Ferris for their kindness and efforts in keeping our facility looking its best. They...
Editor's note: The following is a "My Turn" op-ed by Readsboro resident and former school board chair Larry Hopkins on Readsboro's upcoming Australian ballot vote to ratify or deny a vote by Halifax residents to withdraw from Southern Valley Unified Union School District.  Because Halifax and...
To the Editor,
I have served in the Vermont House since 2015 as an elected independent for rural communities here in southern Vermont.  While our state is full of innovators and cutting-edge businesses, it is the scenic farms and villages, rural startups and arts culture, trails and...
To the Editor,
I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for Brenda Siegel for lieutenant governor in our upcoming primary. As fellow activists, Brenda and I have worked side by side on the economic justice issues of livable wages and paid family and medical leave for working...
To the Editor,
Let me tell you why I support Tim Ashe for lieutenant governor, and why I urge Bennington County Democratic primary voters to do the same. 
When Ashe became the senate’s leader four years ago, he said he’d show as much concern for Bennington County as he would for his...
To the Editor,
In November the Trump campaign and the Vermont Republican Party announced a partnership they labeled the Vermont Trump Victory Team.  The announcement touted supposed Trump accomplishments, including, oddly, “controlling health care costs,” and announced a goal of  “electing...
To the Editor, 
Historically, the Republican Party had an ideology: It was a staunch supporter of laissez faire capitalism, opposing any government interference into, or control of, the private sector. Whatever you think of this, it was at least a political stance that no longer seems to...

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