To the Editor,
Beth Pearce’s proposal to decimate Vermont’s teacher retirement pension is unethical and shortsighted. The pension isn’t a gift from the government; it’s from funds built by teacher contributions over years. Five to 6% of a teacher’s salary is redirected to the pension fund...
Friday, May 23, 2025
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor,
A new year, a new administration, a new chapter in the COVID vaccination campaign—it’s safe to say that we’re in a moment of transition.
We here at Center on Rural Innovation have been as dismayed and heartbroken as the rest of the country at the events in our nation’...
A new year, a new administration, a new chapter in the COVID vaccination campaign—it’s safe to say that we’re in a moment of transition.
We here at Center on Rural Innovation have been as dismayed and heartbroken as the rest of the country at the events in our nation’...
To the Editor,
This year marks 25 years since then-treasurer Jim Douglas recommended that the state change its trajectory from costly “defined benefit” retirement plans for state employees and teachers to “defined contribution” plans. Eleven years ago, in 2009, a special commission...
This year marks 25 years since then-treasurer Jim Douglas recommended that the state change its trajectory from costly “defined benefit” retirement plans for state employees and teachers to “defined contribution” plans. Eleven years ago, in 2009, a special commission...
Note: This piece by Sen. Christopher Bray appared as a "My Turn" op-ed
Vermonters face three crises: the first two are clear and present dangers—first, COVID-19, and second, the need to uphold the safe, lawful, just, and stable operation of government in Washington, DC and across the...
Vermonters face three crises: the first two are clear and present dangers—first, COVID-19, and second, the need to uphold the safe, lawful, just, and stable operation of government in Washington, DC and across the...
To the Editor,
The attack on the US Capitol was a brazen attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the presidential election results and to overthrow the will of the American people. It was an assault on far more than the US House and Senate: it threatened the very foundation of our...
The attack on the US Capitol was a brazen attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the presidential election results and to overthrow the will of the American people. It was an assault on far more than the US House and Senate: it threatened the very foundation of our...
To the Editor,
In the aftermath of January 6’s deeply unsettling attack on our American democracy, the Jewish communities of Vermont stand together with people of good conscience to vehemently oppose mob rule, violence, and racist and anti-Semitic hatred.
As Jews, we know what...
In the aftermath of January 6’s deeply unsettling attack on our American democracy, the Jewish communities of Vermont stand together with people of good conscience to vehemently oppose mob rule, violence, and racist and anti-Semitic hatred.
As Jews, we know what...
To the Editor,
This letter is written to advise Dover readers of the change in policy and the significant increase in costs as well as the inconsistent and unjust application of the new policies implemented by the North Branch Fire District #1 which provides sewage services to town of...
This letter is written to advise Dover readers of the change in policy and the significant increase in costs as well as the inconsistent and unjust application of the new policies implemented by the North Branch Fire District #1 which provides sewage services to town of...
To the Editor,
It feels almost surreal to say, but can you believe that we are now looking back at 2020?
It was an incredibly challenging year, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the severe and unequal economic fallout it brought, a national reckoning with persistent structural racism, and...
It feels almost surreal to say, but can you believe that we are now looking back at 2020?
It was an incredibly challenging year, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the severe and unequal economic fallout it brought, a national reckoning with persistent structural racism, and...
To the Editor,
“The Marketing Plan” for Wilmington needs a critique.
First of all, this plan or any plan can’t help businesses that can’t or don’t know how to help themselves! There are easy principles, Economics 101: First, location, easy access to the business by foot or phone;...
“The Marketing Plan” for Wilmington needs a critique.
First of all, this plan or any plan can’t help businesses that can’t or don’t know how to help themselves! There are easy principles, Economics 101: First, location, easy access to the business by foot or phone;...
To the Editor,
Any aware person knows that Donald Trump is a lawless miscreant: an authoritarian who can’t see beyond himself; a sociopath incapable of empathy; and a pathological liar. Since his presidential defeat, he has toyed with a coup d’etat by encouraging his followers to invade...
Any aware person knows that Donald Trump is a lawless miscreant: an authoritarian who can’t see beyond himself; a sociopath incapable of empathy; and a pathological liar. Since his presidential defeat, he has toyed with a coup d’etat by encouraging his followers to invade...
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