Dunsmore: The Arab Spring — Season 2
The political processes under way, particularly in Egypt, are complex. It is hard to follow
the arcane twists and turns involving the various religious, secular and military factions as they struggle mightily over who is going to rule Egypt — and what kind of a country Egypt is going to be.
Costello: Support funding for Vermont Working Lands
I want to stand with the farmer, the forest worker, the creative entrepreneur. I want to stand with the long-term goal of conservation. I want to stand by people who work hard with their hands, who take big risks, and steward our land.
Ramsay: Openness and transparency in health care reform
Those who oppose health care reform efforts do not function with the same set of rules regarding openness and transparency.
Wilson: Small government dogma comes at a high price
Bottom line, free market capitalism is a wonderful engine of growth and prosperity, but it does not exist in a vacuum.
McClaughry: Playing thimblerig in Montpelier
The chief shell man is the dexterous Gov. Peter Shumlin. He is aided by numerous shills in the large building called the Statehouse.
Hallquist: Legislators need deeper understanding of renewable energy credits
To meet the current legislative proposal given current market conditions, utilities will simply buy power from gas-fired sources and RECs from other states like Connecticut or Massachusetts instead of more expensive in-state renewable energy.
Miller: Cabot’s chemicals a dangerous mix
And since all of these chemicals are mixed together one must consider the cumulative and unpredictable effects created by this toxic blend which is being dumped daily onto fields, pumped into unlined storage lagoons, sprayed into the air and ultimately into Vermont’s drinking water and waterways.
Benning: A change in the wind
I cannot support the raping of a pristine environment in exchange for intermittent power that has to be subsidized by both the taxpayer and the ratepayer.
Vickers: Student loan rates shouldn’t be allowed to rise
So it is with sadness that we at VSAC hear from borrowers who feel forced to give up their federal loans for riskier forms of debt, or, in the worst case, to forgo education altogether.
Becker: Vermont’s beauty is more than skin deep
The geologic information gathered by my office tells a story dating to long before humans ever walked across this land.
