Keelan: Anemic Town Meetings
One reason Town Meeting has gone the way of the horse and buggy is that we just don’t get to vote on the big issues — Montpelier does.
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The Vermont Way is myth-riddled and hard to define
Much of what makes Vermont attractive to those bewitched by its image can be traced to the use of state power.
Sanders decries cuts, proposes millionaires’ tax
Sen. Bernie Sanders spelled out what the “waste and excess” in government spending included and introduced his own proposal to reduce the deficit — by spreading the sacrifice to the rich.
Vermont Folklife Center holds panel on threats to town meeting
Panelists will include clerks from towns that vote all Australian ballot, vote all from the floor, and some that blend the two forms.
ACLU-VT sues over town meeting prayer
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Marilyn Hackett, a Franklin resident, alleges that the town and its moderator, Timothy Magnant, have violated Vermont’s constitution and public accommodations act.
Welch holds deficit reduction town meeting
As Congress considers how to get the nation’s fiscal house in order, Rep. Peter Welch will host a statewide telephone town hall meeting Tuesday night to seek input from Vermonters about how to cut the deficit.
15 more towns sign on to no-confidence resolution on Yankee
For further information contact: Dan Dewalt 348-7701 James Marc Leas 864-1575 20 year Vermont Yankee extension rejected by 15 more town meetings With all 17 towns reporting, 15 passed the resolution asking the legislature to deny approval for Vermont Yankee to operate after 2012, one town voted against, and one town decided to table the [...]
