To the editor: Last week the Town of Greensboro held the required public information meeting prior to the Australian ballot vote on the conveyance (Purchase and Sale Agreement) of the Greensboro Town Hall to Gilman Housing Trust (Rural Edge). While the meeting provided an opportunity for members of the community[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
Start With Why
To the editor: The only spokesperson is the select board, all five of them. They are pushing the sale of Greensboro’s Town Hall.The only fearmongering, the deliberate arousing of public fear, is the fear of those in town to speak up due to possible retribution. How can one be fearful of[Read More…]
Circular Questions
To the editor:This week a circular went to Greensboro voters entitled “Your Vote Matters,” asking whether the Town Hall should be sold and replaced with an apartment complex.The circular makes persuasive arguments, but it gives no indication from whom it comes. Presumably the source is a committee of citizens opposed[Read More…]
Even More Troubling
To the editor: The Greensboro Select Board’s decision to move forward with the current Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with Rural Edge raises serious concerns. The agreement shifts nearly all risk onto the town while giving Rural Edge broad flexibility and few concrete obligations. It grants the developer an open-ended[Read More…]
Questions on Nature Conservancy Salaries
To the editor: $250,976 salary for a one hour work week sounds great if you’re getting it. Not so great if you’re a taxpayer helping (sic) supply the money. Who is this person and who does she work (sic) for? According to the last tax return I received from the[Read More…]
Swift, Appropriate Action
To the editor: I serve as President for two volunteer-led nonprofit organizations; the Northeast Kingdom Arts Council (NEKarts), which stewards the historic Hardwick Town House and the Hardwick Downtown Partnership, which supports the economic and cultural vitality of downtown Hardwick. Both are 501(c)(3) organizations sustained through community fundraising and municipal[Read More…]
Y’all Got Me Good
To the editor: Thank you so much to the staff and authors for your April 1 edition. At the end of winter in Vermont we needed the laugh. J.L. in a website comment Great fun and thanks for getting my quote correct!!! S.A., Greensboro As a summer resident of Ashenhurst[Read More…]
Rally for Veteran Benefits
To the editor: Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is proposing to cut 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This cannot help but affect the care that our veterans receive when attempting to access and benefit from their VA benefits. Positions have already been[Read More…]
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
To the Editor: I would like to address my dearest friends, neighbors and allies in Canada. I am writing in the hopes you will consider taking on Vermont as your 11th Province. If not as a Province, perhaps a territory. We have enjoyed so much freedom, support and genuine caring[Read More…]
Remarks at Town Meeting
To the editor: I have attached a transcript of my remarks, accepting a nomination to the Greensboro Select Board, March 4. “Thank you, I really appreciate your support and your confidence in me. First, a word about the professional experience that I would bring to this role: I received an[Read More…]
Veterans Wanted
To the editor: As American Legion Post 7 in Hardwick prepares for the nomination of officers at our next meeting on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m., (more on that in a moment), we would like to invite all veterans who have served at any time since December 7, 1941,[Read More…]
USAID Dismemberment Misguided
To the editor: As a retired (2010) employee of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), I am deeply disappointed in the Trump Administration actions to dismember USAID. Such actions reflect a willful disregard of the positive role performed by foreign aid in U.S. relations with most of the rest[Read More…]
