Dear Editor, We are unsettled, anxious, heart-broken by the images of the inferno in Australia. Tens of thousands of people are displaced, millions of animals have died and Primal Spaces are burning, some having been wet and unignited for eons. […]
Category: Letter
Letter, Opinion
Veterans thank the community for its support last year, over holidays
Dear Editor, We at the Vermont Veterans’ Home want to thank our fellow citizens from Bennington and all of Vermont for their steadfast support of our veterans and our home during the past year, and your incredible kindness during the […]
Letter, Opinion
A resolution for the defense of a right to bear arms
Dear Editor, On Monday, Jan. 13, I presented the following resolution to the Cavendish Select Board. I requested that this resolution be placed as an article on the condition that we discuss and vote on it at the annual town […]
Letter, Opinion
Why I’m running for lieutenant governor
Dear Editor, The 2020 lieutenant governor’s race is not about the left versus the right. It is about the past versus the future. This week’s VTDigger article, where I learned about Sen. Tim Ashe’s decision, illustrates the deep divide between […]
Letter, Opinion
Zuckerman will increase spending
Dear Editor, David Zuckerman has been at the forefront of Vermont politics over the last two decades in all the wrong ways. Throughout his time in the House, Senate, and as lieutenant governor, he has demonstrated that no tax is […]
Letter, Opinion
Go plant-based this year
Dear Editor, The end-of-year/New Year holidays seem to whiplash us from one extreme to the other: eat, drink and be merry v. the customary New Year’s resolutions: reduce social media, reduce weight, and embrace a plant-based diet! One third of […]
Letter, Opinion
Don’t miss ‘Mr. Chris and Friends’
Dear Editor, On New Year’s Day, I was able to watch the “Mr. Chris and Friends” series on Vermont Public Television and boy, did his show lift my spirits. I already have tickets for his performance in Rutland on Saturday, […]
Letter, Opinion
Support all forestry interests
Dear Editor, Vermont’s forest-based economy generates roughly $3.8 billion annually. This figure varies from year to year. A little less than half of that revenue is associated with the timber and maple industry. More than half is generated by forest-based […]
Letter, Opinion
All must act in times of crisis
Dear Editor, As I write this, a block of Senators and Congresspeople are preparing to deny that the Constitution of the United States is on fire. It is a fire set by the President and fanned by their own actions; […]
Letter, Opinion
The greatness of the gift is not in the wrapping
Editor’s Note: Ed James wrote the following 20 years ago for the Addison County Independent, a sister paper to the Mountain Times. It seems as appropriate today as then. Dear Editor, The first day of winter — Dec. 22 — […]