By Editor, In 1972, Richard Nixon signed into law, the Clean Water Act which gave the United States the lofty charge of making any navigable waters “fishable and swimmable” again, by 1983. It is in my opinion one of the […]
Category: Letter
Letter, Opinion
Senators’ remarks are tone-deaf as fuel prices soar
Dear Editor, For the last 17 years, I have worked as a fuel and propane delivery driver serving the residents of Vermont. I am just one of the many drivers and employees in the home heat industry working to make […]
Letter, Opinion
Volunteers needed for junior golf
Dear Editor, The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournament will be returning to the Green Mountain National Golf Course in Killington next month. The event will return to a full field this year with some of the best national and […]
Letter, Opinion
Do your part on Green Up Day
Dear Editor, Have you noticed all the litter on the roadsides? Litter is even floating in our rivers and lakes! It makes us look like we don’t care about our state. Guess what, it’s just not Vermonters who are littering; […]
Letter, Opinion
Gender designation on birth certificates is going too far
Dear Editor, Now that we are retroactively able to change our gender identity on Vermont birth certificates the next logical step is to allow change of our ethnic identity as well. Sen. Elizabeth Warren can be Native American, all the […]
Letter, Opinion
How I drove 1,000 miles with an electric car
Dear Editor, Recently we took a 1,000-mile round trip to Washington, D.C. in our Chevy BOLT EV. Still, on the cold side, the BOLT that can get up to 300 miles in summer is averaging about 200 miles in this […]
Letter, Opinion
Where have all the spring waterfowl gone?
Dear Editor, Where are all the geese? Where is all the honking and splashing on Otter Creek, the signs of spring that usually come as a relief from the existential dread of yet another winter with temperatures too warm, mud […]
Letter, Opinion
Be careful near the train tracks
Dear Editor, We are so excited to have passenger rail service between Burlington and New York, but people need to beware of the new faster trains and recognize their danger. Please remind your readers over and over, and readers, tell […]
Letter, Opinion
Bodily integrity and Prop. 5
Dear Editor, Proposition 5 is framing abortion as the exercise of reproductive freedoms and rights, but is the absurdity here not giving you pause? The legislative majority has declared through Prop. 5, that this constitutional amendment is needed because Vermonters’ […]
Letter, Opinion
Letter has no basis in fact
Dear Editor, In response to George de Luna’s letter in the Mountain Times on April 20, I want to thank you for providing the critical information he conveyed in his letter and which your readers yearn so desperately for your […]