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Appreciation for community support
October 22, 2014
Dear Editor, I have Huntington’s. It is a neurologic disorder that attacks my brain. I was just informed of this while going to nursing school. My mother had Huntington’s and when school started to become stressful I would notice symptoms arise. The neurologist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center told me I could not continue with…
Gallivan: On my voting record
October 22, 2014
Dear Editor, Francis Legayada, and voters, I would like to take this opportunity to directly respond to the content of your letter to the editor last week. You report that I “kowtowed” to party leadership voting to raise your taxes multiple times. In 2013, the proposed tax revenue bill received a “no” vote from me,…
Send Sherri Durgin Campbell to Montpelier
October 22, 2014
Dear Editor, As the only woman candidate running for state representative from Rutland City, I am writing in support of electing and sending Sherri Durgin Campbell to Montpelier to represent the interests of the Rutland community. Sherri Durgin Campbell knows well the plight of women and will be better able to shine the light on…
Tate committed to solving problems of government spending
October 22, 2014
Dear Editor, After a visit with Job Tate, candidate for Vt. House of Reps (Mendon, Chittenden, Killington, Bridgewater) I am convinced that he would serve the district very well. Tate has an infant son and is very concerned about the things this young child will be facing with Vermont on its current path. Tate is a veteran,…
Seniors, Medicare and single payer
October 22, 2014
Dear Editor, An interesting kerfuffle popped up in the comment section of VermontDigger.com’s recent article, “Feliciano claims Shumlin wants to take over Medicare” (see reprinted article, this issue). First, some thought the way the headline was phrased cast doubt on the “claim.” However, Act 48 as passed–which Shumlin signed and his party and the Progressives…
Community Q&A with Mike Solimano
October 15, 2014
Editor’s note: The Mountain Times receives many questions from readers every week about Killington Resort and Pico Mountain operations. In order to best answer some of the most common questions we have posed them directly to Mike Solimano, president and general manager for Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, who has responded here. Three questions many…
Governor prepares for 2016 cuts to state services
October 15, 2014
By Paul Cillo A month after announcing a two percent cut to the current year’s budget, the Shumlin administration is signaling its intention to make additional cuts of as much as five percent and possibly more next year (fiscal 2016). For an already anemic state government that is suffering from staffing shortages and struggling to…
Job Tate will represent our district’s true concerns
October 15, 2014
Dear Editor: My wife, Monica, and I are parents to three beautiful young sons and we both agreed there would be no better place to raise them than in Vermont. So in 2011 we bought our first home in Killington. At the time we knew managing a mortgage along with high property taxes and energy…
Fresh Air Fund thanks community for support and generosity
October 8, 2014
Dear Editor, Thank you for the terrific exposure you gave The Fresh Air Fund in The Mountain Times this year by featuring our Volunteer Host Family Program in your community paper. This year we celebrated our 138th summer of serving New York City children. The coverage continues to support our volunteer leaders’ efforts to recruit…
The future of the Gift-of-Life Marathon to be announced Wednesday at the Paramount Theatre
October 8, 2014
Dear Editor, The future of the Gift-of-Life Marathon has been up in the air ever since the greater Rutland community crushed the national one-day blood drive record last December. No one ever dreamed when the GOLM started that this community would accomplish even half of what it has done, in terms of blood donations and…
William Tracy Carris has my vote for Rutland County Senate
October 8, 2014
Dear Editor, Come November, I’ll be taking great pride in my steps up to the ballot box; I can already envision the ink from the felt pen staining the box next to William Tracy Carris’ name. No question. I first met Tracy when he joined the Planning Commission in 2010. The volunteer commission was undergoing…
Fair Haven concerts committee thanks supporters
October 8, 2014
Dear Editor, The Fair Haven Concerts in the Park committee thanks everyone involved in making the 2014 summer concert series a success. We continue to be overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from local businesses and our many loyal supporters. We thank the town of Fair Haven for its generous support of the concerts. Our…
School consolidation is prudent and fiscally responsible
October 8, 2014
Dear Editor, We were pleased by what we heard at the elementary school consolidation meeting in Bridgewater on Sept. 30. As taxpayers, we are very supportive of the proposal to consolidate K-6 education with Pomfret and Woodstock. It is prudent and fiscally responsible. From a long term sustainability standpoint, it is in the best interest of our towns. As parents, we…
November’s elections won’t resolve much of anything
October 8, 2014
By Lee H. Hamilton Members of Congress are home now, campaigning for the upcoming elections. Their messages are all over the map, and for a good reason: they have very little to brag about. The Congress that just recessed until after the elections makes the 80th—the one that Harry Truman blasted as “do-nothing”—look like a…
Community forum: A Vergennes teacher leads the way in education
September 29, 2014
By Andy Kirkaldy This week’s writer is Andy Kirkaldy, an Addison County Independent reporter who has covered education in the Vergennes area for two decades. A major shift in the way Vermont schools must deliver education is looming, and there is a way for Vermonters to help our schools adapt—by supporting a single Vergennes teacher…