At last! Finally, Brattleboro has a chance to clean up town government and install a mayor. What has taken so long?
A mayor will be able to really lead this city. A strong executive works. Just look at all the good things that a strong leader has accomplished in Washington. Just as Trump can ignore the silly people in Congress, so a mayor can get rid of the Representative Town Meeting debating society that gets in the way of progress.
And why do we need to waste time listening to every cockamamie idea someone wants to bring to the namby-pamby Selectboard? A mayor would put an end to that, too.
A mayor will understand what really matters. Money is what matters. Just look at how well the petition supporters used money to get the question on the ballot.
Folk singer, activist, and the musical conscience of our nation, Pete Seeger, would have been 100 this year. All Souls Church, 29 South St., will host a singalong concert on Sunday, May 12, at 7 p.m., to celebrate Seeger's music and his life-long efforts on behalf of peace, justice,
As a Town Meeting Representative, I would value a discussion here about the local-option sales tax on the warning for Brattleboro Town Meeting on March 23. Economics 101 says that sales taxes are regressive because they tax necessities that make up most of the spending of those on the...
There is no such thing as a free lunch - and those who are trying to convince you otherwise are going to hurt the Brattleboro school kids if you believe them. I'm talking about the school mega-merger on the ballot for Nov. 7. The big merger plan calls for equity between the schools in Brattleboro and the smaller schools in Guilford, Putney, and Dummerston. In a nutshell, equity means that the smaller schools will get the special programs currently enjoyed...