Emmett Dunbar is the better choice for representative to the Vermont House. He is best situated to work on issues that are important to our district towns of Jamaica, Londonderry, Stratton, Weston, and Winhall in the counties of Bennington, Windham, and Windsor.
Although our towns in this district are dispersed, we share vital resources and have the same barriers to economic growth. As a small-business owner, Emmett has offered his ideas on how a rural lifestyle can survive in a global economy that will encourage young people to live and work in Vermont.
He knows how to grow the agricultural economy and appreciates the challenge of growing while adapting to a different climate for the future.
For one, climate change is here and cannot be ignored. During the forum on Oct 10 at the Flood Brook School, Emmett's opponent, Charles “Tim” Goodwin, questioned whether to blame climate change on human activity, saying “maybe it should be, maybe it shouldn't.”...
What sets Doug Racine apart from the other candidates for governor? Doug is a realist. Pie-in-the-sky ideas and promises will not create jobs. Doug has shown the way to make change is to do the nitty-gritty work and negotiate across party lines, as he did for the health care...