BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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