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The 2021 RTM ran into overtime and continued Sunday (3/21), and since the members only had the remaining agenda to handle, they were alert and curious at the end. Many members and the moderator made efforts to preserve even more…
Many people want police officers (SRO) removed from schools across Vermont, and there is state legislation pending about it. At last night's (Tuesday March 16) meeting WSESU school directors heard public comments about the officer in the high school located…
At last Wednesday's Representative Town Meeting (RTM) info meeting the selectboard members were constantly visible and audible, while everyone else was muted and with video turned off. The technical bugs of the Zoom format were already worked out during the…
The S.A.F.E. plan for disarming police during routine patrols is number 37 in the safety committee recommendations. The process is like this. The committee submits its report to the selectboard for approval. Instead of approving or rejecting it, the board…
This is how we feel about the Brattleboro Energy Goals being set forth by its committee this Tuesday. This committee sets goals without any actionable plans to meet them, and it spends a lot of time acting like reaching these…
Group seeks feedback for SAFE policing By Chris Mays Brattleboro Reformer Oct 18, 2020 Reprinted from an article in Brattleboro Reformer https://www.reformer.com/local-news/group-seeks-feedback-for-safe-policing/article_3de561c6-1157-11eb-840e-0fd4d1bc5f0b.html BRATTLEBORO — A local group proposing ways police can disarm is looking for feedback from the community on…
The Following is a reprint of an article at: https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/11/jeff-dardozzi-carbon-dioxide-the-effluent-of-wealth/ One hundred and fifty-five years ago this nation laid to rest, with great sacrifice and bloodshed, the greatest question of its day: chattel slavery. This “peculiar institution” of the South…
Django Grace: Community Voice and Activist “I met Kurt Daims of BCS in the summer of 2019. I had just participated in a die-in climate action at a local parade, and was feeling good about myself. Many people were congratulating…
Safe Policing Commentary BCS AND THE LONG VIEW ON POLICE REFORM Brattleboro Common Sense is proposing a very simple, cost-free solution for police reform. But it is not a sudden new idea. Last month Brattleboro Common Sense (BCS) petitioned for…
Arundhati Roy reads from her new essay “The Pandemic is a Portal,” from her forthcoming book Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. releasing in September from Haymarket Books. "What is this thing that has happened to us? It’s a virus, yes. In…