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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…
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 following was posted as a response/comment to a commentary, "Anna Marie Gewirtz: Art as protest", on vtdigger.org -- https://vtdigger.org/2019/10/29/anna-marie-gewirtz-art-as-protest/ "Science – the darling ally of the Left now – would tell us that Love does not change everything. Love…
Are we adults politicizing/exploiting our youth? This article (at VTDigger.org) raises a point worth thinking about... Jeffrey Reel: Children, social justice action and suicide The author writes in response to this article which provides another view... Rob Roper: Exploiting kids…
Democracy: A Work In Progress By Nat Roy Voting is the most, and perhaps the only, essential part of a democracy, or a constitutional republic, and as such, is one of the main rights guaranteed to a citizen within itself.…
Youth Suffrage By Everest Whitman Youth should have the right to vote. I’m not saying that we should allow young children to vote. I would set the line somewhat arbitrarily at 14. Teenagers are citizens and members of society just…
Suffrage for an Unheard Minority By Benjamin Knapp My name is Benjamin Knapp. I am an 18 year old citizen of Brattleboro, Vermont, where I have lived my entire life. And 2 years ago, I would have liked to vote.…