WHITINGHAM — We now have the technology to know everything about everybody. So we should have no trouble counting all the votes in a national election.
Since we can now know exactly what the Will of the People is, we can have true democracy!
The Big Data has been piling up for years. While we're at it, why not look up what actually happened back there in Bush v. Gore, how all these horrible wars started, and where all our money went? It's all in there.
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Town Manager Peter B. Elwell kicked off the annual budget season at the Nov. 7 regular Selectboard meeting by offering a preliminary view and highlights of the municipal Fiscal Year 2019 budget. The proposed budget for FY19 is $17.5 million. “This is where the fun begins,” noted Board member John Allen. Elwell and his staff formulated the budget proposal “within the context of the continued implementation of the action items of the Comprehensive Review of Town Operations and the updated...
As someone who has held public office as both a Democrat and Republican, I read Erica Walch's Viewpoint with interest. She mentions briefly that many Republicans, including herself and Gov. Phil Scott, strongly disavow Donald Trump, yet she doesn't mention the policies on which she differs. To simply “disavow” a public-policy-making figure comes across as shortsighted. Is it pragmatic to shut the door of opportunity in working with his administration, ignoring the many voices that never appear in The Commons...
Ruggles & Hunt, purveyors of clothing, gifts, home furnishings, and creative toys, with stores in Walpole, N.H., and Brattleboro, is putting on a fashion show at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. Proceeds support the museum's work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in Head Start classrooms throughout southern Vermont, according to a news release. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and include admission to the fashion show, one drink, and...
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