BRATTLEBORO — I read an interesting quote recently, which went something like this: “I always hoped someone would do something about that. Then I realized I am a someone.”
This a copy of a letter I recently sent to the Vermont Public Service Department. If you feel the same way about the need for an emergency planning zone, I encourage you to also send a letter.
If you are unclear on your position on this issue, I highly encourage you to research it, solidify your opinion, and take action. If you do not agree with my position, thank you for taking the time to read this.
Dear Public Service Department Representative:
Thank you for being a public servant and for being at the service of Vermonters like myself, my 15-year-old child, my husband, my neighbors, my colleagues, my merchants and service providers, and everyone else residing in my community of Brattleboro.
I write to beg you to keep the emergency planning zone active and in effect until all high-level radioactive waste has been moved to dry-cask storage, which is exponentially safer than spent-nuclear-fuel pools.
This is not about money. It is about the health and welfare of everyone in the zone. Do you live in the zone? Does anyone you care about live in the zone?
You have made some great decisions on the behalf of us Vermonters and I thank you. Please do not let us down this time. Our very lives could depend on it.