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Daims: an activist gets things done

By
Peter Van der Does
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — Issue 550

BRATTLEBORO — I have known and worked with Kurt Daims for several years. Although I do not always agree with his positions, I know that he is an activist and gets things done.

Among the ideas I do agree with: the budget referendum he put before the Selectboard concerning the high cost of the then-proposed new fire station building, the Clean Air Resolution to demand that the Clean Air Act be put in action here, and the resolution to reverse Citizens United.

After all, corporations are not people!

Kurt deserves your vote.

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The power of protest

By
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We have a well-founded fear based on firsthand experience

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‘Tropes and lies’

By
Eileen Hayes Arama

WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...

Victimizing a merchant over poorly chosen words

By
Phillip Macracken

BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...

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