Letters to the Editor (12/25/24)
Dec 26, 2024
A Spoonful of Humor' Here's to Rachel Noyes of the Vermont Agency of Transportation, who clearly understands that a spoonful of humor helps the healthy driving guidance go down ["Signs of the Times: VTrans Makes the Season Bright — and Safe — With Funny Highway Slogans," December 11]! Nice to see another Vermont hero in the Seven Days spotlight. Thanks for reminding us of the pundamentals of traffic safety. Hope you can come up with something to calm some of the cowboys on I-89! Bridget Ahrens Winooski 'Your Bias Is Showing' "Hanging in the Balance" [December 11], regarding president-elect Donald Trump, is misleading, one-sided and filled with fearmongering. First: You use words like Trump "could" and "may" to push fear and support your agenda and do not allow for any other viewpoints but your own. If I were allowed more than a 250-word response to this large, multipage article, I would gladly break down each section, tell you why I voted for Trump, and share my viewpoints regarding migrants, LGBTQ+, drugs, pollution, schools, health care, tips and more. Your truths and opinions are not everyone's. Careful: Your journalistic bias is showing. Bonnie Barrows Bristol United States of New England? I am stunned, as are many, that Donald Trump won the election to return to the White House. ["Hanging in the Balance," December 11] does an excellent job of listing the concerns. I respect those who may have voted for him, but I cannot in my own mind reconcile a liar and convicted felon holding that position. The six New England states, with their Electoral College votes, agree. Perhaps, rather than a wall along the Mexican border, we should erect one around New England to keep Trump and his loyalists (not already living in New England) out. (Did Trump ever pay the Flynn for the use of that venue in January 2016?) There are a lot of smart people in New England who could figure out logistics, finances, protection and other factors so that New England would survive with such a border wall! Roger Crouse Shelburne Wealthy Pay Plenty The state legislature's plan to alleviate the property tax crisis by shifting education funding from property taxes to income taxes is nothing more than a shell game ["Vermont Teachers' Union Pitches Income Tax to Fund Education," November 22]. VT-National Education Association political director Colin Robinson says this would result in the wealthy…