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PUTNEY-I have known Michelle Bos-Lun for 25 years. We taught at a Quaker school in New Hampshire before she moved to Vermont, several years before I moved back here.
Michelle has as much integrity as anyone I know. If she says she’ll do something, she’ll do it. She listens thoughtfully to constituents and is truthful if she disagrees. She also works hard on the issues that are most important in southern Vermont, including taxes, housing, mental health, and healthcare generally.
I worked with Michelle for two years in Youth Services, in a mentoring program for high schoolers. She is a gifted teacher and advocate. She has taught many students about state government and has led several initiatives for students to introduce legislation.
Michelle has worked hard on reforming training to improve training for police in working with people who have mental health issues. She has supported the Garvey family, whose son and brother Scott was tragically shot and killed by a state police trooper last year in Putney.
When I first heard the story of Melissa Lucio, scheduled for execution just weeks away now, on April 27, I was shocked but not surprised. I had heard stories like this for decades. When I lived in Maine, one of my neighbors was a direct descendant of one of...
An open letter to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch: I'm listening to the testimony of Capitol and other D.C. police officers as they share the trauma of Jan. 6, as I grieve for them and for our country. It is so painful but so...
I've known Michelle Bos-Lun for 20 years. We taught together at The Meeting School, a Quaker School in New Hampshire. Later, I worked for her at Youth Services in Brattleboro on the Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP). We have also served together on the board of the Lyman Fund, a small Quaker foundation. Michelle is one of those people who brings her whole self to whatever she does. She's passionate about human rights and social justice, worldwide, locally, and...
Over the past few weeks, I began the process of transferring my very small bank accounts from TD Bank to River Valley Credit Union. I'd been meaning to do it for some time, but I was determined to make the change when I heard that TD Bank is one of the major funders of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. I also contacted Rep. Peter Welch and Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy, urging them to join with Reps.
