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Janice Stockman

Richards: the leadership to effect major change

BRATTLEBORO-I’m eager to say goodbye to Phil Scott as Vermont’s governor. He’s friend to neither education nor to creative problem solving about our most pressing issues.

I’ve talked to the two Democratic primary candidates, read their platforms, and attended their forums. I’m convinced Aly Richards is the better candidate, and here’s why.

Aly has progressive values along with a track record of success in making those values a reality here in Vermont. Ten years ago, she understood the potential of childcare to drive our economy by letting parents work, businesses grow, and children thrive. She mobilized Vermonters to make childcare more affordable and available in ways that other states want to copy.

Both candidates share reformist aims and agree on a lot of things, but what sets Aly apart is her experience in leadership toward strategic goals, her relationships with the people on the ground as well as those eager to make changes in government, and her knowledge of the issues and of how to keep stakeholders focused on the end goals.

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We need data to look at charter question objectively and compassionately

I have read everything I could find about the proposed “just cause eviction” amendment to the Brattleboro Town Charter. Today, I feel certain I know where I stand; tomorrow, I will stand on the other side. One day, I am swayed by the arguments of tenants, and the next...

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