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A panhandler gets a donation from a passer-by on the Whetstone Pathway in Brattleboro in this 2018 file photo.

People have the right to exist in the public sphere

What Case is saying here is that he ran, at least in part, on a platform dedicated to banishing people experiencing homelessness from downtown Brattleboro

When I saw the headline to Selectboard candidate Peter “Fish” Case's letter, I felt a spark of hope: “People are hurting right now,” the header read, “and it's possible to stop it.”

Could he be referring to the fact that now, in the dead of winter, the homeless shelters are full and our neighbors are left shivering on the streets and sleeping in tents?...

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