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WESTMINSTER-I find it very hard these days to come up with anything positive to say about what’s going on in our country — politically speaking, that is. Every day it seems we have gone down yet another step, and you start to think we are just losing ground.
Because of our decline on the federal level, I decided to turn my focus on state and local government, thinking that maybe I can help make a difference there and start feeling less hopeless. I started focusing on wildlife issues in Vermont.
I attended my first Legislators at the Library session in Rockingham a few years back, and that’s where I met my local representatives.
I discussed my concerns about animal welfare in our state and a bill to address that was recently proposed. I was pleasantly surprised that I had been heard by all the legislators, and the next thing I knew, Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun became a co-sponsor of the bill.
Annie Smith has described herself in legislative testimony as an animal activist. "We do this all in our free time and push other things aside because it is so important to us, others, and the planet as a whole," she said to the House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish,
Who's in on bludgeoning animals? Do you support the inhumane treatment of wildlife? Gov. Phil Scott wants you to apply to the Fish & Wildlife Board! During a recent Fish & Wildlife Board meeting where the board was required by the Legislature to come up with regulations on how...
