BRATTLEBORO — As a 71-year-old co-owner of property in three towns, I found using Jamaica and Townshend official websites very useful.
I looked forward to keeping myself informed by watching every meeting video as they were posted on Townshend's website. I read all minutes on Jamaica's website.
I am very much in support of both towns taking down the sites for all the reasons mentioned in the story. As a matter of fact, I am proud to know exactly why the decisions were made to take them down.
After living most of my years in Vermont within rural areas of small villages and small towns, unlike even Brattleboro, I learned long ago that most state government has no understanding about real-life issues in these small Vermont municipalities.
Real people volunteered to make things work for us taxpayers in Jamaica and Townshend. While saddened, I am proud of them.