I woke up to find Super Tuesday had passed me by. I’d actually forgotten to vote I don’t think I’ve done that many times in my adult life.. it just.. well… happened.\u00a0 Feeling a little sheepish for not having cast my vote, I sleepily pawed through the internet looking at election results that I cared about.. Amy Lord made it to the select board for Richmond.. I think she;ll do a good job. Hmmm. 2 Humvees purchased for the town of Richmond.. Not so sure about them..\u00a0 I was glad to hear that our town voted like much of the state to call for a repeal of\u00a0 the ‘Citizens United’. ruling.\u00a0 The law that claims that Companies are people too.. I found this blurb on that in CNN moments ago<\/p>\n
March 7 \u2013 Town meeting voters in Vermont yesterday overwhelmingly approved measures calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United and restore limits on corporate campaign spending.<\/p>\n
According to the latest tally, voters in 55 towns passed resolutions to amend the Constitution to ensure that corporations do not have the same First Amendment rights as people.<\/p>\n
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GO Vermont. !. I just love this place. \u00a0\u00a0 The best news for me, however, was on a race that I couldn’t have voted in even if I had voted. My ECHO Board colleague and friend Miro Wienberger won a strong victory for the post of Mayor of Burlington !.<\/p>\n
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The headline made big news that this is the first time a Democrat had been in City Hall in 31 years !. Anywhere else that would be signs of a slide to the left..\u00a0 Here\u00a0 if anything, it meant the reverse.It’s all a relative\u00a0 Burlington has been run (quite well I might add) by the Progressive party since the year I moved here in 1981. Bernie Sanders was our first big time progressive.. and there were many after him. I list myself as an Independent.. but I end up voting Progressive quite often through the years.. and still will. This time, , I’m very happy that Miro won. From my work with him on the board, i know he’s really bright, really engaging, very organized and a really great guy.\u00a0 I wish him lots of luck. I’m really glad we have a guy who likes science leading our biggest city !\u00a0 Congrats Miro !<\/p>\n
nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n
-me<\/p>\n
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