As a Waitsfield citizen, parent and school board member for more than a decade now, I am writing in support of preserving our annual Vermont town […]
Publisher’s note: Please contact Charlotte, Vermont citizen Susan Ohanian at susanoATgmavt.net if you would like more information or to get involved in this initiative. Town Meeting […]
One year ago, we wrote in defense of Vermont’s annual town meeting day, the most pure form of direct democracy still in existence in the United […]
Alert viewers of WCAX may have noticed a March 4 segment calling attention to my completion of 50 years’ service as Kirby town moderator. Please allow […]
Publisher’s Note: This new Scout investigation has been keeping us up at night here in the Green Mountains of Vermont’s once and future Republic. To wit […]
Publisher’s Note: Thoughtful new article from Seven Days’ Kevin Kelley on possible futures for the Vermont town meeting, with many of Vermont’s most astute decentralists – […]
Join “Vermont Independent” publisher Rob Williams for a conversation with author, facilitator, and Vermont town meeting expert Susan Clark of Middlesex about Vermont’s radical “town meeting” […]
“All extensive governments have a natural tendency to destroy that equality among the people, which was necessary to keep one part of mankind from oppressing the […]
Publisher’s note: At day’s end, Vermont town meeting is about three things; 1) upholding the principle of direct democracy at the local level; 2) embracing the […]
Publisher’s note: At day’s end, Vermont town meeting is about three things; 1) upholding the principle of “direct democracy” at the local level; 2) embracing the […]
Publisher’s Note: Join Vermont Independent publisher Rob Williams for an exclusive interview on Vermont’s radical town meeting day tradition with author, town meeting expert, and Middlesex […]
Publisher’s note: Enjoy these 2019 Vermont town meeting day videos, produced by our University of Vermont “Sustainable Vermont” undergraduates in collaboration with the Center for Research […]
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