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TOWN MEETING 2019: Our winning video!

Publisher’s note: Watch our winning town meeting 2019 video here, featuring the town of Stowe, Vermont. Thanks to the Center for Research on Vermont for the […]

2023 Vermont TOWN MEETING Day: “A Space For Communal Liberty” (“D” IS FOR DECENTRALIST DEMOCRACY)

Publisher’s Note: Happy VERMONT TOWN MEETING Day!   PRE-COVID throwback: Publisher’s note: At day’s end, Vermont town meeting is about three things; 1) upholding the principle […]

Vermont Town Meeting Day – March 2022: Restoring Our “Space For Communal Liberty” (DIRECT DEMOCRACY)

Publisher’s Note: The Valley Reporter headline below from this week illustrates how far from direct democracy Vermont has strayed these past two years during our Green […]

Vermont Commons Archive

Issue 1 – April 2005 Issue Highlights: The Prodigal Nation, by Frank Bryan A Voice for Independence, by Ian Baldwin Wal-Mart: What’s a Bargain Worth? by […]

2VR+VI: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

“I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all, because of her indomitable people. They are a […]

Do BOA and Wells Fargo Run Vermont’s Capitol City?

By William Boardman “To repeat myself ad nauseum, I still don’t see how our city’s chief economic development officer can hold and promote views that are […]

Q & A with Mayoral Hopeful Gwen Hallsmith

Q. So, why a public bank for Vermont? What’s wrong with our local commercial banks? A. There is nothing wrong with our local commercial banks, except, […]

VT Votes Yes on Public Banks by Gwendolyn Hallsmith

“If a Vermont Public Bank is organic, grass-fed, and pesticide-free, then I say we should all support it!”  Charlie Hosford, former longtime Waitsfield Select Board member […]

COLD WEATHER, HARD STATE by Peter Miller

Cold penetrates my neck, creeps down my backbone, seeps into my limbs…cold…I am cold…my arms …fingers…toes. Thirty days of below zero weather since December, not counting […]

H.883 Ignores the Funding Formula by Heidi Spear

The public testimony regarding H.883, which mandates sweeping statewide school governance consolidation, brought home the gravity of our situation.  Two hours was a long time to […]

“Plan ‘V’ – Toward a 2nd Vermont Republic” pamphlet (Autumn 2017)

Download a digital version of our Plan ‘V’ – “Toward a 2nd Vermont Republic” pamphlet here. Plan ‘V’: Vermont Interdependence Program 1. FINANCE: Establishing a Vermont […]

Battle Over Banking: A Public Bank for the Republic of Vermont by Jim Hogue

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication Introduction In 1694, British Financiers formed the Bank of England and changed the world. […]